French Famous Names Starting with Letter J

Is a retired male pole vaulter from France.

Is a retired male pole vaulter from France.

Was a French politician of the Union for a Popular Movement (UMP). During his political career he wa

Was a French politician of the Union for a Popular Movement (UMP). During his political career he was a member of the Council on National Road Safety (Conseil national de sécurité routière CNSR), and made 38 proposals on such issues.

Is a French mathematician who has been a Professor at the Université Paris-Sud since 1981. He found

Is a French mathematician who has been a Professor at the Université Paris-Sud since 1981. He found a heat equation proof for the Atiyah–Singer index theorem. In 1990 he was awarded the Prix Ampere of the Academy of Sciences. He was elected as a member of the French Academy of Sciences in 1991.

Is a French former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He represented 10 different F

Is a French former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He represented 10 different French and English clubs in a career spanning almost 20 years. While playing for AS Cannes, he appeared in both the UEFA Cup and the UEFA Intertoto Cup.

Is a French journalist and writer. He is the author of several books in association with personaliti

Is a French journalist and writer. He is the author of several books in association with personalities of show business, sports, and civil life. The originality of his style and the variety of the subjects handled are a direct continuation of his activity as journalist.

Was a French architect. He and Pierre Contant d'Ivry were among the most eminent Parisian architects

Was a French architect. He and Pierre Contant d'Ivry were among the most eminent Parisian architects of the day and designed in both the restrained French Rococo manner, known as the "Louis XV style" and in the "Goût grec" (literally "Greek taste") phase of early Neoclassicism. His grandson was Pierre-Jean-Baptiste Chaussard.

Is a French mathematician, born in 1956. He first studied at Ecole Polytechnique where he worked on

Is a French mathematician, born in 1956. He first studied at Ecole Polytechnique where he worked on his PhD thesis advised by Haïm Brezis. Since 1992, his domain of research is the Control Theory of Partial Differential Equations, a domain in which he became a leader, and which includes both control and stabilization (see his book [1] or his Scholarpedia article [2]). His most important results concern partial differential equations related to fluid dynamics, with special emphasis on nonlinear phenomena, and part of them found applications to control channels.

Is a French explorer, environmentalist, educator, and film producer. The first son of ocean explorer

Is a French explorer, environmentalist, educator, and film producer. The first son of ocean explorer Jacques-Yves Cousteau, he is the father of Fabien Cousteau and Celine Cousteau.

Is a French pianist, conductor and composer of classical music. Damase was studying with Marcel Samu

Is a French pianist, conductor and composer of classical music. Damase was studying with Marcel Samuel-Rousseau at age five and composing by age nine[2]. He was admitted to the Conservatoire de Paris in 1940, studying with Alfred Cortot for piano, and won first prize for piano in 1943[3], afterwards studying with Henri Büsser, Marcel Dupré and Claude Delvincourt for composition[4] - winning his first prize for composition in 1947, in which year he won the Grand Prix de Rome[5] (In this year he wrote his trio for flute, viola and harp which has several times been recorded.)

Is a composer of classical music. He was born in Saint-Mandé, Val-de-Marne near Paris, on 18 Septem

Is a composer of classical music. He was born in Saint-Mandé, Val-de-Marne near Paris, on 18 September 1932. Aged ten he entered the Paris Conservatoire and completed his musical training in theory, piano and composition, taking in Nadia Boulanger's accompaniment class. In 1952 he won the Premier Second Grand Prix de Rome and the following year he won second prize in composition for the Belgian Queen Elisabeth competition.

Is a French politician and a member of the far-right FN. He was a member of the Gaullist Rally for t

Is a French politician and a member of the far-right FN. He was a member of the Gaullist Rally for the Republic until 1985. Dubois stood for the FN in many elections, mostly regional and local elections, since 1986. Since the French regional elections, 2004, he is a regional councillor in Île-de-France.

Is a former professional footballer. He played as a striker.

Is a former professional footballer. He played as a striker.

Is a journalist, critic and historian of cinema. He has written, at times, for numerous other journa

Is a journalist, critic and historian of cinema. He has written, at times, for numerous other journals of cinema.In 2001, he created the thinktank about cinema L'Exception. Has been teaching in Paris1-Sorbonne University and Ecole Normale supérieur, currently teaches at Sciences-Po Paris.

Is a former French rugby union footballer and a current coach. He played as a hooker and as a prop.

Is a former French rugby union footballer and a current coach. He played as a hooker and as a prop. Gonzalez played for Cambo-Les-Bains, in his first years, Aviron Bayonnais, from 1985/86 to 1993/94, Section Paloise, from 1994/95 to 1997/98, and for Biarritz Olympique, from 1998/99 to 2004/05. He then become player-coach of Association Sportive de Bayonne, from 2005/06 to 2007/08. In 2008, he moved to Biarritz Olympique.

Is a French épée fencer.

Is a French épée fencer.

Moreau le Jeune, as he is usually called,[1] was born in Paris. He was the pupil of the painter Loui

Moreau le Jeune, as he is usually called,[1] was born in Paris. He was the pupil of the painter Louis-Joseph Le Lorrain who accompanied his master to St Petersburg in 1758 when Le Lorrain went to be the first director of the Saint Petersburg Academy of Fine Arts established the previous year, where Moreau briefly taught drawing before returning to Paris in 1759, after Le Lorrain's unexpected death.

Is a contemporary artist born in 1964 in Saint-Etienne (France). He lives and works in Paris. An art

Is a contemporary artist born in 1964 in Saint-Etienne (France). He lives and works in Paris. An artist who has a passion for all sorts of metamorphoses, sublimations and transmutations, Jean-Michel Othoniel has a predilection for materials with reversible properties. Othoniel first gained recognition with a series of sculptures made of sulfur, exhibited at Documenta IX in Kassel in 1992.

Is a French actor, playwright, screenwriter, theatre director and film maker.

Is a French actor, playwright, screenwriter, theatre director and film maker.

His work has many facets, ranging from environments to monumental sculptures, from readymade like ob

His work has many facets, ranging from environments to monumental sculptures, from readymade like objects to paintings of oniric landscapes in which (usually) one of his sculptures stands.

Is a French footballer who plays as a striker. He currently plays for St Albans City in the Conferen

Is a French footballer who plays as a striker. He currently plays for St Albans City in the Conference South, having signed for the club in September 2010. In the 2001–02 season, he played seven games for Rushden & Diamonds in the Football League.

Is a former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

Is a former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

Is a French music conductor, record producer, musical arranger, film composer and musician. Often[wh

Is a French music conductor, record producer, musical arranger, film composer and musician. Often[who?] referred to as "The Next Quincy Jones", Jean-Michel is noted for his talent at piano and keyboard and unique eclectic musical abilities. He has been heavily influenced by his time spent in the West Indies where he was surrounded by percussions, marimbas, singers, dancers, carnivals, etc. Using his extensive composition skills throughout his earlier years in Paris, France,

Is a French architect and designer. He is an interior-architecture graduate of the École Camondo an

Is a French architect and designer. He is an interior-architecture graduate of the École Camondo and set up the Governor practice in Paris in 1975. He and Ieoh Ming Pei were the original designers of the museum at Doha requested by Hamad bin Khalifa, the emir of Qatar, to house his collections of Islamic art. He also redesigned the Chiado Museum, Sainte-Catherine Street and the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Nîmes.

Was a Jesuit preacher, pulpit orator and émigré priest following the French revolution, when he fl

Was a Jesuit preacher, pulpit orator and émigré priest following the French revolution, when he fled to London. His works consist of sermons and letters in manuscript form, however, a collection of his sermons, made by one of his hearers, was first printed at Paris in 1820, often reprinted, and later embodied in Migne's "Orateurs Sacrés", vol. LXXI

Was a French playwright, librettist, children's writer, and politician of the French Revolution. In

Was a French playwright, librettist, children's writer, and politician of the French Revolution. In 1795, he served as a member of the Committee of Public Instruction having a considerable share in the organization of primary education, but retired from public life four years later in order to devote himself to literature. Bouilly died in Paris.