French Famous Names Starting with Letter N

Is a French actress, film director and screenwriter. She has appeared in 40 films since 1990. She st

Is a French actress, film director and screenwriter. She has appeared in 40 films since 1990. She starred in the film The Butterfly's Dream, which was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1994 Cannes Film Festival.[1]

Is a retired French alpine skier. She won a controversial World Cup victory in 1989, in Giant Slalom

Is a retired French alpine skier. She won a controversial World Cup victory in 1989, in Giant Slalom.

Is a French actress and singer from Pau in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques. She was born to a Sicilian fa

Is a French actress and singer from Pau in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques. She was born to a Sicilian father and a Spanish mother. She appeared for the first time on French screens in 1988 in the film Drôle d'endroit pour une rencontre beside Gérard Depardieu and Catherine Deneuve. This first outing gained her a nomination for the César Award for Most Promising Actress in 1989.

Is a French professional tennis player. She is a three-time doubles Grand Slam champion, winning the

Is a French professional tennis player. She is a three-time doubles Grand Slam champion, winning the 2006 U.S. Open ladies` title with Vera Zvonareva, the 2007 French Open mixed doubles title with Andy Ram, and the 2007 U.S. Open ladies` title with Dinara Safina, whom Dechy beat in the 2006 final with Vera Zvonareva. Her biggest singles achievement is reaching the semifinals of the 2005 Australian Open, where she was just two points away from the final, before eventually losing to Lindsay Davenport. At the 2008 Wimbledon Championships, she faced World No.1 and reigning French Open champion, Ana Ivanovic.

In April and May 1992 at the Opéra Bastille, she sang the role of "Olympia" in The Tales of Hoffman

In April and May 1992 at the Opéra Bastille, she sang the role of "Olympia" in The Tales of Hoffmann with José van Dam. The Roman Polanski production was not well received, but it began the road to stardom for Dessay. Although she was soon featured in ano

Is a member of the Senate of France, representing the Orne department. She is a member of the Centri

Is a member of the Senate of France, representing the Orne department. She is a member of the Centrist Union, of the commission of Foreign Affairs and Defense Forces. In the Senate, she supports the cause of Palestinian and Azerbaijanese refugees, and criticizes the repression of opponents in Iran[1].

Is a former professional tennis player

Is a former professional tennis player

Is an French racing cyclist and olympic champion in track cycling. She received a gold medal in poin

Is an French racing cyclist and olympic champion in track cycling. She received a gold medal in points race at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.[1]

Was a militant anarchist and feminist who participated on the barricades at the Commune de Paris of

Was a militant anarchist and feminist who participated on the barricades at the Commune de Paris of 1871. She was deported to Nouvelle Calédonie with Louise Michel. She worked as a bookbinder and retailer in Paris, and then became a socialist activist. In 1864, the International Workers Association (IWA, aka First International) was created in London in the midst of the agitated social climate in Europe. In August 1864, the bookbinders all went on strike in the middle of a very large conflict

Is a French sprint canoer who competed in the mid 2000s. At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, she

Is a French sprint canoer who competed in the mid 2000s. At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, she was eliminated in the semifinals of the K-1 500 m event.

Is a French ice dancer. She competes with Fabian Bourzat. They are the 2009 French national champion

Is a French ice dancer. She competes with Fabian Bourzat. They are the 2009 French national champions and the 2009 Grand Prix Final bronze medalists.

Is a French professional tennis player. As of November 01, 2010, she reached her highest single rank

Is a French professional tennis player. As of November 01, 2010, she reached her highest single rankings of World number 177.

Is a former professional tennis player from France.Tauziat turned professional in 1984 and lived in

Is a former professional tennis player from France.Tauziat turned professional in 1984 and lived in Saint-Tropez on the French Riviera during the early stages of her career and later moved to Bayonne in the southwest of France. She retired from the WTA Tour tennis circuit after the 2003 French Open, after having played only doubles in 2002 and 2003. Her highest WTA Tour singles and doubles rankings were both World No. 3. Tauziat was coached by Régis de Camaret throughout her professional career. She played mostly the serve-and-volley style.

Is a French heptathlete.

Is a French heptathlete.

France is a professional footballer currently playing for Ligue 1 team AJ Auxerre. Virayie began his

France is a professional footballer currently playing for Ligue 1 team AJ Auxerre. Virayie began his career with CS Sedan Ardennes[1] and joined in summer 2008 to Pescara Calcio. After just a half year in the Serie C with Pescara Calcio turned back to France to sign with Entente SSG[2].

Was the founder of the French wine-making branch of the Rothschild family. Nat Rothschild worked wit

Was the founder of the French wine-making branch of the Rothschild family. Nat Rothschild worked with his uncle James at the de Rothschild Frères bank in Paris, but in 1853 he acquired Château Brane Mouton, a vineyard in Pauillac in the Gironde département from a Paris banker named Thuret who had previously bought it from Baron Hector de Branne in 1830. Nat Rothschild paid 1,175,000 francs for Brane-Mouton's 65 acres (263,000 m²) of vineyards and renamed the estate, Château Mouton Rothschild. It would become one of the world's best known winemakers.

Is a retired French sprinter who specialized in the 100 metres. At the 1998 European Championships h

Is a retired French sprinter who specialized in the 100 metres. At the 1998 European Championships he won a silver medal in 4 x 100 metres relay with teammates Thierry Lubin, Frederic Krantz and Christophe Cheval.[1] As the European champions Great Britain fielded their own World Cup team, the French relay team was selected to represent Europe at the 1998 IAAF World Cup, finishing sixth while Great Britain won the event.

Was a former professional French road bicycle racer. He was of Italian origin but in 1984 he changed

Was a former professional French road bicycle racer. He was of Italian origin but in 1984 he changed nationality to France. He was a professional cyclist from 1949 until 1959 and had 17 wins. His most important win being three overall wins in the Dauphiné Libéré. Other wins included a stage in the 1950 Tour de France and in the 1952 Tour de France where he also wore the maillot jaune for 4 days.

Was a female tennis player from France (became French citizen after marriage). She is best remembere

Was a female tennis player from France (became French citizen after marriage). She is best remembered as the 1948 women's singles champion at the French Championships.

Is a French composer, film director and illustrator. He is best known for his controversial musical

Is a French composer, film director and illustrator. He is best known for his controversial musical videos on MTV for New Model Army[1], Lustral[2], Ten Mother Tongues, M.I.E.L [3], Gabriela Arnon, End of Orgy[4], Rise and Fall of a Decade and his arty commercials for VirginFrance.

Was the first African elected official from the advent of colonialism in the territory of French Wes

Was the first African elected official from the advent of colonialism in the territory of French West Africa.Diouf was elected in 1909 to represent the commune of Rufisque at the advisory General Assembly (Conseil Général) of Saint-Louis, then capital of

He taught rhetoric at Pont-à-Mousson, then engaged in missionary work, and finally taught theology

He taught rhetoric at Pont-à-Mousson, then engaged in missionary work, and finally taught theology at Pont-à-Mousson for seventeen years.

Was briefly Duke of Lorraine and Duke of Bar for a few months in 1634, when he abdicated in favor of

Was briefly Duke of Lorraine and Duke of Bar for a few months in 1634, when he abdicated in favor of his brother. He was therefore Duke during the invasion of Lorraine by the French in the Thirty Years War.

Was a French antiquary interested in prehistoric research. He proposed the chronological prehistoric

Was a French antiquary interested in prehistoric research. He proposed the chronological prehistoric sequence stone age - Bronze Age - Iron Age. During the 18th century still, controversy was vivid as to whether thunder-stones had been made by men or were actually fossils. Mahudel, member of the Académie des Inscriptions [1], presented several of those stones and showed that they been evidently been cut by the hand of man. "An examination of them," he said, "affords a proof of the efforts of our earliest ancestors to provide for their wants, and to obtain the necessaries of life."

Was born in Versailles, France. He emigrated to the United States in 1816 and became a pioneering en

Was born in Versailles, France. He emigrated to the United States in 1816 and became a pioneering entomologist in the field of arachnology.124 spider species were first described by him, and as is custom in binomial naming, species are noted with the name and year of the person who first classified them. A few spiders of note Hentz classified are the Yellow sac spider and the Southern house spider.