French Famous Baby Names

Is a former football player and manager, currently with AFC Tubize.He was fired from FC Brussels on

Is a former football player and manager, currently with AFC Tubize.He was fired from FC Brussels on January 2008 for bad results and did not reach a new agreement with RAEC Mons.

Was a French road bicycle racer, who won the 1899 Paris-Roubaix. In 1908 he founded the Champion Ign

Was a French road bicycle racer, who won the 1899 Paris-Roubaix. In 1908 he founded the Champion Ignition Company to make spark plugs in Flint, Michigan. In 1909 the name changed to AC Spark Plug Company, after Champion's initials.He crashed in a race and

Was a French composer. Although Roussel spent seven years as a midshipman, only turning to music as

Was a French composer. Although Roussel spent seven years as a midshipman, only turning to music as an adult, he became one of the most prominent French composers of the inter-war period. His earlier works were strongly influenced by the impressionism of Debussy and Ravel, with his later works turning more towards neoclassicism.

Was a French politician and scientist. Châtelet received his teaching degree from the École Normal

Was a French politician and scientist. Châtelet received his teaching degree from the École Normale Supérieure in 1908. After earning a doctorate in 1913, Châtelet became a lecturer at École centrale de Lille and a professor at Université de Lille, rising to the rank of Vice-Chancellor by 1924. After thirteen years of chancellorship he was appointed as the Director of Secondary Education by the Ministry of National Education, where he served under Jean Zay until 1940. In 1945 he joined the Faculty of Science at the University of Paris, succeeding Jean Cabannes as its Dean in 1949.

Is a former French rugby union footballer. He played as number-eight. He was nicknamed Matabiau. Cig

Is a former French rugby union footballer. He played as number-eight. He was nicknamed Matabiau. Cigagna first played at Stade Bagnérais, moving then to Stade Toulousain, where he played from 1983/84 to 1994/95. He was capitan of Stade Toulousain, from 1988/89 to 1994/95. He won five titles of French Champion, in 1985, 1986, 1989, 1994 and 1995, and the Cup of France, in 1984.

Was a French chess master.He won at Paris 1856, tied for 9-10th at Paris 1878 (Johannes Zukertort an

Was a French chess master.He won at Paris 1856, tied for 9-10th at Paris 1878 (Johannes Zukertort and Szymon Winawer won), took 2nd, behind Samuel Rosenthal, at Paris 1880 (the first French National Tournament, the 1st unofficial French Chess Championship), took 4th at Paris 1881 (the second French National Tournament, Edward Chamier won), and was a winner, ahead of Jules Arnous de Rivière, at Paris 1883 (the third French National Tournament), took twice 4th at Paris 1890 and 1892 (both won by Alphonse Goetz).

Was a French water polo player and freestyle swimmer who competed at the 1928 Summer Olympics.He als

Was a French water polo player and freestyle swimmer who competed at the 1928 Summer Olympics.He also participated in the 400 metre freestyle competition but was eliminated in the semi-finals. As a member of the French relay team he was eliminated in the

Was a French artist, engraver, painter and aquarellist. He was first illustrator of luxury art books

Was a French artist, engraver, painter and aquarellist. He was first illustrator of luxury art books, such as Le chant de mon voyage vers la Grèce (my Grecian travel’s song) by Léon Cathlin, Combourg by Chateaubriand, Les discours des misères de ce temps (Discourse regarding the misery of the present time) by Ronsard, Les destinées (destiny) by Alfred de Vigny, etc. In 1931, he produced a Macbeth. After 1958, President Charles de Gaulle was fond of Decaris’s works, especially of the illustration of his own book Le fil de l’épée (The edge of the sword).

Was a French water polo player who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics.

Was a French water polo player who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics.

Was a French actor, screenwriter, film director and novelist. Between 1915 and 1916, Dieudonné acte

Was a French actor, screenwriter, film director and novelist. Between 1915 and 1916, Dieudonné acted in five films for director Abel Gance, including the 1915 film La Folie du Docteur Tube and the 1916 film Le périscope. In 1927 he was hired back to star in the title role of Napoléon Bonaparte in Gance's epic film, Napoléon. In 1929 Dieudonné wrote a novel that was made into a 1930 musical comedy film titled "La Douceur D'Aimer" (Sweetness of Love), and he wrote the script for the 1936 La Garçonne.

Is a French actor and film director. He started his career as a stand-up comedian. In February 1998,

Is a French actor and film director. He started his career as a stand-up comedian. In February 1998, his 1996 film Bernie took the Grand Prize at the 9th Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival which was attended by Dupontel.[1]

Was a French rugby union player who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics.

Was a French rugby union player who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics.

Is a former French footballer born 30 June 1927 in Bully-les-Mines, died 8 December 2008 in Troyes.

Is a former French footballer born 30 June 1927 in Bully-les-Mines, died 8 December 2008 in Troyes. He played as defender for Sedan. With the Ardennes club, he was the winner of the Coupe de France in 1956[1]. He repeated the achievement three years later, with Le Havre AC, the club where he finished his career. He was manager of SM Caen from 1961-1962.

Is French football manager, having coached Olympique Marseille in 2007 before being replaced by Eric

Is French football manager, having coached Olympique Marseille in 2007 before being replaced by Eric Gerets.As a player he won the Ligue 1 with Olympique Marseille in 1972 and the Coupe de France in 1980 with AS Monaco. He also played for Stade de Reims and Olympique Lyonnais. He won eight caps and scored 1 goal for the France national football team.

Was a French sculptor, author of sans titre exposed at the Musée de la Sculpture en Plein Air in Pa

Was a French sculptor, author of sans titre exposed at the Musée de la Sculpture en Plein Air in Paris and friend off French painter Annick Gendron.

French physicist and one of the discoverers of giant magnetoresistance which brought about a breakth

French physicist and one of the discoverers of giant magnetoresistance which brought about a breakthrough in gigabyte hard disks.

Is a retired football striker from France, who obtained 5 caps (two goals) for the French national t

Is a retired football striker from France, who obtained 5 caps (two goals) for the French national team.

Was a metal (copper) craftsman, who was born in Paris and mastered the art of sheet metal embossing

Was a metal (copper) craftsman, who was born in Paris and mastered the art of sheet metal embossing at a young age before crossing the Atlantic Ocean in the 1930s to ply his trade in North America.

Was a French painter. Born Albert Léon Gleizes and raised in Paris, he was the son of a fabric desi

Was a French painter. Born Albert Léon Gleizes and raised in Paris, he was the son of a fabric designer who ran a large industrial design workshop. He was also the nephew of Léon Comerre, a successful portrait painter who won the 1875 Prix de Rome.

Was a French athlete who competed at the 1904 Summer Olympics held in St. Louis, Missouri, United St

Was a French athlete who competed at the 1904 Summer Olympics held in St. Louis, Missouri, United States. He won a silver medal in the marathon race and also won a silver medal as a member of the Chicago Athletic Association team in the four mile team race.

A French geneticist and essayist.In 1951, he entered the french tobacco monopoly SEITA (which merged

A French geneticist and essayist.In 1951, he entered the french tobacco monopoly SEITA (which merged with its spanish counterpart Tabacalera to form Altadis in 1999) as an organisation and method engineer. Then, he worked as a rapporteur in the French Court of Financial Auditor (equivalent to the US Government Accountability Office) and as a senior executive in the French Health ministry. In 1966, he went to Stanford University to study population genetics as a Research worker. Back in France in 1968, he joined French Institute for Demographical Studies as supervisor of the genetics department. In 1973, he was appointed expert in genetics in the World Health Organisation. He retired in 1985.

Was a French award-winning filmmaker, film producer, and writer, who is best known for his award win

Was a French award-winning filmmaker, film producer, and writer, who is best known for his award winning short films which he began making in the late 1940s. He was born in Paris, France.He first came into prominence for directing and producing White Mane (1953), an award winning short film that tells a fable of how a young boy gentles an untamable wild white stallion in the marches of Camargue (the Petite Camargue).

Was a French mathematical philosopher. An escaped prisoner-of-war, he was shot by the German authori

Was a French mathematical philosopher. An escaped prisoner-of-war, he was shot by the German authorities in Toulouse, on 1 August 1944[1].

Was a French music scholar, known for his essays on theory, and a minor composer. Lavignac studied w

Was a French music scholar, known for his essays on theory, and a minor composer. Lavignac studied with Antoine François Marmontel, François Benoist and Ambroise Thomas at the Conservatoire de Paris where later he taught harmony. Among his pupils were Vincent d'Indy, Philipp Jarnach, Gabriel Pierné, Amédée Henri Gustave Noël Gastoué, Florent Schmitt, and Claude Debussy.

Is a member of the National Assembly of France. He represents the only constituency on the islands o

Is a member of the National Assembly of France. He represents the only constituency on the islands of Wallis and Futuna, and sits with the Socialist, Radical, Citizen and Miscellaneous Left group in the Assembly.