French Famous Names Starting with Letter G

Was a French public law professor from Auch, France. Vedel is credited as being “the reviser of pu

Was a French public law professor from Auch, France. Vedel is credited as being “the reviser of public law [in France].” He taught in faculties of universities in Poitiers, Toulouse, and Paris, at both the University of Paris II and the Institute of Political Studies. He was a published author, having written manuals on constitutional and regulatory law, publications which both left their mark on generations of French legal experts. Vedel was most well known for his theory of the constitutional bases present in regulatory law, a theory that united the field of public law in France.

Was a French footballer. He played for RC Roubaix, and earned 14 caps for the France national footba

Was a French footballer. He played for RC Roubaix, and earned 14 caps for the France national football team, and scored a goal in the 1934 FIFA World Cup.

Was an French athlete who competed at the 1906 Summer Olympics in Athens, at the 1908 Summer Olympic

Was an French athlete who competed at the 1906 Summer Olympics in Athens, at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London, and the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm. In 1906 he was eliminated in the first round of the 100 metres event as well as of the 400 metres competition. Two years later in the 100 metres event, Malfait lost his first round heat to Nathaniel Cartmell, finishing in 11.2 seconds to Cartmell's 11.0 to be eliminated from competition.

Was a French footballer and coach. Georges Winckelmans played as a midfielder or outside right at th

Was a French footballer and coach. Georges Winckelmans played as a midfielder or outside right at the start of the professional era of Olympique Lillois: he was one of the heroes of the final of the first French Championship on 14 May 1933 at Colombes (O. Lillois-AS Cannes, 4-3). He scored two goals for the nordistes including the winner in the 86th minute.

Is a retired French football player and manager. He is the brother of Jules Zvunka and Victor Zvunka

Is a retired French football player and manager. He is the brother of Jules Zvunka and Victor Zvunka.

Was a French conductor and composer associated with both major opera houses in Paris.[2][3] Showing

Was a French conductor and composer associated with both major opera houses in Paris.[2][3] Showing musical talent very early on, and entering the Paris Conservatoire aged 12, he won the first prize for solfege there in 1875. Marty took the first prize for harmony in 1878 and the Prix de Rome in 1882 with his cantata Edith (he was a pupil of Massenet). After his stay in Rome, he travelled to Sicily, Tunisia and Germany before returning to the French capital and gaining much experience as a chorus master.[3]

Was a French museologist, and innovator of modern French ethnographic museology practices. Rivière

Was a French museologist, and innovator of modern French ethnographic museology practices. Rivière studied music until 1925, when he began museum studies at the Ecole du Louvre, from which he graduated in 1928. During the following years, he cared for the D. David-Weill collection, which included Chinese porcelains, Greek and Roman antiquities, and European decorative arts and paintings. In 1928, Rivière curated his first show of ancient American art at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs and joined Paul Rivet as his vice-director to begin the renovation of the dusty Musée du Trocadéro, which was reintroduced to the public as a fully modernized Musée de l'Homme in 1938.

Was the French author of Emblemes ou devises chrestiennes, published in Lyons between 1567-71. Monte

Was the French author of Emblemes ou devises chrestiennes, published in Lyons between 1567-71. Montenay has always been regarded as a lady-in-waiting to Jeanne d'Albret, the Protestant Queen of Navarre, partly because she dedicated her work to the Queen. An intriguing aspect of Montenay's Calvinist life is that she was married in 1562 to Guyon de Gout, a devout Catholic.

Height 195 cm Year of Birth 1967 Nationality French Position Shooting Guard - Small Forward

Height 195 cm Year of Birth 1967 Nationality French Position Shooting Guard - Small Forward

A graduate of the Fondation Nationale des Sciences Politiques, HEC Paris and the École nationale d'

A graduate of the Fondation Nationale des Sciences Politiques, HEC Paris and the École nationale d'administration (National School of Administration), he began his diplomatic career in Laos in 1964,[1] later serving in Japan. While in Japan, he spent two years studying painting with the master Toshimitsu Imai,[2] being Imai's only Western student.[1] Coste had his first one-man exhibition in 1975 in Japan.[1] He has had several shows in France and Japan and exhibiting his works regularly in Japan, the United States, Singapore and Thailand

French-born economist and mathematician. In July 1975, he became a naturalized citizen of the United

French-born economist and mathematician. In July 1975, he became a naturalized citizen of the United States. Best known as a professor of economics at the University of California, Berkeley, where he began work in 1962, he won the 1983 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics.

Is a former athlete from France who mainly competed in the 100 metres. He competed for a France in t

Is a former athlete from France who mainly competed in the 100 metres. He competed for a France in the 1968 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan, where he won the bronze medal in the 4 x 100 metre relay with his team mates Jocelyn Delecour, Claude Piquemal and Roger Bambuck.

Is a well known educator, professor, writer and art critic. He is an active member of the Franco Bri

Is a well known educator, professor, writer and art critic. He is an active member of the Franco British Council . Roubichou worked as an Assistant Professor of French at the University of Virginia in the 1970s and was President of the Lycee Français, New York from 1989 to 1998. Roubichou has written several books on Claude Simon and has written many books and articles about education, literature and art. He was born in France.

Is a French businessman based in France who owns and controls the House of Chanel perfume company in

Is a French businessman based in France who owns and controls the House of Chanel perfume company in partnership with his brother, Alain. The privately held House of Chanel is run by Alain Wertheimer who has presided over the acquisition of several non-Chanel brands, including Eres Lingerie, Tanner Krolle saddles and leather goods, and Holland & Holland, a British gunsmith.

Is a retired East German hammer thrower.His personal best throw was 82.64 metres, achieved in August

Is a retired East German hammer thrower.His personal best throw was 82.64 metres, achieved in August 1985 in Dresden. This ranks him fourth among German hammer throwers, behind Ralf Haber, Heinz Weis and Karsten Kobs

Was one of the most gifted French architects of his generation. A pupil of Jules Hardouin-Mansart, G

Was one of the most gifted French architects of his generation. A pupil of Jules Hardouin-Mansart, Germain Boffrand was one of the main creators of the precursor to Rococo called the style Régence, and in his interiors, of the Rococo itself.

Was one of the most important sculptors of the French Renaissance. Trained by his father and (perhap

Was one of the most important sculptors of the French Renaissance. Trained by his father and (perhaps) Pierre Bontemps, Pilon was an expert with marble, bronze, wood and terra cotta; from about 1555 he was providing models for Parisian goldsmiths.[2] He was also skilled at drawing.

Was a French clinician who was a native of Ribeauvillé, Haut-Rhin. He studied medicine in Paris, an

Was a French clinician who was a native of Ribeauvillé, Haut-Rhin. He studied medicine in Paris, and in 1846 obtained his doctorate with a dissertation on ergotism. In 1855 he became médecin des hôpitaux in Paris, and subsequently worked at La Rochefoucauld (1857), Beaujon (1861), Pitié (1862) and Charité (1868) hospitals. In 1867 he succeeded Armand Trousseau (1801-1867) as professor of therapeutics and materia medica, and in 1876 attained the chair of clinical medicine at the Hôtel-Dieu de Paris, a position he held for the remainder of his career.

Was a French filmmaker, film theorist, journalist and critic. She was born in Amiens and moved to Pa

Was a French filmmaker, film theorist, journalist and critic. She was born in Amiens and moved to Paris in early childhood. A few years after her marriage she embarked on a journalistic career in a feminist magazine, and later became interested in film. With the help of her husband and friend she founded a film company and directed a few commercial works before slowly moving into Impressionist and Surrealist territory.

Was a French politician.[2] She was the first woman to hold a Cabinet-level post in the French gover

Was a French politician.[2] She was the first woman to hold a Cabinet-level post in the French government.[3] Her political convictions have been characterized as bearing the influence of both Catholic and feminist traditions.[4]

Was a French sculptor. Richier's early work was fantastic, combining classical forms with human-anim

Was a French sculptor. Richier's early work was fantastic, combining classical forms with human-animal hybrids and depicting creatures such as the spider and the hydra. Her style became less figurative after World War II; the bodily deformations which she favored as subjects were more accentuated in an attempt to convey a greater sense of anguish.

Was a French singer and film actress.She starred in some 15 films between 1920 and 1956.Her brother

Was a French singer and film actress.She starred in some 15 films between 1920 and 1956.Her brother Jean Sablon was a popular singer and actor.

Was a French composer and the only female member of the famous Group Les Six

Was a French composer and the only female member of the famous Group Les Six

Was a French anthropologist, best known for her work in Algeria in the 1950s on behalf of the French

Was a French anthropologist, best known for her work in Algeria in the 1950s on behalf of the French government.Tillion was born in Allègre in Haute-Loire. Studying anthropology under Marcel Mauss, she lived in Algeria on various occasions between 1934 and 1940, studying the Berber and Chaoui people in the Aures region of northeastern Algeria. During World War II, Tillion participated in the French Resistance. Captured, she was sent to the German concentration camp at Ravensbrück in 1943. After the war, she completed her doctorate under Louis Massignon.

Is an Ivorian international footballer who plays as a striker for French Ligue 1 club Lille OSC.He b

Is an Ivorian international footballer who plays as a striker for French Ligue 1 club Lille OSC.He began his career in the famed ASEC Abidjan youth academy, where he spent five years. Following this, he moved to Ivorian Deuxieme Division Zone Four side Toumodi F.C., where Al-Ittihad striker Ibrahim Touré, the brother of Arsenal and FC Barcelona players Kolo Touré and Yaya Touré, spent some time playing.