French Famous Names Starting with Letter P

Was a French doctor. He was born, and later died, in Épinal. He developed the "Oudin coil", which i

Was a French doctor. He was born, and later died, in Épinal. He developed the "Oudin coil", which is an autotransforming resonator.

Was a French cyclist. He competed at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens. His first event was the 2 k

Was a French cyclist. He competed at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens. His first event was the 2 kilometre sprint. Masson's winning time was 4:58.2. The next event he competed in was the 10 kilometre race. This turned out to be a very close contest, with Masson barely beating out his countryman Léon Flameng. Both had times of 17:54.2. Masson's final event of the Games was the 333 metres race. With a time of 24.0 seconds, he finished first.

Was a French orchestra leader, specializing in light music. He is best known in the United States fo

Was a French orchestra leader, specializing in light music. He is best known in the United States for his hit (#1 for 5 weeks in 1968) recording of André Popp's "L'Amour est bleu" ("Love is Blue"), originally recorded by Vicky Leandros.In 1957, Mauriat released his first EP Paul Mauriat, a four track RGM release. Between 1959-1964 Mauriat recorded several albums on the Bel-Air record label under the name Paul Mauriat et Son Orchestre, as well as using the various pseudonyms of Richard Audrey, Nico Papadopoulos, Eduardo Ruo and Willy Twist, to better reflect the international flavour of his recordings. During this period, Mauriat also released several recordings with Les Satellites, where he creatively arranged vocal backing harmony for such albums as Slow Rock and Twist, (1961), A Malypense (1962) and Les Satellites Chantent Noel (1964).

Was a French monument sculptor of Polish ancestry. A graduate of the French national academy, he won

Was a French monument sculptor of Polish ancestry. A graduate of the French national academy, he won the Prix de Rome in 1900 with his statue of David, and went on to a fifty-five year career that produced over thirty five monuments in the city of Paris and twelve more in the surrounding area. Among those is the Art Deco figure of St. Genevieve on the 1928 Pont de la Tournelle. He also created 'Les Fantomes', the French Memorial to the Second Battle of the Marne which stands upon the Butte de Chalmont in Northern France.

Was a French professional road bicycle racer. Maye shares the record of three Paris–Tours victorie

Was a French professional road bicycle racer. Maye shares the record of three Paris–Tours victories.

Is a French composer and conductor. Paul Méfano pursued musical studies at the École Normale de Mu

Is a French composer and conductor. Paul Méfano pursued musical studies at the École Normale de Musique de Paris, and then later at the Paris Conservatory (CNSMP), where he was a student of Andrée Vaurabourg-Honegger, Darius Milhaud, and Georges Dandelot. He completed his studies in Basel at the courses taught by Pierre Boulez, Karlheinz Stockhausen, and Henri Pousseur.

Was a noted French sculptor. Moreau-Vauthier first achieved public renown with his statue La Parisie

Was a noted French sculptor. Moreau-Vauthier first achieved public renown with his statue La Parisienne shown at the Exposition Universelle (1900) in Paris, and is now perhaps best known for his memorial wall to the Victimes des révolutions (Mur des Fédérés) on Avenue Gambetta, Paris. He also created an allegorical work to commemorate Louis Blériot's first cross-Channel airplane flight in 1909.

Is a French journalist and documentary filmmaker. He is based in Paris, France. He has directed seve

Is a French journalist and documentary filmmaker. He is based in Paris, France. He has directed several investigative documentaries in conflict zones, including Iraq, Afghanistan, Burma, Israel, Democratic Republic of Congo and Somalia. Paul Moreira has contributed to the emergence of investigative journalism on French television [1]. In 1999, in created "90 minutes" on Canal plus, a private european network. The investigations of his team collected several prestigious french awards. The grand prize of the festival du scoop of Angers in 2000

Was a French sculptor, most famous for his art deco medals cast in bronze.

Was a French sculptor, most famous for his art deco medals cast in bronze.

Was a French football player. He was part of France national football team squad at the 1920, 1924 a

Was a French football player. He was part of France national football team squad at the 1920, 1924 and 1928 Summer Olympics.He was later part of France national football team selection committee.

Was a French philosopher and writer.He was born in Tours and studied in Paris where he befriended fe

Was a French philosopher and writer.He was born in Tours and studied in Paris where he befriended fellow student Jean-Paul Sartre at the Lycée Henri IV. He became a member of the French Communist Party, and much of his writing reflects his political beliefs, although he resigned from the party upon hearing of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact in 1939. He died in the Battle of Dunkirk, fighting against the German army in World War II.

Was a French mathematician and politician. He served twice as Prime Minister of the Third Republic:

Was a French mathematician and politician. He served twice as Prime Minister of the Third Republic: 12 September – 13 November 1917 and 17 April – 22 November 1925.

Is a French film director and screenwriter. He directed 17 films between 1952 and 1974.

Is a French film director and screenwriter. He directed 17 films between 1952 and 1974.

Was a French sinologist and explorer of Central Asia. Initially intending to enter the foreign servi

Was a French sinologist and explorer of Central Asia. Initially intending to enter the foreign service, Pelliot took up the study of Chinese and became a pupil of Sylvain Lévi and Édouard Chavannes. Pelliot worked at École française d'Extrême Orient in Hanoi, from where he was dispatched in 1900 to Beijing to search for Chinese books for the École's library. While there, he was caught up in the Boxer Rebellion and trapped in the siege of foreign legations

Is a French blues singer and guitar player.

Is a French blues singer and guitar player.

Was a French botanist who specialized in the study of native plants of French Polynesia. His book Pe

Was a French botanist who specialized in the study of native plants of French Polynesia. His book Petard Botanical Plant Encyclopedia is still widely used as a reference, and contains much information about traditional applications of Tahitian Noni juice. He held a doctorate in pharmacy.

Is a retired Luxembourgian football player and manager.He made his debut for Luxembourg in 1968 and

Is a retired Luxembourgian football player and manager.He made his debut for Luxembourg in 1968 and went on to earn 54 caps, scoring 4 goals.He played in 17 FIFA World Cup qualification matches.

Was a French composer and organist. He served as organist at St-Paul-St-Louis Church in Paris, succe

Was a French composer and organist. He served as organist at St-Paul-St-Louis Church in Paris, succeeding his father in the position in 1905 until his own death in Paris 1952 . His compositional output was wide-ranging, including two operas, several ballets, two symphonies, a number of orchestral tone poems, and chamber music, as well as large-form religious works, including two masses, an oratorio, and several smaller choral and organ works.

Was a French physician, anatomist, and anthropologist. He was born in Sainte-Foy-la-Grande, France.B

Was a French physician, anatomist, and anthropologist. He was born in Sainte-Foy-la-Grande, France.Broca's early scientific works dealt with the histology of cartilage and bone, but he also studied cancer pathology, the treatment of aneurysms, and infant

Was a French mathematician who was active especially in probability theory, introducing martingales

Was a French mathematician who was active especially in probability theory, introducing martingales and Lévy flights. Lévy processes, Lévy measures, Lévy's constant, the Lévy distribution, the Lévy skew alpha-stable distribution, the Lévy area, the Lévy arcsine law, and the fractal Lévy C curve are also named after him.

Was a French fashion designer. His contributions to twentieth-century fashion have been likened to P

Was a French fashion designer. His contributions to twentieth-century fashion have been likened to Picasso's contributions to twentieth-century art.

Was a French actor. He made his film debut in Cresus (1960). Appeared in more than hundred films, mo

Was a French actor. He made his film debut in Cresus (1960). Appeared in more than hundred films, mostly in supporting roles, and is best known as a comic actor.

Is known most notable as a Catholic Jesuit missionary. He was born in Paris and died in the same cit

Is known most notable as a Catholic Jesuit missionary. He was born in Paris and died in the same city. He is sometimes confused with his elder brother François, also a Jesuit. Father François Ragueneau accompanied Father Charles Lalemant who was returning to Canada in 1628. Their vessel was captured by Kirke who was then blockading the St. Lawrence and he was sent as a prisoner to England. It cannot be determined whether Francois ever did visit the Canadian missions.

Was a French painter and writer.Paul-Elie Ranson was born in Limoges and studied at the Ecole des Ar

Was a French painter and writer.Paul-Elie Ranson was born in Limoges and studied at the Ecole des Arts Décoratifs there before moving to Paris and transferring to the Académie Julian in 1886. There he met Paul Sérusier in 1888. Subsequently from 1890 he became a member and a creative leader of the Nabis group.

Is a member of the Senate of France, representing the Nord department. He is a member of the Sociali

Is a member of the Senate of France, representing the Nord department. He is a member of the Socialist Party.