French Famous Names Starting with Letter C

Was a French actor of Polish origin. During his 30-year career he worked with some of the greatest F

Was a French actor of Polish origin. During his 30-year career he worked with some of the greatest France's directors of his time, including Louis Malle, Claude Chabrol, Jean-Luc Godard, Costa-Gavras, Claude Lelouch and François Truffaut who gave him two of his most memorable roles, as Fergus in The Bride Wore Black (1968) and Bertrand Morane in The Man Who Loved Women (1977).

Was a French geologist and paleontologist, a member of the French Academy of Science and dean of the

Was a French geologist and paleontologist, a member of the French Academy of Science and dean of the Science faculty of Lyon. He was an advocate of the controversial prehistoric artifacts findings of Glozel.

Was a French sculptor.Despiau was born at Mont-de-Marsan and attended first the Ecole des Arts Déco

Was a French sculptor.Despiau was born at Mont-de-Marsan and attended first the Ecole des Arts Décoratifs and later the Ecole des Beaux Arts. He began exhibiting at the Salon des Artistes Français, from 1898 to 1900; then at the less academic Société Nati

Was a French sculptor. He was born in Bellegarde in Loiret , the son of a working class family; his

Was a French sculptor. He was born in Bellegarde in Loiret , the son of a working class family; his father was a baker. At his father’s bakery Desvergnes often used the dough to make models and his prowess came to the attention of the local Lord of the Manor, Charles Galopin, who introduced the young Desvergnes to the Paris sculptor Chapu. By the age of 15, he passed the entrance exams for the école des Beaux-Arts in Paris.

Is a French professional football player. Currently, he plays in the Ligue 2 for Angers SCO.

Is a French professional football player. Currently, he plays in the Ligue 2 for Angers SCO.

Was a French harpsichordist, violinist, and composer. Although he was known as Charles to his contem

Was a French harpsichordist, violinist, and composer. Although he was known as Charles to his contemporaries, his real name may have been François. He was most probably born in Paris, but spent much of his life in London, where he settled sometime after 1702/3. A prominent member of the Drury Lane musical establishment, Dieupart was active both as composer and performer and actively participated in the musical life of the city. However, after about 1712 he earned his income mostly by teaching, and in his later years lived in poverty. He is best remembered today for a collection of six harpsichord suites which influenced Johann Sebastian Bach's English Suites.

Was a French viol player and composer. Very little is known about his life. He was active in Paris a

Was a French viol player and composer. Very little is known about his life. He was active in Paris and was a sought-after teacher of viol. His music, all of which involves the viol in some way, was influenced by Marin Marais (whose death the composer commemorated in a tombeau) and Italian style, which is most prominent in Dollé's late works (although they retain the characteristically French ornamentation).

Was a French Protestant divine. He was the author of a large number of works in devotional and polem

Was a French Protestant divine. He was the author of a large number of works in devotional and polemical theology, several of which had great influence. His Catechism (Catéchisme ou instruction familière, 1652) and his Christians Defense against the Fears of Death (Consolations de l'âme fidèle contre les frayeurs de la mort, 1651) became well known in England by means of translations

Was a French footballer.

Was a French footballer.

Was a French actor, theater manager and director. He was a student of Jacques Copeau. He was also a

Was a French actor, theater manager and director. He was a student of Jacques Copeau. He was also a major theater teacher. He trained a whole generation of French actors. Before Copeau returned to Paris in June 1920, Charles Dullin had already taken on students and was giving acting lessons at the Théâtre Antoine under the tutelage of Firmin Gémier, the actor who originated the role of Ubu in Alfred Jarry's Ubu roi. The small of group of students, among them Antonin Artaud, developed into the "Atelier", Dullin's workshop for young actors that would prove to have a lasting effect. With this small group of actors he eventually settled in the Théâtre Montmartre, renamed the Théâtre de l’Atelier where he would remain until the beginning of World War II.

Is a French singer and composer.He wrote songs until the 1960s, sometimes under an alias, for Dalida

Is a French singer and composer.He wrote songs until the 1960s, sometimes under an alias, for Dalida, Gloria Lasso, Luis Mariano and Tino Rossi. He worked with lyricist Michel Vaucaire. In 1956 they wrote Non, je ne regrette rien, recorded in 1960 by Édith Piaf. That led to more than 30 songs for her, such as Flonflons du Bal, Mon Dieu and Les Amants which Piaf and Dumont wrote and sang together in 1962.

Was a French sculptor. The eldest son of the magistrate Jean-Baptiste Mercier Dupaty and brother of

Was a French sculptor. The eldest son of the magistrate Jean-Baptiste Mercier Dupaty and brother of the writer and académicien Emmanuel Mercier Dupaty, he was destined for the magistrature but preferred the arts. He studied in the atelier of François-Frédéric Lemot and obtained a Premier Grand Prix in sculpture, 1799, with his Pericles visiting Anaxagoras. On his return from the French Academy in Rome he was named to the Institut de France, in 1816, then appointed a professor at the École des Beaux-Arts.

Was a French academic painter who was born in Nimes, France on February 4, 1841. He grew up in the a

Was a French academic painter who was born in Nimes, France on February 4, 1841. He grew up in the area around Bordeaux, and entered the naval Academy at 12 years of age. In 1859, he moved to Paris, where he studied with Jean-Léon Gérôme and with Marc-Charles-Gabriel Gleyre.

S a French-Swiss Physicist who received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1920 in recognition of the ser

S a French-Swiss Physicist who received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1920 in recognition of the service he had rendered to precision measurements in physics by his discovery of anomalies in nickel steel alloys.

Was a French mathematician who worked on differential topology and category theory. He is known for

Was a French mathematician who worked on differential topology and category theory. He is known for work on the topology of Lie groups, the jet concept (see jet bundle), and his seminar on category theory.

A French zoologist and entomologist.Blanchard was born in Paris. His father was an artist and natura

A French zoologist and entomologist.Blanchard was born in Paris. His father was an artist and naturalist and Émile began natural history very early in life. When he was 14 years old, Jean Victoire Audouin (1797–1841), allowed him access to the laboratory of the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. In 1838, he became a technician or préparateur in this then, as now, famous institution. In 1841, he became assistant-naturalist.

Was a French mathematician. He was elected the fifteenth member to occupy seat 1 of the Académie Fr

Was a French mathematician. He was elected the fifteenth member to occupy seat 1 of the Académie Française in 1924. Picard's mathematical papers, textbooks, and many popular writings exhibit an extraordinary range of interests, as well as an impressive mastery of the mathematics of his time. Modern students of complex variables are probably familiar with two of his named theorems.

Was a French doctor.[1]

Was a French doctor.[1]

Was a French archaeologist and politician. He had the good fortune to discover the propylaea of the

Was a French archaeologist and politician. He had the good fortune to discover the propylaea of the acropolis, and his work, L'Acropole d'Athenes was published by order of the minister of public instruction. On his return to France, promotion and distinctions followed rapidly upon his first successes. He was made doctor of letters, chevalier of the Légion d'honneur, professor of archaeology at the Bibliothèque Impériale, member of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres, and perpetual secretary of the Académie des Beaux-Arts.

Was an early exponent of the science of anatomy in France. Charles was a younger brother of Robert E

Was an early exponent of the science of anatomy in France. Charles was a younger brother of Robert Estienne, the famous printer, and son to Henri, who Latinized the family name as Stephanus. After the usual humanistic training he studied medicine, and took his doctor's degree at Paris. He was for a time tutor to Jean-Antoine de Baïf, the future poet. It is uncertain whether he taught publicly. His career was interrupted by the oppressive persecutions in which their religious opinions involved the family.

Was a French ace pilot and adventurer, best remembered as a rival of Charles Lindbergh. Nungesser wa

Was a French ace pilot and adventurer, best remembered as a rival of Charles Lindbergh. Nungesser was a renowned ace in France, rating third highest in the country for air combat victories during World War I. After the war, Nungesser mysteriously disappea

Was a French astronomer and member of the French Academy of Sciences. He was director of the Observa

Was a French astronomer and member of the French Academy of Sciences. He was director of the Observatoire de Haute Provence (OHP) until 1983.

Was a French painter. He was director of the French Academy in Rome from 1704 until his death. He st

Was a French painter. He was director of the French Academy in Rome from 1704 until his death. He studied under his own father Charles Poerson (himself a former pupil of Simon Vouet) and under Noël Coypel. His notable works include "Dispute Between Neptune and Minerva" at Château de Fontainebleau, "Union of the Académie royale de Paris and the Academy of Saint Luke in Rome" at Versailles and participation in the decoration of the Hôtel des Invalides[1]. He was buried in San Luigi dei Francesi, Rome, in a tomb attributed to the sculptor Pierre de L'Estache, who later became another director of the Academy.

Was a French biologist specializing on ichthyology and herpetology.he studied at the College of Neuc

Was a French biologist specializing on ichthyology and herpetology.he studied at the College of Neuchâtel, Switzerland as a student of Louis Agassiz. In 1847, he accompagnied Agassiz as his assistant to Harvard. Three years later, Spencer Fullerton Baird called him to the Smithsonian to work on its growing collection of North American reptiles, amphibians and fishes. He worked at the museum for the next ten years and published numerous papers, many in collaboration with Baird.In 1854, he was naturalized as a U.S. citizen. Besides his work at the Smithsonian, he managed to earn an M.D. from Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. in 1856. In 1859 he returned to France and was awarded the Cuvier Prize by the Institute of France for his work on the North American reptiles and fishes two years later.

Was a French physician remembered for Gandy-Gamna nodules.

Was a French physician remembered for Gandy-Gamna nodules.