French Famous Names Starting with Letter B

Is a French football defender who currently plays for Clermont Foot.In the Season 2008/2009 he playe

Is a French football defender who currently plays for Clermont Foot.In the Season 2008/2009 he played on loan by Clermont Foot to 30 June 2008.

He was a professor of optics and acoustics at the École de Physique et de Chimie Industrielles in P

He was a professor of optics and acoustics at the École de Physique et de Chimie Industrielles in Paris and a close friend of Paul Cézanne, the impressionist artist, and of Émile Zola who would later become a writer.[1]

Is a French cyclist and one of the fastest female recumbent racers and ultra cyclists[1]. Barbara ri

Is a French cyclist and one of the fastest female recumbent racers and ultra cyclists[1]. Barbara rides recumbent bikes over the complete world HPV Championships as well as long distance events such as Raid Provence Extreme and Bordeaux–Paris. Barbara won Race Across America 2010 (One stage 3000 miles race) on a Recumbent Bicycle.

Is a French philologist and philosopher,[1][2] born in 1947 in Boulogne-Billancourt. A past Director

Is a French philologist and philosopher,[1][2] born in 1947 in Boulogne-Billancourt. A past Director at Jacques Derrida's Collège international de philosophie and director of research (senior research chair) at the CNRS,[3] she succeeded to the head chair of Jonathan Barnes at the Centre Leon-Robin in 2006. Her work centers on Sophism and rhetoric, and their relation to philosophy. Her work is considered a synthesis of the Heideggerian heritage with the linguistic turn.

Is a globally recognized and award winning Congolese singer-songwriter, as well as a music producer

Is a globally recognized and award winning Congolese singer-songwriter, as well as a music producer and actress. She is hailed as setting the new standard for female African musicians, having one of the most beautiful female voices in contemporary popular urban African music. She is one of twelve children.

Is a Franco-Swiss movie director and producer who started his career in French cinema in the 1960s,

Is a Franco-Swiss movie director and producer who started his career in French cinema in the 1960s, working together with directors such as Jean-Luc Godard and Jacques Rivette.

Is a member of the Senate of France, representing the city of Paris. She is a member of the Socialis

Is a member of the Senate of France, representing the city of Paris. She is a member of the Socialist Party. She is married and has three children. She has also been a knight of the French National Order of Merit since 2001. She received her diploma in advanced studies and a Master of Business Administration from the Institut d'administration des entreprises of the University of Paris in 1981.

Is a French-Algerian football player who is currently playing as a midfielder for FC Martigues in th

Is a French-Algerian football player who is currently playing as a midfielder for FC Martigues in the French Championnat National (3rd division)He played 46 games in Ligue 2 with FC Martigues from 2000 to 2002.

Was a French tenor and soprano saxophonist and jazz composer.In 1987, French comic book artist Jacqu

Was a French tenor and soprano saxophonist and jazz composer.In 1987, French comic book artist Jacques de Loustal and author Philippe Paringaux paid homage to Wilen in their "bande dessinée" Barney et la note bleue ("Barney and the blue note").

Was a French painter, born in Paris.His father, who was a miniature painter, began to teach him to d

Was a French painter, born in Paris.His father, who was a miniature painter, began to teach him to draw at the age of six, and showed himself from the first an exacting master. Towards the close of 1785 Gros, by his own choice, entered the studio of Jacques-Louis David, which he frequented assiduously, continuing at the same time to follow the classes of the Collège Mazarin.

Is the performing name of a French horse trainer, film producer and impressario. He created his firs

Is the performing name of a French horse trainer, film producer and impressario. He created his first theater company at age seventeen, and later founded the performing troupe, Cirque Aligre. In 1998, he founded the equestrian performing show, Zingaro, which means "Gypsy". The name was taken from the name of his first horse, a spectacular Friesian horse who was also the star of his shows.

Was a notable architect, engineer, city planner and surveyor in New Orleans, Louisiana. In later lif

Was a notable architect, engineer, city planner and surveyor in New Orleans, Louisiana. In later life, he turned away from architecture and engaged in piracy and smuggling. After the Louisiana Purchase in 1803, with the Mississippi River open to free trade, landowners upriver from the Vieux Carre realized that the old quarter dominated by the Spanish and French could not contain the hordes of Americans who were now flooding the city

Is a French former footballer and current television sports presenter.Although born in Abidjan, Côt

Is a French former footballer and current television sports presenter.Although born in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, Boli moved to France at an early age and began his career in local youth football in Paris before signing for AJ Auxerre in 1982.

Is a French football player who currently plays for AS Nancy.

Is a French football player who currently plays for AS Nancy.

Is a Senegalese footballer. He plays for Brest.

Is a Senegalese footballer. He plays for Brest.

Is a Malian football player who currently plays in Greece for Levadiakos. His former clubs include K

Is a Malian football player who currently plays in Greece for Levadiakos. His former clubs include Kawkab Marrakech in Morocco, Al-Arabi in Kuwait, and Athinaikos and Kerkyra in Greece.

Is a football player from Côte d'Ivoire who plays in the Attack. He currently plays for R.E. Mouscr

Is a football player from Côte d'Ivoire who plays in the Attack. He currently plays for R.E. Mouscron in Belgium.

Is a former professional footballer. He played as a midfielder.

Is a former professional footballer. He played as a midfielder.

Was a French composer from Rheims; it has been suggested that Cordier was the nom de plume of Baude

Was a French composer from Rheims; it has been suggested that Cordier was the nom de plume of Baude Fresnel.[1] Cordier's works are considered among the prime examples of ars subtilior. In line with that cultural trend, he was fond of using red note notation, also known as coloration, a technique stemming from the general practice of mensural notation. The change in color adjusts the rhythm of a particular note from its usual form. (This musical style and type of notation has also been termed "mannerism" and "mannered notation.")[2]

Is a Senegalese football striker, who currently plays for the Russian Premier League side FC Lokomot

Is a Senegalese football striker, who currently plays for the Russian Premier League side FC Lokomotiv Moscow.He came to OB from Emirati Al Ain FC in January 2008. Before Al Ain, he played for Danish Randers FC and French AS Vitré.

Is a Senegalese football midfielder currently playing for Neuchâtel Xamax in the Swiss Super League

Is a Senegalese football midfielder currently playing for Neuchâtel Xamax in the Swiss Super League.

Was a Polish-born French actress.

Was a Polish-born French actress.

Was the most famous of a small group of trobairitz, or female troubadours who wrote courtly songs of

Was the most famous of a small group of trobairitz, or female troubadours who wrote courtly songs of love during the twelfth and thirteenth centuries.[2][3] She is only known as the Comtessa de Dia ("Countess of Diá") in contemporary documents, but was almost certainly named Beatriz and likely the daughter of Count Isoard II of Diá (a town northeast of Montelimar in southern France).[3] According to her vida, she was married to Guillem or Guilhem de Poitiers, Count of Viennois, but was in love with and sang about Raimbaut of Orange (1146-1173).[4]

Is a Christian Franco-Lebanese composer. Born in Beirut in 1957, he moved to Paris in 1979. Having w

Is a Christian Franco-Lebanese composer. Born in Beirut in 1957, he moved to Paris in 1979. Having written a hundred works between 1969 and 1978, he became extremely active as a pianist, conductor and Kappelmeister. He became a French national in 1987, and as a result many French institutions[which?] commissioned works for him.

Is a French footballer who currently is on the books with Randers FC in the Danish Superliga.Bedi Bu

Is a French footballer who currently is on the books with Randers FC in the Danish Superliga.Bedi Buval was signed after a trial period for Randers, to succeed profile Djiby Fall who Randers had sold for an impressive 15 millions Danish kroner.