French Famous Names Starting with Letter J

Is a former French fencer and current French politician and cabinet minister. A top fencer, he was a

Is a former French fencer and current French politician and cabinet minister. A top fencer, he was a gold medallist at the 1984 Olympics and 1988 Olympics and a bronze medal winner at the 1992 Olympics in the men's individual sabre. He was also world champion in 1987. Retiring he entered politics serving as the sports and youth counselor to the Mayor of Paris from 1993 to 1995. In 2002 he became the minister of sport and in 2004 he was given responsibility for youth in addition to this.

Is a French philosopher.[1]

Is a French philosopher.[1]

Is a member of the Senate of France, representing the Indre department. He is a member of the Union

Is a member of the Senate of France, representing the Indre department. He is a member of the Union for a Popular Movement.

Is a French sprint canoer who competed from the late 1960s to the mid 1970s. Competing in three Summ

Is a French sprint canoer who competed from the late 1960s to the mid 1970s. Competing in three Summer Olympics, he earned his best finish of fifth in the C-2 500 m event at Montreal in 1976.

Was a French realist painter, sculptor, and printmaker who exhibited with the Impressionists. He was

Was a French realist painter, sculptor, and printmaker who exhibited with the Impressionists. He was also active as an actor and writer. Raffaëlli produced primarily costume pictures until 1876, when he began to depict the people of his time—particularly peasants, workers, and rag-pickers seen in the suburbs of Paris—in a realistic style. His new work was championed by influential critics such as J.-K. Huysmans, as well as by Edgar Degas.

Was a French lawyer, diplomat, and politician of the Revolution. In July 1791, after the flight of L

Was a French lawyer, diplomat, and politician of the Revolution. In July 1791, after the flight of Louis XVI, the constitutional king, Rewbell left the Jacobin Club and joined the Feuillants. During the session of the Legislative Assembly, after the Constituent Assembly was dissolved in September of that year, he exercised the functions of procureur syndic, and was subsequently secretary-general of the département of Haut-Rhin. He was elected to the Republic's National Convention in 1792, and was its envoy to the Rhineland, advocating the union of the Palatinate and other territories with France. A zealous promoter of the trial of Louis XVI, he was absent on mission at the time of the king's condemnation.

Is a French screenwriter, director, and producer, born on July 2, 1966 in Paris. He grew up in Meaux

Is a French screenwriter, director, and producer, born on July 2, 1966 in Paris. He grew up in Meaux, a suburb east of Paris.

Was a French politician, journalist, poet and dramatic author. During the Revolution, at 16 years of

Was a French politician, journalist, poet and dramatic author. During the Revolution, at 16 years of age, he and his family were imprisoned for seventeen months for singing royalist songs. He was a civil servant, and he entered l' University where he published works of school literature. He was later appointed Professor during the Empire and Restoration. He was elected member of the French Academy, as a replacement for Suard, on August 8, 1817, and received by the duke of Lévis on November 30 next. His election was widely criticized.

Was a French astronomer and botanist.

Was a French astronomer and botanist.

Is a French actor. He has appeared in 150 films and television shows since 1968. He starred in the f

Is a French actor. He has appeared in 150 films and television shows since 1968. He starred in the film Cold Moon, which was entered into the 1991 Cannes Film Festival.[1]

Was a French author and musician born in Albi, France in 1787 and died in Paris in 1862.

Was a French author and musician born in Albi, France in 1787 and died in Paris in 1862.

Was a French Olympic fencer. He won a bronze medal in the team sabre event at the 1952 Summer Olympi

Was a French Olympic fencer. He won a bronze medal in the team sabre event at the 1952 Summer Olympics.[1][2]

Is a member of the Senate of France, representing the Val-de-Marne department. He is a member of the

Is a member of the Senate of France, representing the Val-de-Marne department. He is a member of the Communist, Republican, and Citizen Group.

Was a French classical composer. He was born in Strasbourg but, after studying law and music, he mov

Was a French classical composer. He was born in Strasbourg but, after studying law and music, he moved to Paris in 1774 where he played and taught the piano. It is possible that Edelmann worked for some time in London. During the French Revolution he was appointed administrator of the Bas-Rhin. In July 1794 he was arrested and executed by guillotine.

Was a French film director. In 1960 he married French actress and singer Marie Laforêt. He is consi

Was a French film director. In 1960 he married French actress and singer Marie Laforêt. He is considered a figure of the French New Wave cinema or Nouvelle Vague.

Was a French painter specialising in portraits of Parisian women. From the 1920s onward he concentra

Was a French painter specialising in portraits of Parisian women. From the 1920s onward he concentrated on portraits, and claimed to be "the inventor of the pin-up".[citation needed] He also designed clothes for the couturier Paul Poiret. From 1955 until 1962 he was the curator of the Musée Jacquemart-André, organising exhibitions of the works of Van Gogh, Toulouse-Lautrec, Goya and others.

Was a French mathematician. Darboux made several important contributions to geometry and mathematica

Was a French mathematician. Darboux made several important contributions to geometry and mathematical analysis (see linear PDEs for example). He was a biographer of Henri Poincaré and he edited the Selected Works of Joseph Fourier.

Was a French dancer and balletmaster, and is generally considered the creator of ballet d'action, a

Was a French dancer and balletmaster, and is generally considered the creator of ballet d'action, a precursor of the narrative ballets of the 19th century. His birthday is now observed as International Dance Day.

Was a French aristocrat, diplomat, and politician. After studying in the College Cardinal Lemoine, i

Was a French aristocrat, diplomat, and politician. After studying in the College Cardinal Lemoine, in Paris, he entered political life at the age of sixteen. He was only seventeen when he successfully defended a man denounced by Joseph Fouché before the revolutionary tribunal of Nevers. From 1793 onwards he was an active agent of the exiled princes: he took part in the Royalist rising in Berry in 1796, and after the 18 Brumaire coup (9 November 1799), under the name of Paul Xavier, he tried to persuade Napoleon Bonaparte to recall the traditional monarchy.

Was a French sculptor. He worked for the king's goldsmith Auguste and participated in decorative wor

Was a French sculptor. He worked for the king's goldsmith Auguste and participated in decorative works for monuments in capital. He was commissioned to produce sculptures of generals who had died in battle such as one of Custine for the musée de Versailles, the tomb of Desaix at Grand Saint-Bernard or that of Leclerc at the Panthéon de Paris. He also designed and sculpted the pediment for the Panthéon during the French Revolution, with the theme of the Fatherland crowning the civil and heroic virtues[1] Moitte and Philippe-Laurent Roland were the main sculptors for the exterior of the hôtel de Salm.

Was a French rugby union player who competed in the 1900 Summer Olympics. He was a member of the Fre

Was a French rugby union player who competed in the 1900 Summer Olympics. He was a member of the French rugby union team, which won the gold medal.

Is a former French footballer, currently managing RC Lens.

Is a former French footballer, currently managing RC Lens.

Was a Greco-French astronomer. In Greek he was known as Ioannis Focas. He worked at the Pic du Midi

Was a Greco-French astronomer. In Greek he was known as Ioannis Focas. He worked at the Pic du Midi Observatory, investigating the surface features of Mars using visual and photographic techniques. The lunar crater Focas and a crater on Mars were named after him.

Is a former professional footballer.

Is a former professional footballer.

is a French film director. He began his career by directing television advertisements in the late 1

is a French film director. He began his career by directing television advertisements in the late 1960s to early 1970s. In his first feature film, Black and White in Color from 1976, he used personal experience obtained during his own military service in Cameroon. The film won an Oscar for the Best Foreign Language Film.