French Famous Names Starting with Letter J

(born on 29 May 1966 in Mont-de-Marsan, Landes) is a French golfer

(born on 29 May 1966 in Mont-de-Marsan, Landes) is a French golfer

Is a French writer, filmmaker, and screenwriter.[1] After studying literature at Auxerre, he took fi

Is a French writer, filmmaker, and screenwriter.[1] After studying literature at Auxerre, he took first place in the Id'HEC competition. He studied French literature at the University of Bombay; he became assistant director to Roberto Rossellini. Back in France, he produced five feature films.[2]

Was a French rugby union player who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics.

Was a French rugby union player who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics.

Was a French Egyptologist. One of the pioneers of archaeological research into Sudan from 1953, he w

Was a French Egyptologist. One of the pioneers of archaeological research into Sudan from 1953, he was Director of the Institut Français d'Archéologie Orientale from 1977 to 1981.

Was a French Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Paris from 1929 until

Was a French Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Paris from 1929 until his death, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1929. On November 18, 1929, Verdier was appointed Archbishop of Paris by Pope Pius XI. He received his episcopal consecration on the following December 29 from Pope Pius himself, with Archbishop Alfred-Henri-Marie Baudrillart, Orat, and Bishop Emmanuel-Anatole Chaptal serving as co-consecrators, in the Sistine Chapel. Early in his tenure as Archbishop, he ordered all French priests to conduct an "extensive survey" into any alcoholism existing in their parishes.[1]

Was a French naturalist, entomologist and ornithologist.His principal work, Histoire des insectes nu

Was a French naturalist, entomologist and ornithologist.His principal work, Histoire des insectes nuisibles à la vigne (1842), was completed after his death by Henri Milne-Edwards and Émile Blanchard. His papers mostly appeared in the Annales des sciences naturelles, which, with Adolphe Theodore Brongniart and Jean-Baptiste Dumas, he founded in 1824, and in the proceedings of the Société entomologique de France, of which he was one of the founders in 1832.Audouin also contributed to other branches of natural history. He co-authored the Dictionaire Classique d'Histoire Naturelle (1822) and collaborated with Henri Milne-Edwards in a study of marine animals in French inshore waters. He also completed Marie Jules César Savigny's ornithological section of Description de l'Egypte (1826).

Was a French film director, who helped establish poetic realism in film in the 1930s and was a posth

Was a French film director, who helped establish poetic realism in film in the 1930s and was a posthumous influence on the French New Wave of the late 1950s and early 1960s.

Is a former French football player and manager. Playing primarily at outside-left, Vincent enjoyed a

Is a former French football player and manager. Playing primarily at outside-left, Vincent enjoyed a highly successful career at club and international level, winning numerous titles and a run to the semi-finals of the 1958 World Cup.

Is a former ski racer from France. In the early sixties Jean Vuarnet was asked by his hometown of Mo

Is a former ski racer from France. In the early sixties Jean Vuarnet was asked by his hometown of Morzine to help develop the skiing-area around the town. He did that by creating the purposebuild resort of Avoriaz together with a group of young architects

Was a French architect who mainly worked for public housing, hospital architecture, and condominiums

Was a French architect who mainly worked for public housing, hospital architecture, and condominiums . Having detected in 1925 a rich ore body of lead and zinc close to Oujda in Morocco, he founded in 1935 the "Société des mines de Zellidja", which brings him wealth an notoriety. He married in 1938 Domenica Guillaume, the widow of the late art dealer Paul Guillaume.

Was a Luxembourgian boxer who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics and in the 1928 Summer Olympics.H

Was a Luxembourgian boxer who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics and in the 1928 Summer Olympics.He was the father of Jean Welter, Jr. who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics and in the 1952 Summer Olympics also as boxer.

Is a French former football defender.He played for France in the Euro 1960.

Is a French former football defender.He played for France in the Euro 1960.

Was a French humorist, actor and film director. He became famous when he appeared in the title role

Was a French humorist, actor and film director. He became famous when he appeared in the title role of Claude Chabrol's Le Boucher (1970) with Stephane Audran.

Is a former professional footballer.De Blasiis, a midfielder, began his career with his hometown clu

Is a former professional footballer.De Blasiis, a midfielder, began his career with his hometown club FC Girondins de Bordeaux before moving to SM Caen and then Red Star Paris. In the summer of 1999, Norwich City manager Bruce Rioch signed him on a Bosman free transfer

The French Composer and Conductor.After studies in Piano, Ondes Martenot, and composition at the Con

The French Composer and Conductor.After studies in Piano, Ondes Martenot, and composition at the Conservatoire National de Région, Boulogne-Billancourt, he went on to study composition and conducting at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris, where he won a first prize in composition. His orchestral tone poem "le Chant de Dahut" for Ondes Martenot and Orchestra won the SACEM prize at the 1988 Festival des Tombées de la Nuit, in Rennes (France).

Was a French surgeon. Amussat was born in Saint-Maixent, Deux-Sèvres. He became a renowned physicia

Was a French surgeon. Amussat was born in Saint-Maixent, Deux-Sèvres. He became a renowned physician whose primary contributions were in the field of genitourinary surgery. Most of his work was through a private practice he held in Paris. He is remembered for the eponymous Amussat's method or "torsion of the arteries",

Was a German organist and harpsichordist who was mostly active in Paris during the first half of the

Was a German organist and harpsichordist who was mostly active in Paris during the first half of the eighteenth century. Fanfare - Je veux Garder - Le Beau B.T. - Amis - Ton H.C. - Babé L.R. - Joconde - Mirtil - Mon Cousin - Tircis Couché - Ma Cloris - L'autre jour - Mamy Margot - O Gué - Pierre B.- Les Pelerins 1er Air - 2e Air - Boire a son tour - je suis encor - Bransle de Metz - On dit - Allons - La Tétard - Menuet Allemand.

Is a French football player who currently plays for the Ligue 1 club AC Arles-Avignon on loan from C

Is a French football player who currently plays for the Ligue 1 club AC Arles-Avignon on loan from Championnat National club RC Strasbourg.

Was a French architect best known for his column in the Place de la Bastille, Paris (1831–40), the

Was a French architect best known for his column in the Place de la Bastille, Paris (1831–40), the Colonne de juillet to memorialize those fallen in the Revolution of 1830. The column, consciously larger-scaled than the column in the Place Vendôme, has a capital freely based on the Corinthian order, with exaggerated corner volutes flanking putti holding swags, a complicated and somewhat incoherent design that found no imitators.

Was a French writer and advocate of vegetarianism. He was extremely popular and influential at his t

Was a French writer and advocate of vegetarianism. He was extremely popular and influential at his time. His most famous work is Thalysie: the New Existence (1842).

Was a French clergyman and physicist. As a priest, he was also known as Abbé Nollet. He was particu

Was a French clergyman and physicist. As a priest, he was also known as Abbé Nollet. He was particularly interested in the new science of electricity, which he explored with the help of Du Fay and Réaumur. He joined the Royal Society of London in 1734 and later became the first professor of experimental physics at the University of Paris. He is reputed to have given the name to the Leyden jar after it was invented by Pieter van Musschenbroek. In 1748 he discovered the phenomenon of osmosis in natural membranes.

Was a French physician born in Prey, Vosges. In 1865 he demonstrated that tuberculosis was an infect

Was a French physician born in Prey, Vosges. In 1865 he demonstrated that tuberculosis was an infectious disease. Villemin was born in the department of Vosges, and studied medicine at the military medical school at Strasbourg, qualifying as an army doctor in 1853. Afterwards he practiced medicine at the military hospital of Val-de-Grâce in Paris. In 1874 he became a member of Academy of Medicine, and was its vice-president in 1891.

Was a French sculptor. Carlès began his studies in Marseille and then successively to the École de

Was a French sculptor. Carlès began his studies in Marseille and then successively to the École des Beaux-Arts de Toulouse and that of Paris. He was a pupil of François Jouffroy (1806-1882) and Ernest-Eugène Hiolle (1834-1886), he won the Grand Prix de l'Exposition Universelle in 1889. He belonged to the Society of French Artists. Several models of his sculptures (La Jeunesse, Retour de chasse) are kept at the Musée des Jacobins d'Auch (Gers). He died in Paris.

Is a French rower.

Is a French rower.

Was a French artist best known for his portrait busts, most often of women. Little is known of his e

Was a French artist best known for his portrait busts, most often of women. Little is known of his early training, but he started as a modeler at the Sévres factory. He was sculptor to the Duc d'Orléans and worked on gilded lead statue groups of children at the Palais-Royal. He was not a member of the Royal Academy, but rather that of St. Luke. He had a school for sculpture and drawing; Louis Jean-Jacques Durameau studied there.