French Famous Names Starting with Letter P

Was the CEO of EDF from 2004 to 2009. Pierre Gadonneix, who has a Doctorate in Business Economics fr

Was the CEO of EDF from 2004 to 2009. Pierre Gadonneix, who has a Doctorate in Business Economics from the Harvard Business School, is a graduate of the Ecole Polytechnique (1962) and of the Ecole Nationale Supérieure du Pétrole et des Moteurs, and has a degree in Economics.

Is a well known French chef, and is the Head Chef and owner of the eponymous Pierre Gagnaire restaur

Is a well known French chef, and is the Head Chef and owner of the eponymous Pierre Gagnaire restaurant at 6 rue Balzac in Paris (in the 8th arrondisment). Gagnaire is an iconoclastic chef who was at the forefront of the fusion movement. Beginning his car

Is a French basketball player and coach.

Is a French basketball player and coach.

Is a former French professional road bicycle racer, who won one stage in the 1939 Tour de France. He

Is a former French professional road bicycle racer, who won one stage in the 1939 Tour de France. He was born in Paris

Is a French writer born in Toulouse in 1919. In 1948, he receives the Charles Veillon International

Is a French writer born in Toulouse in 1919. In 1948, he receives the Charles Veillon International Grand Prize in Switzerland. Members of the 1948 Veillon Prize jury included writers André Chamson, Vercors and Louis Guilloux. In 1951, after having worked as a journalist in Toulouse, he is invited to Paris to collaborate with Louis Aragon to the literary journal Europe

Is a French retired football player and manager.

Is a French retired football player and manager.

Was a French politician of the Revolutionary period.His conduct, oratorical talent, and the fact tha

Was a French politician of the Revolutionary period.His conduct, oratorical talent, and the fact that his private life was considered beyond reproach, all made him influential, and he was elected president of the Commune, defending the municipality at the

Is a French film director and screenwriter. He directed the 1963 film Shéhérazade, which starred A

Is a French film director and screenwriter. He directed the 1963 film Shéhérazade, which starred Anna Karina.[1]

Was a French philosopher, priest, scientist, astronomer/astrologer[1], and mathematician, best known

Was a French philosopher, priest, scientist, astronomer/astrologer[1], and mathematician, best known for attempting to reconcile Epicurean atomism with Christianity and for publishing the first official observations of the Transit of Mercury in 1631. The

Was a French scholar, lutenist and composer. After joining the order of the Society of Jesus in Orléans in 1621, he became ordained priest and universal scholar. He was sent to the headquarter of his order in Rome, where he made the acquaintance of his future secular patron, prince Johann Anton I. of Eggenberg (1610–1649), then ambassador of the Habsburgian emperor Ferdinand III to Pope Urban VIII. Probably around 1640, Gaultier returned to the monastery of Caen, where he worked as director of studies until his death in 1681.

Was a French operatic tenor and composer, notable for creating the role of Jason in Cherubini's Méd

Was a French operatic tenor and composer, notable for creating the role of Jason in Cherubini's Médée and for composing the first operatic version of the story that later found fame as Fidelio.

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 the reserves team of Le Mans Union Club 72.

Was a French journalist, a pioneer of modern political reporting, a newspaper publisher and a prolif

Was a French journalist, a pioneer of modern political reporting, a newspaper publisher and a prolific sports organiser. In 1892, he was appointed Chevalier (Knight) of the Légion d'Honneur and in 1900 he was appointed an Officier (Officer) of the Légion d'Honneur.

A French physicist and the Nobel Prize laureate in Physics in 1991.

A French physicist and the Nobel Prize laureate in Physics in 1991.

Was a proficient but minor French sculptor, trained in the excellent atelier of François Girardon w

Was a proficient but minor French sculptor, trained in the excellent atelier of François Girardon who produced a generation of highly competent sculptors for the Bâtiments du Roi.[1] Granier served as a modest member of the extensive team that provided sculpture for the Château de Versailles[2] and its gardens.

Was a French film director. His 1971 film Le Chat won the Best Actor and Best Actress awards at the

Was a French film director. His 1971 film Le Chat won the Best Actor and Best Actress awards at the 21st Berlin International Film Festival.[1]

Is a French former football striker.

Is a French former football striker.

Is a contemporary scholar of ancient Roman architecture and the Latin language, particularly the tex

Is a contemporary scholar of ancient Roman architecture and the Latin language, particularly the texts of the writer Vitruvius. He presently holds the post of Professor of Latin language and civilization at the Université de Provence. He is the author of numerous scholarly treatises, including those on Roman architecture and urbanism, Roman architects, and important critical editions of Vitruvius published in the Collection Budé. In 2005 he was presented with a volume in his honor, Théorie et pratique de l'architecture romaine: la norme et l'expérimentation: études offertes á Pierre Gros, edited by Xavier Lafon et Gilles Sauron.

Was a French singer and composer known for writing Airs de cour (including Cessés mortels de soupir

Was a French singer and composer known for writing Airs de cour (including Cessés mortels de soupirer).[citation needed] Guédron's Est-ce Mars (1613) was especially popular and is known in versions by Sweelinck (keyboard), Scheidt (5 part strings) and Vallet (4 lutes of different sizes).

Is a French political activist. He was the founder of the Paris book shop La Vieille Taupe in 1965 a

Is a French political activist. He was the founder of the Paris book shop La Vieille Taupe in 1965 and later the negationist publishing house of the same name.[1] A former member of Socialisme ou Barbarie, he moved to Pouvoir Ouvrier with Jean-François Lyotard and P. Souyiri.

Was a French rugby union player. He was 1 m 88 tall and weighed 81 kg. He played loosehead prop (occ

Was a French rugby union player. He was 1 m 88 tall and weighed 81 kg. He played loosehead prop (occasionally tighthead as well) for France. His clubs were Racing club de France, and also SCUF.

Was a French track and field athlete who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics and in the 1924 Summer

Was a French track and field athlete who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics and in the 1924 Summer Olympics. In 1920 he finished 13th in the high jump competition.

Is a French actor, voice over artist, producer and casting director. As a visual actor he contribute

Is a French actor, voice over artist, producer and casting director. As a visual actor he contributed to few movies including The Last Horror Movie, but he is better known within the industry for his voiceover skills and contributions. Among the better known projects to which he contributed, we can note the worldwide 'Dolce & Gabbaba Light Blue Pour Homme' TV campaign, the cult Stella Artois English TV commercial "The Hero's Return" in which all the voices (beside the main characters and the females ones) are all his, the also cult Lynx (Axe) French TV commercial

Is a French writer.In 1965, he publishedTombeau pour cinq cent mille soldats (later released in Engl

Is a French writer.In 1965, he publishedTombeau pour cinq cent mille soldats (later released in English as Tomb for 500,000 Soldiers). Based on Guyotot's ordeal as a soldier in the Algerian War, the book earned a cult reputation and became the subject of

Is a French journalist, co-founder of Rue 89. He was deputy editor of Libération from January 2006

Is a French journalist, co-founder of Rue 89. He was deputy editor of Libération from January 2006 till his departure in 2007 from the daily. Haski started his career in 1974 as a journalist for the Agence France-Presse (AFP), and was its correspondent in South Africa from 1976 to 1980. He then joined the staff of the daily Libération in 1981.