French Famous Names Starting with Letter L

Is a former French international footballer who played in both France and Scotland. An uncomprising

Is a former French international footballer who played in both France and Scotland. An uncomprising defender, he won the French Cup three times, twice with AS Monaco and once with FC Metz. He also won the French Championship with Monaco where he played under Arsène Wenger.

Is a French professional football player. Currently, he plays in the Championnat de France amateur f

Is a French professional football player. Currently, he plays in the Championnat de France amateur for RCO Agde.

Is a French professional football player. Currently, he plays in the Championnat National for Stade

Is a French professional football player. Currently, he plays in the Championnat National for Stade Reims.

Is a French actress. She was born in Spain in 1969. She started her acting career in 1996 with Une r

Is a French actress. She was born in Spain in 1969. She started her acting career in 1996 with Une robe d'été (A Summer Dress) directed by François Ozon. Recently she starred in Cache-cache directed by Yves Caumon with Bernard Blancan, Les Solitaires directed by Jean-Paul Civeyrac, Who killed Bambi directed by Gilles Marchand. In theater she worked with Renaud Cojo, Michel Dydim, Valérie Crunchant, Christophe Guichet, Laurence de la Fuente and others.

Is a French judoka.

Is a French judoka.

And better known as Lucie Aubrac, was a French history teacher and member of the French Resistance d

And better known as Lucie Aubrac, was a French history teacher and member of the French Resistance during World War II.In 1939, Lucie Bernard, the daughter of a wine grower, married Raymond Samuel (born July 31, 1914) whom she met in Strasbourg. Raymond S

Is a world famous epidemiologist and an expert in public health. He focused on the impact of numerou

Is a world famous epidemiologist and an expert in public health. He focused on the impact of numerous drugs on populations and risks associated with work. He is recognised as one of the greatest French General Director of Health (Surgeon General).

Won the Tour de France in 1966 and the national road championship in 1968. He is now a race organize

Won the Tour de France in 1966 and the national road championship in 1968. He is now a race organizer.Aimar won Genoa-Nice at the start of the season, came second on the Fleche Wallonne and won the Tour de France. His victory was based on an attack on the

A French entomologist and an arachnologist

A French entomologist and an arachnologist

A Canadian lawyer, diplomat and politician. He was the Leader of Opposition in the Canadian House of

A Canadian lawyer, diplomat and politician. He was the Leader of Opposition in the Canadian House of Commons from 1993 to 1996, and Premier of Quebec from January 29, 1996 to March 8, 2001. He became a central figure for the oui side in the 1995 Quebec re

Was a French composer and pianist. He is best known for his music for piano, particularly his Berceu

Was a French composer and pianist. He is best known for his music for piano, particularly his Berceuse pour piano : op. 65. His one act opera Le poème du soir premiered successfully at the Opéra-Comique in Paris on 13 May 1925. He taught for many years at the Strasbourg Conservatory.

Is a French former professional football (soccer) player.

Is a French former professional football (soccer) player.

Was a French biologist. In the first half of the 20th century, Mendelism was not a popular subject a

Was a French biologist. In the first half of the 20th century, Mendelism was not a popular subject among French biologists. Cuénot defied popular opinion and shirked the “pseudo-sciences” as he called them. Upon the rediscovery of Mendel's work by Correns, Devries, and Tschermak, Cuénot proved that Mendelism applied to animals as well as plants.Cuénot L. La loi de Mendel et l'hérédité de la pigmentation chez les souris. Arch. Zool. Exp. Gen. Ser. 3, vol 10, pages xxvii-xxx. (1902).

Was a French composer and violinist whose works were rediscovered thanks to manuscripts found by his

Was a French composer and violinist whose works were rediscovered thanks to manuscripts found by his son Luc. Durosoir studied the violin with Joseph Joachim and Hugo Heermann in Germany before his first tour as a young virtuoso in 1899. In addition to giving the first performances of French music in Austria-Hungary and Germany (Saint-Saëns, Fauré, Lalo, Widor, Bruneau), he also gave the French premieres of the Brahms and Strauss violin concertos in 1901.

Was a French fencer and olympic champion both in foil and in épée competition.

Was a French fencer and olympic champion both in foil and in épée competition.

Was a french racing cyclist (pseudonym: Lucien Petit-Breton). He was born in Loire-Atlantique in Fra

Was a french racing cyclist (pseudonym: Lucien Petit-Breton). He was born in Loire-Atlantique in France, a part of Brittany, now part of Pays de la Loire. When he was six he moved with his parents to Buenos Aires where he took Argentinian nationality. His cycling career started when he won a bike in a lottery at the age of sixteen. As his father wanted him to do a 'real' job, he adapted the nickname Lucien Breton for races, to deceive his father. Later he changed it to Petit-Breton, because there already was another cyclist called Lucien Breton.

Was a French actor. In 1885 he was appearing in Saint Petersburg, where he lived for a few years, at

Was a French actor. In 1885 he was appearing in Saint Petersburg, where he lived for a few years, at the French Theatre (or Mikhaylovsky Theatre. His son, the future actor, writer and director Sacha Guitry was born in Saint Petersburg and named in honour of Tsar Alexander III. Lucien met the composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky and his brother Modest, and became good friends with them.[1] It was at Guitry's instigation that Tchaikovsky wrote both his Hamlet Overture-Fantasy (Op. 67a) in 1888 and the Incidental Music to the Shakespeare play (Op. 67b) in 1891, for which he reused the overture-fantasy in shortened form as the overture.

Was a French philosopher and sociologist of Jewish-Romanian origin. As a professor at the EHESS in P

Was a French philosopher and sociologist of Jewish-Romanian origin. As a professor at the EHESS in Paris, he was an influential Marxist theorist. While many Parisian leftists staunchly upheld Marxism's "scientificity" in the 1950s and 1960s, Lucien Goldmann insisted that Marxism was by then in severe crisis and had to reinvent itself radically if it were to survive. He rejected the traditional Marxist view of the proletariat and contested the structuralist movement

Was a French-Hungarian photographer well known for his black and white photos of architecture. He wa

Was a French-Hungarian photographer well known for his black and white photos of architecture. He was born in the city of Vasarhely in Hungary on August 7, 1910, but came to Paris in 1929 and earned French citizenship in 1938. During World War II he was captured by the Germans (at the Battle of Dunkirk), escaped, and became a member of the French Resistance under the name Lucien Hervé which he kept thereafter.

Was a French football player who competed in the 1900 Olympic Games. In Paris he won a silver medal

Was a French football player who competed in the 1900 Olympic Games. In Paris he won a silver medal as a member of Club Française club team.

Was a French footballer.He played for Le Havre AC and RC Paris, and was part of France in the 1938 W

Was a French footballer.He played for Le Havre AC and RC Paris, and was part of France in the 1938 World Cup. He then had a coaching career.

Is an architect and a former partner at Skidmore Owings & Merrill, who founded his own firm, named L

Is an architect and a former partner at Skidmore Owings & Merrill, who founded his own firm, named Lucien Lagrange Architects in 1985.[1] He is currently involved in the construction or renovation of seven notable buildings in Chicago, Illinois:[2] 10 East Delaware, Blackstone Hotel, The Elysian, Lincoln Park 2520, Ritz-Carlton Chicago, 208 South LaSalle and X/O. Lagrange designed the renovation of the Chicago Landmark Carbide & Carbon Building into the Hard Rock Hotel and designed the Park Tower.[2] He has also renovated the Union Station (Chicago) and designed the 29 South LaSalle, The Pinnacle, InterContinental Chicago.

Was a French footballer, famous for scoring the first ever World Cup goal. He was born in Saint-Maur

Was a French footballer, famous for scoring the first ever World Cup goal. He was born in Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, Val-de-Marne, Ile-de-France near Paris.Between 1921 and 1930, Laurent played for the semi-professional team Cercle Athlétique de Paris, before being taken on by Sochaux, then a works team for the car manufacturer Peugeot, where he worked. As an amateur player, he only received basic expenses from the French Football Federation while at the tournament in Uruguay.

Was a French professional road bicycle racer. Lazarides was born with Greek nationality, but became

Was a French professional road bicycle racer. Lazarides was born with Greek nationality, but became French in 1929. Lucien Lazarides was an older brother of cyclist Apo Lazarides. Lazarides won the Dauphiné Libéré in 1949, and reached the podium of the Tour de France in 1951. Later in his career, he won two Tour de France stages.

Was a French football midfielder and a manager .

Was a French football midfielder and a manager .