French Famous Names Starting with Letter G

Was a French philosopher. Bénézé was a disciple and editor of Alain. He taught Hegel to Jean Hipp

Was a French philosopher. Bénézé was a disciple and editor of Alain. He taught Hegel to Jean Hippolyte at the lycée in Poitiers.[1]

Is a former French football striker.French championship (6) : 1967, 68, 69, 70, 74, 75 AS Saint-Éti

Is a former French football striker.French championship (6) : 1967, 68, 69, 70, 74, 75 AS Saint-Étienne

Was a French author, and a soldier in World War I. Of Roman Catholic and monarchist leanings, he was

Was a French author, and a soldier in World War I. Of Roman Catholic and monarchist leanings, he was a violent adversary to bourgeois thought and to what he identified as defeatism leading to France's defeat in 1940.

Was a French sportsman who took part in the 1924 Winter Olympics in Chamonix and the 1928 Olympics i

Was a French sportsman who took part in the 1924 Winter Olympics in Chamonix and the 1928 Olympics in Amsterdam. Berthet won an Olympic bronze medal at the 1924 Winter Olympics in Chamonix. He was part of the French team which came in third place in the military patrol behind Switzerland and Finland. Six teams took part in the event on 31 January 1924 but only four completed the course. The others in the team were Camille Mandrillon, André Vandelle and Maurice Mandrillon.

Founded and edited the aeronautical journal L'Aérophile. Besançon was a ballonist ("aeronaut") and

Founded and edited the aeronautical journal L'Aérophile. Besançon was a ballonist ("aeronaut") and journalist.[2] Besançon helped train the later-celebrated balloonist Salomon Andrée, probably in the late 1880s.[3]

Was a French composer and pianist of the romantic era. He is best known for the opera Carmen.

Was a French composer and pianist of the romantic era. He is best known for the opera Carmen.

Was a French historian and writer. He had received several literary awards from the French Academy,

Was a French historian and writer. He had received several literary awards from the French Academy, for his novel The Four Horsemen and for his historical study Sailors of the Year II, and the award of the Goncourt historical narrative for the sinking of La Medusa . Il était membre du comité de soutien du mouvement L'Unité capétienne

Was a French academic and Communist militant. He was accused of torturing French prisoners for the V

Was a French academic and Communist militant. He was accused of torturing French prisoners for the Viet Minh during the First Indochina War. In 1949, Boudarel, now a teacher of philosophy at the lycée Yersin in Da Lat, left his job and joined with the Viet Minh in the North of Tonkin, where he was made a Political commissar in the prisoner camp "Camp 113" at Lang-Kieu, near the Chinese border, South of Ha-Giang. He went by the nom de guerre of Dai Dong[1]. Numerous testimonies of survivors of the camp would later accuse Boudarel of torturing French Army prisoners. During the year where he was on duty at the camp, 278 prisoners out of 320 perished.

Was a French football (soccer) player and manager, better known for his stint as France national foo

Was a French football (soccer) player and manager, better known for his stint as France national football team manager. He was born in Haillicourt. He played amateur football for AC Amboise and CO Saint-Dizier, where he started his coaching career.

Was a French engineer, who along with fellow Frenchman Marquis Jules-Albert de Dion , founded De Dio

Was a French engineer, who along with fellow Frenchman Marquis Jules-Albert de Dion , founded De Dion-Bouton in 1883. The pair had first worked together in 1882 to produce a self-propelled steam vehicle. The result gave birth the company which, at the time went under the name De Dion.

Was a major 20th century French painter and sculptor who, along with Pablo Picasso, developed the ar

Was a major 20th century French painter and sculptor who, along with Pablo Picasso, developed the art movement known as cubism.

Was a French singer-songwriter.Georges Brassens was born in Sète (then called Cette), a town in s

Was a French singer-songwriter.Georges Brassens was born in Sète (then called Cette), a town in southern France near Montpellier. Now an iconic figure in France, he achieved fame through his simple, elegant songs and articulate, diverse lyrics; indeed, he is considered one of France's most accomplished postwar poets. He has also set to music poems by both well-known and relatively obscure poets, including Louis Aragon (Il n'y a pas d'amour heureux), Victor Hugo, Jean Richepin, François Villon, and Guillaume Apollinaire.

Was a French Olympic fencer. He won medals in the épée competition at four Olympic Games.[1][2]

Was a French Olympic fencer. He won medals in the épée competition at four Olympic Games.[1][2]

Was a French philosopher and physician who specialized in epistemology and the philosophy of science

Was a French philosopher and physician who specialized in epistemology and the philosophy of science (in particular, biology). He took up a post at the Clermont-Ferrand basedUniversity of Strasbourg in 1941, and received his medical doctorate in 1943, in the middle of World War II. Using the pseudonym "Lafont" Canguilhem became active in the French Resistance, serving as a doctor in Auvergne.

Is a French former football goalkeeper.He was selected in France for FIFA World Cup 1966 in England

Is a French former football goalkeeper.He was selected in France for FIFA World Cup 1966 in England but remained Marcel Aubour's substitute.He later signed with AS Saint-Étienne, winning his first titles

A French boxer. He fought mainly as a light heavyweight and heavyweight in a career lasting from 190

A French boxer. He fought mainly as a light heavyweight and heavyweight in a career lasting from 1908-26. Nicknamed the "Orchid Man," he stood 5 ft 11½ in (1.82 m) and his fighting weight ranged from 125 to 175 lb (57 to 79 kg). Carpentier was known for his speed, his excellent boxing skills and his extremely hard punch.

Is a French former footballer.

Is a French former footballer.

Was a French composer, music theorist, and music educator. Born in Port Louis, Mauritius, he joined

Was a French composer, music theorist, and music educator. Born in Port Louis, Mauritius, he joined the faculty of the Conservatoire de Paris in 1905 as a teacher of counterpoint. He began teaching fugue at the school as well in 1921; a positon his wife, composer Simone Plé-Caussade, took over in 1928. Among his notable students are Jehan Alain, Georges Auric, Elsa Barraine, Lili Boulanger, Georges Dandelot, Claude Delvincourt, Georges Hugon, Jeanne Leleu, Eugène Lapierre, Gaston Litaize, Paul Pierné, Georges-Émile Tanguay, Henri Tomasi, Marcel Tournier, and Marios Varvoglis. In 1931 he published a book on the subject of harmony, Technique de l'harmonie. His most notable compositions are the operas Selgar et Moina and Légende de saint George.

Is a French neuroscientist and philosopher. Georges Chapouthier is the son of Odette Mazaubert and F

Is a French neuroscientist and philosopher. Georges Chapouthier is the son of Odette Mazaubert and Fernand Chapouthier (1899-1953). Fernand Chapouthier was a classicist and archeologist who was deputy director of the Ecole normale supérieure in Paris. Odette Mazaubert was known under the pseudonym of "Carquelin" for her Saintongeais writings.

Is a retired cyclist from France, who was nicknamed Jojo during his professional career. He was a pr

Is a retired cyclist from France, who was nicknamed Jojo during his professional career. He was a professional from 1965 to 1975. In 1968, Chappe won a stage in the Tour de France, but in 1971 he had the questionable honor of being the lanterne rouge.

Was the French scientist who created the Charpy impact test. He attended École Polytechnique from 1

Was the French scientist who created the Charpy impact test. He attended École Polytechnique from 1885 to 1887 and graduated with a degree in Marine Artillery. In 1887 he became a professor at École Monge. In 1892 he published his physics thesis. In 1920 he became a professor of metallurgy at École Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Paris.

Was a French politician.

Was a French politician.

Was a French writer and screenwriter. He grew up in a family of teachers, and after graduating in ph

Was a French writer and screenwriter. He grew up in a family of teachers, and after graduating in philosophy, passed the support of the parliamentary and between the Assembly French Union where he was division head from 1952 to 1958. He began writing, while traveling extensively, notably in Africa. He became secretary in 1960 debates in the Senate until 1980. He was journalist and novelist, he began his career as a scriptwriter in 1967.

Was a French Olympic fencer. He competed in the individual and team sabre competition at the 1924 Su

Was a French Olympic fencer. He competed in the individual and team sabre competition at the 1924 Summer Olympics.[1]

Is a French-Greek actor who has had an international career in film and television, following many y

Is a French-Greek actor who has had an international career in film and television, following many years in French theatre, notably as a member of the famed Peter Brook Company