French Famous Names Starting with Letter H

Was French commissioner-general in Indochina between 1955 and 1956, and was the last person to hold

Was French commissioner-general in Indochina between 1955 and 1956, and was the last person to hold this post. He also served as the French president of the United Nations Security Council between 1952 and 1955.

Was a French astronomer and an inventor. He spent part of his early astronomical career at the Nice

Was a French astronomer and an inventor. He spent part of his early astronomical career at the Nice Observatory, which was close to his house, the Villa Paradou. In 1995 the abandoned villa was acquired by the artist Rainer Maria Latzke, who restored the villa and added new modern murals to the already existing frescoes.

Was a French vintner who is credited with introducing important innovations to Burgundian winemaking

Was a French vintner who is credited with introducing important innovations to Burgundian winemaking. He was particularly known for the quality of his Pinot Noir. [1] Jayer was born in Vosne-Romanée. He attended the University of Dijon in the 1940s and earned a degree in enology. Using a 7.4-acre (30,000 m2) inheritance that included parcels in the Echézeaux and Beaux Monts vineyards, Jayer began producing wine under his own label in the 1950s. Henri Jayer wines are now highly sought after and renowned for their balance and elegance, as well as their lushness and concentration. One bottle sells for thousands of dollars.

Was a champion tennis player, one of the famous "Four Musketeers" from France who dominated tennis i

Was a champion tennis player, one of the famous "Four Musketeers" from France who dominated tennis in the late 1920s and early 1930s.Cochet won seven Grand Slam singles titles in the French, American, and British championships, failing to win only in Australia. He was the World No. 1 player for three consecutive years, 1928 through 1930.

Was a French painter and photographer. After the French government made the daguerreotype open for p

Was a French painter and photographer. After the French government made the daguerreotype open for public in 1851, Le Secq was one of the five photographers selected to carry out a photographic survey of architecture (Commission des Monuments Historiques).

Was a French writer and journalist. He was a "satrap" in the "College of Pataphysics". He was senten

Was a French writer and journalist. He was a "satrap" in the "College of Pataphysics". He was sentenced to 18 months in prison in July 1939, for publishing an article in Solidarité Internationale Antifasciste, a periodical founded in November 1938 by Louis Lecoin, in which he congratulated Herschel Grynszpan for his assassination of Ernst vom Rath, an official of the German embassy in Paris. He was arrested in November 1939, at which time he had already joined his regiment in Meaux, for articles which had appeared in March and August 1939

Was a French classical composer and pianist.Henri Jérôme Bertini was born in London on October 28,

Was a French classical composer and pianist.Henri Jérôme Bertini was born in London on October 28, 1798, but his family returned to Paris six months later. He received his early musical education from his father and his brother, a pupil of Muzio Clementi. He was considered a child prodigy and at the age of 12 his father took him on a tour of England, Holland, Flanders, and Germany where he was enthusiastically received

Was a French Olympic fencer. He won a gold medal in the foil competition at the 1924 Summer Olympics

Was a French Olympic fencer. He won a gold medal in the foil competition at the 1924 Summer Olympics.[1][2]

Was a French physician, writer and philosopher.Vietnam and started his career as a neurosurgeon in t

Was a French physician, writer and philosopher.Vietnam and started his career as a neurosurgeon in the Marines and then moved on to fundamental research. He won the prestigious Albert Lasker Award for Clinical Medical Research in 1957. Laborit later became a research head at Boucicault Hospital in Paris.His interests included psychotropic drugs, eutonology, and memory. He pioneered the use of dopamine antagonists to reduce shock in injured soldiers. His observation that people treated with these drugs showed reduced interest in their surroundings led to their later use as antipsychotics[1]. He was also the first researcher to study GHB, in the early 1960s. He hoped that it would be an orally bioavailable precursor to the neurotransmitter GABA, but it proved to have other uses and was later discovered as an endogenous neurotransmitter.

Was a French architect from the famous École des Beaux Arts school of architecture. After a six yea

Was a French architect from the famous École des Beaux Arts school of architecture. After a six year stay in Rome, Labrouste opened an architectural training workshop, which quickly became the center of the Rationalist view. He was noted for his use of ir

Was a French manufacturer of balloons. His factory was in the Paris suburb Vaugirard. He also partic

Was a French manufacturer of balloons. His factory was in the Paris suburb Vaugirard. He also participated in ballooning himself and attained a number of 500 ascents. Lachambre supplied balloons to both the US Signal Corps [1] and the ill-fated arctic mission of S. A. Andrée in 1897. He worked together with the Brazilian aviation pioneer Alberto Santos-Dumont, who in 1898 flew his first self-owned balloon.

Was a French sculptor and illustrator.Henri Laurens worked as a stonemason before he became a sculpt

Was a French sculptor and illustrator.Henri Laurens worked as a stonemason before he became a sculptor. In 1899 he attended drawing classes during which he produced works that were greatly influenced by the popularity of Auguste Rodin.

Is a former French professional tennis player. He is best remembered for reaching the men's singles

Is a former French professional tennis player. He is best remembered for reaching the men's singles final at the French Open in 1988, for winning the French Open men's doubles title in 1984, and for helping France win the Davis Cup in 1991.

Was a French sociologist, intellectual and philosopher who was generally considered a Neo-Marxist.By

Was a French sociologist, intellectual and philosopher who was generally considered a Neo-Marxist.By 1924 he was working with Paul Nizan, Norbert Guterman, Georges Friedmann, Georges Politzer and Pierre Morhange in the Philosophies group seeking a "philos

Was a French sculptor. His son was the architect Jacques Gréber. Active in the United States of Ame

Was a French sculptor. His son was the architect Jacques Gréber. Active in the United States of America, he produced a fountain sculpture of 4 equestrian statues for Harbor Hill (moved in 1947 to Mill Creek Park, adjacent to the Country Club Plaza in Kansas City, Missouri) and the copy of The Kiss in the Philadelphia Rodin Museum.

Was a French mathematician most famous for his theory of integration, which was a generalization of

Was a French mathematician most famous for his theory of integration, which was a generalization of the seventeenth century concept of integration—summing the area between an axis and the curve of a function defined for that axis. His theory was published originally in his dissertation Intégrale, longueur, aire ("Integral, length, area") at the University of Nancy during 1902.

Was a French Olympic fencer. He won a gold medal in the team épée event at the 1948 Summer Olympic

Was a French Olympic fencer. He won a gold medal in the team épée event at the 1948 Summer Olympics.[1][2]

Was a French author, explorer, ethnographer, and "expert on prehistoric cave art"[1] who described a

Was a French author, explorer, ethnographer, and "expert on prehistoric cave art"[1] who described and is credited for the discovery of "important cave paintings"[2] in an "assembly of 800 or more magnificent works of primitive art...in a virtually inaccessible region on the edge of the Sahara desert"[1] Lhote was an early ancient astronaut theorist and considered the prehistoric art as evidence of paleocontact.[3][4][5][6]

A French philosopher, influential in the first half of the 20th century.

A French philosopher, influential in the first half of the 20th century.

Was a French sportsman, racing cyclist, pioneer aeroplane pilot and sporting motorist. He is best re

Was a French sportsman, racing cyclist, pioneer aeroplane pilot and sporting motorist. He is best remembered for his victory in the inaugural Monte Carlo Rally when he drove his Turcat-Méry from Paris to Monte Carlo, but he was also a regular competitor in both 'City to City' and Grand Prix races.[1][2][3][4][5] Throughout 1909 and 1910 he was a very successful competitor at Air shows and Grands Prix throughout Europe.[6]

Was a French architect and civil servant. He devoted a great part of his life to research on the art

Was a French architect and civil servant. He devoted a great part of his life to research on the art and archeology of Cambodia and the conservation and restoration of Khmer monuments at the archeological site of Angkor, in Cambodia.

Was a French composer of Swiss birth.[1] The son of a French Savoyard watchmaker,[2] Christiné was

Was a French composer of Swiss birth.[1] The son of a French Savoyard watchmaker,[2] Christiné was born in Geneva, Switzerland. He began by teaching at the lycée in Geneva, while pursuing his interest in music and playing organ in a local church. He married a cafe singer whose troupe was passing through Geneva, and went with her to Nice where they were married.[3] He made his home in France, writing songs firstly for his wife and then for popular singers such as Mayol, Dranem, and Fragson. He also conducted for music-hall at the Place Clichy.

Is a former French professional road bicycle racer. Massal was the first winner of the GP du Midi Li

Is a former French professional road bicycle racer. Massal was the first winner of the GP du Midi Libre. He also won one stage in the 1947 Tour de France.

Was a French fencer who competed in the late 19th century and early 20th century. He participated in

Was a French fencer who competed in the late 19th century and early 20th century. He participated in Fencing at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris and won the silver medal in the foil.[1] He was defeated by fellow French fencer Émile Coste in the final.

Was a French artist, known for his use of colour and his fluid, brilliant and original draughtsmansh

Was a French artist, known for his use of colour and his fluid, brilliant and original draughtsmanship. As a draughtsman, printmaker, and sculptor, but principally as a painter, Matisse is one of the best-known artists of the 20th century. Although he was initially labeled as a Fauve (wild beast), by the 1920s, he was increasingly hailed as an upholder of the classical tradition in French painting.[