French Famous Names Starting with Letter J

Is a football manager and former player, having played in midfield and managed professional football

Is a football manager and former player, having played in midfield and managed professional football extensively throughout France, including 52 appearances and 1 goal for the France national football team during the 1980s.

Was a French athlete who mainly competed in the 400 metres. He competed for France in the 1920 Summe

Was a French athlete who mainly competed in the 400 metres. He competed for France in the 1920 Summer Olympics held in Antwerp, Belgium where he won the bronze medal with his team mates Georges André, Gaston Féry and Maurice Delvart in the men's 4 x 400 metre relay event.

Was a French ship-owner who provided ships to Francis I for exploration of the globe. A native of Di

Was a French ship-owner who provided ships to Francis I for exploration of the globe. A native of Dieppe, Ango took over his father's import-export business, and ventured into the spice trade with Africa and India. He was one of the first French to challenge the monopoly of Spain and Portugal, in addition to trading with the eastern Mediterranean, the British Isles, and the Low Countries. He also helped to finance the voyages of Giovanni da Verrazzano and Jacques Cartier.[1]

Was a French dramatist.He was born in Cérisole, a small village on the outskirts of Bordeaux and ha

Was a French dramatist.He was born in Cérisole, a small village on the outskirts of Bordeaux and had Basque ancestry. His father was a tailor and Anouilh maintained that he inherited from him a pride in conscientious craftmanship. He may owe his artistic bent to his mother, a violinist who supplemented the family's meager income by playing summer seasons in the casino orchestra in the nearby seaside resort of Arcachon.

Was a French lawyer and politician, and gained fame as an epicure and gastronome: "Grimod and Brilla

Was a French lawyer and politician, and gained fame as an epicure and gastronome: "Grimod and Brillat-Savarin. Between them, two writers effectively founded the whole genre of the gastronomic essay."[1] He was born in the town of Belley, Ain, where the Rh

Was a French architect from Montpellier. He designed a number of buildings and structures in this ci

Was a French architect from Montpellier. He designed a number of buildings and structures in this city.

Was a much-decorated French sculptor, born at Béziers. His work shows powerful imagination and stro

Was a much-decorated French sculptor, born at Béziers. His work shows powerful imagination and strong personality, as well as great knowledge. From about 1915 onwards he became influential as a teacher, at the Académie Colarossi and as chief instructor at the École des Beaux Arts. Among his many students were Alfred Janniot, Fernand Guignier, Gleb W. Derujinsky and the American sculptor Edward McCartan.

Was a French archaeologist. a poor engraver, sent him to study art under the painter David, but his

Was a French archaeologist. a poor engraver, sent him to study art under the painter David, but his own tastes were literary, and he became a student in the Collège de France, where it is said he used to exercise his already strongly developed critical faculty by correcting old translations of Greek authors and afterwards comparing the results with the latest and most approved editions.

Currently serves as United Nations Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Georgia and Head

Currently serves as United Nations Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Georgia and Head of the United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG). He was appointed to the position by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan in July 2006.

Is a French politician and member of the Senate of France. He has held various ministerial positions

Is a French politician and member of the Senate of France. He has held various ministerial positions, especially regarding finances, and is now head of the Finance Commission of the French Senate.He is the President of the Centrist Alliance political part

Was a French sculptor and medalist. Born in Paris, he was trained by his father Jean-Jacques Barre (

Was a French sculptor and medalist. Born in Paris, he was trained by his father Jean-Jacques Barre (1793-1855), a medalist. Barre studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris, and he is mainly known as a portrait sculptor.

Was a French journalist who fought for Franco and the Nationalists during the Spanish Civil War. In

Was a French journalist who fought for Franco and the Nationalists during the Spanish Civil War. In 1940 he was appointed as Delegate for Propaganda in the Hautes-Alpes department by the Vichy authorities. From 1942, he broadcast daily news reports on Radio Paris, in which he regularly called for the "destruction" of the United Kingdom. His catch phrase was "England, like Carthage, shall be destroyed !". He was a member of the Parti Populaire Français, better known as the P.P.F., one of the two main Fascist parties under the Occupation. After the Liberation, he fled to Germany and then Switzerland. In 1945, he was handed over to the French, and subsequently executed for treason on 11 October 1945 at the Fort de Châtillon.[1]

Was a French film director and scriptwriter.

Was a French film director and scriptwriter.

Is a prominent French dancer and choreographer of the latter half of the 20th century, who is also c

Is a prominent French dancer and choreographer of the latter half of the 20th century, who is also considered to be one of modern ballet's greatest performers. He is notable as the first French dancer to gain international acclaim.

Is a French retired professional football defender.

Is a French retired professional football defender.

Was a Jesuit theologian. He entered the Society of Jesus, 1 July 1611, taught belles-lettres for man

Was a Jesuit theologian. He entered the Society of Jesus, 1 July 1611, taught belles-lettres for many years at various colleges in France, philosophy for five years, theology for thirteen years, and became theologian to the General of the Society. In 1647 he published the first part of his work Apologeticus Fidei entitled Institutio Theologica de vera Religione In 1645 the second part, Demonstratio dogmatum Christianorum, appeared, and in 1646 Dissertationes theologicae on the Sacrament of Penance. In his Avis aux Catholiques, Bagot attacked the new doctrine on grace, directing against it also his Lettre sur la conformite de S. Augustin. In 1653 his Libertatis et gratiae defensio was published.

Was a French lawyer, editor and bibliophile, though he has left practically no writings. A lawyer to

Was a French lawyer, editor and bibliophile, though he has left practically no writings. A lawyer to the parlement de Paris and secretary to chancellor Séguier, he was elected to the Académie française in 1648 - though he had renounced a place when it was first offered him, in favour of Pierre Corneille. He collected books and formed a library that was the rival of his master's in terms of numbers, choice and the editions' beauty. Notable books from it were the nine volumes in Grolier bindings.

Was a French cardinal and minister of Louis XI. In 1461 he became vicar-general of the bishop of Ang

Was a French cardinal and minister of Louis XI. In 1461 he became vicar-general of the bishop of Angers. His activity, cunning and mastery of intrigue gained him the appreciation of Louis XI, who made him his almoner. In 1465 he received the bishopric of Évreux; the king made him le premier du grant conseil, and, in spite of his dissolute life

Was a Belgian violin teacher, violinist, conductor, and composer of the romantic period . His best k

Was a Belgian violin teacher, violinist, conductor, and composer of the romantic period . His best known composition is a student concerto with only one movement in A minor. It was written in 1868 originally for violin and orchestra.

Was a French artist and naturalist.He studied painting and drawing at Paris, and gained considerable

Was a French artist and naturalist.He studied painting and drawing at Paris, and gained considerable reputation as a miniature-painter. Employed in preparing plates for the Histoire des colportes of Guillaume-Antoine Olivier, he acquired a taste for natural history. In 1800 appeared his first original work, Histoire naturelle des singes, illustrated by sixty-two folio plates, drawn and engraved by himself. The coloring in these plates was unusually beautiful, and was applied by a method devised by himself.

Was a French violinist and composer.When Dancla was nine years old the violinist Pierre Rode in Bord

Was a French violinist and composer.When Dancla was nine years old the violinist Pierre Rode in Bordeaux heard his music; he was so impressed that he sent a recommendation letter to Pierre Baillot, Luigi Cherubini and Rodolphe Kreutzer. Thus Dancla became pupil to Paris conservatoires with Baillot for violin and with the opera composer Fromental Halévy for composition. He was strongly shaped by Niccolò Paganini, who experienced him in 1830, as well as by Henri Vieuxtemps. From 1835 onward Dancla was solo violinist in that Paris opera, and shortly thereafter he became concert master. In the year 1857 he was made a Professor to Paris conservatoires, where he was a successful teacher for over 35 years.

Was a French composer of Italian birth, who spent most of his life working in the court of Louis XIV

Was a French composer of Italian birth, who spent most of his life working in the court of Louis XIV of France. He became a French subject in 1661.

Was born at Hambye, in the department of Manche. Having at an early age inherited a fortune, he deci

Was born at Hambye, in the department of Manche. Having at an early age inherited a fortune, he decided to gratify his taste for foreign travel. According to his own profession he visited India, Kashmir, Khorasan, Persia, Asia Minor and many parts of Europe. In 1826 he went to South America, and in 1827 left Brazil for the Portuguese possessions on the West Coast of Africa, where his presence in March 1828 is proved by the mention made of him in letters of Castello Branco, the governor-general of Luanda.

Was a French actor and theatre director. He was director of the theatre in Cap-Haitien and an actor

Was a French actor and theatre director. He was director of the theatre in Cap-Haitien and an actor and newspaper editor in New Orleans. He was known under his stage name Fontaine.

Was a French Dominican theologian. He received his primary education in his native place, and there

Was a French Dominican theologian. He received his primary education in his native place, and there at the age of seventeen entered the Order of St. Dominic. After his religious profession he was sent to the University of Bordeaux, where with unusual ability he devoted himself to the study of philosophy and theology, winning all honours in the customary examinations before advancement. Having received the doctorate he was appointed to the chair of scholastic theology in the university, in which capacity he proved himself a brilliant theologian and an exceptionally gifted teacher.