French Famous Names Starting with Letter P

Is a French writer, novelist, radio personality, television presenter, tv producer, director, and ac

Is a French writer, novelist, radio personality, television presenter, tv producer, director, and actor.

Was a French journalist. He began as a journalist in the 1920s, for L'Œuvre, where he held the judi

Was a French journalist. He began as a journalist in the 1920s, for L'Œuvre, where he held the judicial brief, and for Bonsoir. He was the author of upbeat novels and of many prefaces for works on contemporary law, at the same time doing large-scale reportages for various weekly publications including Gringoire (from which he distanced himself in 1934).

Was the French Governor General for Pondichéry and Réunion. Predecessor of La Bourdonnais on the I

Was the French Governor General for Pondichéry and Réunion. Predecessor of La Bourdonnais on the Isles and Dupleix in the Indies, Dumas hailed from Southern France. There is still a street in Pondicherry named after him.

Is a French former rugby union footballer, and currently a coach. His usual position was at scrum-ha

Is a French former rugby union footballer, and currently a coach. His usual position was at scrum-half. He played 56 times for France. He was capped twice the following year; once during the Five Nations against Ireland in Paris, which France won 22 points to nine, and then against Romania in Bucharest, which France lost. He played in two Five Nations matches in 1983, and one the following year. Appearing just once in the 1984 Five Nations, he was then capped twice against the All Blacks in Christchurch and Auckland, both of which the All Blacks won. He played twice for France in 1985; in a two test series against Argentina.

Is a French former professional football (soccer) player.

Is a French former professional football (soccer) player.

Is a mathematician at the University of Rennes. He developed crystalline cohomology and rigid cohomo

Is a mathematician at the University of Rennes. He developed crystalline cohomology and rigid cohomology.

Was a French geologist and mining engineer.Pierre Berthier was born in Nemours. After studying at th

Was a French geologist and mining engineer.Pierre Berthier was born in Nemours. After studying at the École Polytechnique, he went to the École des Mines, where he became chief of the laboratory in 1816. In 1821, while working in the village of Les Baux de Provence, in southern France, he discovered the mineral bauxite, named for the place of its discovery. He also discovered the mineral Berthierite, which was named after him. In addition to numerous contributions in minerology and mining, Berthier is also noted for his research into blast furnaces and for the utilization of phosphates by plants.

Was a French Cardinal, theologian, and canonist.[1] His noble parentage is known to us through the m

Was a French Cardinal, theologian, and canonist.[1] His noble parentage is known to us through the manuscript memoir of Grasset, a Celestine monk of the seventeenth century (Discours généalogique de la noble maison de Bertrand et de leur alliance aven celle de Colombier). The legal profession seems to have been the first aim of his education He successively studied and taught law in the Universities of Avignon, Montpellier, Orléans, and Paris.

Is a former French professional road bicycle racer. He won a stage of the Tour de France after the r

Is a former French professional road bicycle racer. He won a stage of the Tour de France after the rest of the field had stopped to greet Charles de Gaulle, the president.Pierre Beuffeuil was riding the Tour de France in 1960 for the regional Centre-Midi

Was a Jesuit missionary who was given orders by Father Pierre Coton, confessor and preacher to King

Was a Jesuit missionary who was given orders by Father Pierre Coton, confessor and preacher to King Louis XIII, to take charge of the Jesuit mission, located in Acadia.[1] The colonial territory in northeastern North America rejected Father Biard's authority, resulting in a hostile dismissal by the settlers. Father Biard was instructed to establish a mission named Saint Sauveur at Mount Desert Island (probably at Fernald Point in Somes Sound, near Southwest Harbor, in 1613. Only shortly later, mission of Saint Sauveur was plundered and ruined, Biard was kidnapped, and taken to Jamestown, Virginia

Was a French radio reporter and journalist. He started his career on Radio France then joined Radio

Was a French radio reporter and journalist. He started his career on Radio France then joined Radio Tele Luxembourg as international reporter.[1] He covered the conflicts of Algeria, Israel, Palestine, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Kosovo. Billaud devoted various reports to the situation of the children and the women in Afghanistan.

Was a French painter and printmaker, a founding member of Les Nabis.Bonnard was born in Fontenay-aux

Was a French painter and printmaker, a founding member of Les Nabis.Bonnard was born in Fontenay-aux-Roses. He led a happy and careless youth as the son of a prominent official of the French Ministry of War. At the insistence of his father, Bonnard studied law, graduating and practising as a barrister briefly.

Is a French boxer who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.In 1936 he was eliminated in the first ro

Is a French boxer who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.In 1936 he was eliminated in the first round of the bantamweight class after losing his fight to Antoni Czortek.

A French sculptor known for his funeral monuments, was, with Germain Pilon, one of the pre-eminent s

A French sculptor known for his funeral monuments, was, with Germain Pilon, one of the pre-eminent sculptors of the French Renaissance.

Was a French Reformed Theologian who played a critical role in the Reformation of the Electoral Pala

Was a French Reformed Theologian who played a critical role in the Reformation of the Electoral Palatinate. Towards the end of that year he returned to Bourges to lecture at the university under the protection of Queen Marguerite de Navarre. Bouquin also served as cathedral preacher in Bourges, but he lost this position in short order due to his Protestant convictions. Because of this he was brought up on charges before the Archbishop of Paris, which he wholly escaped by fleeing again to Strasbourg in 1555. He served there for two years from 1555 as preacher for the church of the French refugee community.

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

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

Was a French mathematician, geophysicist, geodesist, and astronomer. He is also known as "the father

Was a French mathematician, geophysicist, geodesist, and astronomer. He is also known as "the father of naval architecture". His father, Jean Bouguer, one of the best hydrographers of his time, was regius professor of hydrography at Croisic in lower Brittany, and author of a treatise on navigation. In 1713 Pierre was appointed to succeed his father as professor of hydrography. In 1727 he gained the prize given by the French Academy of Sciences for his paper On the masting of ships, beating Leonhard Euler; and two other prizes,

A French actor. He was known in his movie * Monsieur Ibrahim et les fleurs du Coran in the year 2003

A French actor. He was known in his movie * Monsieur Ibrahim et les fleurs du Coran in the year 2003. He played as the young Jewish boy, Moises "Momo" Schmidt. The young actor was then reported to be concentrating on his studies, thus he was not able to do movies right after Monsieur Ibrahim. After 2 years, he did some TV appearances and minor roles in movies.

Is a French composer of contemporary classical music and conductor.

Is a French composer of contemporary classical music and conductor.

Was a French novelist largely known for two famous works, The Bridge over the River Kwai (1952) and

Was a French novelist largely known for two famous works, The Bridge over the River Kwai (1952) and Planet of the Apes (1963). Boulle was baptised and raised a Roman Catholic, although later in life he would be agnostic. He studied and later became an engineer. Then, from 1936 to 1939, he worked as a technician on British rubber plantations in Malaya. While there he met a Frenchwoman who was separated from her husband. She was to become the love of his life whom he would write tender love letters. She later chose to return to her husband, a French official. During World War II she and her husband escaped into Malaysia and one of her children died in the process. Boulle would later meet her after the war on a platonic basis.

Was an acclaimed French sociologist and writer known for his outspoken political views and public en

Was an acclaimed French sociologist and writer known for his outspoken political views and public engagement. One of the principal players in French intellectual life, Bourdieu became the "intellectual reference" for movements opposed to neo-liberalism and globalisation that developed in France and elsewhere during the 1990s.[1]

Was a French philosopher, poet and translator. He was also a political journalist, associated with t

Was a French philosopher, poet and translator. He was also a political journalist, associated with the currents of Maurrasianism and Royalism.

Is a French professional football player. Currently, he plays in the Ligue 2 for Clermont Foot.

Is a French professional football player. Currently, he plays in the Ligue 2 for Clermont Foot.

Is a former French former professional road bicycle racer. He was of Italian origin but adopted Fren

Is a former French former professional road bicycle racer. He was of Italian origin but adopted French nationality on September 9, 1949. He was known as "la Brambille" and he won the King of the Mountains competition in the 1947 Tour de France where he al

At the age of seven, he was already determined not have the same life as his father, and to never be

At the age of seven, he was already determined not have the same life as his father, and to never be a doctor. He saw a performance of Fantômas at the Gaumont Théâtre and decided to work in the cinema.After the First World War, at the age of 15, he produced and directed his first film: Frankfurt in Germany. He left for successive adventures in Berlin, London at Brocklis establishments, where he worked.