French Famous Names Starting with Letter F

Is a French-born Congolese football player who currently plays for Monégasque club Monaco in Ligue

Is a French-born Congolese football player who currently plays for Monégasque club Monaco in Ligue 1. He plays as a versatile box-to-box midfielder who is capable of playing as either a centre midfielder or an attacker and joined Monaco on 31 August 2010 after the club agreed to a fee of €1 million with Nancy.

Is a French football player who currently plays for Lorient in Ligue 1 on loan from English club Ars

Is a French football player who currently plays for Lorient in Ligue 1 on loan from English club Arsenal. He plays as a defensive midfielder, but can also be utilized as a right back. Coquelin is a French youth international and currently plays on the under-19 team. On 21 June 2010, he agreed to join Lorient on a one-year loan deal.[1][2]

Was a Quebec politician and Premier of Quebec from 1966 until his death in 1968. [1] He was the son

Was a Quebec politician and Premier of Quebec from 1966 until his death in 1968. [1] He was the son of Francis Johnson, an anglophone journalist of Irish heritage, and Marie-Adéline Daniel, a French-Canadian. He was raised bilingually but educated entirely in French. His sons, Pierre-Marc Johnson and Daniel Johnson, Jr. also became premiers of Quebec: Pierre-Marc as leader of the sovereigntist Parti Québécois for a brief period in 1985, and Daniel Jr as leader of the federalist Liberal Party of Quebec for nine months in 1994.

Was a Quebec politician and Premier of Quebec from 1966 until his death in 1968. [1] Johnson won a b

Was a Quebec politician and Premier of Quebec from 1966 until his death in 1968. [1] Johnson won a by-election in 1946 and became the Union Nationale Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for the district of Bagot. He was re-elected in 1948, 1952, 1956

Is a French composer of electroacoustic / acousmatic music. He studied composition under Ginette Wal

Is a French composer of electroacoustic / acousmatic music. He studied composition under Ginette Waldmeier, Charles Koechlin and Nadia Boulanger.[1] In the late 1940s he intuitively discovered with magnetic wire what Pierre Schaeffer at about the same time came to call musique concrète, consequently conducting solitary experiments with the musical possibilities of sound recording.

A member of the Senate of Canada. He is a former Canadian Cabinet minister and is the former Princip

A member of the Senate of Canada. He is a former Canadian Cabinet minister and is the former Principal Secretary in the Prime Minister's Office, and thus was a senior aide to Prime Minister Paul Martin. He also worked as a lobbyist in the 1980s.He was fir

Is a former football defender and former manager of RC Lens. He was named head coach of FC Sochaux o

Is a former football defender and former manager of RC Lens. He was named head coach of FC Sochaux on 1 January 2008.

Was a French film director, actor and screenwriter. He directed 20 films between 1974 and 2006. His

Was a French film director, actor and screenwriter. He directed 20 films between 1974 and 2006. His film L'enfance de l'art was entered into the 1988 Cannes Film Festival.[1]

Is a French politician and a member of the Senate of France. He represents the Bas-Rhin department a

Is a French politician and a member of the Senate of France. He represents the Bas-Rhin department and is a member of the Union for a Popular Movement Party.

Is a French sprint canoer who competed from the late 1970s to the mid 1980s. He won a bronze medal i

Is a French sprint canoer who competed from the late 1970s to the mid 1980s. He won a bronze medal in the K-2 500 m event at the 1979 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Duisburg.

Was a French composer and a member of the French group Les Six. He composed music in all major genre

Was a French composer and a member of the French group Les Six. He composed music in all major genres, including art song, chamber music, oratorio, opera, ballet music, and orchestral music. Critic Claude Rostand, in a July 1950 Paris-Presse article, described Poulenc as "half bad boy, half monk" ("le moine et le voyou"), a tag that was to be attached to his name for the rest of his career.[1]

Is a professional sail boat racer and yachtsman, and currently holds the record for the fastest sing

Is a professional sail boat racer and yachtsman, and currently holds the record for the fastest single-handed sailing circumnavigation. Although previously well known as an offshore sailor, Joyon's real leap to international prominence came in February 20

Is a French football player who plays for French club Valenciennes in Ligue 1. He plays as a striker

Is a French football player who plays for French club Valenciennes in Ligue 1. He plays as a striker and began his career with US Boulogne playing on the club's under-17 team.[1] In 2009, Massampu joined Championnat de France amateur club FC Mantes initially playing on the club's under-19 team.

Is a former athlete from France who competed mainly in the 400 metres. He competed for a France in t

Is a former athlete from France who competed mainly in the 400 metres. He competed for a France in the 1972 Summer Olympics held in Munich, Germany in the 4 x 400 metre relay where he won the bronze medal with his team mates Gilles Bertould, Daniel Velasques and Jacques Carette.

Was a French journalist, editor, writer, screenplay writer and essayist. He's starting to work for t

Was a French journalist, editor, writer, screenplay writer and essayist. He's starting to work for the Jean-Jacques Pauvert's magazine Bizarre in 1964. He was writing about fantastic and detective literature in Magazine Littéraire, worked for L'Express and for Le Point. He also was responsible of the Christian Bourgois collection 10/18. Specialist of Pop Culture, he was member of a group which help comic books to be recognize and he coined the 9th art word. He wrote prefaces for reference editions of many authors and series for the Éditions Robert Laffont.

Is a French accordionist, and composer noted for his film scores. While in his twenties, Francis Lai

Is a French accordionist, and composer noted for his film scores. While in his twenties, Francis Lai left home and went to Paris where he became part of the lively Montmartre music scene. In 1965 he met filmmaker Claude Lelouch and was hired to help write the score for the film, Un homme et une femme (A Man and A Woman). Released in 1966, the film was a major international success, earning a number of Academy Awards, and for the young Francis Lai,

Was a Protestant reformer, the son of a papal official at Avignon, where he was born between 1485 an

Was a Protestant reformer, the son of a papal official at Avignon, where he was born between 1485 and 1487. At the age of 15 he entered the Franciscan monastery at Avignon, and after 1517 he was an itinerant preacher, travelling through France, Italy and Switzerland. His study of the Scriptures shook his faith in Roman Catholic theology, and by 1522 he had abandoned his order, and became known to the leaders of the Reformation in Switzerland and Germany. He did not, however, identify himself either with Zwinglianism or Lutheranism; he disputed with Zwingli at Zürich in 1522, and then made his way to Eisenach and Wittenberg, where he married in 1523.

Is a French footballer, currently playing for Southend United.Laurent signed a one-year contract wit

Is a French footballer, currently playing for Southend United.Laurent signed a one-year contract with Southend United on 28 August 2008, following a an impressive trial.

Is a former French football player.During a 14-year professional career, Llacer played mainly for Pa

Is a former French football player.During a 14-year professional career, Llacer played mainly for Paris Saint-Germain FC, and retired in 2003.

Is a French businessman, industrialist and politician. A former alumnus of the Ecole polytechnique,

Is a French businessman, industrialist and politician. A former alumnus of the Ecole polytechnique, he was hired in 1970 by the Saint-Gobain group. In 1982, he became chairman of the board of Pont-à-Mousson SA. In the 1980s, he joined the Saint-Simon Foundation think-tank.

Is a French retired professional football defender.

Is a French retired professional football defender.

Is a French former professional racing cyclist from Saint-Quentin. He turned professional in 1989 an

Is a French former professional racing cyclist from Saint-Quentin. He turned professional in 1989 and retired 12 years later at the end of 2000.[3] A pursuit specialist, Moreau was a frequent medalist and the UCI Track Cycling World Championships, winning the pursuit in 1991. He was also part of the gold medal winning team at the 1996 Summer Olympics, who set a new Olympic record with a time of 4:05:930.

Is a French professional cyclo-cross and road bicycle racer for UCI ProTeam FDJ.

Is a French professional cyclo-cross and road bicycle racer for UCI ProTeam FDJ.

Is a French-Congolese football player who is currently playing for Tours FC.

Is a French-Congolese football player who is currently playing for Tours FC.

Was a writer on ascetical subjects. He entered the novitiate of the Society of Jesus 12 October 1654

Was a writer on ascetical subjects. He entered the novitiate of the Society of Jesus 12 October 1654, when but fifteen years old. Successively professor of Grammar, of Humanities and Rhetoric for six years, and of Philosophy for eight years, he was afterwards employed in the government. In 1689 he was made superior at Nantes; in 1684 rector at Vannes; in 1694 and 1700 rector at Orléans; in 1697 at Rouen; in 1704 Rennes where he was director of retreats until his death, 17 February 1708.