French Famous Names Starting with Letter I

Is a French-born Algerian footballer. He currently plays for the Algerian side MC Algiers, after hav

Is a French-born Algerian footballer. He currently plays for the Algerian side MC Algiers, after having transferred from the Belgian Second Division club R.F.C. Tournai. Mouissi made his La Liga debut on 21 June 2003.

Is a French-Algerian football player of Kabyle descent who is currently playing for RE Mouscron in t

Is a French-Algerian football player of Kabyle descent who is currently playing for RE Mouscron in the Jupiler League. After scoring 2 goals in his first 2 starts for Mouscron, he was signed on March 16, 2008 to a two-year contract until 2010.

Is a French-Algerian football player who is currently playing as a forward for Nîmes Olympique in F

Is a French-Algerian football player who is currently playing as a forward for Nîmes Olympique in France's Ligue 2.He came up through the junior ranks at AS Saint-Etienne but failed to land a professional contract after a horrific injury. He has also played for Bayonne FC and FC Sète.

Is a French football player of Algerian descent who currently plays for French club Saint-Étienne i

Is a French football player of Algerian descent who currently plays for French club Saint-Étienne in Ligue 1. He operates primarily in the lead striker role. Saadi is a French youth international and has represented his country at under-16, under-17, and under-18 level. Though, he is currently playing on the club's Championnat de France amateur team, Saadi made his professional debut on 28 August 2010 in a league match against Lens in a 3–1 victory.[1]

Is a Malian football player who is currently playing as a defender for JS Kabylie in the Algerian le

Is a Malian football player who is currently playing as a defender for JS Kabylie in the Algerian league.

Is an Ivorian footballer who currently plays for Marino de Luanco of the Spanish fourth division, ma

Is an Ivorian footballer who currently plays for Marino de Luanco of the Spanish fourth division, mainly as a midfielder.After four years in Asturias (not including a loan in Portugal), Keita continued his career in Spain, in its second and third levels, in a stint in the country which spanned over a decade.

Is a Senegalese politician who was Prime Minister of Senegal from November 2002 to April 2004. He wa

Is a Senegalese politician who was Prime Minister of Senegal from November 2002 to April 2004. He was a leading member of the Senegalese Democratic Party (PDS) and was considered a protégé of President Abdoulaye Wade, but he subsequently went into opposit

Was a French scientist. He died of fever contracted whilst ministering to the prisoners of Bicêtre

Was a French scientist. He died of fever contracted whilst ministering to the prisoners of Bicêtre Hospital, near Paris. He opposed Isaac Newton's theory of refraction and his letters together with Newton's replies (which so satisfied Pardies that he withdrew his objections) are found in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society for 1672 and 1673. A proponent of Mechanism, his Discours de la Connaissance des Bestes (Paris, 1672) combatted Descartes's views on animals,

Is a Polish, naturalized French economist. He is also said to be an ecosocioeconomist, due to his id

Is a Polish, naturalized French economist. He is also said to be an ecosocioeconomist, due to his ideas about development as a combination of economic growth, equalitarian increase in social well-being and environmental preservation. The term ecosocioeconomy was created by Karl William Kapp, a German economist and one of the authors who inspired the so-called political economy during the 1970's.

Is a French professional football player. Currently, he plays in the Ligue 2 for En Avant de Guingam

Is a French professional football player. Currently, he plays in the Ligue 2 for En Avant de Guingamp. He also holds Italian citizenship.

Is an Ivorean football player who plays as a defender for AS Monaco.Lolo started his career with ASE

Is an Ivorean football player who plays as a defender for AS Monaco.Lolo started his career with ASEC Mimosas where he was, like so many, spotted by K.S.K. Beveren who gave him a contract to come and play in Belgium. He stayed there one season before leaving for FC Metalurh Donetsk.

Is an avant-garde French composer who released a series of studio albums in the 1970s and composed t

Is an avant-garde French composer who released a series of studio albums in the 1970s and composed the music for the Salvador Dalí opera Être Dieu. He was a contemporary of similar avant-garde electronic composers, such as Pierre Henry, who was also born and based in Paris.

She became famous in France after the release of her hit single, "Un Monde parfait" ("A Perfect Worl

She became famous in France after the release of her hit single, "Un Monde parfait" ("A Perfect World"), a high-energy techno song which had already been released in Italy in March 2004 under the name 'Très Bien featuring Ilona', on February 28, 2005. The song reached #1 on France's SNEP charts on March 6, 2005, and stayed on top of the charts for 15 weeks. Her second single, "C'est les vacances", was released on June 20, 2005.

Is a Brazilian-born French harpsichordist. He studied piano and harpsichord in São Paulo, and at th

Is a Brazilian-born French harpsichordist. He studied piano and harpsichord in São Paulo, and at the age of 18 he went to Paris to work with prominent French harpsichordist Huguette Dreyfus and with Canadian harpsichordist Kenneth Gilbert. He studied at the Conservatoire de Paris, where he won four premiers prix: Harpsichord and Basso Continuo (1981), Chamber Music (1982), Music History (1983), and Aesthetics (1986).

A French classical pianist.Ingmar Lazar began playing the piano at the age of five in Paris. He was

A French classical pianist.Ingmar Lazar began playing the piano at the age of five in Paris. He was quickly noticed at various piano competitions where he won 1st Great Prices (UFAM, Claude Kahn, FLAME). He made his debut at age six in the Salle Gaveau and gave his first recital at age nine at the Garibaldi Theatre at Figline Valdarno in Italy.

Is a French actress known for her roles in the miniseries Méditerranée, Dolmen, and the series Fem

Is a French actress known for her roles in the miniseries Méditerranée, Dolmen, and the series Femmes de loi. In 1997, Chauvin participated in an episode of Michael Vianney's prime time TV series Les Bœuf-carottes, and has since become a regular presence in the police drama series. She also appeared in Marc Angelos's B.R.I.G.A.D. in 1999, and then accepted a role in the police drama Femmes de loi, in 2000.

Is a French alpine skier who grew up in Val d'Isère. She has appeared in 2 Winter Olympics, in 2002

Is a French alpine skier who grew up in Val d'Isère. She has appeared in 2 Winter Olympics, in 2002 and 2006. Jacquemod appeared at the World Championships since 2001, her best single race position being fifth, in the 2005 downhill race in Santa Caterina.

Is a French alpine skier and world champion. Lafforgue won a gold medal at the 1970 World Championsh

Is a French alpine skier and world champion. Lafforgue won a gold medal at the 1970 World Championships in Val Gardena, winning the slalom event.[1]

Is an Ivorian politician and the President of the Movement of the Forces of the Future (MFA), an opp

Is an Ivorian politician and the President of the Movement of the Forces of the Future (MFA), an opposition party. He served in the government of Côte d'Ivoire as Minister of State for Transport from 2003 to 2006.

Was an Romanian-French footballer who played for SO Montpellier and the France national team.

Was an Romanian-French footballer who played for SO Montpellier and the France national team.

Is a French female tennis player of Serbian descent. Born in Serbian capital Belgrade, she moved to

Is a French female tennis player of Serbian descent. Born in Serbian capital Belgrade, she moved to Paris when she was three. Pavlovic won three singles and twelve doubles events organized by the International Tennis Federation, and is currently ranked Wo

Was born in France and acted in French theatre before moving to New York City to study at the Actors

Was born in France and acted in French theatre before moving to New York City to study at the Actors Studio. Her first short film, See You on Monday, screened at the Hamptons International Film Festival. She is the niece of actor Philippe Noiret. Ghost Bird: The Life and Art of Judith Deim (2000), her first documentary film feature, played a number of festivals, winning the Best Documentary Award at the Fort Lauderdale Film Festival and the President’s Award at Mexico’s prestigious Ajijic International Film Festival. Her films are also shown on the Sundance Channel.

Was the drummer for Les Variations, a French rock band that rose to stardom between 1967 and 1975, a

Was the drummer for Les Variations, a French rock band that rose to stardom between 1967 and 1975, after which when they split up.Together with his friends, Bitton formed a rock group and played locally until getting noticed in 1969. Variations opened for some of the top billed rockers of the day, such as Bachman Turner Overdrive, Kiss, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Cream, Taste, and Aerosmith.

Was a classical scholar and philologist, first in France and then later in England, regarded by many

Was a classical scholar and philologist, first in France and then later in England, regarded by many of his time as the most learned in Europe. At the age of nineteen Isaac was sent to the Academy of Geneva, where he read Greek under Francis Portus a Cretan. Portus died in 1581, recommending Casaubon, then only twenty-two, as his successor. He remained at Geneva as professor of Greek until 1596. There he married twice

Was a French Protestant churchman, now best known for his history of Manichaeism, Histoire Critique

Was a French Protestant churchman, now best known for his history of Manichaeism, Histoire Critique de Manichée et du Manichéisme in two volumes (Amsterdam 1734–1739). Beausobre was born at Niort, Deux-Sèvres. After studying theology at the Protestant Academy of Saumur, he was ordained at the age of twenty-two, becoming pastor at Châtillon-sur-Indre. After the revocation of the edict of Nantes he fled to Rotterdam (November 1685), and in 1686 was appointed chaplain to the princess of Dessau, Henrietta Catherine of Orange.