French Famous Names Starting with Letter B

Was a French theologian, papal legate, and cardinal. He is sometimes known as Bernardus Cassinensis.

Was a French theologian, papal legate, and cardinal. He is sometimes known as Bernardus Cassinensis. Charles of Anjou brought him along as a privy counsellor to southern Italy in 1266 when he conquered the Kingdom of Sicily. Pope Urban IV named him the 59th abbot of Montecassino on March 29, 1263[1], a post which he occupied until his death. At Montecassino he recalled the monks from exile, commissioned an inquiry into the monastery's ancient rights (1270s), reformed monastic discipline, recovered lost property, founded a hospital at San Germano, convened a synod, and granted a church to the Dominicans at the request of Thomas Aquinas.

Is a French diplomat and the current coordinator of intelligence for President Nicolas Sarkozy as he

Is a French diplomat and the current coordinator of intelligence for President Nicolas Sarkozy as head of the Conseil national du renseignement.

Is a French Olympic fencer.

Is a French Olympic fencer.

Was a French Catholic priest and missionary in Norway, Iceland and Scotland. He was the first Prefec

Was a French Catholic priest and missionary in Norway, Iceland and Scotland. He was the first Prefect Apostolic of Norway and Lapland from 1869 to 1887.

Is a French former professional football (soccer) player.

Is a French former professional football (soccer) player.

Was a French character actor. His rotund features and premature baldness allowed him to often play c

Was a French character actor. His rotund features and premature baldness allowed him to often play cuckolded husbands in his early career. He proved to be one of France's most versatile and sought-after character actors, performing interchangeably in comedies and dramas. He often worked in Italian films, particularly in the last decade of his life.

Is a former French football player.The defender played successively in Nîmes Olympique (from 1964 t

Is a former French football player.The defender played successively in Nîmes Olympique (from 1964 to 1981), Lyon (1981-1982), Toulon (from 1982 to 1986) and Le Grau-du-Roi (from 1986 to 1988).

Was a French film director and screenwriter.[1]

Was a French film director and screenwriter.[1]

Is a French former football defender.Bernard Bosquier came up from Olympique Alès, and signed with

Is a French former football defender.Bernard Bosquier came up from Olympique Alès, and signed with FC Sochaux-Montbéliard in 1961, where he became a strong defender and earned his first cap for France on 2 December 1964 against Belgium

Is a French politician and lawyer. He served as Minister of Transport, Minister of Tourism, and Mini

Is a French politician and lawyer. He served as Minister of Transport, Minister of Tourism, and Minister of Public Works under Prime Minister Édouard Balladur from 1993 to 1995. He was a member of the 12th French National Assembly, representing Haute-Savoie as a member of the Union for French Democracy.

Is a French sprint canoer who competed in the late 1960s. At the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City

Is a French sprint canoer who competed in the late 1960s. At the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, he was eliminated in the semifinals of the C-2 1000 m event.

Is a French diplomat who was caught in a honeypot trap (seducing him to participate in Chinese espio

Is a French diplomat who was caught in a honeypot trap (seducing him to participate in Chinese espionage), by Shi Pei Pu, a male Peking opera singer, whom Boursicot believed to be female.

Is a French sprint canoer who competed in the 1980s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he won two me

Is a French sprint canoer who competed in the 1980s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he won two medals at Los Angeles in 1984 with a silver in the K-2 1000 m and a bronze in the K-1 500 m events.

Was a French painter of Expressionism and Member of the Anti-Abstract Art Group "L 'homme Témoin".B

Was a French painter of Expressionism and Member of the Anti-Abstract Art Group "L 'homme Témoin".Buffet was born in Paris, France, and studied art there at the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts (National School of the Fine Arts) and worked in the studio of the painter Eugène Narbonne. Among his classmates were Maurice Boitel and Louis Vuillermoz.

Is a French explorer who has organized expeditions to the North Pole and Siberia since the early 199

Is a French explorer who has organized expeditions to the North Pole and Siberia since the early 1990s. He has developed a logistical base in Khatanga, Northern Siberia for the launching of high-latitude expeditions. He is the founder and leader of Mammuthus, a scientific expedition-centered program aimed at constructing a record of paleobiodiversity through the collection and preservation of fossils throughout the Siberian Arctic.

Is a French actor, film director and writer. He is a member of Les Inconnus trio of humorists. He wo

Is a French actor, film director and writer. He is a member of Les Inconnus trio of humorists. He won a César Award for Best Debut for Les Trois Frères, and was nominated for best actor for his role in Se souvenir des belles choses.

Is a football manager, currently managing SC Bastia. In his playing career he played for Olympique M

Is a football manager, currently managing SC Bastia. In his playing career he played for Olympique Marseille and France at Euro 1992.

Is a member of the Senate of France, representing the Dordogne department. He is a member of the Soc

Is a member of the Senate of France, representing the Dordogne department. He is a member of the Socialist Party.

Is a French rugby union coach and a former footballer. He won the title of French Junior Championshi

Is a French rugby union coach and a former footballer. He won the title of French Junior Championship at USA Perpignan, in 1969. He would play most of his career at Asptt Paris, where he stayed 14 years.

S a French equestrian and Olympic champion.

S a French equestrian and Olympic champion.

Is a French former football mifielder.

Is a French former football mifielder.

Is a French theoretical physicist, philosopher of science, and author, best known for his work on th

Is a French theoretical physicist, philosopher of science, and author, best known for his work on the nature of reality. Quote: "The doctrine that the world is made up of objects whose existence is independent of human consciousness turns out to be in conflict with quantum mechanics and with facts established by experiment."[1]

Was a French naturalist, younger brother of Antoine de Jussieu.Bernard de Jussieu was born in Lyon.

Was a French naturalist, younger brother of Antoine de Jussieu.Bernard de Jussieu was born in Lyon. He took a medical degree at Montpellier and began practice in 1720,[1] but finding the work uncongenial he gladly accepted his brother's invitation to Paris in 1722, when he succeeded Sebastien Vaillant (1669-1722) as sub-demonstrator of plants in the Jardin des Plantes.[2] In 1725 he brought out a new edition of Joseph Pitton de Tournefort's Histoire des plantes qui naissent aux environs de Paris, 2 vols., which was afterwards translated into English by John Martyn, the original work being incomplete. In the same year he was admitted into the French Academy of Sciences, and communicated several papers to that body.

Was a French Benedictine monk, a scholar who founded a new discipline, palaeography; an editor of wo

Was a French Benedictine monk, a scholar who founded a new discipline, palaeography; an editor of works of the Fathers of the Church; he is also regarded to be one of the founders of modern archaeology.

Is a former French footballer, Starting his career at Stade de Reims, he joined AS Troyes in 1952. H

Is a former French footballer, Starting his career at Stade de Reims, he joined AS Troyes in 1952. He was a finalist in the Coupe de France with the Troyens in 1956. He later coached Stade Poitevin from 1967 to 1975.[1]