French Famous Names Starting with Letter D

Is a former French biathlete. She was on the bronze-winning relay team in the 2006 Winter Olympics.

Is a former French biathlete. She was on the bronze-winning relay team in the 2006 Winter Olympics.

Is a Senegalese footballer. He currently plays for French club Stade Reims in Ligue 2. He dropped th

Is a Senegalese footballer. He currently plays for French club Stade Reims in Ligue 2. He dropped the 'zé' part of his surname when he was 20, re-registering his name with FIFA as Demba Armand Touré

Is a French-born Senegalese footballer.On 29 August 2007 he moved to 1899 Hoffenheim. Ba has since b

Is a French-born Senegalese footballer.On 29 August 2007 he moved to 1899 Hoffenheim. Ba has since been an integral part of Hoffenheim's promotion to the Bundesliga and their successful first season in the Bundesliga where they finished 7th after leading

Is a Malian football player who is currently playing as a defender for Sudanese Premier League club

Is a Malian football player who is currently playing as a defender for Sudanese Premier League club Al-Hilal.

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 Red Star Saint-Ouen.

Was the former mayor of the Senegalese city of Mbour and Minister of Youth and Sport under president

Was the former mayor of the Senegalese city of Mbour and Minister of Youth and Sport under president Léopold Sédar Senghor.

Is a French singer from Santec, in Finistère (Breton: Penn ar Bed) region of Brittany, singing in t

Is a French singer from Santec, in Finistère (Breton: Penn ar Bed) region of Brittany, singing in the gwerz and kan ha diskan Breton styles, who has recorded 5 albums and has appeared with Lisa Gerrard on two duets.

Is a member of the Senate of France, representing the Hauts-de-Seine department. He is a member of t

Is a member of the Senate of France, representing the Hauts-de-Seine department. He is a member of the MoDem.

Is a member of the Senate of France, representing the Hauts-de-Seine department. He is a member of t

Is a member of the Senate of France, representing the Hauts-de-Seine department. He is a member of the MoDem.[1]

Is a former professional footballer. He played as a defender for a number of Ligue 1 and Ligue 2 clu

Is a former professional footballer. He played as a defender for a number of Ligue 1 and Ligue 2 clubs during his career.

Is an award-winning documentary filmmaker. A law and journalism graduate, Delestrac made his debut i

Is an award-winning documentary filmmaker. A law and journalism graduate, Delestrac made his debut in non-fiction filmmaking in 2001 and signed a number of hits including IMAX blockbuster "Mystery of the Nile" and “Pax Americana and the Weaponization of Space”, his first feature documentary. Selected in major international film festivals and acclaimed by the critics, the film reveals how space has become the newest arena for countries around the globe to launch their struggle for supremacy. Delestrac currently resides in Barcelona, Spain where he runs Intrepido Films, a production company specialized in world class documentaries.

Is a French film director and screenwriter. He has directed six films since 1997. His film La Tourne

Is a French film director and screenwriter. He has directed six films since 1997. His film La Tourneuse de pages was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival.[1] Three years later, his film Demain dès l'aube competed in the same section at the 2009 festival.[2]

Is a member of the Senate of France, representing the islands of Saint Pierre and Miquelon. He is a

Is a member of the Senate of France, representing the islands of Saint Pierre and Miquelon. He is a member of the Union for a Popular Movement.

Was a French philosopher, art critic, and writer. He was a prominent figure during the Enlightenment

Was a French philosopher, art critic, and writer. He was a prominent figure during the Enlightenment and is best-known for serving as co-founder and chief editor of and contributor to the Encyclopédie.

Is a French sociologist, Ph.D. and research director at the CNRS in Paris. He is the author of The w

Is a French sociologist, Ph.D. and research director at the CNRS in Paris. He is the author of The werewolf complex: America's fascination with violence?.[1] He is also the author of studies on environmental risk.[2][3][4] His main research field has been the phenomenon of societal "great fears" for both scapegoats characters (like the "serial killers") and collective actions viewed as generating disasters.

Is a French professional road racing cyclist for UCI Professional Continental team Landbouwkrediet-C

Is a French professional road racing cyclist for UCI Professional Continental team Landbouwkrediet-Colnago.

Was a French sculptor in the neoclassical style. At the Villa Médicis he created the mould for his

Was a French sculptor in the neoclassical style. At the Villa Médicis he created the mould for his piece Spartacus, which is very well-known. A Royal Command of 1828 for a production in marble made him famous. After a brilliant career as a sculptor and painter, he died on 19 November 1863 and is buried in the Petit-Clamart cemetery in a suburb of Paris.

Was a French lutenist and composer. He was a cousin of Ennemond Gaultier, with whom he was closely c

Was a French lutenist and composer. He was a cousin of Ennemond Gaultier, with whom he was closely connected (Denis was called "Gaultier le jeune" to separate him from Ennemond, but nonetheless publications often misattributed works between them or printed only their last name); perhaps also a student of Charles Racquet, whose death he commemorated with a tombeau. He held no court position, but gained fame through salon playing; his works consist mainly of dance suites for the lute. Three published collections of his music appeared later in his life: La rhétorique des dieux (1652), containing suites arranged into the 12 modes; Pièces de luth sur trois différens modes nouveaux (c. 1670), whose title page designates the contents as wholly his own; and Livre de tablature ... de Mr. Gaultier Sr. de Nève et de Mr. Gaultier son cousin (c. 1672).

Was a French novelist and a professor of the History of Science at Paris VIII University. He was bor

Was a French novelist and a professor of the History of Science at Paris VIII University. He was born in Setif. He spent many years devising courses and games to teach adults and children math. He is the author of Numbers: The Universal Language and of the novel The Parrot's Theorem.

Is a French race walker.

Is a French race walker.

Is a French handball player who competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics and in the 1996 Summer Olympics

Is a French handball player who competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics and in the 1996 Summer Olympics.In 1992 he was a member of the French handball team which won the bronze medal. He played all seven matches and scored 25 goals.

Is a French film actor known for his distinctive face and the physically demanding aspects of the ro

Is a French film actor known for his distinctive face and the physically demanding aspects of the roles he plays, which often involve slapstick, acrobatics or dance, as well as for his long-standing association with director Leos Carax. Lavant has played the lead role in all but one of Carax's films.

Is a former professional footballer who played as a defender.

Is a former professional footballer who played as a defender.

Was a French physicist, mathematician and inventor, best known for his pioneering invention of the s

Was a French physicist, mathematician and inventor, best known for his pioneering invention of the steam digester, the forerunner of the steam engine.

Was a French Jesuit theologian. After spending two years at Bourges he returned to Paris, and began

Was a French Jesuit theologian. After spending two years at Bourges he returned to Paris, and began a correspondence with Fronton du Duc, the editor of John Chrysostom. In 1605 he became a Jesuit, taught rhetoric at Reims (1609), La Flèche (1613), and at the Collège de Clermont (1618). During this last period he began a correspondence with the Bishop of Orléans, Gabriel de Laubépine (Albaspinaeus), on the first year of the primitive Church. Beginning in 1622