French Famous Names Starting with Letter N

Is a French professional footballer who plays for Deportivo Alavés in the Spanish third division, a

Is a French professional footballer who plays for Deportivo Alavés in the Spanish third division, as a goalkeeper. Bonis started out professionally at RC Strasbourg, but could never impose himself in the first team during three top level seasons. In the 2005 summer, he moved abroad, joining Spain's Pontevedra CF, recently relegated to the third division.

Is a French screenwriter, film director and actor.Boukhrief started his career as a journalist. In 1

Is a French screenwriter, film director and actor.Boukhrief started his career as a journalist. In 1990 he created the Newspaper of the cinema on Canal+, and was the writer in chief until 1993, when he became the adviser on programming cinema. Since January 1997, he has been a programmer and presenter of My film club on Canal+. Along with Richard Grandpierre he was Co-person in charge for Canal Plus Ecriture, and since 1997, of the department of Eskwad production within that chain. He was Andrzej Zulawski's assistant from 1985 to 1987. Thereafter he was a Co-scenario writer of Jean-Jacques Zilbermann's film Not Everybody's Lucky Enough to Have Communist Parents , and of Assassin(s), directed by Mathieu Kassovitz.

Is a French curator and art critic. He co-founded, and from 1999 to 2006 was co-director of, the Pal

Is a French curator and art critic. He co-founded, and from 1999 to 2006 was co-director of, the Palais de Tokyo, Paris together with Jerôme Sans. He was also founder and director of the contemporary art magazine Documents sur l'art (1992-2000), and correspondent in Paris for Flash Art from 1987 to 1995. Bourriaud was the Gulbenkian curator of contemporary art at Tate Britain, London, and in 2009 he curated the fourth Tate Triennial there, entitled Altermodern.[1]

Is a French rugby union footballer. He currently plays for Biarritz Olympique in the top level of Fr

Is a French rugby union footballer. He currently plays for Biarritz Olympique in the top level of French rugby, the Top 14 competition. He has also represented France, and has played for the national team, including being a part of their 2003 Rugby World Cup squad. He usually plays at fullback.

Is a former French Alpine skier. Burtin was a member of the French national team from 1992, and took

Is a former French Alpine skier. Burtin was a member of the French national team from 1992, and took part in 98 World Cup races in his career, of which 84 were downhill, 13 Super-G plus one giant slalom. The only victory of his career came in March 1988, when he finished first in the downhill at Kvitfjell. He also had three second-places. At the Winter Olympics at Kvitfjell in 1994 he came in seventh place. He took part in his last race in January 2006.

Was a French astronomer and author. He is commonly referred to as Camille Flammarion.He was a prolif

Was a French astronomer and author. He is commonly referred to as Camille Flammarion.He was a prolific author of more than fifty titles, including popular science works about astronomy, several notable early science fiction novels, and several works about Spiritualism and related topics. He also published the magazine L'Astronomie, starting in 1882. He maintained a private observatory at Juvisy-sur-Orge, France.He was a founder and the first president of the Société Astronomique de France, which originally had its own independent journal, BSAF (Bulletin de la Société astronomique de France), first published in 1887. In January, 1895, after 13 volumes of L'Astronomie and 8 of BSAF, the two merged, making L'Astronomie the Bulletin of the Societé. The 1895 volume of the combined journal was numbered 9, to preserve the BSAF volume numbering, but this had the consequence that volumes 9 to 13 of L'Astronomie can each refer to two different publications, five years apart of each other.[1

Was a French Jesuit, a theorist of the passions. His treatise, The Holy Court Fourth Tome, was publi

Was a French Jesuit, a theorist of the passions. His treatise, The Holy Court Fourth Tome, was published in 1638. This work gives a Christianized account of what he calls the four principal passions: Love, Desire, Anger, and Envy, as well as many variants and sub-genres of these types. The intent of the work is to instruct the proper means for controlling these affects.

Was a French writer, best known for his witty epigrams and aphorisms.A journey to Paris resulted in

Was a French writer, best known for his witty epigrams and aphorisms.A journey to Paris resulted in the boy's obtaining a bursary at the Collège des Grassins (a secondary school). He worked hard, although one of his most contemptuous epigrams reads: Ce qu

Is a French sailor and Olympic athlete who won a bronze medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Is a French sailor and Olympic athlete who won a bronze medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Was a Marshal of France.Nicolas Charles Oudinot was the son of Nicolas Oudinot and Marie Anne Adam,

Was a Marshal of France.Nicolas Charles Oudinot was the son of Nicolas Oudinot and Marie Anne Adam, the only one of their nine children to live to adulthood. His father was brewer, farmer and distiller of brandy in Bar-le-Duc, Lorraine. He soon decided on a military career, and served in the regiment of Medoc from 1784 to 1787, when, having no hope of promotion on account of his non-noble birth, he retired with the rank of sergeant.

Was a French physican and botanist who was a native of Longjumeau. He studied medicine in Paris, and

Was a French physican and botanist who was a native of Longjumeau. He studied medicine in Paris, and subsequently served as a military surgeon. In this role he was involved in the German campaign under General Jean Victor Marie Moreau (1763-1813). Afterwards, he left the army and relocated to Bern, where he became interested in botany and became a teacher. In 1830 he became director of the Jardin de Plantes de Lyon, and from 1834 taught classes at the University of Lyon.

Was a French composer, musette player and musette maker. La Borde called him "the most celebrated mu

Was a French composer, musette player and musette maker. La Borde called him "the most celebrated musette player France had ever had", though he mistakenly held the opinion that he was dead by 1780, two years before he met his end. He taught the musette to Princess Victoire from about 1750, and became a popular teacher among the aristocracy, eventually attaining the title of maître de musette de Mesdames de France. He was also a musette maker, and extended the instrument's compass in the bass down to c' (middle C).

Was a French lawyer, writer, and historian. He is known especially for his historical works on Dauph

Was a French lawyer, writer, and historian. He is known especially for his historical works on Dauphiné, as well as his erotic dialogue called The School of Women, or The Seven Flirtatious Encounters of Aloisia (French: L'Academie des dames, ou les Sept entretiens galants d'Aloisia).

Was a French mathematician whose great work, Triparty en la science des nombres [1] [2], was unpubli

Was a French mathematician whose great work, Triparty en la science des nombres [1] [2], was unpublished in his lifetime. Most of it, however, was copied without attribution by Estienne de La Roche in his 1520 textbook, l'Arismetique. In the 1870s, scholar Aristide Marre discovered Chuquet's manuscript and published it in 1880. The manuscript contained notes in de la Roche's handwriting.

Was a French theologian, poet and historian born at Saint-Calais.[1] He entered the Dominican order

Was a French theologian, poet and historian born at Saint-Calais.[1] He entered the Dominican order and lectured on philosophy at Paris, being also ordinary preacher to Henry IV, and afterwards ambassador at Rome.

Was a Swiss Protestant Reformer and friend of Johannes Calvin. Nicolas Cop and his brother Michel Co

Was a Swiss Protestant Reformer and friend of Johannes Calvin. Nicolas Cop and his brother Michel Cop, sons of the king's physician, had become Calvin's friends during their shared time at the Collège de Montaigu.

Was a French Catholic theologian. He studied at the Jesuit college of Amiens, took the doctorate of

Was a French Catholic theologian. He studied at the Jesuit college of Amiens, took the doctorate of theology at the University of Paris, 1626, and soon became president of the Collège de Navarre and syndic of the Sorbonne (faculty of theology). In this latter capacity he reported to the assembly of the Sorbonne, 1649, seven propositions, two taken from Antoine Arnauld's Fréquente Communion and five from the Augustinus of Jansenius.

Is a young French goalkeeper currently playing in the third French division with Angers SCO. He join

Is a young French goalkeeper currently playing in the third French division with Angers SCO. He joined from Paris Saint-Germain in the summer of 2007.

Was a French sculptor and academic.From the year 1700 he worked with Coysevox at the palaces of Marl

Was a French sculptor and academic.From the year 1700 he worked with Coysevox at the palaces of Marly and Versailles. He was remarkable for his facility. He was influenced by Michelangelo and Algardi, and tried to combine the best characteristics of each.

Is a professional male tennis player from France who reached the top 100 in 2002. He also failed a d

Is a professional male tennis player from France who reached the top 100 in 2002. He also failed a drugs test in 2004 and was suspended for two months.

Is a French professional road bicycle racer who is currently unattached.

Is a French professional road bicycle racer who is currently unattached.

He was a French bookseller, printer, journalist, and writer. He was also a political figure of some

He was a French bookseller, printer, journalist, and writer. He was also a political figure of some consequence at the time of the French revolution and into the early years of the next century.

Is a French footballer currently playing for Nîmes. He began his professional career with RC Strasb

Is a French footballer currently playing for Nîmes. He began his professional career with RC Strasbourg.

Was a French organist and one of the leading French organ composers of his time. Contrapuntally more

Was a French organist and one of the leading French organ composers of his time. Contrapuntally more complex than most (if not all) music of the era, Grigny's work stands at the pinnacle of French baroque organ music. His only rivals in terms of both musical science and religious inspiration were François Couperin and Louis Marchand.

Was a French writer, hellenist and mathematician.

Was a French writer, hellenist and mathematician.