French Famous Names Starting with Letter P

Was a French pacifist, political activist, and author. He was also an anti-Nazi French Resistance fi

Was a French pacifist, political activist, and author. He was also an anti-Nazi French Resistance fighter, and a prisoner of the German concentration camps at Buchenwald and Mittelbau-Dora. A journalist and editor, he wrote hundreds of articles on political and economic subjects. He was viewed by Holocaust deniers as the father of their belief system.[1]

Is a French tennis player. He was active in the 1950s, playing in Wimbledon, the US Open, the French

Is a French tennis player. He was active in the 1950s, playing in Wimbledon, the US Open, the French Open and the Davis Cup.

Was a French politician and lawyer prominent in the interwar period, noted for his stances on econom

Was a French politician and lawyer prominent in the interwar period, noted for his stances on economic liberalism and militant opposition to Germany. He was the penultimate Prime Minister of the Third Republic and vice-president of the Democratic Republican Alliance center-right party.

Was a French philosopher best known for combining phenomenological description with hermeneutic inte

Was a French philosopher best known for combining phenomenological description with hermeneutic interpretation. As such, he is connected to two other major hermeneutic phenomenologists, Martin Heidegger and Hans-Georg Gadamer.

Was a French philosopher best known for combining phenomenological description with hermeneutic inte

Was a French philosopher best known for combining phenomenological description with hermeneutic interpretation. As such, he is connected to two other major hermeneutic phenomenologists, Martin Heidegger and Hans-Georg Gadamer.

Was a Alsacian physician considered the father of modern pædiatrics in eastern France after World W

Was a Alsacian physician considered the father of modern pædiatrics in eastern France after World War I.Rohmer was born in Huttenheim, Alsace-Lorraine, part of the German Empire, to the farmer Albert Rohmer (1846–1912) and Marie-Elizabeth Metz (1850–1935)

A French chemist, born at Carcassonne. He taught science classes most of his life before he became D

A French chemist, born at Carcassonne. He taught science classes most of his life before he became Dean of the Faculty of Science in 1905.

Was a French chemist, born at Carcassonne. He taught science classes most of his life before he beca

Was a French chemist, born at Carcassonne. He taught science classes most of his life before he became Dean of the Faculty of Science in 1905.Sabatier's earliest research concerned the thermochemistry of sulfur and metallic sulfates, the subject for the thesis leading to his doctorate. In Toulouse, he continued his physical and chemical investigations to sulfides, chlorides, chromates and copper compounds. He also studied the oxides of nitrogen and nitrosodisulfonic acid and its salts and carried out fundamental research on partition coefficients and absorption spectra.

Was a French architect and theorist; and designed the 1880 reconstruction of the iconic Magasins du

Was a French architect and theorist; and designed the 1880 reconstruction of the iconic Magasins du Printemps department store in Paris. Though Sédille is best known for his Printemps design, he was also associated with the Creusot family foundry and was very active in professional associations and architectural education in the 1880s. He wrote a number of compelling pieces of architectural criticism, especially his review of contemporary Viennese and British architecture, and reflected what were by and large Teutonic theoretical concerns that have come to be understood as architectural realism, based on the works of Gottfried Semper.

Was a French footballer. He spent his entire career as a footballer at Olympique de Marseille (from

Was a French footballer. He spent his entire career as a footballer at Olympique de Marseille (from 1919 to 1926) and took the club to two Coupes de Frances (in 1924 as a defender and in 1926 as a goalkeeper). In 1921, he refused to play for the France national football team. He was also coach of the phocéen club in 1942.

Was a French painter who was a pioneer of abstract art and an inspiration for the avant-garde Nabi m

Was a French painter who was a pioneer of abstract art and an inspiration for the avant-garde Nabi movement.He studied at the Académie Julian and was a monitor there in the mid 1880s.[1] In the summer of 1888 he travelled to Pont-Aven and joined the small group of artists centered there around Paul Gauguin.[2] While at the Pont-Aven artist's colony he painted a picture that became known as The Talisman, under the close supervision of Gauguin.

Was a French neo-impressionist painter who, working with Georges Seurat, helped develop the pointill

Was a French neo-impressionist painter who, working with Georges Seurat, helped develop the pointillist style.He followed a course of training in architecture before deciding at the age of 18 to pursue a career as a painter. He sailed around the coasts of Europe, painting the landscapes he encountered. He also painted scenes of cities in France in his later years.

Was a French philosopher known for his works on invention theory and aesthetics. He studied at the École normale supérieure where he wrote a doctoral thesis entitled Théorie de l'invention published in 1881. In his thesis, he argues that inventions are not the result of a rigorous scientific method but rather come as a deterministic consequence of a set of conditions in which the inventor lives. This theory was contested very soon after its publication in the 1882 edition of the Revue Internationale de l'Enseignement

Is a former professional footballer who played as a central defender.

Is a former professional footballer who played as a central defender.

Was a French churchman and scholar. He was elected a member of the Académie française in 1666 and

Was a French churchman and scholar. He was elected a member of the Académie française in 1666 and of the Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres in 1673. Claude Gros de Boze said Tallement was "more to be recommended for his virtues than for his talents".[1]

Was a French mathematician and historian of mathematics. He was the older brother of mathematician J

Was a French mathematician and historian of mathematics. He was the older brother of mathematician Jules Tannery, to whose Notions Mathématiques he contributed an historical chapter. Though Tannery's career was in the tobacco industry, he devoted his evenings and his life to the study of mathematicians and mathematical development.

Was a French surgeon. He was considered as the father of modern craniofacial surgery.[1] Dr. Tessier

Was a French surgeon. He was considered as the father of modern craniofacial surgery.[1] Dr. Tessier first attended the Ecole de Médecine in Nantes, France, eventually receiving his Doctor of Medicine degree from the Faculté de Médecine de Paris (Paris Faculty of Medicine) in 1943. In 1942, during internship he started operating on people with cleft lip and Dupuytren's contracture. He joined the pediatric surgery service at Hospital St. Joseph in Paris in 1944. From late 1944 to 1946, he worked at the Center of Maxillofacial Surgery of the Military Region of Paris in Hospital Puteaux. In 1949, he returned to Nantes to become a surgical consultant in ophthalmology.

Was a French aviator. Tissandier was the son of aviator Gaston Tissandier and nephew of Albert Tissa

Was a French aviator. Tissandier was the son of aviator Gaston Tissandier and nephew of Albert Tissandier, Gaston's brother. Tissandier began his flying career as a hot air balloon pilot and later moved to airships and finally to aircraft[1]. He was a pilot-pupil of Wilbur Wright[2]. Together with Count Charles de Lambert, he was involved in the construction of hydro-gliders.

Was a French cellist and composer. In 1935 Tortelier joined the Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra a

Was a French cellist and composer. In 1935 Tortelier joined the Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra as first cellist and played with them until 1937. He gave performances under Bruno Walter and Arturo Toscanini, and he also played the solo part in Richard Strauss' Don Quixote under the composer. This is a piece which became closely associated with Tortelier, as he gave many performances and recorded it.

Was a French architect. He was born in Marseille and died in Paris. He was an architect in chief of

Was a French architect. He was born in Marseille and died in Paris. He was an architect in chief of many French civil buildings and national palaces, and a member of the Académie des Beaux-Arts.

Was a French author, journalist and politician. He studied history and law but very early, in 1912,

Was a French author, journalist and politician. He studied history and law but very early, in 1912, he began writing. At first poems, which were published in 1913 under the title La Visite du berger.

Is a French author and filmmaker. He spent his childhood in Toulon[citation needed]. His family, su

Is a French author and filmmaker. He spent his childhood in Toulon[citation needed]. His family, suspected of collaboration, preferred to leave this city after the war[citation needed].His cinema takes as a starting point the French cinema of the 1930s, with an experimental and autobiographical tone[citation needed]. His best-known films are arguably Rosa la rose and Encore[1]. His films are notably low-budget[1].

Is a cultural theorist and urbanist. He is best known for his writings about technology as it has de

Is a cultural theorist and urbanist. He is best known for his writings about technology as it has developed in relation to speed and power, with diverse references to architecture, the arts, the city and the military. In 1958, Virilio conducted a phenomenological inquiry into military space and the organization of territory, particularly concerning the Atlantic Wall—the 15,000 Nazi bunkers built during World War II along the coastline of France and designed to repel any Allied assault. In 1963 he began collaborating with the architect Claude Parent and formed the Architecture Principe group.

Was a French football defender who, between 1926 and 1933, played for Red Star and FC Sochaux-Montbéliard and, between 1933 and 1960, managed and coached five teams.

Was a French athlete who competed mainly in the discus throw. He competed for a France in the 1932 S

Was a French athlete who competed mainly in the discus throw. He competed for a France in the 1932 Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles, California, in the discus throw where he won the bronze medal.