French Famous Names Starting with Letter D

Was a French aristocrat, revolutionary and novelist. His novels were philosophical and sadomasochist

Was a French aristocrat, revolutionary and novelist. His novels were philosophical and sadomasochistic, exploring such controversial subjects as rape, bestiality and necrophilia. He was a proponent of extreme freedom (or at least licentiousness), unrestra

Was a French sailor who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics.

Was a French sailor who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics.

Is a French footballer. He is a strong, powerful and highly-rated central defender who started his c

Is a French footballer. He is a strong, powerful and highly-rated central defender who started his career with Lille, before joining Tottenham Hotspur FC in the summer of 2006. He plays at international level for France U-19 (he has also previously played at U16,U17 and U18 level).

Is a French footballer, who currently plays for US Boulogne. Lévêque began his career 2002 with 13

Is a French footballer, who currently plays for US Boulogne. Lévêque began his career 2002 with 13 years by FC Annecy[3] and signed 2006 for US Boulogne.[4] He made his professional debut in the Ligue 1 on 7 March 2010 against Olympique Lyonnais.[5] On 14 June 2010 En Avant Guingamp signed the US Boulogne midfielder on a two-year-deal.[6]

Is a French rower. He competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics, where he won a bronze medal in Coxless f

Is a French rower. He competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics, where he won a bronze medal in Coxless four.

Is a French-born Congolese football striker last playing for AS Beauvais in the French Championnat N

Is a French-born Congolese football striker last playing for AS Beauvais in the French Championnat National.

Is a French snowboarder and Olympic medalist. She received a silver medal in halfpipe at the 2002 Wi

Is a French snowboarder and Olympic medalist. She received a silver medal in halfpipe at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City.

Was a French tennis player of the 1930s.

Was a French tennis player of the 1930s.

Was an astronomer. Dorothea studied at the University of Paris and started out also studying music,

Was an astronomer. Dorothea studied at the University of Paris and started out also studying music, but later turned to astronomy. She received her bachelor's degree in 1886 and took up a post at the Paris Observatory. Here she worked with Guillaume Bigourdan and Lipót Schulhof, and later with the pioneer astrophotographers Paul and Prosper Henry, who were working with a 34 cm refractor and photographing the minor planets (asteroids). Her work consisted of measuring star positions, processing astrophotographs, studying stellar spectra and meteorites.

Is a Senegalese lawyer and politician. He is the Secretary-General of the Union for the Republic (UP

Is a Senegalese lawyer and politician. He is the Secretary-General of the Union for the Republic (UPR), a political party he founded in 2000, and was a candidate in the 2007 presidential election.

Is a Luxembourgian politician for the Democratic Party (DP). He is a member of the Chamber of Deputi

Is a Luxembourgian politician for the Democratic Party (DP). He is a member of the Chamber of Deputies, representing the Centre constituency, where the DP is strongest. He was first elected in 1999, but lost his seat in the 2004 election, in which the DP fared poorly. He returned to the Chamber on 10 October 2006, replacing Niki Bettendorf upon Bettendorf's resignation.

Was a French physician and agronomist who was born in the commune of Gyé-sur-Seine in the departmen

Was a French physician and agronomist who was born in the commune of Gyé-sur-Seine in the department of Aube. Guyot studied medicine in Paris, and had an avid interest in mechanics, physics and telegraphy, but he is best known for his work in viticulture.

Is a Malian football player. He currently plays for Tours FC

Is a Malian football player. He currently plays for Tours FC

Is a professional footballer who currently plays for Ferencvarosi TC as a striker in the eastern gro

Is a professional footballer who currently plays for Ferencvarosi TC as a striker in the eastern group of the Hungarian second division.He was signed from Chengdu Blades in 2008 alongside fellow Ivorians Bamba Moussa, Sékou Tidiane Souare and Kourouma Mohamed Lamine.

Is a Malian footballer player who plays as a striker for FC Kuban Krasnodar on loan from Lokomotiv M

Is a Malian footballer player who plays as a striker for FC Kuban Krasnodar on loan from Lokomotiv Moscow.Traoré is a regular for Mali. He has played 16 times and scored 4 goals for them. He was part of the Malian 2004 Olympic football team, who exited in

Was a French singer and music hall comique troupier and a stage and film actor.In 1895, he performed

Was a French singer and music hall comique troupier and a stage and film actor.In 1895, he performed with fellow newcomers Félix Mayol and Max Dearly in the "Concert Parisien" from where he went on to become a leading music hall entertainer in the comique troupier genre. In 1899, he was signed to perform at the famous Eldorado Club where he appeared regularly for the next twenty years.

Is a French professional football player. Currently, he plays in the Ligue 2 for AC Arles-Avignon.

Is a French professional football player. Currently, he plays in the Ligue 2 for AC Arles-Avignon.

Is a Malian football player who, as of 2006 was playing for OGC Nice.He was part of the Mali U-20 te

Is a Malian football player who, as of 2006 was playing for OGC Nice.He was part of the Mali U-20 team who finish third in group stage of 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship. He was part of the Malian 2004 Olympic football team, who exited in the quarter f

Diallo started his career in France playing for AS Brevannes and Sedan before moving to Belgium and

Diallo started his career in France playing for AS Brevannes and Sedan before moving to Belgium and playing for RC Tilleur and KV Mechelen.In 2003 Mechelen went into liquidation and Diallo was released on a free transfer. He promptly moved to England and signed for Burnley

Is a Malian football player. He currently plays as a defender for Lecce.He player for the Mali natio

Is a Malian football player. He currently plays as a defender for Lecce.He player for the Mali national football team at the 2001 FIFA U-17 World Championship and the 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship.

Is a Ivorian sprint canoer who competed in the early 1990s. At the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona

Is a Ivorian sprint canoer who competed in the early 1990s. At the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, he was eliminated in the repechages of the K-2 500 m event.

Was a French neurologist who revived Galvani's research and greatly advanced the science of muscular

Was a French neurologist who revived Galvani's research and greatly advanced the science of muscular. electrophysiology(electromyography). The era of modern neurology progressed from Duchenne's understanding of the conductivity of neural pathways, his revelations of the effect of lesions on these structures and his introduction of muscle biopsy. Duchenne's electrical experiments on the facial musculature exerted an enormous influence through Charles Darwin's The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals.

Was a French Benedictine and ecclesiastical writer.[1] Affiliated from early childhood to the Benedi

Was a French Benedictine and ecclesiastical writer.[1] Affiliated from early childhood to the Benedictine community of Mont-Sainte-Cathérine and of Saint-Vandrille, he was made abbot of the newly founded Saint-Martin of Troarn by William, Duke of Normandy, in whose esteem he stood on a par with Lanfranc, Anselm, and Gerbert.

Was a French composer and organist. At first his studies in Paris were pursued with hard work, but o

Was a French composer and organist. At first his studies in Paris were pursued with hard work, but once finally freed from his father's stifling education, he soon began to frequent anarchist groups (Louise Michel, Prince Kropotkine, Jean Grave, Charles Malato). He continued none-the-less his musical studies at the conservatory, where his fellow students nicknamed him "Dynam", probably both because of the dynamic way he played and because of the way he lived.