French Famous Names Starting with Letter J

Was a French philosopher, sociologist, theologian, and Christian anarchist. He wrote several books a

Was a French philosopher, sociologist, theologian, and Christian anarchist. He wrote several books about the "technological society", and about Christianity and politics, such as Anarchy and Christianity (1991) - arguing that anarchism and Christianity are socially following the same goal.

Was a French film director and screenwriter. Along with Marcel Ichac, he co-directed the film Stars

Was a French film director and screenwriter. Along with Marcel Ichac, he co-directed the film Stars at Noon, which entered into the 9th Berlin International Film Festival.[1]

Is a French former road bicycle racer who won the green jersey in the 1977 Tour de France. He also w

Is a French former road bicycle racer who won the green jersey in the 1977 Tour de France. He also won five stages in Tour de France and a stage in Vuelta a España.

Is a French presenter, producer and comedian.After having cancelled his studying law, he began his c

Is a French presenter, producer and comedian.After having cancelled his studying law, he began his career as a host on local radio in the Paris region in the late 1980s. In the early 1990s, he found a certain notoriety by presenting programs on Fun Radio, Europe 1 and Europe 2 (Arthur et les pirates, PlanetArthur and Radio Arthur). He became, from 1991, host of television programs, first on France 2 and TF1 (Les Enfants de la télé, La Fureur).

Is a French-born venture capitalist, computer scientist, author, ufologist and former astronomer. He

Is a French-born venture capitalist, computer scientist, author, ufologist and former astronomer. He currently resides in San Francisco, California in the United States. (He should not be confused with the Canadian astronomer Jacques Paul Vallée. )

Is a French former professional football (soccer) player.

Is a French former professional football (soccer) player.

Is a French film director, screenwriter and producer.[1] He has directed 20 films since 1970.

Is a French film director, screenwriter and producer.[1] He has directed 20 films since 1970.

Is a French footballer of Senegalese and Cape Verde descent who plays for french League 1 club FC So

Is a French footballer of Senegalese and Cape Verde descent who plays for french League 1 club FC Sochaux-Montbéliard. In 2001, he captained France's FIFA U-17 World Championship squad to a first-place finish. Faty was a regular starter of the French U-21 international squad. He took part in the 2002 UEFA European Under-21 Championship held in Portugal where the French finished as losing semi-finalists

Was a French Army general and skier. He was the leader of the French national Olympic military patro

Was a French Army general and skier. He was the leader of the French national Olympic military patrol team in 1936 which placed sixth and in 1961 one of the masterminds of the Algiers putsch. From 1932 to 1938 he was commander of the French military ski t

Was a French sports official and figure skater.He won the French Figure Skating Championships in men

Was a French sports official and figure skater.He won the French Figure Skating Championships in men's singles in 1942. As a pair skater, he competed with his wife Denise Favart from 1946 to 1950. They placed 14th at the 1948 Winter Olympics.

Is a former French football (soccer) player in goalkeeper role and manager. He was born in Laon, Ais

Is a former French football (soccer) player in goalkeeper role and manager. He was born in Laon, Aisne. He coached FC Nancy, Metz, Gent, Roubaix-Tourcoing, Angoulême, AS Nancy and Boulogne.[2]

Was a French composer, conductor, violinist, and pedagogue.

Was a French composer, conductor, violinist, and pedagogue.

Was a French architect, the contemporary of Jacques Ignace Hittorff and Henri Labrouste. Duban won t

Was a French architect, the contemporary of Jacques Ignace Hittorff and Henri Labrouste. Duban won the Prix de Rome in 1823, the most prestigious award of the École des Beaux-Arts. He was much influenced by his five-year stay in Italy, particularly his sense of color, influenced by the polychrome paintings of ancient Pompeii, newly uncovered Etruscan tombs, and the tradition of the great decorations painted in the Renaissance.

Was a French composer, conductor, violinist, and pedagogue. Mazas was a brilliant pupil of Pierre Ba

Was a French composer, conductor, violinist, and pedagogue. Mazas was a brilliant pupil of Pierre Baillot at the Paris Conservatoire, from which he received the first prize in 1805. In 1808, he played a violin concerto dedicated to him by Auber. He then performed widely across Europe. In 1831, he accepted the post of first violin at the Théâtre du Palais-Royal. A short time later,

Was a French physician born around 1575 in Agen, France. He is famous for his treatise on melancholi

Was a French physician born around 1575 in Agen, France. He is famous for his treatise on melancholia, Traicte de l'essence et guerison de l'amour ou de la melancholie erotique(1610), an early psychological work on melancholia. It was for this work he was put on trial for by the Inquisition.[1]

Was a French pianist.Jacques Février was born in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, the son of the composer Hen

Was a French pianist.Jacques Février was born in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, the son of the composer Henry Février. He studied with Édouard Risler and Marguerite Long at the Paris Conservatoire, taking a premier prix in 1921. In 1932 he gave the first performance of Francis Poulenc's Concerto for Two Pianos with the composer. He was also the first French pianist, expressly chosen by the composer, to perform Ravel's Concerto for the Left Hand. He made many recordings of the French repertoire, receiving a Grand Prix du Disque of the Charles Cros Academy in 1963 for his recording of Ravel's piano works.

Was a Belgian screenwriter and film director who worked principally in France, but also in the USA,

Was a Belgian screenwriter and film director who worked principally in France, but also in the USA, Britain and Germany. He was a leading director of silent films during the 1920s, and in the 1930s he became associated with the style of poetic realism in French cinema. He adopted French nationality in 1928.

Is a French screenwriter. He has written for 22 films since 1985. He wrote and directed the film Fre

Is a French screenwriter. He has written for 22 films since 1985. He wrote and directed the film French California, which was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival.[1]

Was French President Charles de Gaulle's and then Georges Pompidou's chief adviser for African polic

Was French President Charles de Gaulle's and then Georges Pompidou's chief adviser for African policy, who founded in 1959 the Gaullist organization Service d'Action Civique (SAC) with Charles Pasqua, which specialized in shady operations. From 1960 to 1974, he was the president's chief of staff for African and Malgache matters. Henceforth, he played a most important role in French policies in Africa, so much so that he has been said to have been, after de Gaulle, the most influential man of the Fifth Republic. He was considered to be the instigator behind various coups d'état in Africa during the 1960s.

Is a French former football striker.

Is a French former football striker.

Was a French internist who was a pioneer in the field of rheumatology. He studied and practiced medi

Was a French internist who was a pioneer in the field of rheumatology. He studied and practiced medicine in Paris, and was founder of the National French Society of Rheumatology. His father, Henri Forestier was a director at the therapeutic spas in Aix-les-Bains.

Was a French rugby union player and coach. He captained France when they won the Grand Slam in 1977,

Was a French rugby union player and coach. He captained France when they won the Grand Slam in 1977, and was the manager when the side repeated the feat in 1981 and 1987.

Was a French composer of classical music.He studied under Paul Vidal at the Paris Conservatoire and

Was a French composer of classical music.He studied under Paul Vidal at the Paris Conservatoire and won the Prix de Rome in 1919 for his cantata Le poète et la fée. From 1937 he was director of the French Academy in Rome, and from 1955 to 1957 directed Paris's Opéra-Comique.

Was a French Jesuit missionary to Canada. At the invitation of a Cayuga chieftain he set out, in 166

Was a French Jesuit missionary to Canada. At the invitation of a Cayuga chieftain he set out, in 1666, for Lake Tiohero, near the present Cayuga, but his stay there was of short duration. The next year he was sent to revive the mission founded by Father Jogues among the Mohawk Nation and, on his way, instituted the first Catholic settlement in Vermont, on Isle La Motte. Arriving at Tinnontoguen, the Mohawk capital, he acquired the language and won respect. His chief work seems to have been to attend to the Huron captives who were already Christianized.

Was a French lutenist and composer. He came from a Parisian family of lutenists and composers. He wa

Was a French lutenist and composer. He came from a Parisian family of lutenists and composers. He was a student of Ennemond Gaultier. In Paris, he published Pièces de luth composées sur differens mode introduced by a brief treatment of the lute. The pieces in this work are organized by tone and include also minuets. Some pieces signed vieux Gallot can be also found in the manuscript II 614 in Musikbibliothek Leipzig. His compositions include musical portraits as La Fontange, La Montespan and also tombeaux (Turenne, Condé, Madame). He was one of the developers of this musical form.