French Famous Names Starting with Letter D

Is a retired French footballer, who played as an attacking midfielder. Dutuel was a product of the f

Is a retired French footballer, who played as an attacking midfielder. Dutuel was a product of the famous AJ Auxerre youth system, which also included Eric Cantona, Basile Boli, Pascal Vahirua and William Prunier, all under the tutelage of legendary Guy Roux. He made his first team debut on July 16, 1985, not yet 18, in a 0–0 draw at Stade Lavallois, and was already an undisputed starter by the time the side reached the semifinals of the UEFA Cup in 1992–93.

Is a French footballer who plays as a striker.He started his career with Valenciennes FC before movi

Is a French footballer who plays as a striker.He started his career with Valenciennes FC before moving to Guingamp. He finished as the runners-up of the 1997 Coupe de France playing for them.

Is a French team handball player. He is World Champion from the 2001, and European Champion from 200

Is a French team handball player. He is World Champion from the 2001, and European Champion from 2006. He participated on the French national handball team that received bronze medals at the 2008 European Men's Handball Championship.

Is a french politician, member of the Senate of France, representing the Pas-de-Calais department. H

Is a french politician, member of the Senate of France, representing the Pas-de-Calais department. He is a member of the Socialist Party, and the president of the Nord-Pas de Calais region.

Is a French writer, born in Villemomble near Paris in 1948. Raised in a family of 13 children, his p

Is a French writer, born in Villemomble near Paris in 1948. Raised in a family of 13 children, his parents were born in the French overseas territory of Martinique.

Is a member of the Senate of France, representing the Maine-et-Loire department. He is a member of t

Is a member of the Senate of France, representing the Maine-et-Loire department. He is a member of the Socialist Party.

Is a French retired professional football midfielder.

Is a French retired professional football midfielder.

Is a French racing cyclist and olympic champion in track cycling. He received a gold medal in 4000m

Is a French racing cyclist and olympic champion in track cycling. He received a gold medal in 4000m individual pursuit at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City.[1]

Is a member of the Senate of France, representing the Meurthe-et-Moselle department. He is a member

Is a member of the Senate of France, representing the Meurthe-et-Moselle department. He is a member of the Socialist Party.

Is a French fencer and Olympic champion in foil competition, and medalists in four successive Olympi

Is a French fencer and Olympic champion in foil competition, and medalists in four successive Olympics. He received a gold medal in foil team at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, together with Gilles Berolatti, Christian Noël, Jean-Claude Magnan and Jacques Dimont. He participated and received medals at the 1964, 1968, 1972 and 1976 summer Olympics.[1]

Is a French former professional football (soccer) player.

Is a French former professional football (soccer) player.

Is a French former football striker currently managing Tours FC.

Is a French former football striker currently managing Tours FC.

Is a retired French sprinter who specialized in the 100 and 200 metres. At the 1988 Summer Olympics

Is a retired French sprinter who specialized in the 100 and 200 metres. At the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, he won a bronze medal in the 4x100 metres relay with his team mates Bruno Marie-Rose, Gilles Quenehervé and Max Morinière. At the 1990 European Championships in Split the French team of Morinière, Sangouma, Jean-Charles Trouabal and Marie-Rose improved the world record to 37.79 seconds. The record stood less than one year, as the United States team ran in 37.67 seconds at the Weltklasse Zurich meet.[1] With 10.02 seconds Sangouma is also a former French record holder in the 100 metres.

Was a former French rugby union player, as a hooker, and coach. After ending his player career, he b

Was a former French rugby union player, as a hooker, and coach. After ending his player career, he become a coach, first at the youths level of Stade Toulousain (1989-1995). He won 4 titles (1990, 1991, 1994 and 1995), before being promoted to assistant coach at the main team (1995-1997). He won the French Championship in 1997.

Was a French archaeologist and Professor of Near Eastern Archaeology at the University of Strasbourg

Was a French archaeologist and Professor of Near Eastern Archaeology at the University of Strasbourg and later the Princeton University. In the 1940s he conducted fieldwork at Ay Khanum in Afghanistan as Director of the Délégation Archéologique Française, discovering ruins and artifacts of the Hellenistic period.[1] His written works were included posthumously in The Cambridge History of Iran (1983).

Is a French journalist, born in Paris on April 5, 1958, who focuses on the analysis of televised med

Is a French journalist, born in Paris on April 5, 1958, who focuses on the analysis of televised media. He is mainly active in weekly columns—in the past in Le Monde and presently in Libération--and on a television show: "Arrêt sur images" ("Freeze-frame"), broadcast by the public TV channel France 5. The television show was terminated in 2007 by France 5 direction, an incident that led to the creation of the Arret Sur Images web site.

Is an Ivorian sprint canoer who competed in the early 1970s. He was eliminated in the repechages of

Is an Ivorian sprint canoer who competed in the early 1970s. He was eliminated in the repechages of the C-2 1000 m event at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich.

Is a French weightlifter and Olympic medalist. He received a silver medal at the 1976 Summer Olympic

Is a French weightlifter and Olympic medalist. He received a silver medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal. He finished 4th at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow.

Was a socialist writer and journalist. He was best known for his articles for The Nation in the Unit

Was a socialist writer and journalist. He was best known for his articles for The Nation in the United States and for The Economist in Britain, serving for decades as a European correspondent for each magazine.

Was an Alsatian fortress architect, engineer, and cartographer. Albert Fischer: Daniel Specklin aus

Was an Alsatian fortress architect, engineer, and cartographer. Albert Fischer: Daniel Specklin aus Strassburg (1536 - 1589): Festungsbaumeister, Ingenieur und Kartograph ; Sigmaringen, 1996.

Was a French Protestant theologian. Initially a Calvinist, he became a prominent and influential Arm

Was a French Protestant theologian. Initially a Calvinist, he became a prominent and influential Arminian[1], teaching at the Academy of Sedan. He was an open critic of the Synod of Dort of 1618-9. A long and divisive controversy with Pierre Du Moulin broke out in 1612.[2] They had earlier, in 1601, been allies on the Huguenot side of a public disputation against the Catholic Jacques-Davy Duperron and others.

Was a French Reformed theologian. He now sought refuge in Sancerre, and after a year returned to Mon

Was a French Reformed theologian. He now sought refuge in Sancerre, and after a year returned to Montbéliard. Here he was charged with teaching Calvinistic and Zwinglian heresies; his reply was an affirmation of his Lutheran belief. In 1571 he was recalled to Orléans, and held servicee in the castle Isle, a few miles away. At the news of the massacre on St. Bartholomew's Day, he left just in time to escape the massacre and pillage at Isle the next day; and he was concealed by a Roman Catholic nobleman at Montargis and later by the duchess in a tower of her castle. In November 1572, he was able to return to his father at Montbéliard, but Lutheran intolerance again drove him out, and he accepted a call to the French refugees at Basel.

Was born in Roscrea, Tipperary County, Ireland, a doctor, journalist and Canadian politician. He is

Was born in Roscrea, Tipperary County, Ireland, a doctor, journalist and Canadian politician. He is considered by some political historians to be a formidable early pioneer in the establishment of Canadian independent political thinking and democracy.In 1

Is a French actress and singer. She is the daughter of an army doctor who died when she was seven ye

Is a French actress and singer. She is the daughter of an army doctor who died when she was seven years old. Raised in Paris she studied the cello and piano at the Conservatoire de Musique. At 13, she got a part in the musical film Le Bal (1931). Her beauty combined with her singing and dancing ability led to numerous other offers.

A French singer. She was an acclaimed world renowned popular singer from 1960s to 1970s.In 1964, she

A French singer. She was an acclaimed world renowned popular singer from 1960s to 1970s.In 1964, she dubbed the song through a movie "The Umbrellas of Cherbourg" for the role of Geneviève Emery, played by Catherine Deneuve.In 1969, she recorded her greate