French Famous Names Starting with Letter C

Is a French pianist and composer. His mother was the actress Catherine Léry Fuchsmann, and his fath

Is a French pianist and composer. His mother was the actress Catherine Léry Fuchsmann, and his father was a film-maker and journalist. He started to compose at the age of 10 and although mainly self-taught as a composer, he later consulted with the musicologist Vladimir Chinayev and the composer Victoria Borisova-Ollas. Also influential was Alain Poirier’s analysis course at Paris Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique (1993–5).

Is a member of the National Assembly of France. He represents the Sa?ne-et-Loire department, and is

Is a member of the National Assembly of France. He represents the Sa?ne-et-Loire department, and is a member of the Socialiste, radical, citoyen et divers gauche.

Was a French boxer, who won a Light Middleweight Bronze medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics. Tiozzo is

Was a French boxer, who won a Light Middleweight Bronze medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics. Tiozzo is the brother of Three-Time World Champion Fabrice Tiozzo.

Is a French professional football player. Currently, he plays in the Championnat de France amateur f

Is a French professional football player. Currently, he plays in the Championnat de France amateur for Genêts Anglet.

Was a sculptor, the nephew and follower of Pierre Puget. He worked in Aix-en-Provence then settled i

Was a sculptor, the nephew and follower of Pierre Puget. He worked in Aix-en-Provence then settled in Toulon, where he lived until his death in 1689. In one of his most important commissions, he created religious statues for the Chapel of Corpus Domini in Toulon Cathedral, He worked also at Montpellier and Aix-en-Provence. Statues of ancient and mythological subjects are attributed to him, including the white marble relief of the family of Darius displayed at Stowe_House in England.

Is a French politician and a member of the Senate of France. He is a member of the Union for a Popul

Is a French politician and a member of the Senate of France. He is a member of the Union for a Popular Movement Party.

Was a French naturalized German industrialist. He became famous for founding the royal manufacture o

Was a French naturalized German industrialist. He became famous for founding the royal manufacture of printed cottons of Jouy-en-Josas where the toile de Jouy was manufactured. Oberkampf was born in Wiesenbach [1], Germany in a family of dyers. He traveled to educate himself and initially worked in Mulhouse as an engraver, then from October 1758 in Paris as a colourist.

Is a French footballer playing for RC Lens. Aurier made his Ligue 1 debut on 22 December 2009 in a 1

Is a French footballer playing for RC Lens. Aurier made his Ligue 1 debut on 22 December 2009 in a 1–0 victory over Saint-Étienne at the age of 16. He started the match and played the full 90 minutes as a right back.

Is a French bobsleder who competed from 1996 to 2006. His best Bobsleigh World Cup finish was sixth

Is a French bobsleder who competed from 1996 to 2006. His best Bobsleigh World Cup finish was sixth at Lake Placid in February 2005.

Was a noted French sculptor in the animalier style, and one of the earliest French sculptors to port

Was a noted French sculptor in the animalier style, and one of the earliest French sculptors to portray animals in bronze. Fratin received monumental commissions in France and elsewhere, including the Deux Aigles Gardant Leur Proie (Eagles and Prey, created 1850) displayed since 1863 in New York City's Central Park. Many of his small bronzes were sold commercially during his lifetime. Today, Fratin's sculpture is on permanent display in the Louvre, the city museums of Metz, Lyon, and Nîmes; the Wallace Collection in London; the Peabody Institute in Baltimore, Maryland; and the Georg Eisler archive in Vienna.

Is a French born Congolese football defender. He currently plays for Levante UD in Spain.He formerly

Is a French born Congolese football defender. He currently plays for Levante UD in Spain.He formerly played for Paris SG and US Quevilly

Was a French architect and writer whose pen name was "Nizier du Puitspelu".

Was a French architect and writer whose pen name was "Nizier du Puitspelu".

Is a French journalist, romance writer, and director of news at a national television station, TF1.

Is a French journalist, romance writer, and director of news at a national television station, TF1. She presents the news at 8pm in alternation with Laurence Ferrari; Julien Arnaud substitutes for her when she is absent.

Is a French professional tennis player. As of September 13, 2010, she reached her highest single ran

Is a French professional tennis player. As of September 13, 2010, she reached her highest single rankings of World number 196. At the 2010 Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem in Fes, she made her first appearance in the main draw of a WTA tournament,

Is a French film director. Denis initially studied economics, but, she has said, "It was completely

Is a French film director. Denis initially studied economics, but, she has said, "It was completely suicidal. Everything pissed me off."[1] She then went to the IDHEC, the French film school, at the encouragement of her husband. He told her she needed to figure out what she wanted to do.[1] She graduated from the IDHEC, and served as assistant to Jacques Rivette, Costa-Gavras, Jim Jarmusch, and Wim Wenders.

Is a French director and writer. She was nominated for the 1987 César Award for Best Debut for dire

Is a French director and writer. She was nominated for the 1987 César Award for Best Debut for directing Noir et Blanc (1986).

Is a French diver.

Is a French diver.

Is an professional tennis player from France. She made her debut in professional competition in 2002

Is an professional tennis player from France. She made her debut in professional competition in 2002, aged 16, at an ITF tournament in Les Contamines, France. From 2002 to 2009 she played at many ITF tournaments, with three wins. Her first appearance at a

Is a French professor of mathematics and director of research at the Institut de mathématiques de J

Is a French professor of mathematics and director of research at the Institut de mathématiques de Jussieu at the University of Paris VI: Pierre et Marie Curie. She is noted for her work in algebraic geometry—particularly as it pertains to variational Hodge structures and mirror symmetry.

A French singer.At age 12, Morgane was a photographic model through a modelling agency. At age 19 sh

A French singer.At age 12, Morgane was a photographic model through a modelling agency. At age 19 she discovered porn during an erotic exhibition show in Paris and decided to give it a try. She was unusual in that, at first, she appeared in a series of fi

Was a French theologian. He is best known for his Tractatus super librum Boetii De Trinitate, a comm

Was a French theologian. He is best known for his Tractatus super librum Boetii De Trinitate, a commentary on the Opuscula Sacra of Boethius.[2] He belonged to the School of Chartres, of William of Conches and Bernard Silvestris. He was a follower of Thierry of Chartres and Hugh of St. Victor, and an opponent of Gilbert of Poitiers.

Was a French football goalkeeper.He played the majority of his professional career for local club AS

Was a French football goalkeeper.He played the majority of his professional career for local club AS Saint-Étienne, where he won the 1957 Première division championship,[1] the first title ever for the club.

Is a French Olympic fencer.

Is a French Olympic fencer.

Is French-born author, journalist, historian and tibetologist[1][2] born in 1949 in Angoulême[3] wh

Is French-born author, journalist, historian and tibetologist[1][2] born in 1949 in Angoulême[3] who lives in Auroville, India. He is the author of The Fate of Tibet: When Big Insects Eat Small Insects (Har-Anand Publications, New Delhi, 1999),[4] and several articles on Tibet, China, India and Indo-French relations.

Was a prolific French composer. Dreaming of a career as a virtuoso, she entered the Conservatoire de

Was a prolific French composer. Dreaming of a career as a virtuoso, she entered the Conservatoire de Paris in 1924. She became a piano student of Marguerite Long and took classes from Georges Caussade, Noël Gallon, Jean Roger-Ducasse and Paul Dukas. In 1932, she received first prize for composition.