French Famous Names Starting with Letter M

Is a member of the Senate of France, representing the Deux-Sèvres department. He is a member of the

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

Was a Jesuit scientist, who stood in the service of the Chinese Qianlong Emperor for thirty years an

Was a Jesuit scientist, who stood in the service of the Chinese Qianlong Emperor for thirty years and is most noted for the waterworks he constructed for the emperor.

Is a French former professional football (soccer) player.Bensoussan was a member of the French squad

Is a French former professional football (soccer) player.Bensoussan was a member of the French squad that won the gold medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California but did not play.

Was a French actor. He was the brother of French actress Juliet Berto.

Was a French actor. He was the brother of French actress Juliet Berto.

Is a former football defender from France, who won the gold medal with the French team at the 1984 S

Is a former football defender from France, who won the gold medal with the French team at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. He earned six international caps (no goals) team during the mid-1980s. A player of Paris Saint-Germain (1985–1991), he was a member of the French team in the 1986 FIFA World Cup.

Is a member of the Senate of France, representing the Seine-et-Marne department. He is a member of t

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

Is a French researcher in philosophy of science, His research interests are mainly focused on the in

Is a French researcher in philosophy of science, His research interests are mainly focused on the influence of quantum physics on philosophy. He first worked on Erwin Schrödinger's metaphysics and philosophy of physics[1].

Is a French actor and director who is noted for his roles of losers and hypochondriacs. He is freque

Is a French actor and director who is noted for his roles of losers and hypochondriacs. He is frequently associated with the Splendid group, which he co-founded, along with Thierry Lhermitte, Josiane Balasko, Christian Clavier and Gérard Jugnot. Michel Blanc has also shown his versatility by appearing in more serious roles, such as the title role in the Patrice Leconte film Monsieur Hire.

Was a French flute virtuoso. The son of a wood turner, a profession which he followed for some time,

Was a French flute virtuoso. The son of a wood turner, a profession which he followed for some time, he accidentally became the possessor of a flute and soon became the finest player in France. Blavet was famous for maintaining impeccable intonation, even when he played in difficult keys, and for the beauty of his tone. Voltaire expressed his admiration for his playing and Marpurg spoke of him as a virtuoso of the highest excellence who preserved his innate modesty notwithstanding the unbroken popularity that he enjoyed.

Was a French film director and writer. His work spanned five decades, from the 1950s to the 1990s. A

Was a French film director and writer. His work spanned five decades, from the 1950s to the 1990s. A former apprentice of Jean Dallanoy, Cocteau, and René Clair, Michel Boisrond debuted as a full-fledged director in 1955 with Cette Sacrée Gamine starring Bridgit Bardot. French filmmaker Boisrond is known for his dependability and his competently made films. His works typically fall into the comedy, romance, or comedy drama genres. [1]

Is a French businessman and politician born in 1943. He is a graduate of the ESSEC, of the Paris Ins

Is a French businessman and politician born in 1943. He is a graduate of the ESSEC, of the Paris Institute of Political Studies, of the École nationale d'administration and of Stanford Business School. He worked at the banks Crédit Nationale and Crédit Agricole. He has been CEO then Chairman of the supermarket group Carrefour. In September 1993, he was nominated as the head of the French National Employment Agency. He was Chairman of France Télécom from 1995 to 2002.

Was a French basketball player who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics.He was part of the French ba

Was a French basketball player who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics.He was part of the French basketball team, which won the silver medal.

Is a classical french composer born in Paris in 1963. With various influences, his music (more than

Is a classical french composer born in Paris in 1963. With various influences, his music (more than 200 opus) has tackled registers as diverse as symphonic, chamber of vocal music, sacred music, theatre music and orchestrations. He composed seven symphonies (Mosaïques, Bernard Palissy, Pascale, Le Grand Meaulnes, Loume, Providence, Jane Eyre), about fifteen symphonic poems (including a cycle about forests Forêts d’été, Forêts d’automne, Forêts d’hiver, Forêts nocturnes and Forêts enneigées); two operas : La Fuga on a Spanish original libretto by Luis Eduardo Jimenez, Qateeni, a work in progress based on an assyrian libretto by Tony Khoshaba after William Daniel [1] ; and three concertos (two for piano).

Is a French actor, comedian,[clarification needed] film director and screenwriter. Boujenah has appe

Is a French actor, comedian,[clarification needed] film director and screenwriter. Boujenah has appeared in over twenty-five films and almost ten television productions. He has also directed three films and served as screenwriter on four films

Is a member of the Senate of France, representing the Charente department. He is a member of the Soc

Is a member of the Senate of France, representing the Charente department. He is a member of the Socialist Party.

Was a French alpine skier. Bozon was killed on the Piste Emile Allias at Megève during a World Cup

Was a French alpine skier. Bozon was killed on the Piste Emile Allias at Megève during a World Cup downhill event.[1] Bozon came off the course at the bottom of the Mur de Borné, a extremely steep section of about 250m, and after his death changes were made to improve safety but the course was taken off the World Cup circuit in 1975. [2]

Is a French mathematician. He holds a chair at Paris Diderot University. Broué has made contributio

Is a French mathematician. He holds a chair at Paris Diderot University. Broué has made contributions to algebraic geometry and representation theory.

Was a French former footballer. He was born in Oran.

Was a French former footballer. He was born in Oran.

Is a French writer.Journalists and critics associated his novels with the nouveau roman, but Butor h

Is a French writer.Journalists and critics associated his novels with the nouveau roman, but Butor himself has long resisted that association. The main point of similarity is a very general one, not much beyond that; like exponents of the nouveau roman, h

Is a Professor of Sociology at the Ecole des Mines de Paris and member of the Centre de Sociologie d

Is a Professor of Sociology at the Ecole des Mines de Paris and member of the Centre de Sociologie de l'Innovation. He is an influential author in the field of Science and Technology Studies and one of the leading proponents of Actor-network theory with Bruno Latour. In recent years (since the late 1990s), Michel Callon has spearheaded the movement of applying ANT approaches to study economic life (notably economic markets). This body of work interrogates the interrelation between the economy and economics, highlighting the ways in which economics (and economics-inspired disciplines such as marketing) shapes the economy (see Callon, 1998 and 2005).

Was a French statesman, a minister of King Louis XIV of France. He was born in Paris of a family rec

Was a French statesman, a minister of King Louis XIV of France. He was born in Paris of a family recently raised to the nobility. Following the usual career of a statesman of his time he became in turn councillor of the parlement of Paris (1676), master of requests (1686), and intendant of the generality of Rouen (January 1689). His attractive personality won the confidence of Madame de Maintenon and pleased the king. In 1690 he was made intendant of finances, and on 5 September 1699 the king appointed him Controller-General of Finances,

Is a French sprint canoer who competed in the early 1960s. He won the silver medal in the C-2 1000 m

Is a French sprint canoer who competed in the early 1960s. He won the silver medal in the C-2 1000 m event at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.

Is a member of the Senate of France. He represents the Puy-de-Dôme department, and is a member of t

Is a member of the Senate of France. He represents the Puy-de-Dôme department, and is a member of the European Democratic and Social Rally. On February 24, 2010, The French president Nicolas Sarkozy nominated him as a member of the Constitutional Council of France.[1]

Was a French engineer, statesman, economist and free market liberal. In 1830, after the July Revolut

Was a French engineer, statesman, economist and free market liberal. In 1830, after the July Revolution, he became a Saint-Simonian, and edited their paper Le Globe. The paper was banned in 1832, when the "Simonian sect" was found to be prejudicial to the social order, and Chevalier, as its editor, was sentenced to six months imprisonment.

Is a composer of experimental music. He teaches at several institutions within France and currently

Is a composer of experimental music. He teaches at several institutions within France and currently holds the post of Associate Professor at the University of Paris III: Sorbonne Nouvelle where he is a theoretician and teacher of audio-visual relationships. After studying literature and music he began to work for the ORTF (French Radio and Television Organisation) Service de La recherche as assistant to Pierre Schaeffer in 1970. He was a member of the Groupe de Recherches Musicales (GRM) between 1971 - 1976.