French Famous Boy Names with Letter P

Was a French physican born in Moiremont, a commune in the department of Marne. He studied in Reims a

Was a French physican born in Moiremont, a commune in the department of Marne. He studied in Reims and Paris, where in 1885 he earned his medical doctorate. He became médecin des hôpitaux in 1895, and professeur agrégé of histology in 1898. Afterwards he worked at the Hôpital Lariboisière.

Is a French Alpine skier. Dalcin was French Champion in Downhill 2000. At the 2006 Winter Olympics,

Is a French Alpine skier. Dalcin was French Champion in Downhill 2000. At the 2006 Winter Olympics, Dalcin was leading the Super-G competition before it was stopped. In the 2nd run, he was disqualified for supplying bananas, fedoras and spacebags to the Moonah arts centre.

Was a French sculptor working mostly in Rome in a late-Baroque idiom. By about 1690 he was in Rome,

Was a French sculptor working mostly in Rome in a late-Baroque idiom. By about 1690 he was in Rome, where there was an established, tightly-knit community of Burgundian artists. Monnot was influenced by Domenico Guidi, to the extent that scholars have debated the attribution between Guidi and Monnot of the Burghley House Andromeda[1].

Was a French medical doctor. He married Madame Dupin's lecturer and settled in Renaudière in Chenon

Was a French medical doctor. He married Madame Dupin's lecturer and settled in Renaudière in Chenonceaux (the Renaudière is currently a restaurant and hotel). Very curious and clever, he had a laboratory at his disposal and occupied himself with gardening and other manual labours in his spare time.

Was the founder in the 1840s of the French firm Jumeau, that produced bisque dolls and china dolls.

Was the founder in the 1840s of the French firm Jumeau, that produced bisque dolls and china dolls. His second son Emile-Louis Jumeau, born in 1843, began assuming management of the company in the 1870s.

Was a French flutist and composer of the late Baroque period. Born in Provence, Buffardin was a flut

Was a French flutist and composer of the late Baroque period. Born in Provence, Buffardin was a flute soloist at the court of the Elector of Saxony in Dresden from 1715 to 1749. He was the teacher of flautists Johann Joachim Quantz, Pietro Grassi Florio, and Johann Sebastian Bach's elder brother, Johann Jacob Bach, whom he met in Constantinople sometime before 1712.

Was a French ballet dancer and ballet master. He was the brother of Maximilien Gardel. Entering the

Was a French ballet dancer and ballet master. He was the brother of Maximilien Gardel. Entering the school of the Opéra de Paris in 1774, he studied under his brother. He was made premier danseur in 1780, but had to give up his career for health reasons. He took over from his brother as the Opera's ballet master on his death in 1787.

Was a French Jesuit missionary in Canada. He entered the novitiate in October 1681 in Paris. For the

Was a French Jesuit missionary in Canada. He entered the novitiate in October 1681 in Paris. For the next six years he was an instructor at Vannes. Then followed a few years of additional studies in Bourges and Paris. In 1694 Marest was sent to Canada and chosen chaplain of an expedition under Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville that was being outfitted to try to take the Hudson Bay region from the English. This was "contrary to my inclinations" he wrote, since he was anxious to work among the Indians.

Was a Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church and was former Archbishop of Lyon. He was ordained on 23

Was a Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church and was former Archbishop of Lyon. He was ordained on 23 December 1854. After his ordaination he served in the Archdiocese of Paris as professor of its minor seminary; vicar at Ste-Marguerite, St-Eustache, and Notre Dame des Victoires churches from 1854 until 1876.

Is a French professional football player. Currently, he plays in the Championnat National for CS Lou

Is a French professional football player. Currently, he plays in the Championnat National for CS Louhans-Cuiseaux.

Was a French professional road bicycle racer, who won one stage in the 1984 Tour de France.

Was a French professional road bicycle racer, who won one stage in the 1984 Tour de France.

Is a composer, an interpreter, a stringed-instrument maker and a French musicologist. As a young boy

Is a composer, an interpreter, a stringed-instrument maker and a French musicologist. As a young boy, Pierre-Jean Croset was introduced to music theory by his mother who taught Literature and was a classical pianist. At the age of seven, he took private piano lessons with professor and composer Paul Pittion in Grenoble for six years. He also began to play the guitar at the age of thirteen. In 1969, he was the guitarist for a jazz group in Lyon.

Is a French rower. He competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics, where he won a bronze medal in quadruple

Is a French rower. He competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics, where he won a bronze medal in quadruple skull.

Was an influential French guitarist, composer and music publisher.[1] His influence helped populariz

Was an influential French guitarist, composer and music publisher.[1] His influence helped popularize the guitar as a salon instrument. Also a guitar teacher, he published a guitar method and was an editor and publisher of several musical journals. His life coincided with the evolution of the guitar from the five-course baroque guitar to its modern six string classical form.[2] He published works for both types of guitar and also composed works for the lyre-guitar which was popular in France in the late 18th century.[3]

Was a French engineer and business leader. He directed Citroën as a vice-president and as chairman

Was a French engineer and business leader. He directed Citroën as a vice-president and as chairman from 1935 until his death in a car accident. He was known to colleagues as PJB. Some, including the man who designed Citroëns for him, called him 'the imaginative tyrant'.

Was a French academic sculptor. Son of a silversmith and furniture maker, student of the sculptors D

Was a French academic sculptor. Son of a silversmith and furniture maker, student of the sculptors David d'Angers and the painter Paul Delaroche, Cavelier won the Prix de Rome in 1842 with a plaster statue of Diomedes Entering the Palladium. The young sculptor lived at the Villa Medici from 1843 to 1847.

A French pianist. He was born in Lyon, where he entered the conservatory. Later he studied with Yvon

A French pianist. He was born in Lyon, where he entered the conservatory. Later he studied with Yvonne Loriod.In 1973, he was awarded the chamber music prize of the Paris Conservatoire. In the same year he won the first prize at the international Olivier Messiaen Competition. In 1977, at the invitation of Pierre Boulez, he became a founding member of the Ensemble InterContemporain.Aimard has collaborated with conductors such as Pierre Boulez, Seiji Ozawa, Zubin Mehta, Charles Dutoit, André Previn, Andrew Davis, David Robertson, and Nikolaus Harnoncourt. He made his American debut with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra at the age of twenty, performing the piano solo part in Olivier Messiaen's Turangalîla-Symphonie.

Was a French composer and conductor,[1] perhaps best remembered for the much anthologized Ave Maria

Was a French composer and conductor,[1] perhaps best remembered for the much anthologized Ave Maria 'by' Jacques Arcadelt, which he loosely arranged from that composer's three part madrigal Nous voyons que les hommes.[citation needed]

Was a Franco-Belgian ballet dancer and choreographer. He was also known from around 1759 by the pseu

Was a Franco-Belgian ballet dancer and choreographer. He was also known from around 1759 by the pseudonym Eugène Hus, after his stepfather Jean-Baptiste Hus. He was the son of Louis Stapleton, an Irish officer in the garrison at Brussels, and Elisabeth Bayard, a ballet dancer at the Théâtre de la Monnaie known by the pseudonym Mlle Bibi. Deserted by his father when he went off on campaign, Pierre-Louis soon got on the stage alongside his mother - aged around 4 he danced before prince Charles-Alexandre de Lorraine

Was a French historicist architect, a pupil of Henri Labrouste, specialising in ecclesiastical archi

Was a French historicist architect, a pupil of Henri Labrouste, specialising in ecclesiastical architecture. In 1844 he was appointed architect to the diocese of Lyon, where his major work was the neo-Byzantine basilica of Notre-Dame de Fourvière (1872–84), on a height dominating Lyon. He also designed Lyon's Église Saint-Georges, an extension to the parish church at Ars-sur-Formans (1862–65)[1] and churches at Régny, Neulise and Couzon-au-Mont-d'Or (1854–56), as well as the pilgrimage basilica of La Louvesc (1865) in the Department of Ardèche, Dauphiné.

Was a French Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Lyon from 1937 until

Was a French Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Lyon from 1937 until his death, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1937.

Was a French Jesuit missionary to China. Many of his notes and observations on the history and liter

Was a French Jesuit missionary to China. Many of his notes and observations on the history and literature of the Chinese were published in the "Mémoires concernant l'histoire, les sciences les arts, les moeurs, les usages, etc., des Chinois: par les missionaires de Pékin" (Paris, 1776–89, 16 vols.). These volumes were at the time the chief source of information in Europe regarding China and its people.

Was a French painter. After a long illness he re-established himself as a bronze sculptor. The son o

Was a French painter. After a long illness he re-established himself as a bronze sculptor. The son of Jean-Baptiste-Maximilien Delafontaine and Marie-Louise de La Brière, he studied under David. He exhibited at the Paris Salons 1798 and 1799. According to the Salon catalogues, he lived at 123 rue Saint-Honoré, in the Hôtel d'Aligre. On 23 June 1800 he married Émilie-Claude Herbillon from the Pont-sur-Seine.

Is a French professional football player. Currently, he plays in the Championnat de France amateur f

Is a French professional football player. Currently, he plays in the Championnat de France amateur for AS Cherbourg Football.

Is a French sculptor, draftsman and printmaker. On 21 August 1793, he was appointed director of publ

Is a French sculptor, draftsman and printmaker. On 21 August 1793, he was appointed director of public works of the Commune of Paris. On 7 July 1794, he was received at the Club des Jacobins after having given a bust of Guillaume Tell proposed by Jacques-Louis David on a project of Collot d'Herbois.