French Famous Names Starting with Letter G

Is a French composer. Keller studied at the Conservatoire de Paris with Nadia Boulanger, Tony Aubin

Is a French composer. Keller studied at the Conservatoire de Paris with Nadia Boulanger, Tony Aubin and Olivier Messiaen. In 1951 she won the Second Prix de Rome with her cantata Et l’Homme vit se rouvrir les portes. She taught aural training at the Conservatoire and analysis and counterpoint at the École Normale de Musique in Paris.

Was a French pianist and expert and leading performer[1] on the twentieth-century electronic instrum

Was a French pianist and expert and leading performer[1] on the twentieth-century electronic instrument the ondes Martenot, which was invented by her brother Maurice. At the age of sixteen, she entered the Paris Conservatory, where she studied counterpoint and fugue with the composer Arthur Honegger. She gave the first performance (and subsequently made recordings) as solo ondist in Messiaen's Turangalîla-Symphonie, with Yvonne Loriod taking the solo piano part.

Was a French violinist.Born in Paris into a very musical family, Ginette Neveu became a violinist an

Was a French violinist.Born in Paris into a very musical family, Ginette Neveu became a violinist and her brother Jean-Paul Neveu a classical pianist. She was also the grandniece of composer Charles-Marie Widor (1844–1937). A child prodigy, Ginette Neveu took lessons from her mother and made her solo debut at the age of seven with the Colonne Orchestra in Paris. Her parents then decided to send her to study under Line Talluel, and after further studies with Jules Boucherit at the Paris Conservatory, she completed her training with instruction from George Enescu, Nadia Boulanger, and Carl Flesch.

Is a Luxembourgian Olympic fencer. She competed in the women's individual foil events at the 1960 an

Is a Luxembourgian Olympic fencer. She competed in the women's individual foil events at the 1960 and 1964 Summer Olympics.

Was a French professional road bicycle racer.

Was a French professional road bicycle racer.

Was an industrialist and collector of automobiles. He is best known for the Schlumpf collection hous

Was an industrialist and collector of automobiles. He is best known for the Schlumpf collection housed at the Musée National de l'Automobile de Mulhouse.

Is a French weightlifter. His personal best is 335kg. At the 2007 World Weightlifting Championships

Is a French weightlifter. His personal best is 335kg. At the 2007 World Weightlifting Championships he ranked 26th in the 77 kg category, with a total of 325 kg. He competed in Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the 77 kg division finishing four

Is a French professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTeam Bbox Bouygues Telecom.

Is a French professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTeam Bbox Bouygues Telecom.

Was an Italian-born astronomer, nephew of Giacomo F. Maraldi. Maraldi came to Paris in 1727 and beca

Was an Italian-born astronomer, nephew of Giacomo F. Maraldi. Maraldi came to Paris in 1727 and became a member of the French Academy of Sciences in 1731. There, while observing Comet De Chéseaux with Jacques Cassini in 1746, he discovered two "nebulous stars", which later turned out to be globular clusters M15 and M2. Maraldi retired to Perinaldo, Italy in 1772. He was poshumously honored, along with his uncle, by the naming of lunar crater Maraldi in 1935.

Was a French mathematician and engineer, who is considered one of the founders of projective geometr

Was a French mathematician and engineer, who is considered one of the founders of projective geometry. He is the eponym of Desargues' theorem and of the crater Desargues on the Moon.His father was a royal notary, an investigating commissioner of the Senes

Was an Italian cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church and Archbishop of Aix. He was sent to Rome for

Was an Italian cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church and Archbishop of Aix. He was sent to Rome for his education, and entered the Church probably under the patronage of his uncle Domenico Grimaldi, Archbishop of Avignon. In 1621 he was appointed Vice-legate of Viterbo, and in 1626 on the death of Cardinal Odoardo Farnese he became governor of the province. From April 26, 1628 until March 1632 he was governor of Rome.

Was an Italian/French professional road bicycle racer.

Was an Italian/French professional road bicycle racer.

Was an Italian ballerina, noted for creating the role of Swanilda in Léo Delibes' ballet Coppélia

Was an Italian ballerina, noted for creating the role of Swanilda in Léo Delibes' ballet Coppélia at the age of 16. Bozzacchi had come to Paris to study with Mme Dominique. The choreographer, Arthur Saint-Léon, and the director of the Paris Opéra, Émile Perrin, had been searching for a suitable Swanilda, after deciding that none of the ballerinas previously considered - Léontine Beaugrand, Angelina Fioretti and Adèle Grantzou - were suitable. They even asked the composer Léo Delibes to seek out a suitable Swanilda on his trip to Italy

Was a French-born Soviet and Russian film actor. After the Nazi invasion of France he became a membe

Was a French-born Soviet and Russian film actor. After the Nazi invasion of France he became a member of the French Resistance.[1] The multilingual teenager fought as a member of the American army after the Allies finally landed in France in 1944.[1][2] The end of the war permitted him to return to acting and professional music.

Was a Spanish-born singer, long based in France. In the fifties, she was one of the major competitor

Was a Spanish-born singer, long based in France. In the fifties, she was one of the major competitors to Dalida.Born as Rosa María Coscolin in Vilafranca del Penedès, Catalonia, she achieved a degree of fame and success in the 1950s and 1960s, with songs

Touré, a midfielder, is the younger brother of Arsenal defender Kolo Touré. They have a younger br

Touré, a midfielder, is the younger brother of Arsenal defender Kolo Touré. They have a younger brother Ibrahim Touré, who plays for Metalurh Donetsk in Ukraine.Touré moved to Olympiakos in 2005. He was nicknamed "the new Patrick Vieira" by his brother Kolo. Ahead of the 2005/2006 Premiership season he spent a period during pre-season on trial at Arsenal, but failed to seal a permanent move. He was also selected by Eurosport in 2005 as one of the most promising young players worldwide (Javier Mascherano and Sergio Agüero were included in the list as well).

Was a Flemish astronomer who was born in Herk-de-Stad. He is also known by the Latin name Vendelinus

Was a Flemish astronomer who was born in Herk-de-Stad. He is also known by the Latin name Vendelinus. His name is sometimes given as Govaert Wendelen; his first name spelt Godefroid or Gottfried.Around 1630 he measured the distance between the Earth and the Sun using the method of Aristarchus of Samos. The value he calculated was 60% of the true value (243 times the distance to the Moon; the true value is about 384 times; Aristarchus calculated about 20 times).In 1643 he recognized that Kepler's third law applied to the satellites of Jupiter.

Was a medieval knight who was one of the leaders of the First Crusade from 1096 until his death. He

Was a medieval knight who was one of the leaders of the First Crusade from 1096 until his death. He was the Lord of Bouillon, from which he took his byname, from 1076 and the Duke of Lower Lorraine from 1087. After the fall of Jerusalem in 1099, Godfrey became the first ruler of the Kingdom of Jerusalem, although he did not use the title "king."

Was a 19th century Franco-German Artist. Godefroy Engelmann was born in 1788 in Mühlhausen, a small

Was a 19th century Franco-German Artist. Godefroy Engelmann was born in 1788 in Mühlhausen, a small town near the France/Switzerland/Germany border. At the time of his birth Mulhouse was a free German republic associated with the Swiss Confederation, but was annexed by France 10 years later. He died in that same town 62 years later (1839), from a tumor in his neck.[1]

Is a French punk-rock singer.

Is a French punk-rock singer.

Is a Senegalese footballer who plays for the Cypriot side APOP Kinyras Peyias.

Is a Senegalese footballer who plays for the Cypriot side APOP Kinyras Peyias.

Is a French sculptor and goldsmith, In 1969 he married Katherine Barsacq who worked at the French Em

Is a French sculptor and goldsmith, In 1969 he married Katherine Barsacq who worked at the French Embassy in Moscow. He moved to France in January 1974 after five years of personal intervention on his behalf by President Georges Pompidou. He became a French naturalized citizen in 1978. In Paris he made jewelry and decorative objects for art galleries.

Was an eminent Marathi playwright from Maharashtra, India.

Was an eminent Marathi playwright from Maharashtra, India.

Is a singer-songwriter. Born in Wellington, New Zealand, he moved to France in 1948. He began to per

Is a singer-songwriter. Born in Wellington, New Zealand, he moved to France in 1948. He began to perform and write folk songs a few years later and was eventually signed by Sonogram. In the 1960s, he translated into French a number of songs written by Leonard Cohen. He remained active through the 1970s.[1]

Marsaud displaced his spine and was told he would never walk again. However, in 1999 after a year of

Marsaud displaced his spine and was told he would never walk again. However, in 1999 after a year of treatment, he was able to walk again. The alias Grand Corps Malade (meaning "Tall Sick Body" in French) is a reference to his condition as well as his height (nearly 6'5" which is 1.95m).