French Famous Names Starting with Letter L

Was a French dramatist, painter, architect, set designer and author, and designer of one of the earl

Was a French dramatist, painter, architect, set designer and author, and designer of one of the earliest examples of the French landscape garden, Parc Monceau in Paris. He also invented the transparent, an early ancestor of the magic lantern and motion picture, for viewing moving bands of landscape paintings.

Is a cyclist from France.He competed for France in the 1932 Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles, Uni

Is a cyclist from France.He competed for France in the 1932 Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles, United States in the tandem event where he finished in first place and in the individual sprint event where she finished in second place.

Was a French aircraft designer and builder, one of the early aviation pioneers. In 1902, Louis marri

Was a French aircraft designer and builder, one of the early aviation pioneers. In 1902, Louis married the daughter of painter Girardet, Nelly Henriette Julia Girardet, who owned a villa in Houlgate. Together they had five children and the couple later bought the villa Le Clos de Royan which Louis renamed Villa Bréguet. There he entertained people of the world of aviation.

Was a Luxembourgian politician for the Communist Party of Luxembourg. He was a physician by professi

Was a Luxembourgian politician for the Communist Party of Luxembourg. He was a physician by profession, and fought for the French Resistance during the Second World War.

Is a French singer-songwriter of Lebanese origin.Chedid was a fan of the jazz guitarist Django Reinh

Is a French singer-songwriter of Lebanese origin.Chedid was a fan of the jazz guitarist Django Reinhardt and decided that he would set forth into a career in the world of music as soon as he left school. After his first album "Balbutiements" (Mumblings - 1973) attracted little attention, his talent was first recognised after the release of titles like "La Belle" and "T'as beau pas être beau sortis" in 1977.

Was an eminent French historian with interests in geography, demography and sociology. Much of his w

Was an eminent French historian with interests in geography, demography and sociology. Much of his work was devoted to the history of French culture and Paris. Louis Chevalier was born in the Vendée and educated mainly in Paris. He attended the lycée Henri IV, where he was a pupil of the famous teacher of philosophy known as Alain. He entered the Ecole Normale Supérieure in 1932, where a fellow student and close friend was the future president Georges Pompidou. After the war, he taught at the Sciences Po. Among his students was the future French prime minister Edouard Balladur. He was elected to the Collège de France in 1952.

Was a French actor and singer. He is notable as the co-director of the Théâtre de la Monnaie in Br

Was a French actor and singer. He is notable as the co-director of the Théâtre de la Monnaie in Brussels from 1772 to 1776, where he had made his debut in 1757. He also acted at Marseille (1759), Bordeaux (1760), La Haye (1768), Metz (1778), Toulouse (1779), Nîmes (1786) and Nantes (1790).

Was a French Baroque composer who made significant contributions to the development of Baroque keybo

Was a French Baroque composer who made significant contributions to the development of Baroque keyboard music. A skillful harpsichordist, organist, and gambist, he was one of the founders of the French harpsichord school and invented the genre of unmeasured prelude for harpsichord. He and his nephew, François le Grand, were the most renowned members of the Couperin family.

Was a French logician, mathematician, philosopher, and linguist. He was the French advocate of the s

Was a French logician, mathematician, philosopher, and linguist. He was the French advocate of the symbolic logic that emerged in the years before World War I, thanks to the writings of Charles Sanders Peirce, Giuseppe Peano and his school, and especially to the Principia Mathematica by Alfred North Whitehead and Couturat's friend and correspondent, Bertrand Russell.

Was a French physician and physiologist. He worked at the Laboratory of Experimental Physiology at t

Was a French physician and physiologist. He worked at the Laboratory of Experimental Physiology at the National Museum of Rio de Janeiro, the first of its kind in Brazil. He was a collaborator of João Baptista de Lacerda (1846-1915), a Brazilian physiologist who was the lab's founder.

Was a French Cardinal. He was a son of Charles II of Albret, Count of Dreux.[1] He was bishop of Air

Was a French Cardinal. He was a son of Charles II of Albret, Count of Dreux.[1] He was bishop of Aire in 1445, bishop of Cahors in 1460. He was created Cardinal in 1461. In 1465 he was Bishop of Tarbes and Camerlengo of the Sacred College of Cardinals.[2]

Was a French film director and actor. He directed 14 films between 1938 and 1963. He also appeared i

Was a French film director and actor. He directed 14 films between 1938 and 1963. He also appeared in 11 films between 1937 and 1979.

Was a French lawyer, civil servant, linguist and reformer in the 16th century. He desired to free Fr

Was a French lawyer, civil servant, linguist and reformer in the 16th century. He desired to free France from the power of the pope. He accused the divinity professors of Sorbonne of heresy and was burned at the stake[1] on April 16, 1529[2]. All his original works are lost, only a few of his Erasmus translations remain[1].

Was Duke of Mercœur and later the second Duke of Vendôme, and the grandson of Henry IV of France a

Was Duke of Mercœur and later the second Duke of Vendôme, and the grandson of Henry IV of France and Gabrielle d'Estrées. He was the Duke of Vendôme from 1665 at the death of his father.

French physicist and a Nobel laureate. He also served as Perpetual Secretary of the Académie des sc

French physicist and a Nobel laureate. He also served as Perpetual Secretary of the Académie des sciences, France.

Was a composer of chamber music.Caix's tuneful, graceful music is firmly in the French tradition of

Was a composer of chamber music.Caix's tuneful, graceful music is firmly in the French tradition of character pieces in dance suites. It is among the most idiomatic music written for the viol, its apparent simplicity deepening when interpreted in the light of the traditions of French viol performance practice. The French musicologist Philippe Beaussant wrote of Caix's music and anonymity:

Was a French churchman and grammarian, best known for being the first to describe the nasal vowels i

Was a French churchman and grammarian, best known for being the first to describe the nasal vowels in the French language.

Was a French scholar and the most prolific contributor to the Encyclopédie. He wrote about 18,000 a

Was a French scholar and the most prolific contributor to the Encyclopédie. He wrote about 18,000 articles on subjects including physiology, chemistry, botany, pathology, and political history, or about 25% of the entire encyclopedia, all done voluntarily. In the generations after the Encyclopédie's, mainly due to his aristocratic background, his legacy was largely overshadowed by the more bohemian Denis Diderot, Jean-Jacques Rousseau and others, but by the mid-20th century more scholarly attention was being paid to him.

Was the third son of Henry I, Duke of Guise and Catherine of Cleves. His ecclesiastical post was ent

Was the third son of Henry I, Duke of Guise and Catherine of Cleves. His ecclesiastical post was entirely a sinecure; he was never ordained, and led a dissipated life. Nevertheless, he was made Archbishop of Reims in January 1605, and created cardinal on December 2, 1615. He incurred the displeasure of Louis XIII of France, and was imprisoned in the Bastille in 1620. However, he joined the royal campaign in Poitou in 1621, and there fell ill and died.

Was the first French Foreign Minister from 1589 until his death in 1594. He is considered world's fi

Was the first French Foreign Minister from 1589 until his death in 1594. He is considered world's first foreign minister entrusted with all foreign relations.

Was a French Jesuit. He was associated with the court of James II of England and engaged in vigorous

Was a French Jesuit. He was associated with the court of James II of England and engaged in vigorous theological debates with both Anglican and Puritan spokesmen. In 1687 he was made the royal chaplain to James II. A sermon he preached to the king on August 28 of that year on the invocation of saints led to a pamphlet war with William Gee, a Puritan. He also entered into a controversy with William Sherlock, the Anglican theologian and Dean of St. Paul's. He was the assumed author of Dr. Sherlock Sifted from his Bran and Chaff in 1687, which Sherlock answered. Sabran answered the reply with An Answer to Dr. Sherlock's Preservative and then Dr. Sherlock's Preservative Considered in 1688. That same year he was made the chaplain to the infant Prince of Wales.

Was a French author, and lawyer. He was the third member elected to occupy seat 2 of the Académie f

Was a French author, and lawyer. He was the third member elected to occupy seat 2 of the Académie française in 1701.

Was a French painter. Works by Louis de Silvestre are held by the Dresden Art Gallery; for example,

Was a French painter. Works by Louis de Silvestre are held by the Dresden Art Gallery; for example, Princess Lubomirksa (1724) and Peter Robert Tagarel, Count of Lagnasco (1724).

Was a French sculptor and engraver. He worked in the workshop of Gaston Schnegg, along with Antoine

Was a French sculptor and engraver. He worked in the workshop of Gaston Schnegg, along with Antoine Bourdelle, Charles Despiau, Robert Wlérick, Léon-Ernest Drivier, François Pompon, Alfred Jean Halou, Charles Malfray, Auguste de Niederhausern, Henry Arnold, Jane Poupelet and Yvonne Serruys.[1]

Was a French film director, screen writer and film critic, many of whose late 1910s film writings fo

Was a French film director, screen writer and film critic, many of whose late 1910s film writings for French newspapers were collected in the volume Cinema et cie (1919). He is best known for his early book on Charles Chaplin (1921; translated into English in 1922).