French Famous Names Starting with Letter F

Is a French football player who plays for French club Istres in Ligue 2. He plays as a right back an

Is a French football player who plays for French club Istres in Ligue 2. He plays as a right back and is also capable of playing as a wing back and midfielder on the same side. Lejeune joined his current club ahead of the 2009–10 season after spending the previous season with RCO Agde in the Championnat de France amateur.[1] He made his professional debut on 18 December 2009 in a league match against Tours. He started and played the entire match in a 4–0 defeat.[2]

Is a French footballer. Lucchini currently playing for bulgarian Vihren Sandanski as a goalkeeper.

Is a French footballer. Lucchini currently playing for bulgarian Vihren Sandanski as a goalkeeper. Lucchini started his career in Stade Rennais youth academy before joining Corsican sides GFCO Ajaccio and AC Ajaccio. In 2007 he played for six months in Ionikos FC and signed with Vihren for a free transfer in july 2008.

Is a French football defender, currently playing for FC Girondins de Bordeaux. He is an attacking le

Is a French football defender, currently playing for FC Girondins de Bordeaux. He is an attacking left back.

Is a French former football player, who played as a striker, and most notably won the 1998 Coupe de

Is a French former football player, who played as a striker, and most notably won the 1998 Coupe de France and Coupe de la Ligue with French team Paris Saint-Germain. He played six games and scored a single goal for the France national football team.

Is a French former track cyclist who won three gold medals and one silver at the Summer Olympics (19

Is a French former track cyclist who won three gold medals and one silver at the Summer Olympics (1996 and 2000). He was popular among spectators for the facial expressions he pulled - many of them seeming to make his eyes bulge - to help him concentrate at the start of races. In retirement he became one of France's national sprint coaches.

Was a French mathematician. He was a friend of René Descartes, and later wrote Notes brièves, the

Was a French mathematician. He was a friend of René Descartes, and later wrote Notes brièves, the first important introduction to Descartes' analytic geometry.

Is a French Alpine skier. She is 1.76 m tall and weighs 64 kg. She participated in the 2006 Olympic

Is a French Alpine skier. She is 1.76 m tall and weighs 64 kg. She participated in the 2006 Olympic Winter Games in Turin. She was named Rookie of the year 2005 alongside David Poisson by the French federation of Ski.

Is a French-Togolese striker currently playing for Angers SCO on loan from FC Girondins de Bordeaux.

Is a French-Togolese striker currently playing for Angers SCO on loan from FC Girondins de Bordeaux.

Was a French mathematician and computer scientist. He worked on the Atlas of Lie groups and represen

Was a French mathematician and computer scientist. He worked on the Atlas of Lie groups and representations until his death. Du Cloux was based at the Institut Girard Desargues, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Villeurbanne, in France.[1] One of the founding members of the project, he was responsible for building the Atlas software which was instrumental in the mapping of the structure of the E8 Lie Group. Fokko du Cloux was diagnosed with Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) in 2005, but he continued to actively participate in the project until his death from ALS. The Project successfully completed the task in 2007.[2] [3] [4] [5][6]

A Genoese merchant family who lived in Marseille. He is known as a trobadour, and then as a fiercely

A Genoese merchant family who lived in Marseille. He is known as a trobadour, and then as a fiercely anti-Cathar bishop of Toulouse. Initially famed as a troubadour, he began composing songs in the 1170s and was known to Raymond Geoffrey II of Marseille, Richard Coeur de Lion, Raymond V of Toulouse, Raimond-Roger of Foix, Alfonso II of Aragon and William VIII of Montpellier.

Is a French footballer who currently plays for Greenock Morton in the Scottish Football League First

Is a French footballer who currently plays for Greenock Morton in the Scottish Football League First Division. Bachirou started his career in the youth teams are Paris Saint-Germain, where he played in the CFA side in the French third division.

Is a football goalkeeper from Mali. He plays for French club USJA Carquefou.He was part of the Malia

Is a football goalkeeper from Mali. He plays for French club USJA Carquefou.He was part of the Malian 2004 Olympic football team, who exited in the quarter finals, finishing top of group A, but losing to Italy in the next round.

Is a French-born Malian football defender playing for Greek football club Panionios F.C.Starting his

Is a French-born Malian football defender playing for Greek football club Panionios F.C.Starting his career in Parisien club Red Star 93, he moved to AS Saint-Étienne in 2000 and made his debut against Rennes in September. Diawara has also played internat

Is a French professional football player. Currently, he plays in the Ligue 1 for Le Mans Union Club

Is a French professional football player. Currently, he plays in the Ligue 1 for Le Mans Union Club 72. He also holds Senegalese citizenship and represented Senegal at junior levels before switching to playing for France.

Is a French singer, actress and astrologer. Hardy is an iconic figure in fashion, music style and pe

Is a French singer, actress and astrologer. Hardy is an iconic figure in fashion, music style and personality in the Francophile world.

Was a militant communist who fought in the French resistance during World War II. Daughter of the wr

Was a militant communist who fought in the French resistance during World War II. Daughter of the writer Jean-Richard Bloch, France Bloch was initially a student in the countryside near Poitiers where she obtained a degree in Chemistry. In October 1934, she began working at the laboratory of Professor Urbain at the National Institute of Chemistry. She joined the Communist Party in Paris, becoming involved in the support of the Spanish Republicans.

A French pianist renowned for her interpretations of the works of Franz Liszt, a great many of which

A French pianist renowned for her interpretations of the works of Franz Liszt, a great many of which she has recorded, and Erik Satie, whose complete piano works she recorded.In 1948, at age 15, France Clidat played Henri Sauguet's Concerto in A minor in Geneva under the conductor Ernest Ansermet.[1] She studied at the Paris Conservatory with Lazare Lévy, Maurice Hewitt, Alexis Roland-Manuel, Norbert Dufourcq, and Robert Siohan[1] and received first prize in piano in 1950, at the age of 18.[2] She later studied with Emil Gilels and Lelia Gousseau.[3]

Is a popular French yé-yé singer. Her father was lyricist Robert Gall, and her mother, Cécile Ber

Is a popular French yé-yé singer. Her father was lyricist Robert Gall, and her mother, Cécile Berthier, was the daughter of Paul Berthier, co-founder of Petits Chanteurs à la Croix de Bois. (This made her cousin to the guitarist Denys Lable and the composer Vincent Berthier de Lioncourt, as well as niece to Jacques Berthier.)

A French actress.Working as a seamstress in 1955, Nuyen was discovered by the LIFE photographer Phil

A French actress.Working as a seamstress in 1955, Nuyen was discovered by the LIFE photographer Philippe Halsman on the beach. She became a stage actress and portrayed Suzie Wong in the theatrical production of The World of Suzie Wong in 1958, opposite William Shatner (with whom she later worked again in an episode of Star Trek, as the memorable Elaan of Troyius). She was originally cast as Suzie Wong in the film production but was replaced by Nancy Kwan.

Is the ambassador of France to Angola.[1]

Is the ambassador of France to Angola.[1]

Cabrel was born into a modest family, his father was employed as a blue-collar and his mother was a

Cabrel was born into a modest family, his father was employed as a blue-collar and his mother was a cashier. He has a sister, Martine, and a brother, Philippe. His paternal grandfather, Prospero Cabrel, immigrated to Gascogne from Friuli, Italy, in the 1920s with his wife and six children. Cabrel's mother, Denise Nin, was born in Gascogne to an Italian family who had also immigrated from Friuli. The family's original surname, Cabrelli, was abandoned in the 1700s.

Is a French retired professional football defender.

Is a French retired professional football defender.

Was a French professional road bicycle racer.

Was a French professional road bicycle racer.

Was a French professional road bicycle racer. He won one stage in the 1985 Tour de France.

Was a French professional road bicycle racer. He won one stage in the 1985 Tour de France.

Was a French journalist, diplomat, civil servant, politician and academician. He was an Officer of t

Was a French journalist, diplomat, civil servant, politician and academician. He was an Officer of the Légion d'honneur.