French Famous Boy Names with Letter L

Was a French churchman and grammarian, best known for being the first to describe the nasal vowels i

Was a French churchman and grammarian, best known for being the first to describe the nasal vowels in the French language.

Was a French scholar and the most prolific contributor to the Encyclopédie. He wrote about 18,000 a

Was a French scholar and the most prolific contributor to the Encyclopédie. He wrote about 18,000 articles on subjects including physiology, chemistry, botany, pathology, and political history, or about 25% of the entire encyclopedia, all done voluntarily. In the generations after the Encyclopédie's, mainly due to his aristocratic background, his legacy was largely overshadowed by the more bohemian Denis Diderot, Jean-Jacques Rousseau and others, but by the mid-20th century more scholarly attention was being paid to him.

Was the third son of Henry I, Duke of Guise and Catherine of Cleves. His ecclesiastical post was ent

Was the third son of Henry I, Duke of Guise and Catherine of Cleves. His ecclesiastical post was entirely a sinecure; he was never ordained, and led a dissipated life. Nevertheless, he was made Archbishop of Reims in January 1605, and created cardinal on December 2, 1615. He incurred the displeasure of Louis XIII of France, and was imprisoned in the Bastille in 1620. However, he joined the royal campaign in Poitou in 1621, and there fell ill and died.

Was the first French Foreign Minister from 1589 until his death in 1594. He is considered world's fi

Was the first French Foreign Minister from 1589 until his death in 1594. He is considered world's first foreign minister entrusted with all foreign relations.

Was a French Jesuit. He was associated with the court of James II of England and engaged in vigorous

Was a French Jesuit. He was associated with the court of James II of England and engaged in vigorous theological debates with both Anglican and Puritan spokesmen. In 1687 he was made the royal chaplain to James II. A sermon he preached to the king on August 28 of that year on the invocation of saints led to a pamphlet war with William Gee, a Puritan. He also entered into a controversy with William Sherlock, the Anglican theologian and Dean of St. Paul's. He was the assumed author of Dr. Sherlock Sifted from his Bran and Chaff in 1687, which Sherlock answered. Sabran answered the reply with An Answer to Dr. Sherlock's Preservative and then Dr. Sherlock's Preservative Considered in 1688. That same year he was made the chaplain to the infant Prince of Wales.

Was a French author, and lawyer. He was the third member elected to occupy seat 2 of the Académie f

Was a French author, and lawyer. He was the third member elected to occupy seat 2 of the Académie française in 1701.

Was a French painter. Works by Louis de Silvestre are held by the Dresden Art Gallery; for example,

Was a French painter. Works by Louis de Silvestre are held by the Dresden Art Gallery; for example, Princess Lubomirksa (1724) and Peter Robert Tagarel, Count of Lagnasco (1724).

Was a French sculptor and engraver. He worked in the workshop of Gaston Schnegg, along with Antoine

Was a French sculptor and engraver. He worked in the workshop of Gaston Schnegg, along with Antoine Bourdelle, Charles Despiau, Robert Wlérick, Léon-Ernest Drivier, François Pompon, Alfred Jean Halou, Charles Malfray, Auguste de Niederhausern, Henry Arnold, Jane Poupelet and Yvonne Serruys.[1]

Was a French film director, screen writer and film critic, many of whose late 1910s film writings fo

Was a French film director, screen writer and film critic, many of whose late 1910s film writings for French newspapers were collected in the volume Cinema et cie (1919). He is best known for his early book on Charles Chaplin (1921; translated into English in 1922).

Was a French cloth merchant by trade, but in the 1840s became a student of photography. He studied t

Was a French cloth merchant by trade, but in the 1840s became a student of photography. He studied the Calotype process, and in 1847 became the first person to publish the process in France. He developed a method of bathing the paper in solutions of potas

Was a French sculptor. he was a pupil of Francois Joseph Bosio. He went to Rome after winning the Pr

Was a French sculptor. he was a pupil of Francois Joseph Bosio. He went to Rome after winning the Prix de Rome for Sculpture in 1826. He was principally distinguished for his busts and portrait statues.

Was a French actor, screenwriter and composer. He was born Louis Raymond Bordat in Marseille, France

Was a French actor, screenwriter and composer. He was born Louis Raymond Bordat in Marseille, France. He made his film debut in 1938 and worked up until his death. He received a Best Actor nomination at the Cesar Awards in 1985 for Bertrand Tavernier's A Sunday in the Country. He also worked on Max Ophüls's La Ronde as a composer. He died in Paris at the age of 81.

Was French former footballer and football manager. Louis Dugauguez played amateur football for Bully

Was French former footballer and football manager. Louis Dugauguez played amateur football for Bully, Béthune, Lens, Toulouse, Carvin and Sedan, where he began his coaching career as a player-coach of the side.

Was a French ballet dancer, ballet master and ballet teacher. Probably first dancing in child rôles

Was a French ballet dancer, ballet master and ballet teacher. Probably first dancing in child rôles under the name "petit Dupré", he made his official débuts at the Académie royale de musique in 1714 and became its ballet master in 1739. From 1725 to 1730, he regularly put on productions in London, Dresden and at the Polish court. Until 1743 he was one of the principal professors at the dance school of the Opéra de Paris, where his students included Marie-Anne de Camargo, Gaëtan Vestris, Jean-Georges Noverre, Maximilien Gardel and Jean-Baptiste Hus.

Was a French composer.Louis Durey was born in Paris the son of a local businessman. It was not until

Was a French composer.Louis Durey was born in Paris the son of a local businessman. It was not until he was nineteen years old that he chose to pursue a musical career after hearing a performance of a Claude Debussy work. As a composer he was primarily self-taught. From the beginning, choral music was of great importance in Durey’s productivity. The first work to gain recognition in the music world was for a piano duet titled Carillons. At a 1918 concert this work attracted the interest of Maurice Ravel, who recommended him to his publisher.

Is a French politician and a member of the Senate of France. He is a member of the Union for a Popul

Is a French politician and a member of the Senate of France. He is a member of the Union for a Popular Movement Party.

Is a lawyer and professor of Law. In his own words, he was like Molière's character who didn't real

Is a lawyer and professor of Law. In his own words, he was like Molière's character who didn't realize that he spoke in prose - despite an early exposure to Law and Economics: It wasn't until he came to teach in 2004 at the Faculté Libre de Droit d'Economie et de Gestion in Paris that he became formally aware of the need to approach the two disciplines together.

Was a French member of the Order of the Minims, explorer, astronomer, geographer, and botanist. Feui

Was a French member of the Order of the Minims, explorer, astronomer, geographer, and botanist. Feuillée was educated at the Minim convent of Mane, in Provence. He had been born in Mane, near Forcalquier, in 1660. He was taught astronomy and cartography by Jean Mathieu de Chazelles, and Charles Plumier, who had described some 6,000 species of plants during a voyage to the Caribbean, taught him botany.

Was a French painter and illustrator. Fournier participated in many large-scale artistic endeavors,

Was a French painter and illustrator. Fournier participated in many large-scale artistic endeavors, chief of which was the creation of frescoes for the decoration of the Grand Palais in Paris, in association with other artists including Alexandre Falguière. Fournier also created many mosaic friezes, considered at the time milestones in French art.

Was a French ecclesiastical historian, who came of a noble family of Normandy. He was born at Paris.

Was a French ecclesiastical historian, who came of a noble family of Normandy. He was born at Paris. His mother, a Vitart, was the niece of Marie des Moulins, grandmother of the poet Jean Racine. When ten years old he entered the college of Harcourt, where he graduated M.A. in 1672. At the age of twenty Dupin accompanied Racine, who made a visit to Nicole for the purpose of becoming reconciled to the gentlemen of Port Royal. But, while not hostile to the Jansenists, Dupin's intellectual attraction was in another direction; he was the disciple of Jean Launoy, a learned critic and a Gallican.

Was a French professional golfer.Tellier returned to the U.S. in 1914 to become head professional at

Was a French professional golfer.Tellier returned to the U.S. in 1914 to become head professional at Canoe Brook Country Club in Summit, New Jersey.

A French physicist born in Lyon. He studied at the Lycée du Parc in Lyon and was accepted at the É

A French physicist born in Lyon. He studied at the Lycée du Parc in Lyon and was accepted at the École normale supérieure in Paris.

Was a prolific and prominent French film director from the silent era. Between 1906 and 1924 he dire

Was a prolific and prominent French film director from the silent era. Between 1906 and 1924 he directed over 630 films. [1] He is primarily known for the serials Fantômas, Les Vampires and Judex.

Was a French international soccer player between 1930 and 1934 (7 caps for France).Finot is the only

Was a French international soccer player between 1930 and 1934 (7 caps for France).Finot is the only French athlete to represent the country in soccer and athletic He was French champion with FC Sochaux.

Is a French former football player.

Is a French former football player.