French Famous Names Starting with Letter G

Is a footballer, currently playing for FC Martigues. He is also the older brother of current Panathi

Is a footballer, currently playing for FC Martigues. He is also the older brother of current Panathinaikos midfielder Damien Plessis.

Was a French linguist, astronomer, Cabbalist, diplomat, professor, and religious universalist. Poste

Was a French linguist, astronomer, Cabbalist, diplomat, professor, and religious universalist. Postel made his way to Paris to further his education. While studying at the College Sainte-Barbe, he became acquainted with Ignatius Loyola and many of the men who would become the founders of the Company of Jesus, retaining a lifelong affiliation with them.

Is a French football (soccer) midfielder. He currently plays for Stade Reims on loan from SM Caen.

Is a French football (soccer) midfielder. He currently plays for Stade Reims on loan from SM Caen.

Is a former tennis player from France, who turned professional in 1989. He represented his native co

Is a former tennis player from France, who turned professional in 1989. He represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, where he was defeated in the first round by Zimbabwe's Byron Black. The right-hander won one singles

Is a French football defender currently playing for FC Metz in the French Ligue 2.

Is a French football defender currently playing for FC Metz in the French Ligue 2.

Is a former professional footballer who played as a striker.

Is a former professional footballer who played as a striker.

Is a professional French tennis player. His highest ranking so far has been World Number 162, which

Is a professional French tennis player. His highest ranking so far has been World Number 162, which he achieved on February 8, 2010. He received a wildcard into the 2009 French Open, his ATP-tier debut. In the first round, one day before his 19th birthday

Is a former professional footballer who played as a striker.

Is a former professional footballer who played as a striker.

Was a French writer and man of letters during the Age of Enlightenment. He had the assistance of var

Was a French writer and man of letters during the Age of Enlightenment. He had the assistance of various members of the philosophe côteries in his most important work, L'Histoire philosophique et politique des établissements et du commerce des Européens dans les deux Indes (Amsterdam, 4 vols., 1770). Diderot indeed is credited with a third of this work, which was characterized by Voltaire as "du réchauffé avec de la declamation.

Was a French architect. Guillaume Tronchet studied at the École des Beaux-Arts de Paris in the stud

Was a French architect. Guillaume Tronchet studied at the École des Beaux-Arts de Paris in the studio of Louis-Jules André, then in 1890 in that of Victor Laloux. Gaining his diploma in 1891, in 1892 he won the Deuxième Second Grand Prix de Rome with his design entitled "Un musée d'artillerie".

Is a French former football goalkeeper. He started his career at Olympique Marseille. He spent a sea

Is a French former football goalkeeper. He started his career at Olympique Marseille. He spent a season at L'OM without making any first team appearances. He then made a move to CS Louhans-Cuiseaux where he quickly established himself as first-choice goalkeeper. His performances there attracted the attention of another first division side, RC Lens, and he signed for them in 1992, eventually totalling 351 appearances in an 11-year spell between the sticks.

Is a French musician and composer known internationally for composing the score to the Jean-Pierre J

Is a French musician and composer known internationally for composing the score to the Jean-Pierre Jeunet movie Amélie[1][2]. His music is recognized by its use of a large variety of instruments in relatively minimalist compositions, often with a touch of either European classical music or french folk music, using primarily the piano, accordion or violin together with instruments like the melodica, xylophone, toy piano, ondes martenot, harpsichord and typewriter. He has been compared to musicians Chopin, Erik Satie, Phillip Glass and Michael Nyman [3].

Was a French architect who specialised in prison design. The Institut de France appointed Blouet the

Was a French architect who specialised in prison design. The Institut de France appointed Blouet the head of the fine arts section of the French Morea expedition 1828-1833, the second of three great military-scientific expeditions led by France in the first half of the 19th century,[1] in which geologists and antiquarians accompanied an expedition with military objectives, in this case to deport all Ottoman nationals from the Morea

Was a French organist, composer and theorist. His first livre d'orgue is the earliest surviving coll

Was a French organist, composer and theorist. His first livre d'orgue is the earliest surviving collection with traditional French organ school forms. Nivers's other music is less known; however, his treatises on Gregorian chant and basso continuo are still considered important sources on 17th century liturgical music and performance practice.

Was a French Jesuit and historian. Bougeant entered the Society of Jesus in 1706, taught classics in

Was a French Jesuit and historian. Bougeant entered the Society of Jesus in 1706, taught classics in the College of Caen and Nevers and lived for a number of years in Paris until his death. His Amusement philosophique sur le language des bêtes (Philosophical Amusements on the Language of the Animals), published in 1737, attracted the censure of his superiors, leading to his brief exile from Paris. It was translated into English, Italian, and German.

Was a French Catholic apologist and scriptural exegete, Archbishop of Tours and Cardinal. Having asc

Was a French Catholic apologist and scriptural exegete, Archbishop of Tours and Cardinal. Having ascertained his vocation to the priesthood, on the completion of his academic studies at the Angers lycée and at Château-Gontier, he studied philosophy in the seminary of Le Mans, where he received the subdiaconate in 1839. From this institution he passed to the Collège de Tessé, which belonged to the Diocese of Le Mans, where, while teaching in one of the middle grades, he continued his own ecclesiastical studies.

Is a French Egyptologist and archaeologist. A former member of the French Institute of Oriental Arch

Is a French Egyptologist and archaeologist. A former member of the French Institute of Oriental Archaeology of Cairo, she has been a curator and director of the Department of Egyptian Antiquities of the Louvre Museum since May 2007.

A French operatic mezzo-soprano.Guillemette trained at the Academy of Toulouse and debuted as Baba i

A French operatic mezzo-soprano.Guillemette trained at the Academy of Toulouse and debuted as Baba in The Rake's Progress at Salle Favart. She took part in the premiere recording of Lully's Atys conducted by William Christie. She is a highly-respected sin

Is a French Alpine skier who represented France in the 2010 Olympic games. He took 26th with a time

Is a French Alpine skier who represented France in the 2010 Olympic games. He took 26th with a time of 1:56:20 in the men's downhill[1].

Is a Senegalese football midfielder, currently playing for AS Saint-Étienne on loan from FC Nantes.

Is a Senegalese football midfielder, currently playing for AS Saint-Étienne on loan from FC Nantes.N'Daw began his career with FC Sochaux-Montbéliard who played 122 games and scores five goals, he joined than to FC Nantes in summer 2008. After only one ye

Was a football player from Sweden. He is widely considered as one of Olympique de Marseille best str

Was a football player from Sweden. He is widely considered as one of Olympique de Marseille best strikers, along with Josip Skoblar and Jean-Pierre Papin

Was a Luxembourgian Olympic fencer. He competed in the individual foil and team épée events at the

Was a Luxembourgian Olympic fencer. He competed in the individual foil and team épée events at the 1948 Summer Olympics.

Was a French entrepreneur. He manufactured bicycles and pneumatic tyres and went on to motorcycles,

Was a French entrepreneur. He manufactured bicycles and pneumatic tyres and went on to motorcycles, automobiles, aeroplanes and airships.[2][5] He changed his name to Clément-Bayard five years after the successful launch of the Clément-Bayard automobile brand. It honoured the Chevalier Pierre Terrail, seigneur de Bayard who saved the town of Mézières from an Imperial army during the Siege of Mézières in 1521.[2][6]

Was a French botanist. Thuret twice visited Istanbul in company with the French ambassador, Edouard

Was a French botanist. Thuret twice visited Istanbul in company with the French ambassador, Edouard Pontois, and was for a time attache to the French embassy to the Ottoman Empire. His diplomatic career, though of short duration, gave him a valuable opportunity of studying the Oriental flora. After travelling in Syria and Egypt in the autumn of 1841, he returned to France.

Was a French fencer who took part in the 1920 Olympic Games in Antwerp. Bushard won two Olympic meda

Was a French fencer who took part in the 1920 Olympic Games in Antwerp. Bushard won two Olympic medals in fencing at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp.[1][2] He came in third place in both the individual and team epee.