French Famous Names Starting with Letter D

Is a French politician and incumbent Mayor of Rennes[1]. He is a member of the Socialist Party. he w

Is a French politician and incumbent Mayor of Rennes[1]. He is a member of the Socialist Party. he was elected mayor of the Rennes suburb of Saint-Jacques-de-la-Lande and in 1994 he joined the department general council as councillor for Rennes-Sud-Ouest. In September 2007, he was designated by his party to lead the left-wing list (Socialist Party, PCF, PRG, UDB) in the March 2008 Rennes municipal election. In the 2008 local elections, he was elected Mayor of Rennes, succeeding PS incumbent Edmond Hervé, with 60.40% of the votes in the runoff[2].

Is a French artist and a founding member of the French group of artists called Supports-Surfaces. Th

Is a French artist and a founding member of the French group of artists called Supports-Surfaces. This group (made up of Dezeuze, Claude Viallat, Patrick Saytour, Louis Cane, André-Pierre Arnal, Vincent Bioulès, Noêl Dolla, Jean-Pierre Pincemin, André Valensi, Marc Devade, Toni Grand, and Bernard Pagès) started to form in 1966. Their common concern was a desire to deconstruct painting in order to re-examine its history and question its nature. Colour is a fundamental question in many of their works. They frequently used non-traditional materials and referred to other non-western cultures.

Is a French politician and a member of the Senate of France. He represents the Somme department and

Is a French politician and a member of the Senate of France. He represents the Somme department and is a member of the Union for French Democracy Party.

Is a former French national rugby union player and coach. He captained the French team at the 1987 W

Is a former French national rugby union player and coach. He captained the French team at the 1987 World Cup. Dubroca took over as national team coach in 1990 following Jacques Fouroux's resignation. In the 1991 Rugby World Cup, France cruised through opening round before being beaten 19-10 by England in the quarterfinals. After the final whistle Daniel Dubroca manhandled referee David Bishop accusing him of being a cheat.[1] Dubroca later resigned and was replaced by Pierre Berbizier.

Was a French artist, nicknamed as the best artist in crayons in Europe of his time but now little kn

Was a French artist, nicknamed as the best artist in crayons in Europe of his time but now little known. He drew portraits of the major figures of 17th century France, but it is unknown if he limited himself to drawing or also painted.

Is a retired French footballer.

Is a retired French footballer.

Is a retired French footballer who represented the France national football team. He played most of

Is a retired French footballer who represented the France national football team. He played most of his career with FC Nantes

Is an French judoka.

Is an French judoka.

Was a French composer.Destined by his father for the print selling trade, he was allowed, neverthele

Was a French composer.Destined by his father for the print selling trade, he was allowed, nevertheless, to indulge his fondness for music, and at an early age learned to play several instruments, his first teacher being the Tirolean composer, Josef Alois Ladurner (March 7, 1769 – February 20, 1851). Sent at the age of 20 to London to complete his business training, he was obliged to leave England as a result of the breach of the Treaty of Amiens (1804).

Is a French organist, composer, and pedagogue. Roth began his musical training at the conservatory i

Is a French organist, composer, and pedagogue. Roth began his musical training at the conservatory in his home town, Mulhouse. In 1960, he entered the Paris Conservatory, where he graduated with five first prizes — in organ and improvisation (1963, class of Rolande Falcinelli), harmony (1962, class of Maurice Duruflé), counterpoint and fugue (1963, class of Marcel Bitsch), and piano accompaniment (1970, class of Henriette Puit-Roget). He also studied organ with Marie-Claire Alain.

Is a French football player, who currently plays for Doxa Katokopias.

Is a French football player, who currently plays for Doxa Katokopias.

Is a French fashion designer, sometimes referred to as the inventor of Pret-a-Porter or ready-to-wea

Is a French fashion designer, sometimes referred to as the inventor of Pret-a-Porter or ready-to-wear .He completed his secondary education and worked as a storekeeper to a fashion house until 1955. By 1956, Louis Féraud and Jacques Esterel were selling H

Is a French retired amateur and professional football midfielder.He is the only post-WWII amateur pl

Is a French retired amateur and professional football midfielder.He is the only post-WWII amateur player to be capped for France.

Is a Luxembourgian footballer who currently plays as a striker for CS Grevenmacher in Luxembourg's d

Is a Luxembourgian footballer who currently plays as a striker for CS Grevenmacher in Luxembourg's domestic National Division.Huss made his debut for Luxembourg in a February 2000 friendly match against Northern Irelan, coming on as a late substitute for Luc Holtz. He went on to earn 46 caps, scoring 2 goals.

Is a graduate of the École Nationale d'Administration and former French Ambassador to Canada, after

Is a graduate of the École Nationale d'Administration and former French Ambassador to Canada, after being appointed to the position in 2004 until 2008. As of April 2009, he serves as France's ambassador in Pakistan. Daniel Jouanneau began his career in the Minister of Foreign Affairs (France) in 1971. He alternated between foreign postings and positions at the headquarters. In Paris, he was in charge of European affairs on numerous occasions (legal affairs department, political affairs department, Europe department

Is a Côte d'Ivoire politician. He was Prime Minister of the country from 11 December 1993 to 24 Dec

Is a Côte d'Ivoire politician. He was Prime Minister of the country from 11 December 1993 to 24 December 1999. He was appointed following the death of President Félix Houphouët-Boigny on 7 December and the subsequent resignation of Prime Minister Alassane Ouattara after a power struggle for the presidency. Duncan had been Minister of Finance under Ouattara and remained in charge of finance when he became Prime Minister.

Is a French footballer and coach born in 1922 in Tourcoing (Nord). He began his career in Belgium wi

Is a French footballer and coach born in 1922 in Tourcoing (Nord). He began his career in Belgium with SC Boussu-Bois before joining AA La Louvière. In 1954, he joined AS Aulnoye-Aymeries. He spent ten years at the avesnois club, before continuing his professional adventure at Daring Club de Bruxelles, in 1964[3].

Is a French politician and a member of the Senate of France. He represents the Charente-Maritime dep

Is a French politician and a member of the Senate of France. He represents the Charente-Maritime department and is a member of the Union for a Popular Movement Party. He is currently 61 years old.

Is a football former defender and manager.

Is a football former defender and manager.

Is a French sprint canoer who competed in the mid to late 1980s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, h

Is a French sprint canoer who competed in the mid to late 1980s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he earned his best finish of sixth in the K-2 500 m event at Los Angeles in 1984.

Was a major international art dealer and scholar, as well as a leading thoroughbred race horse owner

Was a major international art dealer and scholar, as well as a leading thoroughbred race horse owner and breeder.Born in Verrieres-le-Buisson, France (just outside of Paris), Wildenstein inherited the responsibility in 1963 of running Wildenstein & Company, a five-generation family business founded in 1875 by Nathan Wildenstein (Daniel's grandfather). Today Wildenstein is one of the world's most successful art conglomerates with offices in London, New York City and Tokyo. He was also a distinguished scholar of Impressionism, preparing catalogues raisonnés which include among others Claude Monet, Edouard Manet and Paul Gauguin. A Wildenstein Index Number refers to these catalogues. Daniel's interest in pursuing the publishing of catalogues raisonnés was a way of giving back to the community and improving the knowledge of artist's work. The Wildenstein Institute (a non profit organization) founded by Georges Wildenstein (Daniel's father) in Paris at the turn of the century would serve as the means to accomplish this latter goal. In 1993, Wildenstein also ventured into contemporary art by forming a partnership with Arne Glimcher of Pace Gallery thereby creating PaceWildenstein.

Is a French singer-songwriter, composer and pianist.Daniel Lévi spent his childhood in Lyon, where

Is a French singer-songwriter, composer and pianist.Daniel Lévi spent his childhood in Lyon, where he was preparing for his job as a musician studying piano for a decade at the conservatory in the city. In 1983, he composed and recorded his first album entitled Cocktail. In 1991, he took part in the musical produced by Catherine Lara Sand et les Romantiques, on the stage of the Chatelet in which he portrayed Musset and Chopin.

Is a former boxer from France, who competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. There he was defe

Is a former boxer from France, who competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. There he was defeated in the second round of the Men's Featherweight division by Viktor Rybakov of the Soviet Union.

Is a French-German politician and was a leader of the student protesters during the unrest of May 19

Is a French-German politician and was a leader of the student protesters during the unrest of May 1968 in France. He was also known during that time as Dany le Rouge (French for "Danny the Red", because of both his politics and the color of his hair). He is currently co-president of the group European Greens

Was a French Protestant, an architect, furniture designer and engraver at the forefront of the class

Was a French Protestant, an architect, furniture designer and engraver at the forefront of the classicizing Late Baroque "Louis XIV" style. In the Netherlands Marot was employed by the Stadthouder, who later became William III of England; in particular, he is associated with designing interiors in the palace of Het Loo, from 1684 on. Though his name cannot be attached to any English building (and he doesn't have an entry in Howard Colvin's exhaustive Dictionary of British Architects) we know from his own engraving that he designed the great hall of audience for the States-General at the Hague. He also decorated many Dutch country-houses.