French Famous Names Starting with Letter J

Is a member of the Senate of France, representing the Ariège department. He is a member of the Soci

Is a member of the Senate of France, representing the Ariège department. He is a member of the Socialist Party. Bel is also the President of the Socialist Group in the French Senate.

Was a French film director and screenwriter. He directed six films between 1972 and 1993. He won the

Was a French film director and screenwriter. He directed six films between 1972 and 1993. He won the Silver Bear for Best Director at the 22nd Berlin International Film Festival for La Vieille Fille.[1]

Is a French mathematician, working in the field of differential geometry. He was president of the So

Is a French mathematician, working in the field of differential geometry. He was president of the Société Mathématique de France from 1990 to 1992. From 1995 to 1998 he was president of the European Mathematical Society. Since 1994 he is the director of the Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques near Paris.

Is a French film critic, author, filmmaker and actor. He started his career as a writer in 1964 when

Is a French film critic, author, filmmaker and actor. He started his career as a writer in 1964 when his article was published in fanzines (Mercury, Lunatique). Some other magazines he wrote for were Vampirella, Sex Stars System, Zoom, Métal hurlant, L'Écho des savanes, Penthouse, Lui, Hara-Kiri, Paris Match.

Is a member of the Senate of France, representing French citizens living abroad. He is a member of t

Is a member of the Senate of France, representing French citizens living abroad. He is a member of the Union for a Popular Movement.

Was a French actor. Cassel was born Jean-Pierre Crochon in Paris, the son of Louise-Marguerite (née Fabrègue), an opera singer, and Georges Crochon, a doctor.[1] Cassel was discovered by Gene Kelly as he tap danced on stage, and later cast in the 1957 fil

Is a member of the Senate of France. He represents the Sarthe department, and is a member of the Uni

Is a member of the Senate of France. He represents the Sarthe department, and is a member of the Union for a Popular Movement.

Is a French sprint canoer who competed in the late 1960s and late 1970s. Competing in two Summer Oly

Is a French sprint canoer who competed in the late 1960s and late 1970s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he earned his best finish of sixth in the K-2 1000 m event at Munich in 1972.

Was a French sculptor. Cortot worked in an austere, correct, academic neo-classical style, heir to b

Was a French sculptor. Cortot worked in an austere, correct, academic neo-classical style, heir to both classic French models from the late 18th Century, and the Greco-Roman tradition. His art took on a more romantic expression towards the end of his life.

Was a French portrait sculptor. His subjects include include many famous figures from the realms of

Was a French portrait sculptor. His subjects include include many famous figures from the realms of politics (for example, Talleyrand, William Douglas), music and the arts (Beethoven, Paganini, Verdi, Liszt, Berlioz), and literature (Victor Hugo, Balzac). He is said to be the inventor of the sculptural caricature.[1]

Is a member of the Senate of France. He represents the Haute-Vienne department in the Limousin regio

Is a member of the Senate of France. He represents the Haute-Vienne department in the Limousin region and is a member of the Socialist Party.

Is a French film director and screenwriter. He has directed six films between 1980 and 2005. His fil

Is a French film director and screenwriter. He has directed six films between 1980 and 2005. His film Field of Honor was entered into the 1987 Cannes Film Festival.[1]

Is a French rugby union player of the early 1980s and, subsequently, coach during the 1990s and 2000

Is a French rugby union player of the early 1980s and, subsequently, coach during the 1990s and 2000s. A native of La Rochelle, a seaport city on the Bay of Biscay, Jean-Pierre Élissalde played, at scrum half, five times for France in 1980 and 1981. He has coached at Atlantique Stade Rochelais and AS Béziers Hérault and was appointed as the first foreign head coach of Japan national rugby union team in March 2005. His contract as head coach was dissolved by the Japan Rugby Football Union (JRFU) in September 2006,

Is a French philosopher and writer of fiction and prose poetry. Faye was a founding member of the av

Is a French philosopher and writer of fiction and prose poetry. Faye was a founding member of the avant-garde literary review Tel Quel, and later of Change. He received the Prix Renaudot for his 1964 novel L'Écluse (Éditions Seuil). He is a regular contributor to Gilles Deleuze's literary journal Chimère.

Is a French politician and a member of the Senate of France. He represents the Hauts-de-Seine depart

Is a French politician and a member of the Senate of France. He represents the Hauts-de-Seine department and is a member of the Union for a Popular Movement Party. He is former minister for Economics and Finance (1974-1976), and equipment (1976-1981).

Was a professional road bicycle racer from Brest, France from 1964 to 1976. During this time he stay

Was a professional road bicycle racer from Brest, France from 1964 to 1976. During this time he stayed with one cycling team, the Mercier team of Raymond Poulidor. He rode 13 editions of the Tour de France where he won three stages, once each in 1968, 1971 and 1974. He wore the maillot jaune for one day in the 1968 Tour de France. In 1967, Genet was the Lanterne rouge (last finishing cyclist) in the Tour de France.

Is a member of the Senate of France, representing the Manche department. He is a member of the Socia

Is a member of the Senate of France, representing the Manche department. He is a member of the Socialist Party.

Is a French filmmaker and professor, best known for his work with Nouvelle Vague luminary Jean-Luc G

Is a French filmmaker and professor, best known for his work with Nouvelle Vague luminary Jean-Luc Godard during what is often referred to as Godard's "radical" period. Jean-Pierre Gorin was a student of Louis Althusser, of Michel Foucault and Jacques Lacan. He was a radical leftist well before meeting Godard in 1966. Godard relied on some of his discussions with Gorin while writing the script of 1967's La Chinoise. Gorin played a role in the making Le Gai Savoir, which was released in 1969. In 1968, Gorin and Godard founded the collective Dziga Vertov Group,

Was a French Jesuit moral theologian. He is accounted one of the restorers of the old casuistic meth

Was a French Jesuit moral theologian. He is accounted one of the restorers of the old casuistic method, a fact that made him worthy of personifying the "Jesuit Moral" in the eyes of some, who, especially in Germany, attacked his doctrine. An ardent follower of Hermann Busenbaum and of Alphonsus Ligouri, he contributed largely towards the final defeat of Jansenism.

Is a French rugby union player, born in Marseillan, Hérault on 28 May 1947. At 1m 80 and 102 kg (5'

Is a French rugby union player, born in Marseillan, Hérault on 28 May 1947. At 1m 80 and 102 kg (5'11" and 224lbs), he played left prop for AS Béziers and RC Narbonne[1] and in the French national team against Australia at Colombes on 27 November 1971[2]. Armand Vaquerin replaced him at Béziers from the 1971/1972 season.

Is a French architect perhaps most notable for a theory on pyramid construction that has some chance

Is a French architect perhaps most notable for a theory on pyramid construction that has some chance of being proven correct in 2009 or shortly thereafter. Houdin was born in Paris in 1951, but he grew up in Abidjan, in Africa, where his father was the director of a construction company. As a small boy, he spent his spare time on construction sites while his mother, who was a doctor, cared for her patients in a bush dispensary. His interest in building and construction grew out of this first period of his life.

Is a French attorney and "anti-cult" advocate. Jougla is a Solicitor with the Court of Appeal in Mon

Is a French attorney and "anti-cult" advocate. Jougla is a Solicitor with the Court of Appeal in Montpellier. He is the Administrator of the Association of Defense of Victims of Sects UNADFI, founder of the department of "victimology related to the sectarian harmful effect"[1] at the University of Lyon, and a member of l’INAVEM, the "National Institute of Assistance to the Victims and Mediation". Jougla wrote the preface to the book Les Sectes, 2004, which shows the reader how to recognize groups referred to as "cults", deal with them, and aid their "victims".

Is a French mathematician. Kahane attended the École normale supérieure and obtained the agrégati

Is a French mathematician. Kahane attended the École normale supérieure and obtained the agrégation of mathematics in 1949. He then worked for the CNRS from 1949 to 1954, first as an intern and then as a research assistant. He defended his PhD in 1954; his advisor was Szolem Mandelbrojt.

Is a French film and television actor.

Is a French film and television actor.

Is a French politician and a member of the Senate of France. He represents the Alpes-Maritimes depar

Is a French politician and a member of the Senate of France. He represents the Alpes-Maritimes department and is a member of the Union for a Popular Movement Party.