French Famous Names Starting with Letter H

Was an Abbot of Cluny. He is sometimes referred to as "Hugh the Great" or "Hugh of Semur" and was ca

Was an Abbot of Cluny. He is sometimes referred to as "Hugh the Great" or "Hugh of Semur" and was canonized by the Roman Catholic Church as Saint Hugh (the Great). He was one of the most influential leaders of one of the most influential monastic orders of the Middle Ages.

Was a medieval Cardinal.[1] After the death of Pope Nicholas II in 1061, he adhered to the antipope

Was a medieval Cardinal.[1] After the death of Pope Nicholas II in 1061, he adhered to the antipope Cadalous, but quickly submitted to Pope Alexander II. In 1063 he was sent as papal legate to Spain and southern France, were he stayed until 1068.

Is a French professional football player. Currently, he plays in the Ligue 1 for Grenoble Foot 38. H

Is a French professional football player. Currently, he plays in the Ligue 1 for Grenoble Foot 38. He began his career at Grenoble Foot 38 in 2007 and was promoted to the first team in 2009, he made his debut on 7 November 2009 against AS Monaco FC in the Ligue 1

Is a French multi-instrumentist, producer. he creates a jazz-rock psychedelic band : Güs Weg Waterg

Is a French multi-instrumentist, producer. he creates a jazz-rock psychedelic band : Güs Weg Watergang, with Simon Fayolle (aka Braka), Sébastien Smither, Olivier Dumaine and Richard Rozembaum (in 1997). He's on keyboards, flute, clarinet and sampler, until 2002.

Is a French football (soccer) goalkeeper. He currently plays for Olympique Lyonnais after signing fr

Is a French football (soccer) goalkeeper. He currently plays for Olympique Lyonnais after signing from OGC Nice.Hugo began his football career at his hometown club OGC Nice. After spending nearly three years in their youth scheme, he was promoted to the first team squad and was handed the number 1 kit, which he would hold onto

Is a French singer of Spanish ancestry; Aufray began his career singing in Spanish.Aufray represente

Is a French singer of Spanish ancestry; Aufray began his career singing in Spanish.Aufray represented Luxembourg in the 1964 Eurovision Song Contest, performing "Dès que le printemps revient" and finishing fourth. His most famous songs are "Santiano", "Céline", "Stewball" and in Spanish, "Barco de Papel".

Was a French statesman. In 1646 he became secretary to the queen regent Anne of Austria; in 1653 obt

Was a French statesman. In 1646 he became secretary to the queen regent Anne of Austria; in 1653 obtained high office in the kings household; and in 1654 was ambassador extraordinary at the election of Pope Alexander VII. He was instrumental in forming the league of the Rhine, by which Austria was cut off from the Spanish Netherlands, and, as minister of state, was associated with Mazarin in the Treaty of the Pyrenees (1659), which secured the marriage of Louis XIV to the infanta Maria Theresa of Spain.

Is a French breaststroke swimmer, who has competed for his country in three consecutive Summer Olymp

Is a French breaststroke swimmer, who has competed for his country in three consecutive Summer Olympics, beginning in the 2000 at the Sydney Games.

Is a French composer and philosopher associated with the Spectral school of composition. Born in Lyo

Is a French composer and philosopher associated with the Spectral school of composition. Born in Lyon on September 28 1943, Dufourt studied piano and composition at the Geneva Conservatory. Dufourt is a founding member of the Ensemble l'Itinéraire in 1973 and of the CRISS (Collectif de Recherche Instrumentale et de Synthèse Sonore, Instrumental and Sound Synthesis Research Collective) in 1977.

Was a French jazz critic and producer. His most famous works were Hot Jazz: The Guide to Swing Music

Was a French jazz critic and producer. His most famous works were Hot Jazz: The Guide to Swing Music and The Real Jazz, published in 1936 and 1942, respectively. He is also remembered for financing a number of jazz records by artists such as Sidney Bechet and Tommy Ladnier.

Was a French sculptor, trained as a menuisier or wood-worker;[1] as a designer of Mannerist ornament

Was a French sculptor, trained as a menuisier or wood-worker;[1] as a designer of Mannerist ornament his published designs, such as La diversité des termes ("The Diversity of Therm figures") Lyon, 1572, inspired luxury furnishings, such as dressoires, armoires and cabinets. Its preface was signed "Hugues Sambin, Architecteur en la ville de Dijon". As an architect, he worked on the designs for temporary festive structures for the Royal entry into Dijon of Henri II and that of Charles IX (1564), for which Sambin was coordinator; in more lasting commissions

Was a French statesman and journalist. The interest aroused by the debates of the first National Ass

Was a French statesman and journalist. The interest aroused by the debates of the first National Assembly suggested to him the idea of publishing them in the Bulletin de l'Assemblée. The journalist Charles-Joseph Panckoucke (1736–1798), owner of the Mercure de France and publisher of the famous Encyclopédie (1785), persuaded him to merge this in a larger paper, the Moniteur Universel, which gained a wide repute for correctness and impartiality.

Is a French harpsichordist born on November 30, 1928 in Mulhouse, Alsace, France. Huguette Dreyfus b

Is a French harpsichordist born on November 30, 1928 in Mulhouse, Alsace, France. Huguette Dreyfus began taking piano lessons at four years old. In 1946, she began working with renowned piano teacher Lazare Lévy. In 1950, having learned that music historian Norbert Dufourcq was to give special classes on the music of Johann Sebastian Bach (in recognition of the bicentennial of Bach's death) at the Conservatoire de Paris

Was a French prelate, Roman Catholic cardinal and Benedictine oblate, donated by his parents to the

Was a French prelate, Roman Catholic cardinal and Benedictine oblate, donated by his parents to the monastery of Mourmoutiers in Lorraine. He was invited to Rome in 1049 by the reformer Pope Leo IX, who made him archbishop of Sicily (though the Normans prevented his landing there) and then cardinal-bishop of Silva Candida (1050).

Was a French clarinet player, professor at the Conservatoire de Paris, and composer. Klosé is noted

Was a French clarinet player, professor at the Conservatoire de Paris, and composer. Klosé is noted for his design improvements to the clarinet using the principles laid down by Theobald Boehm in his innovative work on the flute keywork. From 1839 to 1843, he enlisted the help of Louis-August Buffet of Buffet-Crampon fame, an instrument-making technician, to construct — what is known today as — the Boehm system clarinet[citation needed].

Was a French composer who came from a distinguished musical family. His uncle Georges Jadin was a co

Was a French composer who came from a distinguished musical family. His uncle Georges Jadin was a composer in Versailles and Paris, along with his father Jean Jadin, who had also played bassoon for the French Royal Orchestra. He was one of five musically gifted brothers, the most famous of which was Louis-Emmanuel Jadin.

Was a French painter of Catalan origin.He was born Jacint Rigau i Ros [1] -- though in many encyclop

Was a French painter of Catalan origin.He was born Jacint Rigau i Ros [1] -- though in many encyclopaedias is "re-christened" with the name of Híacint Francesc Honrat Mathias Pere Martyr Andreu Joan Rigau -- in Perpignan, which became French (Treaty of the Pyrenees) a short time after his birth (November 7, 1659).