French Famous Names Starting with Letter P

Is a French TV journalist and writer. He is a household name in France, and nicknamed PPDA. With ove

Is a French TV journalist and writer. He is a household name in France, and nicknamed PPDA. With over 30 years and in excess of 4,500 editions of television news to his credit, he was one of the longest serving newsreaders in the world until he was fired in 2008. He presented his last newscast on TF1 on 10 July 2008.[1]

Is a former professional tennis player best remembered for reaching the finals of the French Open in

Is a former professional tennis player best remembered for reaching the finals of the French Open in 1972 losing against Spaniard Andrés Gimeno in four sets. He added to that one more final (in Florence, 1976) and a single title in Hilversum, 1977.

Is a French writer. With Michel-Antoine Burnier, he wrote forty pastiches, (satirical novels). They

Is a French writer. With Michel-Antoine Burnier, he wrote forty pastiches, (satirical novels). They wrote Le Journalisme sans peine (Editions Plon, 1997). In 1970, he help found the iconic magazine Actuel.[1]

Is a retired French football player who played for SO Cholet, Stade Reims, AS Saint-Étienne and Ren

Is a retired French football player who played for SO Cholet, Stade Reims, AS Saint-Étienne and Rennes.After retiring as a player, Rampillon enjoyed a career as a coach at Rennes youth academy. He managed the first team in 1987

Is a French footballer goalkeeper who is currently playing for French Ligue 1 side CS Sedan Ardennes

Is a French footballer goalkeeper who is currently playing for French Ligue 1 side CS Sedan Ardennes.

Is French former footballer and football manager. He joined Troyes AC in June 2009[7] and was dismis

Is French former footballer and football manager. He joined Troyes AC in June 2009[7] and was dismissed on June 2010, despite managing promotion to Ligue 2.[8]

Is a French former professional football (soccer) player, brother of Hervé Revelli.

Is a French former professional football (soccer) player, brother of Hervé Revelli.

Is a French entrepreneur and Chairman and CEO of the liquor & wine group Pernod Ricard.[1] After stu

Is a French entrepreneur and Chairman and CEO of the liquor & wine group Pernod Ricard.[1] After studying business in France, Germany and the United States, Patrick Ricard joined the Ricard company, founded by his father Paul Ricard in 1932. He held successive positions in the company’s main departments, becoming Managing Director in 1972. With the creation of Pernod Ricard in 1975 he was appointed Group Managing Director and then, in 1978, Chairman and CEO.

Is a French judoka.

Is a French judoka.

Is a former Alpine ski racer and World Cup champion who raced for France. He specialized in the tech

Is a former Alpine ski racer and World Cup champion who raced for France. He specialized in the technical disclipines (giant slalom and slalom) and won three discipline championships in the World Cup: slalom in 1969 and 1970 and giant slalom in 1971. He also won two silver medals in slalom and combined at the 1970 World Championships at Val Gardena, Italy.

Is a French rugby player. A native of Toulouse, he has played for the US Colomiers (1997-2000), Stad

Is a French rugby player. A native of Toulouse, he has played for the US Colomiers (1997-2000), Stade Français Paris (2000-2004), Section Paloise (2004-2006) and Castres Olympique. He was a member of France's 2003 Rugby World Cup squad.

Is a French comedian, writer and film director. He has been nominated for 4 Cesar Awards, three time

Is a French comedian, writer and film director. He has been nominated for 4 Cesar Awards, three times as an actor and once as a writer. He is most well known for the French comedy Un indien dans la ville.

Is a French comedian, singer, and actor.The son of a Georgian father and a Corsican mother which, ac

Is a French comedian, singer, and actor.The son of a Georgian father and a Corsican mother which, according to him, made him "a delicate Franco-Russian dessert," Topaloff began his career on Europe 1, where his comic antics drew a wide audience, especially among children who delighted in his many silly catch phrases. Popular singer Claude François encouraged him to try his hand at singing, and his recording of "Il Vaut Bien Mieux Etre Jeune, Riche et Beau" ("It's Much Better to Be Young, Rich, and Beautiful") became a major hit and the first of several gold records.

Is a French footballer born in Bastia who spent the majority of his playing career playing for AS Mo

Is a French footballer born in Bastia who spent the majority of his playing career playing for AS Monaco, he also had spells with Toulouse FC and SC Bastia[1] before joining Blackburn Rovers on a free trasnfer in June 1997.[2][3] After an unsuccessful spell at Rovers he returned to France, re joining Bastia in July 1998 for a free of £80,000.[2]

Was a French alpinist/skier and pioneer in ski mountaineering.He is recognised as a pioneer in ski m

Was a French alpinist/skier and pioneer in ski mountaineering.He is recognised as a pioneer in ski mountaineering and as leader of the French school of ski mountaineers, whose motto was: "si tu tombes, tu meurs" (which translates as "you fall, you die").

Is a French blues guitarist, composer and singer.Patrick Verbeke has spent the past thirty-some-odd

Is a French blues guitarist, composer and singer.Patrick Verbeke has spent the past thirty-some-odd years helping to popularize the blues in France, through educational presentations at schools (illustrating his discourses on the history of the genre with pictorial displays and performances of a variety of blues songs and styles), a long and colorful career as a performer and recording artist, and as host of a popular show dedicated to the blues on a major French radio station.

A Senegal-born French international football midfielder who currently plays for Internazionale. He c

A Senegal-born French international football midfielder who currently plays for Internazionale. He came to prominence during his time at Arsenal between 1996 and 2005, where he won three FA Premier League titles and four FA Cups, and eventually became club captain. He spent a single season at Juventus before joining Inter in 2006, after Juventus were relegated due to their part in a match-fixing scandal. He has 105 caps for France, and was part of their 1998 World Cup and Euro 2000 winning sides.

Was a French architect and building restorer. He worked on the restoration of Notre-Dame de Paris, Église Sainte-Croix of Bordeaux, Saint-Pierre of Angoulême and Saint-Front of Périgueux. He won the competition to design the Basilica of the Sacré Cœur on Montmartre in Paris, and saw construction commence on it, though he died long before its completion in 1914.

Was a Parisian-born French composer and teacher of classical music.

Was a Parisian-born French composer and teacher of classical music.

Was a French conductor and composer. Paul Bastide studied at the University of Aix-en-Provence and t

Was a French conductor and composer. Paul Bastide studied at the University of Aix-en-Provence and the Paris Conservatoire (with Pessard and Massenet), winning a first prize in harmony.[1] From 1919-38 Bastide was the musical director of the opera house in Strasbourg, conducting Samson et Dalila at the re-opening on 8 March 1919 after the German occupation of Alsace. He returned again after the Second World War, from 1945-48, re-opening with Carmen on 16 November 1945 and conducting notable productions of Béatrice et Bénédict (first French staging), and Martine by Rabaud (premiere).[2]

Is a painter and sculptor Franco-Romanian who served in the French Foreign Legion. He lives and work

Is a painter and sculptor Franco-Romanian who served in the French Foreign Legion. He lives and works in southern France. Paul Anastasiu is a self-taught artist, although it has been introduced to drawing and painting by his father a sculptor and art teacher. For adventure, he joined the ranks of the French Foreign Legion,

Is a renowned French architect. He is best known for having planned numerous airports worldwide, not

Is a renowned French architect. He is best known for having planned numerous airports worldwide, notably Ninoy Aquino International Airport (Manila), Soekarno-Hatta International Airport (Jakarta), Shanghai Pudong International Airport (China) Abu Dhabi International Airport, Dubai International Airport, Cairo International Airport, Brunei International Airport, Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport and Paris - Orly Airport).

Was a Luxembourgian Olympic fencer. He competed at the 1948 and 1952 Summer Olympics.

Was a Luxembourgian Olympic fencer. He competed at the 1948 and 1952 Summer Olympics.

Was a French composer, conductor and music teacher. Paul Vidal was born in Toulouse. He studied at t

Was a French composer, conductor and music teacher. Paul Vidal was born in Toulouse. He studied at the conservatoires in Toulouse and in Paris, under Jules Massenet in the latter. He won the Prix de Rome in 1883, one year before Claude Debussy did. On 8 January 1886, in Rome, Vidal and Debussy performed Franz Liszt's Faust Symphony at two pianos for Liszt himself, an after-dinner performance that Liszt apparently slept through. The following day they played Emmanuel Chabrier's two-piano Valses romantiques for Liszt.

Was a French mathematician and Rector of the University of Paris. The concept of Appell polynomials

Was a French mathematician and Rector of the University of Paris. The concept of Appell polynomials is named after him, as is rue Paul Appell in the 14th arrondissement of Paris. Paul Appell entered the École Normale Supérieure in 1873. He was elected to the French Academy of Sciences in 1892.