French Famous Names Starting with Letter G

Is a French former football goalkeeper.He played for France at the Euro 1960.

Is a French former football goalkeeper.He played for France at the Euro 1960.

Was a French film director. He directed twelve films between 1946 and 1963.

Was a French film director. He directed twelve films between 1946 and 1963.

Is a French film director and screenwriter.

Is a French film director and screenwriter.

Is a French retired football player.

Is a French retired football player.

Was a French rower who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics. In 1924 he won the silver medal as memb

Was a French rower who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics. In 1924 he won the silver medal as member of the French boat in the coxed fours event.

Was a French businessman and founder of the brand of edible oils of the same name (Huiles Lesieur).

Was a French businessman and founder of the brand of edible oils of the same name (Huiles Lesieur). He married Esther Dupuis with whom he had five children. Lesieur was born into a family of farmers based in Septeuil (Yvelines department), a city of which his father was the Mayor.

Was a French politician of the Third Republic. During his time as Minister of Marine he worked with

Was a French politician of the Third Republic. During his time as Minister of Marine he worked with the navy's chief of staff Henri Salaun in unsuccessful attempts to gain naval re-armament priority for government funding over army rearmament such as the

Was a French writer of prose and poetry. He was a member of the Surrealist Movement in Paris during

Was a French writer of prose and poetry. He was a member of the Surrealist Movement in Paris during the 1920s, but was expelled from the group in 1929. Before his association with André Breton and the Surrealists, Limbour co-edited, along with Roger Vitrac and Rene Crevel, the avant-garde review Aventure (1921-22). Later, he contributed to Georges Bataille's journal Documents (1929-30), and, with a number of other dissident ex-surrealists, signed the anti-Breton pamphlet Un Cadavre.

Was a French zoologist. He assisted Georges Cuvier in writing Leçons d'anatomie comparée. He was e

Was a French zoologist. He assisted Georges Cuvier in writing Leçons d'anatomie comparée. He was elected a member of the French Academy of Sciences in 1847.

Was a French politician, journalist, and French Resistance leader. Mandel began working life as a jo

Was a French politician, journalist, and French Resistance leader. Mandel began working life as a journalist for L'Aurore, the paper of Émile Zola, Georges Clemenceau, and the defenders of Alfred Dreyfus, during the Dreyfus Affair. Clemenceau brought Mandel into politics when he was Minister of the Interior. Mandel also helped Clemenceau control the press and the trade union movement during the First World War.

Was a French actor. He was married to Dany Robin and was the preferred star of Luis Buñuel (La voie

Was a French actor. He was married to Dany Robin and was the preferred star of Luis Buñuel (La voie lactee, Belle de jour, La mort en ce jardin). On TV he has played Claude Jade's father in TV-series The Island of Thirty Coffins.

Was a French conductor and composer of classical music. Witkowski started out in the army, becoming

Was a French conductor and composer of classical music. Witkowski started out in the army, becoming a cavalry officer and meeting Louis Vierne during that time[1]. He later studied with Vincent d'Indy at the Schola Cantorum, and, after settling in Lyon, was appointed director of the conservatory there in 1924[2].

Is a French painter in the style of lyrical abstraction.He was born in in Boulogne-sur-Mer, France,

Is a French painter in the style of lyrical abstraction.He was born in in Boulogne-sur-Mer, France, and gained an international reputation in the 1950s as a leading Abstract Expressionist. His large paintings are created very rapidly and impulsively. Despite his unconventional technique, he considers himself a historical painter working with abstract subject matter.

Full name Marie-Georges-Jean Méliès, was a French filmmaker famous for leading many technical and

Full name Marie-Georges-Jean Méliès, was a French filmmaker famous for leading many technical and narrative developments in the earliest cinema. He was born in Paris, where his family manufactured shoes.

Was a French professional road bicycle racer. He won two stages in the Tour de France. In 1960, he b

Was a French professional road bicycle racer. He won two stages in the Tour de France. In 1960, he became French national cyclo-cross champion.

Was a prolific French composer. Though primarily known as a composer, he was also a poet, often inte

Was a prolific French composer. Though primarily known as a composer, he was also a poet, often integrating his poetry into his compositions, and an accomplished painter. He won the 1921 Prix Blumenthal.[1]

Is a French rower who competed in the 1964 Summer Olympics. In 1964 he was a crew member of the Fren

Is a French rower who competed in the 1964 Summer Olympics. In 1964 he was a crew member of the French boat which won the silver medal in the coxed pairs event.

Was an early twentieth century French road racing cyclist who participated in the 1903 Tour de Franc

Was an early twentieth century French road racing cyclist who participated in the 1903 Tour de France in 1903 and finished eighth.

Was a French professional road bicycle racer, who won seven stages in the Tour de France, and reache

Was a French professional road bicycle racer, who won seven stages in the Tour de France, and reached the podium twice. He also was the winner of Paris–Roubaix and Paris–Tours.

Was a highly-regarded French Jewish novelist, filmmaker and essayist. He was a member of the Oulipo

Was a highly-regarded French Jewish novelist, filmmaker and essayist. He was a member of the Oulipo group.

Was a French writer. He was awarded the Prix Littéraire Valery Larbaud in 1973. The 'Tender Gesture

Was a French writer. He was awarded the Prix Littéraire Valery Larbaud in 1973. The 'Tender Gesture' (Georges Perros)", 'Paths to Contemporary French Literature', volume 1, by John Taylor, New Brunswick, New Jersey: Transaction Publishers, 2004, pp. 104-110.

Was a French archaeologist. He taught at the Sorbonne from 1875 and was director of the Ecole Normal

Was a French archaeologist. He taught at the Sorbonne from 1875 and was director of the Ecole Normale Supérieure from 1888 to 1902. In 1874 he was elected to the Academie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres, where he served as the permanent secretary from 1904 until his death. His most famous archaeological discovery was made while on an expedition to Asia Minor in 1861 and 1862, where he found a Greek translation of the document known as 'The Political Testament of the Emperor Augustus'. Perrot edited and contributed to the journal Revue archéologique. His works include Souvenirs d'un voyage en Asie mineur (1863) and the ten-volume Histoire de l'art dans l'antiquité, which he wrote with Charles Chipiez (1882–1914).

Is a French football player and manager.

Is a French football player and manager.

Was a French physician who became the royal doctor of the Kingdom of Hawaii, and engaged in a variet

Was a French physician who became the royal doctor of the Kingdom of Hawaii, and engaged in a variety of agricultural ventures. In 1854 he married Geneviève Edma Vaunois. Their sons were ophthalmologist Armand Henri Trousseau (1856–1910) and Rene Adolphe Trousseau (1857–?).[1] He and his wife legally separated by 1865.[2]

Was a French rower who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics and in the 1928 Summer Olympics. In 1924

Was a French rower who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics and in the 1928 Summer Olympics. In 1924 he won the silver medal with his partner Maurice Bouton in the coxless pairs event. Four years later he was part of the French boat which was eliminated in the second round of the coxed fours competition.