French Famous Names Starting with Letter P

Was a French physician. He invented pleximetry (a method for the investigation of internal organs us

Was a French physician. He invented pleximetry (a method for the investigation of internal organs using percussion) and was the creator of medical terms toxin, toxemia and septicemia.

Was a French physician, anatomist and surgeon remembered for describing Bitot's spots. Pierre Bitôt

Was a French physician, anatomist and surgeon remembered for describing Bitot's spots. Pierre Bitôt was born in 1822 in Podensac, département de la Gironde, Aquitaine. He attended medical school in Bordeaux, qualifying in 1846. He gained his M.D. in 1848 from the faculty of Paris, and joined the anatomy department in Bordeaux. He became Professor of anatomy in 1854, and gained his Chirurgien des Hôpitaux in 1878. He died in February 1888.

Is a former football goalkeeper from Côte d'Ivoire. He played for ASEC Mimosas, Raja Casablanca, FC

Is a former football goalkeeper from Côte d'Ivoire. He played for ASEC Mimosas, Raja Casablanca, FC Toulouse, SCO Angers and FC Lorient.He holds the record of games (24) and participations (7) in the African Nations Cup as goalkeeper of the Elephants. He was succeeded in the Elephants' goal by Losseni Konaté in 2000.After his career, he was goalkeeper coach of the national team and in summer 2006 changed posts to become national coach of the Ivory Coast teams Under-15 and Under 17.

Is a French rugby union footballer. His usual position was at fly-half or at fullback. He played all

Is a French rugby union footballer. His usual position was at fly-half or at fullback. He played all his career for Dax. He played for the France national rugby union team.

Was French auction and contract bridge player and theoretist, and tennis player.

Was French auction and contract bridge player and theoretist, and tennis player.

Was a French sculptor. He was a student of David d'Angers.

Was a French sculptor. He was a student of David d'Angers.

Was a French alpinist who began climbing in the 1920s. In the 1930s he was joined by several others

Was a French alpinist who began climbing in the 1920s. In the 1930s he was joined by several others at Fontainebleau, where his group of "'Bleausards" developed a love of bouldering that went beyond simple training for the Alps. The famous Allain Angle (V

Was a French football (soccer) defender.Allemane played for Passy (before 1900), Club Français (190

Was a French football (soccer) defender.Allemane played for Passy (before 1900), Club Français (1900-1902), Racing Club de France (1902-1909) and CASG Paris (1909-1914). He won the national tournament in 1907 with RC Paris and placed second in 1900 with Club Français, in 1902, 1903 and 1908 with Racing.

Is a former French football midfielder who played for Aïn-Temouchent, Avellaneda, Perpignan, Red St

Is a former French football midfielder who played for Aïn-Temouchent, Avellaneda, Perpignan, Red Star, Cannes and Rapid de Menton.

Was a French mathematician best known as the discoverer of the Laurent series, an expansion of a fun

Was a French mathematician best known as the discoverer of the Laurent series, an expansion of a function into an infinite power series, generalizing the Taylor series expansion. He was born in Paris, France. His result was contained in a memoir submitted for the Grand Prize of the Académie des Sciences in 1843, but his submission was after the due date, and the paper was not published and never considered for the prize. Laurent died at age 41 in Paris. His work was not published until after his death.

Was a French novelist, official and army general, best known for writing the epistolary novel Les Li

Was a French novelist, official and army general, best known for writing the epistolary novel Les Liaisons dangereuses.Despite being promoted to captain (1771), Laclos grew increasingly bored with his artillery garrison duties and the company of the soldi

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

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

Was a French basketball player who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics and in the 1952 Summer Olymp

Was a French basketball player who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics and in the 1952 Summer Olympics. He was born in Vion, Ardèche.Four years later at the Helsinki Games he was a member of the French team, which finished eighth.

Was a French entomologist. His works describing insects assigned many of the insect taxa still in us

Was a French entomologist. His works describing insects assigned many of the insect taxa still in use today.Latreille was born into a humble family of Brive-la-Gaillarde, Corrèze, and in 1778 entered the College Lemoine in Paris. He was ordained a priest in 1786 and then went back to Brive, where he spent all of his free time studying insects. In 1788 he returned to Paris and became active in the scientific community there, his Mémoire sur les mutilles découvertes en France gaining him admission to the Society for Natural History.As a priest with conservative leanings, the French Revolution made his situation uncomfortable; he left Paris, and was later imprisoned at Bordeaux. In 1796 he published Précis des caractères génériques des insectes, disposés dans un ordre naturel at Brive. He was rearrested in 1797 but again released.[1]

Was a French naturalist and explorer.Delalande was employed by the Muséum National d'Histoire Natur

Was a French naturalist and explorer.Delalande was employed by the Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle to collect natural history specimens. He travelled to Brazil in 1816 to collect specimens for the museum.[In 1818 he began an expedition to South Africa with his nephew Jules Verreaux, who was around 12 years old at the time, to collect specimens. Delalande and Verreaux travelled and collected in South Africa for three years. On their return in 1821, they took back an astounding 13,405 specimens,[2] mostly plant material. Their collection included 288 mammals, 2205 birds, 322 reptiles, 265 fish, 3875 shellfish, and various human skulls and skeletons from a Cape Town cemetery and from the 22 April 1819 Battle of Grahamstown between the British forces under Colonel Willshire and the Xhosa under Nxele.

Was a French music printer, active in Paris. Attaingnant is considered to be the first to use single

Was a French music printer, active in Paris. Attaingnant is considered to be the first to use single-impression movable type for music-printing, thus making it possible to print faster and cheaper than predecessors such as Ottaviano Petrucci. He published over 1500 chansons by many different composers. In this collections the Paris composers, like Claudin de Sermisy, Pierre Sandrin and Pierre Certon, are prominently present, but Clément Janequin is at the top of the list with five books of chansons,

Was a Jesuit missionary to the First Nation people of Canada. Bailloquet entered studies with the Je

Was a Jesuit missionary to the First Nation people of Canada. Bailloquet entered studies with the Jesuits at eighteen and after ordination taught for some time in France. He arrived in Quebec in 1647 and spent forty-five years as a missionary from Acadia to Illinois. It was a life of great hardships and dangers. He died in his eightieth year after sixty-one years in the religious life.

Was a French architect. In 1932 he won a gold medal in the art competitions of the Olympic Games tog

Was a French architect. In 1932 he won a gold medal in the art competitions of the Olympic Games together with Gustave Saacké and Pierre Montenot for their design of a "Cirque pour Toros" ("Circus for Bullfights").

Was a French philosopher and mathematician and doctor of letters. He was one of the first members of

Was a French philosopher and mathematician and doctor of letters. He was one of the first members of the Académie française and the first occupant of Seat 29.

Is a French former professional tour tennis player.Barthès was one of the Handsome Eight and reache

Is a French former professional tour tennis player.Barthès was one of the Handsome Eight and reached a career high singles ATP ranking in 1974 of World No. 54 but before the creation of the ATP ranking he was one of the best twenty players in 1971. He was U.S. Open doubles champion in 1970 partnering Nikola Pilic.

Is a French musician, composer, and experimental musical instrument builder. He began building mecha

Is a French musician, composer, and experimental musical instrument builder. He began building mechanical-based musical instruments at an early age, using items such as metronomes, cymbals, and pulleys. In 1977 he began collaborating with Pascal Comelade and composing music for dance companies. He performed in ensembles such as Operation Rhino, Nu Creative Methods, and Effectifs de Profil.

Is a French professional football player. Currently, he plays in the Championnat de France amateur f

Is a French professional football player. Currently, he plays in the Championnat de France amateur for ASF Andrézieux.

Is a French author, professor of literature and connoisseur of psychology. A few of his books presen

Is a French author, professor of literature and connoisseur of psychology. A few of his books present revisionist readings of famous fictional mysteries. Not only does he argue that the real murderer is not the one that the author presents to us, but in addition these works suggest that the author subconsciously knew who the real culprit is. His 2008 book L'Affaire du Chien des Baskerville was published in English as Sherlock Holmes was Wrong: Re-opening the Case of the Hound of the Baskervilles.

Was a French philosopher and writer best known for his seminal work the Historical and Critical Dict

Was a French philosopher and writer best known for his seminal work the Historical and Critical Dictionary, published beginning in 1695. Bayle was a self-pronounced Protestant and as a fideist he advocated a separation between the spheres of faith and reason, on the grounds of God being incomprehensible to man. As a forerunner of the Encyclopedists and an advocate of the principle of the toleration of divergent beliefs, his works subsequently influenced the development of the Enlightenment.

Was a French choreographer, dancer and composer, and the probable inventor of Beauchamp-Feuillet not

Was a French choreographer, dancer and composer, and the probable inventor of Beauchamp-Feuillet notation. Writing some years after the actual events, Pierre Rameau credits Beauchamp with the codification of the five positions of the feet[2] in classical ballet, as well as a role in the development of the use of arms[3] (note though that, unlike the positions of the feet, the use of arms in baroque dance differs significantly from their use in ballet). The codification method was printed in 1700 by Raoul-Auger Feuillet, who published notated dance scores, and became known as "Beauchamp-Feuillet notation.