French Famous Names Starting with Letter C

Was a French author and journalist, eldest son of the author François Mauriac. He was the personal

Was a French author and journalist, eldest son of the author François Mauriac. He was the personal secretary of Charles de Gaulle from 1944 to 1949, before becoming a cinema critic and arts person of Figaro. He is the author of several novels and essays, and co-scripted the movie of his father's novel Thérèse Desqueyroux. He also wrote a study of the novelist Marcel Proust whose great niece was his wife.

Was a French athlete who competed mainly in the high jump. He competed for a France in the 1928 Summ

Was a French athlete who competed mainly in the high jump. He competed for a France in the 1928 Summer Olympics held in Amsterdam, Netherlands in the high jump where he won the bronze medal.

Is a French film director, producer and screenwriter. A student at Paris' IDHEC film school from 196

Is a French film director, producer and screenwriter. A student at Paris' IDHEC film school from 1962 through 1963, Miller had his first practical cinematic experience while he was in uniform, serving with Le Service Cinema de L'Armee. From 1965 until 1974, Miller worked in assistant and supervisory capacities for many of France's major New Wave directors, including Robert Bresson and Jean-Luc Godard.

Was a founder of French impressionist painting, and the most consistent and prolific practitioner of

Was a founder of French impressionist painting, and the most consistent and prolific practitioner of the movement's philosophy of expressing one's perceptions before nature, especially as applied to plein-air landscape painting.[2] The term Impressionism is derived from the title of his painting Impression, Sunrise.

Is a French film director and screenwriter. He has directed nine films since 1989. His film Dis-moi

Is a French film director and screenwriter. He has directed nine films since 1989. His film Dis-moi que je rêve was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival.[1]

Was a French foil fencer. Netter was one of France's top fencers in the 1950s, and competed in three

Was a French foil fencer. Netter was one of France's top fencers in the 1950s, and competed in three Olympiads for the French foil team, winning two medals.

Is a French Olympic fencer.

Is a French Olympic fencer.

Was a French actress. A theatre actress, she joined the Comédie Française in 1946 to 1951. She beg

Was a French actress. A theatre actress, she joined the Comédie Française in 1946 to 1951. She began a modest cinematic career during the 1940s. She most notably worked with André Cayatte, John Huston and Sacha Guitry. She is best known for playing the role of Joan of Arc on a number of occasions for the Opéra de Paris, in Jeanne au bûcher, by Paul Claudel and Arthur Honegger.

Was a French songwriter and singer.Born in Paris to a respected French opera singer, Pierre Nougaro

Was a French songwriter and singer.Born in Paris to a respected French opera singer, Pierre Nougaro and an Italian piano teacher, Liette Tellini, Claude Nougaro was raised by his grandparents in Toulouse where he heard Glenn Miller, Édith Piaf, Emma Healy Mary O'Hora and Louis Armstrong (among others) on the radio. In 1947 he failed his baccalaureat and began a career in journalism, writing for various journals including Le Journal des Curistes at Vichy and L'Echo d'Alger. At the same time he wrote songs for Marcel Amont ("Le barbier de Belleville", "Le balayeur du roi") and Philippe Clay ("Joseph", "La sentinelle"). He met Georges Brassens, who became his friend and mentor.

Is a former French team handball player and current head coach for the French national handball team

Is a former French team handball player and current head coach for the French national handball team.He lead the French team to bronze medals at the 2003 World Men's Handball Championship in Portugal, and again at the 2005 World Men's Handball Championshi

In 1946, started a career as a journalist and in 1949 joins the weekly Paris-Match, who sent him to

In 1946, started a career as a journalist and in 1949 joins the weekly Paris-Match, who sent him to Indochina and to Korea. For several years he followed the political events in Morocco and Algeria. In 1961, he published his first book: Le Dossier Secret de l'Algérie, 1958-1961. This book marked a turning point in writing French contemporary history, it brought investigative journalism, personal accounts from some of the main actors, oral testimony that broke the veil of state secrets.

Is a former football midfielder from France, who earned three caps (no goals) for the French nationa

Is a former football midfielder from France, who earned three caps (no goals) for the French national team during the late 1970s.Born in Porto-Vecchio, Corsica, he played his entire career for SC Bastia. Papi was a member of the French team in the 1978 FIFA World Cup. He died at the age of 33.

Was a French composer, guitarist and conductor.

Was a French composer, guitarist and conductor.

Is best known as the architect of the eastern range of the Louvre in Paris, he also achieved success

Is best known as the architect of the eastern range of the Louvre in Paris, he also achieved success as physician and anatomist, and as an author, who wrote treatises on physics and natural history

Is a French sprint canoer who competed in the late 1960s. He was eliminated in the semifinals of the

Is a French sprint canoer who competed in the late 1960s. He was eliminated in the semifinals of the K-4 1000 m event at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City.

Is a French film director and scriptwriter. Born in Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts de Seine, Île-de-Fr

Is a French film director and scriptwriter. Born in Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts de Seine, Île-de-France, France.[1]

Was a French athlete who mainly competed in the 100 metres. He competed for a France in the 4 x 100

Was a French athlete who mainly competed in the 100 metres. He competed for a France in the 4 x 100 metre relay at the 1964 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan, where he won the bronze medal with his team mates Paul Genevay, Bernard Laidebeur and Jocelyn Delecour.

Was a French Economist who worked in spatial economics and in the application of fuzzy set theory to

Was a French Economist who worked in spatial economics and in the application of fuzzy set theory to economics. Bo Yuan and George Klir wrote in their book 'Fuzzy sets and fuzzy logic theory and applications' that "A pioneer who initiated the reformulation of economic theory by taking advantage of fuzzy set theory was undoubtedly the French economist Claude Ponsard."

Is a former French footballer, now a manager, currently the manager of Olympique Lyonnais.[1] He spe

Is a former French footballer, now a manager, currently the manager of Olympique Lyonnais.[1] He spent 17 years playing for AS Monaco.Before being appointed as the manager of Monaco, he was the physical trainer and manager of the Monaco's reserve team. He was appointed as the manager in January 1999.

Is a French writer, whose first novel Le Ventriloque appeared in 1978. Since that time she has publi

Is a French writer, whose first novel Le Ventriloque appeared in 1978. Since that time she has published over twenty novels, short-story and poetry collections, as well as combined creative works with long-time partner Daniel Zimmermann. She won the prix Goncourt des lycéens in 1994 for Belle mère, her novel on step-mothering, and is a recipient of the French Writer's Guild Prize for her life's work.

Is a French former football defender. He played for FC Sochaux, OGC Nice, AS Monaco and Besançon RC

Is a French former football defender. He played for FC Sochaux, OGC Nice, AS Monaco and Besançon RC.[1]

Is a Luxembourgian footballer who currently plays as a defender for FC Etzella Ettelbruck in Luxembo

Is a Luxembourgian footballer who currently plays as a defender for FC Etzella Ettelbruck in Luxembourg's domestic National Division.Reiter made his debut for Luxembourg in an April 2000 friendly match against Estonia and by December 2008 he had earned 37 caps, scoring one goal.

Was a French writer, and playwright, as well as an art critic and art historian like his father Roge

Was a French writer, and playwright, as well as an art critic and art historian like his father Roger Marx (1859–1913).[1] He also used the pen name "Claudinet".[2] Roger-Marx, son of Roger Marx and Elisa Nathan (1859-1933), achieved his baccalauréat in 1906, studied at the faculties of law and humanities of the University of Paris,[3] and began to write poems and plays. In 1912 he married Florestine Caroline Nathan, who gave birth to both their children.[4] He published two novels, before he wrote plays.[5] In 1927 he became a chevalier of the Légion d’honneur.[3] During World War II, in February 1944 he lost his son, who was imprisoned by the Gestapo. Roger-Marx, as a Jew, fled to Marseille in 1941, and in 1943 to Isère.

Is a French field hockey player who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.He was a member of the Fren

Is a French field hockey player who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.He was a member of the French field hockey team, which finish fourth in the 1936 Olympic tournament. He played two matches as forward.

Was a road cyclist from France, who at the 1952 Summer Olympics won the bronze medal in the men's te

Was a road cyclist from France, who at the 1952 Summer Olympics won the bronze medal in the men's team road race, alongside Jacques Anquetil and Alfred Tonello.