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A French film actress, known to worldwide audiences for playing the title character in the award-win

A French film actress, known to worldwide audiences for playing the title character in the award-winning 2001 French film Amélie and Sophie Neveu in the 2006 thriller The Da Vinci Code.Tautou has said that Meryl Streep, Paul Newman, Juliette Lewis, Jodie Foster and Julianne Moore are her acting idols. In 1998, Tautou participated in a Star Search-like competition sponsored by Canal+ called "Jeunes Premiers" (The Young Debut) and won Best Young Actress at the 9th Béziers Festival of Young Actors. Then, she came to the attention of Tonie Marshall

Is a female freestyle wrestler from France. She participated in Women's freestyle wrestling 72 kg at

Is a female freestyle wrestler from France. She participated in Women's freestyle wrestling 72 kg at 2008 Summer Olympics.Prieto lost in 1/8 of final with Anita Schätzle.

Is a French journalist. She is the daughter of Marc Pulvar, a syndicalist and political Caribbean in

Is a French journalist. She is the daughter of Marc Pulvar, a syndicalist and political Caribbean independantist. She has a daughter born in 1997. She lived with the chef Alain Passard from 2008 to 2009. She is now the companion of the French politician Arnaud Montebourg, former deputy chief secretary of the Parti Socialiste French

Was a Polish-born French violinist and composer. Duranowski was born in Warsaw. He studied the violi

Was a Polish-born French violinist and composer. Duranowski was born in Warsaw. He studied the violin in Paris with Giovanni Battista Viotti, becoming leader of the Brussels opera orchestra in 1790. He toured Europe and settled in Strasbourg. One of the most eminent virtuosos of his time and an important influence on Niccolò Paganini, he was known for his extraordinary technique, especially in trilling, bowing and passage-work. Among his compositions, the Concerto in A major op.8 and airs variés for violin and orchestra are noteworthy. [1][2] He died at Strasbourg.

Was a Danish ballet master and choreographer. August was the son of Antoine Bournonville, a dancer a

Was a Danish ballet master and choreographer. August was the son of Antoine Bournonville, a dancer and choreographer trained under the French choreographer, Jean Georges Noverre, and the nephew of Julie Alix de la Fay, née Bournonville, of the Royal Swedish Ballet.

Was a French artist who is best known for his drawings and prints of exotic places, in particular Ch

Was a French artist who is best known for his drawings and prints of exotic places, in particular China. He was born in 1808 in Issoudun, Indre. At age 21, he went to Paris where he became a close friend of Honoré de Balzac. Borget periodically exhibited at the Paris Salon from 1836 to 1859. Beginning in 1836, he traveled through North and South America before stopping briefly in Honolulu in May, 1838, on board the ship "Psyche",

Was a French historian. He was celebrated for an exhaustive history of ancient astrology and magic.

Was a French historian. He was celebrated for an exhaustive history of ancient astrology and magic.

Was a French golfer

Was a French golfer

Was a French Jesuit author and bibliographer.

Was a French Jesuit author and bibliographer.

Was a 19th-century French sculptor and painter. was a sculptor and trained Auguste in art. Auguste f

Was a 19th-century French sculptor and painter. was a sculptor and trained Auguste in art. Auguste first exhibited at the Paris Salon in 1843 with a bust of vicomte Jules de Valdahon and last exhibited there in 1864. At the 1847 Salon, he created a sensation with his Woman bitten by a serpent,

Was a French philosopher, a founder of the discipline of sociology and of the doctrine of positivism

Was a French philosopher, a founder of the discipline of sociology and of the doctrine of positivism. He may be regarded as the first philosopher of science in the modern sense of the term.[1]

Was a French Neoclassical architect who worked primarily in Russia. His two best known works are the

Was a French Neoclassical architect who worked primarily in Russia. His two best known works are the Saint Isaac's Cathedral and the Alexander Column in Saint Petersburg. Montferrand was born in paroisse of Chaillot, France (now, 16th arrondissement of Paris). He was styled at birth Henri Louis Auguste Leger Ricard dit de Montferrand; aristocratic de was, probably, his parents' invention.

Was a sculptor and medalist active in Switzerland and France. Rodo was born in Vevey, and in 1866 mo

Was a sculptor and medalist active in Switzerland and France. Rodo was born in Vevey, and in 1866 moved with his family to Geneva. He attended the École des Arts industriels (1881) and the École des Beaux-Arts (1882) under the direction of Barthélemy Menn, then studied at the Académie Julian with Henri Chapu (1886) and again at the École des Beaux-Arts under Alexandre Falguière. For six years he worked in Auguste Rodin's studio.

Was a French author and translator. From an early age he took a special interest in the German langu

Was a French author and translator. From an early age he took a special interest in the German language and literature, and was the first to translate two of Max Nordau's works into French under the following titles: Les mensonges conventionnels de notre civilisation (1886) and Le mal du siècle (1890). He contributed to many French and foreign reviews

Was a French consul in southern China between 1896 and 1904, first in Longzhou in Guizhou province a

Was a French consul in southern China between 1896 and 1904, first in Longzhou in Guizhou province and Kunming (then known as Yunnan-fu) in Yunnan.n retirement, he wrote texts elucidating his images. François's work has been an invaluable means of documen

Was a French pathologist who was born in Paris. He was a professor at the Hôpital de la Charité in

Was a French pathologist who was born in Paris. He was a professor at the Hôpital de la Charité in Paris, and in 1827 succeeded René Laënnec (1781–1826) as chair of clinical medicine of the Faculté de Paris.

Was a French rugby union player who competed in the 1900 Summer Olympics. He was a member of the Fre

Was a French rugby union player who competed in the 1900 Summer Olympics. He was a member of the French rugby union team, which won the gold medal.

Was a French prelate of the Roman Catholic Church, who served as Bishop of Shanghai from 1946 until

Was a French prelate of the Roman Catholic Church, who served as Bishop of Shanghai from 1946 until his death, having previously served as its Apostolic Vicar. On June 25, 1928, Haouisée was appointed Coadjutor Apostolic Vicar of Nanking, and Titular Bishop of Cercina on July 2 of that same year. He received his episcopal consecration on the following October 3 from Bishop Henry Lécroart, SJ, with Bishops Adéodat-Roch Wittner, OFM, and André-François Defebvre, CM, serving as co-consecrators. Haouisée succeeded his fellow Jesuit, the late Próspero París, as Apostolic Vicar of Nanking on May 13, 1931.

Was a French painter.The initial influence of Impressionism and Post-Impressionism visible in painti

Was a French painter.The initial influence of Impressionism and Post-Impressionism visible in paintings that he sent to the Salon des Indépendants in 1906 gradually gave way to an involvement with Cubism after his move in 1909 to the Bateau-Lavoir studios, where he met Pablo Picasso, Georges Braque and Juan Gris; he was also encouraged by his friendship with Wilhelm Uhde.

Was a French astronomer who discovered 99 asteroids while working in Nice.His first discovery was th

Was a French astronomer who discovered 99 asteroids while working in Nice.His first discovery was the asteroid 267 Tirza in 1887. He photographed 433 Eros on the very night of its discovery by Gustav Witt, but was not able to act quickly enough before Witt announced his find.Although he started searching for asteroids in the era of visual detection, by 1891 Max Wolf had pioneered the use of astrophotography to drastically speed up the rate of detection of asteroids, and both Wolf and Charlois separately discovered far more asteroids than would have been feasible by visual detection.

Was a French historian and geographer.It was not until 1876 that he published, in two volumes, his r

Was a French historian and geographer.It was not until 1876 that he published, in two volumes, his remarkable Histoire de la formation territoriale des États de l'Europe centrale, in which he showed with a firm, but sometimes slightly heavy touch, the rec

Was a French composer and voice teacher. Panseron studied in Vienna with Antonio Salieri, having bee

Was a French composer and voice teacher. Panseron studied in Vienna with Antonio Salieri, having been accepted by the master thanks to a recommendation by Luigi Cherubini. In 1824, Panseron began teaching singing at the Conservatoire de Paris. Early in his career, he wrote four works for the Opéra-Comique in Paris: La Grille du parc (1820), Les Deux cousines (1821), Le mariage difficile (1823), and l'École de Rome (1829). Other works for stage followed.

Was a French opera composer. In Mermet's youth, he composed an opéra-comique, La Bannière du roi,

Was a French opera composer. In Mermet's youth, he composed an opéra-comique, La Bannière du roi, which was performed at Versailles. Alexandre Soumet then accepted to transform for him his tragedy about Saul into a libretto of drame lyrique. Auguste Mermet composed the score of this work, which was performed without success at the Opera in 1846 under the title of Le Roi David.

Was a noted French sculptor in the Animaliers school, known for his portrayals of wild and domestica

Was a noted French sculptor in the Animaliers school, known for his portrayals of wild and domesticated animals. Caïn was born in Paris, and studied under Rude, Guionnet, and Pierre-Jules Mêne (whose daughter he married in 1852). His first exhibit in the Salon of 1846 was a wax model of a linnet defending her nest from a rat, later cast in bronze and shown at the 1855 Salon. Between 1846-1888, Caïn exhibited 38 models at the Salon.

Was a French Roman Catholic apologetical writer. From 1842 he began the publication of his apologeti

Was a French Roman Catholic apologetical writer. From 1842 he began the publication of his apologetical writings which soon made his reputation among Catholics. When in 1849 M. de Falloux became minister of public worship he summoned Nicolas to assist him as head of the department for the administration of the temporal interests of ecclesiastical districts. He held this office until 1854 when he became general inspector of libraries. In 1860 he was appointed judge of the tribunal of the Seine and finally councillor at the Paris court of appeals. He died at Versailles.