French Famous Boy Names with Letter P

Was a French architect. Humbert built many buildings and "hôtels particuliers" (private homes) in P

Was a French architect. Humbert built many buildings and "hôtels particuliers" (private homes) in Paris and other European cities, such as Brussels for the aristocracy and the upper class of the time, such a the prince of Caraman-Chimay, the duke des Cars or the Schneider familly.

Is a French artist who works in a variety of media from film and video to public interventions.Huygh

Is a French artist who works in a variety of media from film and video to public interventions.Huyghe was born in 1962 and trained at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs. In 2001 Huyghe represented France at the Venice Biennale, where his pavilion, entitled Le Château de Turing, won a special prize from the jury.

Was a French philosopher. He was born at Soreze and died at Paris. He spent his early years as a tea

Was a French philosopher. He was born at Soreze and died at Paris. He spent his early years as a teacher and a village organist. At the outbreak of the French Revolution he viewed it with favor, but was soon disgusted at the violence of its methods. A critical pamphlet drew upon him the hatred of the revolutionists, and it was not until 1806 that he was able to settle in Paris. In 1809 he published his great work, Des Compensations dans les destines humaines (5th ed. 1846),

Is a French midfielder currently playing for French Ligue 2 side Chamois Niortais.He made his debut

Is a French midfielder currently playing for French Ligue 2 side Chamois Niortais.He made his debut for the club on May 11, 2007, coming on as a substitute in the 2-1 win over US Créteil-Lusitanos.

Was a Swiss architect who collaborated with his more famous cousin Charles Edouard Jeanneret (who as

Was a Swiss architect who collaborated with his more famous cousin Charles Edouard Jeanneret (who assumed the pseudonym Le Corbusier) for about twenty years. Their working relationship ended when he joined the French Resistance and Le Corbusier did not.

Was a French statesman. After the victory of Fontaine-Française (1595), Henry took Jeannin into his

Was a French statesman. After the victory of Fontaine-Française (1595), Henry took Jeannin into his council and in 1602 named him intendant of finances. He took part in the principal events of the reign, negotiated the Treaty of Lyon with Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy, and the defensive alliance between France and the United Netherlands in 1608. As Superintendent of Finances under King Louis XIII, be tried to establish harmony between the king and the Queen Mother, Marie de' Medici.

Is a French author, dramaturge and journalist who writes for Paris Match, Libération and L'Express.

Is a French author, dramaturge and journalist who writes for Paris Match, Libération and L'Express. At present he lives in Paris. For a period of 30 years he worked on a biography of Kurt Gerstein before he finally released the book A Spy for God, which deals with Kurt Gerstein's story and the decades of the author's research.

Is a French director, actor and script-writer. His film Zim and Co. was screened in the Un Certain R

Is a French director, actor and script-writer. His film Zim and Co. was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival.[1] His brother is Marc Jolivet, the actor, script-writer, director and humourist. They are the sons of Jacques Jolivet (author), and Arlette Thomas, the French voice of the cartoon characters Calimero and Titi (Tweety).

Is a French equestrian, who competed in the sport of show jumping.

Is a French equestrian, who competed in the sport of show jumping.

Was a French naturalist who contributed sections on cetaceans, mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians,

Was a French naturalist who contributed sections on cetaceans, mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and insects to the Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique. He is also notable as the first scientist to study the feral child Victor of Aveyron.

Was an influential French chemist.He is known for his Dictionnaire de chymie (1766). He was also inv

Was an influential French chemist.He is known for his Dictionnaire de chymie (1766). He was also involved in practical applications, to medicine and industry, such as the French development of porcelain. He was an opponent of Lavoisier's theories. The scholar Phillipe Macquer was his brother.In his 1749 Elemens de Chymie Theorique, Macquer builds on Geoffroy’s 1718 affinity table, by devoting a whole chapter to the topic of chemical affinity:[1]

Is a former French Socialist politician and has been a member of the Constitutional Council of Franc

Is a former French Socialist politician and has been a member of the Constitutional Council of France since 2001. In 1981, when Mitterrand was elected President of France, Joxe became Minister of Industry for only one month, before he became leader of the

Was a French statesman, who served as minister in several of Napoleon III's governments. He was Mini

Was a French statesman, who served as minister in several of Napoleon III's governments. He was Minister of the Interior from 15 March 1850 to 24 January 1851, Minister of Foreign Affairs from 10 April 1851 to 26 October 1851, President of the Conseil d'État from 30 December 1852, briefly Minister of Foreign Affairs again from 4 January 1860 to 24 January 1860, Minister without portfolio from 3 December 1860, and Minister of Justice (and of Public Worship) from 23 June 1863 to 17 July 1869.

Was a French Sculptor and animalière. He is considered the pioneer of animal sculpture in the ninet

Was a French Sculptor and animalière. He is considered the pioneer of animal sculpture in the nineteenth-century. Mêne produced a number of animal sculptures, mainly of domestic animals including horses, cows and bulls, sheep and goats which were in vogue during the Second Empire. He was one of a school of French animalières which also included Rosa Bonheur, Pierre Louis Rouillard, Antoine-Louis Barye, Auguste Caïn, and François Pompon.

Was a French sculptor who worked in a full range of rococo and neoclassical styles.He served an earl

Was a French sculptor who worked in a full range of rococo and neoclassical styles.He served an early apprenticeship at Le Puy, near his natal village of Saint-Paulien, then at the École de dessin of Lyon, then entered the Parisian atelier of Guillaume Co

Was a French screenwriter and film and television director. Kast died from a heart attack onboard an

Was a French screenwriter and film and television director. Kast died from a heart attack onboard an aircraft on 20 October 1984, aged 64.[1]

Was a French writer, translator and artist. He was the eldest son of the artists Erich Klossowski an

Was a French writer, translator and artist. He was the eldest son of the artists Erich Klossowski and Baladine Klossowska, and his younger brother was the painter Balthus. Pierre Klossowski wrote full length volumes on the Marquis de Sade and Friedrich Nietzsche, a number of essays on literary and philosophical figures, and five novels. He translated several important texts (by Virgil, Ludwig Wittgenstein, Martin Heidegger, Friedrich Hölderlin, Franz Kafka, Nietzsche, and Walter Benjamin) into French, worked on films and was also an artist, illustrating many of the scenes from his novels. Klossowski participated in most issues of George Bataille's review, Acéphale, in the late 1930s.

Is a French film director and screenwriter. He directed the 1967 film Anna, which starred Anna Karin

Is a French film director and screenwriter. He directed the 1967 film Anna, which starred Anna Karina.[1]

Was a French association footballer. He played for FC Mulhouse and FC Sochaux, and earned 12 caps an

Was a French association footballer. He played for FC Mulhouse and FC Sochaux, and earned 12 caps and scored 2 goals for the France national football team, and was included in the 1934 FIFA World Cup finals squad.[1]

Is a French organist, pedagogue and composer. Pierre Labric studied at the Paris Conservatoire with

Is a French organist, pedagogue and composer. Pierre Labric studied at the Paris Conservatoire with Marcel Dupré and Maurice Duruflé. Later, he studied organ privately with Jeanne Demessieux, whose complete organ works he recorded on LP. During Jeanne Demessieux's tenure as titular organist at La Madeleine in Paris, he was her assistant and substitute. He also substituted for Pierre Cochereau at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris. Pierre Labric recorded the complete organ symphonies of Louis Vierne and Charles-Marie Widor (both as world premiere recordings), the Preludes and Fugues of Camille Saint-Saëns and the complete Promenades en Provence of Eugène Reuchsel.

Is a Québécois poet, born at Mont-Joli, Quebec. He now lives in Trois-Rivières.Very involved in t

Is a Québécois poet, born at Mont-Joli, Quebec. He now lives in Trois-Rivières.Very involved in the social and cultural milieu of the region, he was president of the Société des Écrivains de la Mauricie, co-founder and editor of les Éditions Cobalt, and c

Was a French Egyptologist and philologist. He served as Egypt's director of antiquities from 1914 un

Was a French Egyptologist and philologist. He served as Egypt's director of antiquities from 1914 until 1936, and oversaw the 1922 discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun in the Valley of the Kings by Howard Carter.

Is a French painter.He studied at the Académie Julian in Paris in 1956 then studied at the École n

Is a French painter.He studied at the Académie Julian in Paris in 1956 then studied at the École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts from 1959 to 1961.

Was a French positivist. Residing at Paris as a teacher of mathematics, he became a disciple of Augu

Was a French positivist. Residing at Paris as a teacher of mathematics, he became a disciple of Auguste Comte, who appointed him his literary executor. On the schism of the Positivist body which followed Comte's death, he was recognized as head of the section which accepted the full Comtian doctrine; the other section adhered to Émile Littré,

Was a French Basque priest and author born in Louhossoa on 21 May 1901 and died 23 February 1985 in

Was a French Basque priest and author born in Louhossoa on 21 May 1901 and died 23 February 1985 in Bayonne (Labourd).[1] Orphaned at the age of seven, Lafitte was raised by his aunt and uncle in Ithorots, where he went to the local school. From 1914 he continued his education at the Seminary in Urt from where he graduated in 1919. He was ordained on 13 July 1924 and taught at the Catholic Institute of Toulouse for a number of years until returning to the French Basque Country where he eventually settled in Ustaritz for good. He contributed to many Basque and Basque-related publications, including Eskualduna and Gure Herria.[1]