French Famous Names Starting with Letter M

Is a French musicologist, composer, choral director and singer, and the founder of the early music g

Is a French musicologist, composer, choral director and singer, and the founder of the early music group Ensemble Organum. He is an authority on Gregorian and pre-Gregorian chant. In 1982 he founded Ensemble Organum at Sénanque Abbey, a group specialising in in "pre- and para-Gregorian" chant. In 1984 he became director of ARIMM, the Atelier pour la Recherche sur l’Interprétation des Musiques Médiévales (or "Workshop for Research on the Performance of Medieval Music") with the support of the Fondation Royaumont,

Is a former French footballer, He started at the club in his home town, CS Honfleur[1], and after be

Is a former French footballer, He started at the club in his home town, CS Honfleur[1], and after being transferred to Paris université club and Stade français, in 1925, he joined Red Star Olympique where he played centre-forward and centre-half[2].

Was a French professional road bicycle racer. IN 1959, Queheille was the winner of the ninth stage o

Was a French professional road bicycle racer. IN 1959, Queheille was the winner of the ninth stage of the 1959 Tour de France.

Is a member of the Senate of France, representing the Aude department. He is a member of the Sociali

Is a member of the Senate of France, representing the Aude department. He is a member of the Socialist Party. He entered the Senate in August 2006, following the death of Raymond Courrière. Before serving in the Senate, he had been a maths teacher by profession, and had served as a Municipal Councillor, and Mayor of the Commune of Talairan.

Is a French sprint canoer who competed in the 1950s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he won a silv

Is a French sprint canoer who competed in the 1950s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he won a silver medal in the C-2 10000 m event at Melbourne in 1956. Renaud also won a bronze medal in the K-4 1000 m at the 1954 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships at Mâcon.

Was a French car racing driver and industrialist, co-founder of the car maker Renault, and the broth

Was a French car racing driver and industrialist, co-founder of the car maker Renault, and the brother of Louis and Fernand Renault.He and his brothers jointly founded the Renault company on February 25, 1899.

Was a French boxer who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics.In 1920 he was eliminated in the quarter

Was a French boxer who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics.In 1920 he was eliminated in the quarter-finals of the middleweight class after losing his fight to the upcoming silver medalist Georges Prud'Homme.

Was a French boxer who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics. In 1920 he was eliminated in the quarte

Was a French boxer who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics. In 1920 he was eliminated in the quarter-finals of the middleweight class after losing his fight to the upcoming silver medalist Georges Prud'Homme.

Is a retired Luxembourgian politician and government minister. A member of the Luxembourg Socialist

Is a retired Luxembourgian politician and government minister. A member of the Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party, Schlechter served in the Santer-Poos Ministry I as Minister for Transport, Minister for Public Works, and Minister for Energy. He was a Member of the European Parliament from 1989 until 1999.

French boxer and world champion.

French boxer and world champion.

Is a former French professional road bicycle racer of Italian parents.[1] He was the cousin of an It

Is a former French professional road bicycle racer of Italian parents.[1] He was the cousin of an Italian professional cyclist Giorgio Tinazzi[2]. He was a professional cyclist from 1977 until 1986. It was the famous and successful directeur sportif Jean de Gribaldy who offered Tinazzi his first professional contract in 1977 for the French squad of the Belgian team Flandria-Velda.[3] The highlight of his career came in his first year as a professional, in 1977, when he won the national championships road race in France after a late attack inside the final kilometre

Is a former French footballer and coach. He was born in Paris. He played his professional career as

Is a former French footballer and coach. He was born in Paris. He played his professional career as a left winger for Roubaix and Sète, in the 1930s and 1940s, before becoming a famous coach.

Was the first explorer of Côte d'Ivoire and its first colonial administrator.

Was the first explorer of Côte d'Ivoire and its first colonial administrator.

Was a French actor, primarily of the theater. He began working in films with Max Linder in 1906.

Was a French actor, primarily of the theater. He began working in films with Max Linder in 1906.

Was a French rower who competed in the 1932 Summer Olympics and in the 1936 Summer Olympics. In 1932

Was a French rower who competed in the 1932 Summer Olympics and in the 1936 Summer Olympics. In 1932 he was eliminated with his brother Fernand in the repechage of the coxed pairs event.

Was a film director. He was born Marcel Hyacinth le Bozec in Paris, France. Varnel started his worki

Was a film director. He was born Marcel Hyacinth le Bozec in Paris, France. Varnel started his working life on the Paris stage but soon became a director of musical comedies. In 1925 he moved to New York working as director in several Broadway operettas, musicals and dramas for the Shubert family. This was followed by a move to Hollywood where he directed three low budget thrillers.

Was a French archaeologist, noted for his excavations at Susa (modern-day Shush, Iran) in 1885 and f

Was a French archaeologist, noted for his excavations at Susa (modern-day Shush, Iran) in 1885 and for his work, L'Art antique de la Perse.

Is a French actor born in Semur-en-Auxois on the 18 May 1944.Bozonnet entered the Comédie-Français

Is a French actor born in Semur-en-Auxois on the 18 May 1944.Bozonnet entered the Comédie-Française in 1982, and became a "sociétaire" in 1986. He subsequently directed the Conservatoire national supérieur d'art dramatique de Paris from 1993 to 2001.Appointed administrateur général of the Comédie-Française in 2001, il opened the salle Richelieu to contemporary authors (creating a poay of Valère Novarina in 2006), created a notable show on the Fables of Jean de La Fontaine produced by Bob Wilson, and recruited the first black member of the Théâtre Français (Bakary Sangaré).

Is a member of the Senate of France. He represents the Sarthe department, and is a member of the Uni

Is a member of the Senate of France. He represents the Sarthe department, and is a member of the Union for a Popular Movement.

Is a retired Côte d'Ivoire hurdler.His personal best time was 13.86 seconds, achieved in July 1992

Is a retired Côte d'Ivoire hurdler.His personal best time was 13.86 seconds, achieved in July 1992 in Argentan. This is the national record.

Was a 20th century French Tibetologist. Her major contribution to Tibetology is the cataloguing of t

Was a 20th century French Tibetologist. Her major contribution to Tibetology is the cataloguing of the entire Pelliot collection of Old Tibetan manuscripts from Dunhuang at the Bibliothèque Nationale. In addition she wrote articles on various aspects of Old Tibet, and published a Tibetan textbook. Among her students were Rolf A. Stein and J. W. de Jong.

Was a French singer, dancer and entertainer made famous in paintings by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec.Ma

Was a French singer, dancer and entertainer made famous in paintings by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec.Marcelle Lender appears in several works by Lautrec but the most notable is the one of her dancing the Bolero during her February 1895 performance in the Her

Was a French pianist.Marcelle Meyer was born in Lille, France on May 22, 1897. She was taught piano

Was a French pianist.Marcelle Meyer was born in Lille, France on May 22, 1897. She was taught piano from the age of five by her sister Germaine, and entered the Conservatoire de Paris in 1911.In 1922 Jacques-Émile Blanche painted Marcelle Meyer in the company of Jean Cocteau and the Groupe des Six, a group of composers consisting of Georges Auric, Louis Durey, Arthur Honegger, Darius Milhaud, Francis Poulenc and Germaine Tailleferre.

Was a French actress who worked principally in silent films. She was born at Montmorency, Val-d'Oise

Was a French actress who worked principally in silent films. She was born at Montmorency, Val-d'Oise, near Paris. At the age of 18 while she was taking classes in dancing and singing in Paris, she was asked by Marcel L'Herbier to appear in his film Le Bercail (1919).[1] She went on to appear in a further eight of L'Herbier's silent films, and then in his first sound film L'Enfant de l'amour (1930) with which she ended her acting career.

Is a Côte d'Ivoire football midfielder who plays for FC Kuban Krasnodar in Russia.Né had a pre-sea

Is a Côte d'Ivoire football midfielder who plays for FC Kuban Krasnodar in Russia.Né had a pre-season trial period with Arsenal F.C. in 2004 along with fellow Côte d'Ivoire player Emmanuel Eboué, but unlike Eboué, Né failed to secure a transfer to the Premiership side.