French Famous Names Starting with Letter P

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

Is a French former professional football (soccer) player.Jeannol was a member of the French squad that won the gold medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California.

Is a French former deep sea diver, who achieved recognition as a sailor for long-distance, single-ha

Is a French former deep sea diver, who achieved recognition as a sailor for long-distance, single-handed racing and record-setting. He founded the Vendée Globe, a single-handed, round-the-world, non-stop yacht race. In 1984, Jeantot entered the OSTAR, sai

Is a French film director. He studied movies at the INSAS (Institut National Supérieur des Arts du

Is a French film director. He studied movies at the INSAS (Institut National Supérieur des Arts du Spectacle) in Brussels and started his career as a moviemaker by shooting fictional films and documentaries. Grandrieux then worked as an experimental filmmaker in Belgium where he exhibited his video works at local museums. Since the eighties, he has been working in collaboration with the French Institut National de l’Audiovisuel (INA) where he has been inventing new cinematographic forms and formats that put into question central notions in film writing: for instance the notions of documentary,

Is a technology innovator and entrepreneur, who is credited by some with creating the first camera p

Is a technology innovator and entrepreneur, who is credited by some with creating the first camera phone solution sharing pictures instantly on public networks. Kahn's first publicly shared picture is unique in that no other teams making the claim have any pictures.[1] Kahn has founded four successful technology companies: Starfish Software, LightSurf Technologies, Borland Software and his current company,

Was a French Jesuit writer on historical, geographical and philological questions. he entered the So

Was a French Jesuit writer on historical, geographical and philological questions. he entered the Society of Jesus on 28 September 1623, at the age of 16. After literary, philosophical and theological studies, he successively taught classes of rhetoric and philosophy. He then held the chair of theology for five years. His memory was quick and retentive, his erudition extensive and accurate. He expressed his devotion to Christ and the Virgin Mary in elegant Latin verse. Labbe wrote more than 80 literary, philosophical and theological works. Every year witnessed the production of one or more of his works, so that in the field of history Labbe and Denis Pétau have been considered the most remarkable of all French Jesuits.

Is a member of the Senate of France, representing the Landes department. He is a member of the Socia

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

Was a French philosopher. He was also a literary critic and translator.Lacoue-Labarthe was influence

Was a French philosopher. He was also a literary critic and translator.Lacoue-Labarthe was influenced by and wrote extensively on Martin Heidegger, Jacques Derrida, Jacques Lacan, German Romanticism, Paul Celan, and deconstruction. He also translated work

Was a French hellenist, archaeologist and translator. He was the son of Philippe Le Bas and Elisabet

Was a French hellenist, archaeologist and translator. He was the son of Philippe Le Bas and Elisabeth Duplay, the daughter of Robespierre's landlord Maurice Duplay. He was only 6 weeks old when his father committed suicide on Robespierre's fall on 27 July 1794 in the Thermidorian Reaction.

Was a French general during World War II; he became Marshal of France posthumously, in 1952.He was b

Was a French general during World War II; he became Marshal of France posthumously, in 1952.He was born Philippe François Marie, Comte de Hauteclocque, but changed his legal name in 1945 to incorporate his French resistance alias Jacques-Philippe Leclerc. He is generally known in France simply as Maréchal Leclerc.

Was a French professional road bicycle racer.

Was a French professional road bicycle racer.

Was a French actor, poet, and singer. He met Ariane Mnouchkine at the Sorbonne and in 1964 they form

Was a French actor, poet, and singer. He met Ariane Mnouchkine at the Sorbonne and in 1964 they formed the théâtre du soleil. He won a César Award for Best Actor for his role in the 1982 movie La Balance. One of his few English-language roles was a cameo in the 1973 thriller The Day of the Jackal and he co-starred as "Jacques" in the 1975 John Frankenheimer movie French Connection II which starred Gene Hackman and Fernando Rey, (sequel to The French Connection). He later died of respiratory failure at age 60.

Is a member of the Senate of France, representing the Moselle department. He is a member of the Unio

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

Is a French film director.

Is a French film director.

Is a former French football player.

Is a former French football player.

Is a member of the Senate of France, representing the Gironde department. He is a member of the Soci

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

In the service of the Sun King's court painter Charles Le Brun when many works of art were required

In the service of the Sun King's court painter Charles Le Brun when many works of art were required for the new, enormous Versailles castle complex.[1]

Is a former football defender from France, who earned nine international caps (no goals) for the Fre

Is a former football defender from France, who earned nine international caps (no goals) for the French national team during the early 1980s. A player of FC Metz (1978–1982), he was a member of the French team in the 1982 FIFA World Cup. As in July 2008, he became manager of the national team of Laos.

Is a French composer. Manoury's work is strongly influenced by Pierre Boulez, Karlheinz Stockhausen,

Is a French composer. Manoury's work is strongly influenced by Pierre Boulez, Karlheinz Stockhausen, and Iannis Xenakis, and his early work from 1972–76 combines serial Punctualism with the densely massed elements characteristic of the music of Stockhausen and Xenakis, and the paintings of Jackson Pollock.[1]

Is a French journalist. He has been a radio and television presenter, specialized in rock music. He

Is a French journalist. He has been a radio and television presenter, specialized in rock music. He has been editor-in-chief for the magazine Métal Hurlant and is since 1993 the editor of the music monthly Rock & Folk. Since 2008, he was member of the jury of a reality show called Nouvelle Star on M6.

Is a French politician. He was member of the parliament and president of the general council of Char

Is a French politician. He was member of the parliament and president of the general council of Charente-Maritime. He failed to act to establish the Giacometti Foundation.[1]

Is a member of the Senate of France, representing the Oise department. He is a member of the Union f

Is a member of the Senate of France, representing the Oise department. He is a member of the Union for a Popular Movement. He is of Italian origin. Since September 1992, Senator Marini has been an influential senator, focusing on many issues related to banking and international finance. Marini holds a law degree, and is considered an expert on French and international financial matters. Prior to public service as an elected leader in France, Senator Marini was a professor at several universities. A long-term member of UMP, Marini has been an active participant in preparing the economic reform plan of a fellow UMP member, French President Nicolas Sarkozy.

Is a French prefect. He was the French co-prince's representative to Andorra from July 2002 to June

Is a French prefect. He was the French co-prince's representative to Andorra from July 2002 to June 2007, replacing Frédéric de Saint-Sernin. He had previously been chief of police for Paris.

Is a French handball player who competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics.In 1992 he was a member of the

Is a French handball player who competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics.In 1992 he was a member of the French handball team which won the bronze medal. He played five matches and scored two goals.

Is a French researcher, writer and politician. He is a member of The Greens-Europe Écologie. He is

Is a French researcher, writer and politician. He is a member of The Greens-Europe Écologie. He is currently professor of education at Lumière University Lyon 2. He supported the Socialist Party for a number of years, before joining the Greens. He entered politics in 2009 when he was selected to be The Greens-Europe Écologie's candidate in the Rhône-Alpes for the 2010 regional elections.[1]

Was a French painter and etcher, who lived principally and was active in England. He was born in Ber

Was a French painter and etcher, who lived principally and was active in England. He was born in Berlin of French extraction, the son of a Huguenot tapestry-worker. He studied painting at the Akademie der Wissenschaften of Berlin[1] and later under Antoine Pesne, who had arrived in Berlin in 1710. Later, he traveled in Italy and France before arriving in London—"recommended by the Court at Hannover"—probably in 1716. He married in London in 1719 and lived in Leicester Fields.