French Famous Names Starting with Letter M

Was a French civil servant, industrial leader and Gaullist politician. He is best known as prefect o

Was a French civil servant, industrial leader and Gaullist politician. He is best known as prefect of police of Paris during the 1950s and 1960s, treasurer of the Gaullist Party, head of the Sud Aviation company and member of the French government under Valéry Giscard d'Estaing.

Was a French film director, screenwriter and actor. His films are notable for their loose yet aesthe

Was a French film director, screenwriter and actor. His films are notable for their loose yet aesthetically rigorous style and for his somewhat elliptical editing, which emphasizes an unsentimental worldview. He frequently cast Gerard Depardieu and Sandrine Bonnaire in lead roles.

Was a French entomologist who specialised in Coleoptera.He contributed to Mary-Louis Fauconnet's Cat

Was a French entomologist who specialised in Coleoptera.He contributed to Mary-Louis Fauconnet's Catalogue raisonné des coléoptères de Saône-et-Loire (Le Creusot, Martet, 1887) and wrote many short papers, many in L'Échange, Revue Linnéenne describing world beetles. His most important work was for Sigmund Schenkling's still very relevant Coleopterorum Catalogus

Was a French Olympic fencer.

Was a French Olympic fencer.

Is a French politician and Member of the European Parliament elected in the 2009 European election f

Is a French politician and Member of the European Parliament elected in the 2009 European election for the Overseas constituency. Ponga is a Melanesian (Kanak), but unlike most Kanaks, he opposes New Caledonia's independence from France and is a member of The Rally-UMP, a major anti-independence party. He has represented the party, known as RPCR until 2002, in the Congress of New Caledonia between 1995 and 2009. While in office, he participated in all but one New Caledonian government. Most recently, as Minister of Youth and Sports in the Martin II government, he played a major role in the success of Noumea's bid for the 2011 Pacific Games.

Was a French philosopher. Although his thought was largely original, Pradines may be categorized amo

Was a French philosopher. Although his thought was largely original, Pradines may be categorized among the interwar period philosophers of the mind. Also a professor, he developed a philosophy of knowledge in light of problems of sensation.

Was a French mathematician and actuary who played a role in the birth of cubism. He was an associate

Was a French mathematician and actuary who played a role in the birth of cubism. He was an associate of Pablo Picasso, Guillaume Apollinaire, Max Jacob, Jean Metzinger, and Marcel Duchamp. He is known as "le mathématicien du cubisme" ("the mathematician of cubism").[2][3]

Was a French professional road bicycle racer.

Was a French professional road bicycle racer.

Was a French Rococo portraitist who worked primarily with pastels. Among his most famous subjects we

Was a French Rococo portraitist who worked primarily with pastels. Among his most famous subjects were Voltaire, Louis XV and Madame de Pompadour.

Was a French chess master.Born into a Jewish family in Bendery (then in Russian Empire), he emigrate

Was a French chess master.Born into a Jewish family in Bendery (then in Russian Empire), he emigrated to France. He was six-times French Champion (1932, 1936, 1946, 1947, 1951, and 1952) and Paris Champion in 1938.[2] He shared first with Victor Kahn in 1

Is a former professional footballer who played as a defender.

Is a former professional footballer who played as a defender.

Was a French sculptor, best known for his war memorials. Ringot came from a family of marbriers and

Was a French sculptor, best known for his war memorials. Ringot came from a family of marbriers and sculptors, and studied in local colleges before entering the École des Beaux-Arts in Lille and then Paris. After his studies he returned to Bergues, married Hélène Sagary and set up his studio in the rue de l’Arsenal. There he produced his first major monument: the figure of Johannes Gutenberg for the front of the building used by the newspaper Le Nord Maritime in Dunkirk. (This work can now be seen in the hall of the Jean Bart school).

Is a French film and theater actor. With his large expressive eyes and round face, he represents one

Is a French film and theater actor. With his large expressive eyes and round face, he represents one of the recurring presences of French comic cinema. He is one of the pillars of French light comedy.

Was a French film actor, director and writer. He first garnered acclaim at the 1953 Cannes Film Fest

Was a French film actor, director and writer. He first garnered acclaim at the 1953 Cannes Film Festival for his work in Jean Dreville's Horizons sans fin and over the next few years, notably as the romantic lead in André Michel's La Sorcière, 1956 and in Jules Dassin's Celui qui doit mourir (He Who Must Die, 1957). It was at the presentation of "La Sorcière", at Cannes, where he met a creative and an intellectual counterpart in Louis Malle. Two years later he made his international box-office breakthrough as Julien Tavernier in Malle's first feature film,

French poet, was born at Lyon, where his father practised law.He was the centre of the Lyonnese côt

French poet, was born at Lyon, where his father practised law.He was the centre of the Lyonnese côterie that elaborated the theory of spiritual love, derived partly from Plato and partly from Petrarch. This spiritual love, which animated Antoine Héroet's

Was a French track cyclist who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics. In 1908 he won the gold medal i

Was a French track cyclist who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics. In 1908 he won the gold medal in the tandem competition together with his partner André Auffray. In the 5000 metres event he won the silver medal.

Is a French cartoonist.As a young man he studied drawing and graphic arts, while earning a living as

Is a French cartoonist.As a young man he studied drawing and graphic arts, while earning a living as a cabaret singer. After his military service he started publishing his drawings and also worked as a photo-retoucher for porn magazines.

Is a French cartoonist.As a young man he studied drawing and graphic arts, earning his life as a cab

Is a French cartoonist.As a young man he studied drawing and graphic arts, earning his life as a cabaret singer. After his military service he starts publishing his drawings and also works as a photo-retoucher for porn magazines..[citation needed] His first published drawing appeared in France-Dimanche in 1952. Siné received the Grand Prix de l'Humour Noir in 1955 for his collection Complainte sans Paroles. His series of drawings on cats was his breakthrough. He then started working for L'Express as a political cartoonist.

Was a French Olympic fencer. He competed in the team sabre competition at the 1924 and 1928 Summer O

Was a French Olympic fencer. He competed in the team sabre competition at the 1924 and 1928 Summer Olympics.[1]

Was a French composer of classical and film music. he entered the Paris conservatory in 1925 to stud

Was a French composer of classical and film music. he entered the Paris conservatory in 1925 to study counterpoint and fugue with Charles Koechlin and orchestration and arrangement under Alexis Roland-Manuel. He graduated in 1931. During the forties Thiriet carved his career within film music, inspired by fellow composer Maurice Jaubert (who died in World War II), and wrote something like twenty scores from 1942 to 1960. Apart from his film work, Thiriet also composed several concert works, including a Flute concerto, ten ballets and two operas.

Was an important international film director and screenwriter.Born Maurice Thomas in the Belleville

Was an important international film director and screenwriter.Born Maurice Thomas in the Belleville district of Paris, France, his father was a jeweler. As a young man, Maurice Thomas first trained as a graphic designer and a magazine illustrator but was

Was a French painter who specialized in cityscapes. Born in the Montmartre quarter of Paris, France,

Was a French painter who specialized in cityscapes. Born in the Montmartre quarter of Paris, France, Utrillo is one of the few famous painters of Montmartre who were born there.

Was a thoroughbred horse trainer born and raised in Cairo, Egypt to a Turkish mother and a French-Hu

Was a thoroughbred horse trainer born and raised in Cairo, Egypt to a Turkish mother and a French-Hungarian father. He who trained horses in Egypt from 1946 to 1962, and then moved to France where he worked for another 43 years. His horses competed across

Was a road bicycle racer best known for winning the inaugural Tour de France in 1903, and for being

Was a road bicycle racer best known for winning the inaugural Tour de France in 1903, and for being stripped of his title in the second Tour in 1904 along with eight others, for cheating.[4][5][6]

Was a French journalist and far right political activist. Initially a teacher and journalist for suc

Was a French journalist and far right political activist. Initially a teacher and journalist for such mainstream publications as Spectateur and Germinal Sicard joined the Parti Populaire Français in 1936 and soon took over the editorship of their journal Jeunesses de France.[1] He took over editing duties on their main journal L'Émancipation nationale in 1937 and soon became a leading figure within the party, joining their Politburo in 1938.[1] He also served the PPF as Propaganda Secretary.