French Famous Names Starting with Letter C

Is a member of the National Assembly of France. She represents the Yvelines department, and is a mem

Is a member of the National Assembly of France. She represents the Yvelines department, and is a member of the New Centre.

Is a member of the Senate of France, representing the Seine-et-Marne department. She is a member of

Is a member of the Senate of France, representing the Seine-et-Marne department. She is a member of the Union for a Popular Movement.

Is a French computer scientist and Professor of Computer Science in the department of Mathematics an

Is a French computer scientist and Professor of Computer Science in the department of Mathematics and Informatics at the University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne, and a leading researcher in the area of information and knowledge systems, known for here wor

Is a French film director and writer. In Paris Serreau studied literature, music and theatre as well

Is a French film director and writer. In Paris Serreau studied literature, music and theatre as well as circus. In 1970 she made her debut as an actress at the Théâtre du Vieux-Colombier, in 1973 she wrote her first screenplay.Her first film , the documentary film Mais qu'est ce qu'elles veulent? (1978), literally: But what do they want, after all?, was a compilation of interviews with women from various backgrounds. The frankness of the statements shocked parts of the public.

Is a composer of electronic and ambient music based in France. Cécile Schott began making music und

Is a composer of electronic and ambient music based in France. Cécile Schott began making music under the name 'Colleen' in 2001, after a friend gave her a CD-R with the ACID Pro music production software contained within. Samples were a common part of her early work and in summer 2003 the debut album Everyone Alive Wants Answers was released. It was notable for its heavy use of looped samples, which were taken from records in her collection and heavily modified

Is a French triple jumper. His personal best jump is 17.34 metres, achieved in May 2008 in Forbach.

Is a French triple jumper. His personal best jump is 17.34 metres, achieved in May 2008 in Forbach. He competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics and the 2006 World Indoor Championships, without reaching the final.

Was the leader of the French section of Special Operations Executive.Maurice Buckmaster was born on

Was the leader of the French section of Special Operations Executive.Maurice Buckmaster was born on 11 January 1902 at Ravenhill, Brereton, Staffordshire, England. He was educated at Eton College but his studies ended when his father went bankrupt. He left school and first became a reporter for French paper Le Matin, later became a banker and eventually a senior manager with the French branch of Ford Motor Company.

Was a French astronomer, son of César-François Cassini de Thury.Cassini was born at the Paris Obse

Was a French astronomer, son of César-François Cassini de Thury.Cassini was born at the Paris Observatory. In 1784 he succeeded his father as director of the observatory; but his plans for its restoration and re-equipment were wrecked in 1793 by the animosity of the National Assembly. His position having become intolerable, he resigned on September 6, and was thrown into prison in 1794, but released after seven months. He then withdrew to Thury, where he died fifty-one years later.He published in 1770 an account of a voyage to America in 1768, undertaken as the commissary of the French Academy of Sciences with a view to testing Pierre Leroy’s watches at sea. A memoir in which he described the operations superintended by him in 1787 for connecting the observatories of Paris and Greenwich by longitude-determinations appeared in 1791. He visited England for the purposes of the work, and saw William Herschel at Slough.

An Uruguayan-born French poet.His only works, Les Chants de Maldoror and Poésies, had a major influ

An Uruguayan-born French poet.His only works, Les Chants de Maldoror and Poésies, had a major influence on modern literature, particularly on the Surrealists and the Situationists. Les Chants de Maldoror is often described as the first surrealist book. He

Were brothers from Alsace. Their inventions in the area of geophysics and well logging were the begi

Were brothers from Alsace. Their inventions in the area of geophysics and well logging were the beginnings of Schlumberger Well Services and the entire well logging industry. Conrad and Marcel were two of six children of an affluent French Protestant family. Their father, Paul, was descended from a wealthy cotton weaving family. Their mother, Marguerite Witt was a political activist. When the brothers were born, their native province Alsace was part of Germany. Their parents decided to send the brothers to Paris to be educated. Conrad became a physicist, and graduated from École Polytechnique (France) in 1900. Marcel became an engineer graduated from École Centrale Paris in 1907).

She has been placed in more than 40 international Grand Prix (Dressage), and a member of the French

She has been placed in more than 40 international Grand Prix (Dressage), and a member of the French team .The daughter of Jacques Menard, a professional French dressage rider, Constance Menard started her own career twenty years ago, choosing dressage as

Was a French ballet dancer. The daughter of a dancing master and younger sister of the dancer Genevi

Was a French ballet dancer. The daughter of a dancing master and younger sister of the dancer Geneviève Gosselin, Constance débuted at the Opéra de Paris in 1810, after studying dance under Louis Duport and Jean-François Coulon. She married Auguste-Anatole Petit in 1815 and was thus also known as Madame Anatole.

Is an Ivorian football defender who plays for Hannover 96 on loan from Bayer Leverkusen.Djakpa plays

Is an Ivorian football defender who plays for Hannover 96 on loan from Bayer Leverkusen.Djakpa plays for the National olympic team and for Ivory Coast U-21 of Ivory Coast. He represented his country at the 2008 Toulon Tournament, scoring two goals, one a penalty against the United States, and one against Chile

Was a French long distance track racing cyclist. He was a professional from 1894 to 1902.He won the

Was a French long distance track racing cyclist. He was a professional from 1894 to 1902.He won the 600km Bordeaux-Paris road race (known as The Derby of the Road) in 1899 and held the record winning time for 34 years. He was also the 1900 world velodrome

Was a French professional road bicycle racer. In 1909, he won the ninth stage of the 1909 Tour de Fr

Was a French professional road bicycle racer. In 1909, he won the ninth stage of the 1909 Tour de France, and finished 7th in the overall classification.

French painter, was born in Sèvres, near Paris, where his father was connected with the famous manu

French painter, was born in Sèvres, near Paris, where his father was connected with the famous manufactory of porcelain.

Was a legendary french test pilot, Colonel of the French Air Force, one of Pioneers of the Jet Aviat

Was a legendary french test pilot, Colonel of the French Air Force, one of Pioneers of the Jet Aviation. He was chief-pilot at Dassault Aviation.[1] Had mastered 201 types of planes and helicopters, had spent 5000 hours per air, including 3865 combat hours, 104 times were broken a sound barrier.

Is a freestyle swimmer from France, who was born in Martinique (France). She won her first senior ti

Is a freestyle swimmer from France, who was born in Martinique (France). She won her first senior title at the 2008 European Aquatics Championships in Eindhoven in the 4×200 relay freestyle. At the same Championships she won the silver medal in the 400 m freestyle with the time of 4:04.15, all-time fourth fastest behind Federica Pellegrini's world record [1]. At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, she finished fourth in the 400 m freestyle final. On December 6, 2008 she set the world record for the 200 m Free (SC) at the French National Championships in Angers, France in a time of 1:53.16.

A French singer.Clément was born into a family of musicians, her father a clarinetist, and studied

A French singer.Clément was born into a family of musicians, her father a clarinetist, and studied the violin from the age of six but later quit. Her brother, Benjamin Biolay, also a singer, has written for Henri Salvador and wrote and produced her own de

Is a former French football player who used to play midfielder. He spent the biggest part of his car

Is a former French football player who used to play midfielder. He spent the biggest part of his career in the French club RC Strasbourg. He earned his first international cap on March 27, 1993 against Austria in a 1-0 victory.

Is a French football player currently playing for Olympique Lyonnais of the Division 1 Féminine. Fr

Is a French football player currently playing for Olympique Lyonnais of the Division 1 Féminine. Franco serves as captain of her club and plays as a physical, yet creative defensive midfielder, often acting as a deep-lying playmaker. She is also a member of the France women's national football team making her first major tournament appearance with her nation at UEFA Women's Euro 2009.

A French actress.She first came to prominence in the controversial film Story of O (1975) (Histoire

A French actress.She first came to prominence in the controversial film Story of O (1975) (Histoire d'O). She modeled for a famous cover of French magazine Lui with a huge copy of the book.She is famous for being the Bond girl Corinne Dufour in the James Bond film Moonraker (1979). She also starred opposite other Bond alumni Barbara Bach and Richard Kiel in The Humanoid. She also starred in the film, Covert Action, with actor David Janssen and Hitch-hiker (1975).

A French singer.She represented Luxembourg at the Eurovision Song Contest 1983 where she won with "S

A French singer.She represented Luxembourg at the Eurovision Song Contest 1983 where she won with "Si la vie est cadeau" ("If life is a gift") with music by Jean-Pierre Millers and words by Alain Garcia.

Is a French actress. Niece of actor Jean Le Poulain, she seduces Jean Marais on-screen in the film L

Is a French actress. Niece of actor Jean Le Poulain, she seduces Jean Marais on-screen in the film La Provocation (1969). She is famous as Sally in TV-series Sam & Sally. A great success during the 70s with based-on-novel-TV-series Splendeurs et misères des courtisanes. Comeback as Claude Jades lesbian love Gloria in Jean-Pierre Mocky's Bonsoir. Since 2005 she plays in TV-series Plus belle la vie.

Is a French foil fencer who won a bronze medal in the foil team event of the 2005 World Fencing Cham

Is a French foil fencer who won a bronze medal in the foil team event of the 2005 World Fencing Championships in Leipzig with her teammates Adeline Wuillème, Céline Seigneur and Astrid Guyart. She is right-handed. She currently lives in Aubervilliers.