French Famous Names Starting with Letter P

Was a French association footballer. He played for FC Mulhouse and FC Sochaux, and earned 12 caps an

Was a French association footballer. He played for FC Mulhouse and FC Sochaux, and earned 12 caps and scored 2 goals for the France national football team, and was included in the 1934 FIFA World Cup finals squad.[1]

Is a French organist, pedagogue and composer. Pierre Labric studied at the Paris Conservatoire with

Is a French organist, pedagogue and composer. Pierre Labric studied at the Paris Conservatoire with Marcel Dupré and Maurice Duruflé. Later, he studied organ privately with Jeanne Demessieux, whose complete organ works he recorded on LP. During Jeanne Demessieux's tenure as titular organist at La Madeleine in Paris, he was her assistant and substitute. He also substituted for Pierre Cochereau at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris. Pierre Labric recorded the complete organ symphonies of Louis Vierne and Charles-Marie Widor (both as world premiere recordings), the Preludes and Fugues of Camille Saint-Saëns and the complete Promenades en Provence of Eugène Reuchsel.

Is a Québécois poet, born at Mont-Joli, Quebec. He now lives in Trois-Rivières.Very involved in t

Is a Québécois poet, born at Mont-Joli, Quebec. He now lives in Trois-Rivières.Very involved in the social and cultural milieu of the region, he was president of the Société des Écrivains de la Mauricie, co-founder and editor of les Éditions Cobalt, and c

Was a French Egyptologist and philologist. He served as Egypt's director of antiquities from 1914 un

Was a French Egyptologist and philologist. He served as Egypt's director of antiquities from 1914 until 1936, and oversaw the 1922 discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun in the Valley of the Kings by Howard Carter.

Is a French painter.He studied at the Académie Julian in Paris in 1956 then studied at the École n

Is a French painter.He studied at the Académie Julian in Paris in 1956 then studied at the École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts from 1959 to 1961.

Was a French positivist. Residing at Paris as a teacher of mathematics, he became a disciple of Augu

Was a French positivist. Residing at Paris as a teacher of mathematics, he became a disciple of Auguste Comte, who appointed him his literary executor. On the schism of the Positivist body which followed Comte's death, he was recognized as head of the section which accepted the full Comtian doctrine; the other section adhered to Émile Littré,

Was a French Basque priest and author born in Louhossoa on 21 May 1901 and died 23 February 1985 in

Was a French Basque priest and author born in Louhossoa on 21 May 1901 and died 23 February 1985 in Bayonne (Labourd).[1] Orphaned at the age of seven, Lafitte was raised by his aunt and uncle in Ithorots, where he went to the local school. From 1914 he continued his education at the Seminary in Urt from where he graduated in 1919. He was ordained on 13 July 1924 and taught at the Catholic Institute of Toulouse for a number of years until returning to the French Basque Country where he eventually settled in Ustaritz for good. He contributed to many Basque and Basque-related publications, including Eskualduna and Gure Herria.[1]

Is a French football player who currently plays for AS Saint-Priest in the Championnat de France Ama

Is a French football player who currently plays for AS Saint-Priest in the Championnat de France Amateurs.

A French historian and politician, was born at Chambéry (Savoie). His magnum opus was his Histoire

A French historian and politician, was born at Chambéry (Savoie). His magnum opus was his Histoire de Napoleon I (5 vols., 1867-1875 and 1886; Eng. trans., 4 vols, 1871-1879), which ceased at the end of 1811 with the preparations for the Russian campaign of 1812. This book, based on the emperor's correspondence published in 1858-1870, attempted the destruction of the legends which had grown up around his subject, and sought by a critical examination of the documents to explain the motives of his policy.

Is a French sprint canoer who competed in the early 1980s. At the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, he

Is a French sprint canoer who competed in the early 1980s. At the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, he finished ninth in the C-2 500 m event while withdrawing prior to the heats of the C-1 1000 m event.

Was a composer, pianist, and husband of Paule Maurice. Lantier wrote Sicilienne pour saxophone alto

Was a composer, pianist, and husband of Paule Maurice. Lantier wrote Sicilienne pour saxophone alto et piano.[1]

Was a French philosopher. As professor of philosophy at the University of Toulouse, he was unsuccess

Was a French philosopher. As professor of philosophy at the University of Toulouse, he was unsuccessful and incurred the displeasure of the French parliament by his thesis on the rights of property in connection with taxation. Subsequently he came to Paris, where he was appointed professor of logic in the École Normale and lectured in the Prytanée.

Was a French literary critic, journalist and essayist. He became Director of the École des Hautes-Études. He was an agrégé in philosophy, contemporary with Henri Vaugeois and Louis Dimier. As a young man he was a strong nationalist and anti-Dreyfusard. He was the leading literary critic of Action française, and author of the first work on Charles Maurras. Along with Georges Valois, Lasserre was one of the first to work to incorporate Nietzschean themes into neoroyalism.

Is a former football (soccer) player who played as a forward. He started his career at ESA Brive, ha

Is a former football (soccer) player who played as a forward. He started his career at ESA Brive, had 2 spells with Bastia and, in between, Leeds United, although it was a short stay and he only made 4 appearances (2 of them as a substitute[1][2]). He retired in 2003, on the fringes of the first team at Strasbourg.

Was a French politician. He was four times President of the council of ministers of the Third Republ

Was a French politician. He was four times President of the council of ministers of the Third Republic, twice consecutively. Following France's Armistice with Germany in 1940, he served twice in the Vichy Regime as head of government, signing orders permitting the deportation of foreign Jews from French soil to the death camps. After Liberation (1945), he was arrested, found guilty of high treason, and executed by firing squad. The controversy surrounding his political activities has generated a dozen biographies.

Was a French professional road bicycle racer.

Was a French professional road bicycle racer.

Was a French sculptor, active almost exclusively in Baroque Rome. Nowadays, his name is commonly wri

Was a French sculptor, active almost exclusively in Baroque Rome. Nowadays, his name is commonly written Legros, while he himself always signed as Le Gros; he is frequently referred to either as 'the Younger' or 'Pierre II' to distinguish him from his fat

Was a French sculptor whose output was largely absorbed by the decoration of the château and the ga

Was a French sculptor whose output was largely absorbed by the decoration of the château and the gardens of Versailles, often working to designs provided by Charles Le Brun and collaborating with other sculptors of the Bâtiments du Roi. His son, Pierre Le

Was a French architect famous for his book Manière de bâtir pour toutes sortes de personnes (1623

Was a French architect famous for his book Manière de bâtir pour toutes sortes de personnes (1623 and 1647)[1], and for the châteaux he constructed, most notably Tanlay in Burgundy, as well as some modest houses in Paris, the grandest of which, the Hôtel d’Avaux (1644-1650) survives and has recently been restored to a semblance of its seveneenth-century condition.

French churchmen. In his youth he joined the Order of Canons Regular of St. Augustine and in 1318 be

French churchmen. In his youth he joined the Order of Canons Regular of St. Augustine and in 1318 became abbot of Saint-Sernin, Toulouse. Close advisor of Pope John XXII. Papal nuncio in Sicily in 1317. Vice-Chancellor of the Holy Roman Church from 1319 until his death. In the consistory of December 20, 1320 he was created Cardinal Priest with the title of S. Stefano in Monte Celio. He died at Avignon, at the age of ca. 70.

He acting career starting in the theatrical scene in 1975, after graduating from the National Theate

He acting career starting in the theatrical scene in 1975, after graduating from the National Theater School He played in various plays until the 1990s and one television series in 1978. However it was in 1997 that his career became more prominent with his first major role in Les Boys, playing the role of Meo, who is a friend of Stan (played by Remy Girard) and businessman in which threaten to take Stan's bar if his garage league hockey team did not defeat this own squad made consisting of several tough players, albeit the Boys had defeated Meo's team. From the second movie,

Is the current manager of Qatari side Al Rayyan. Lechantre is a French coach who won the 2000 Africa

Is the current manager of Qatari side Al Rayyan. Lechantre is a French coach who won the 2000 African Cup of Nations with Cameroon.He had also a playing career before he became a coach.

Is a French historian of law and psychoanalyst. Legendre holds a position of research director at th

Is a French historian of law and psychoanalyst. Legendre holds a position of research director at the École pratique des hautes études. His work is primarily devoted to the history of juristic institutions and concepts (Roman law and Canon law) and to the anthropology of Western civilization[1][2].8

Was a French ornemaniste, a prolific designer of ornament that presages the coming Rococo style, and

Was a French ornemaniste, a prolific designer of ornament that presages the coming Rococo style, and an engraver. He was the son of Jean Lepautre and brother of Antoine Lepautre. His appointment in 1699 as Dessinatueur in the Bâtiments du Roi, the official design department of the French monarchy, headed by Robert de Cotte in the declining years of Louis XIV, was signalled by the historian of the Rococo, Fiske Kimball, as a starting point in the genesis of the new style.

Was born at Bercy, now a part of Paris, the son of an artisan. In 1840 he published his treatise De

Was born at Bercy, now a part of Paris, the son of an artisan. In 1840 he published his treatise De l'humanité (2nd ed. 1845), which contains the fullest exposition of his system, and was regarded as he philosophical manifesto of the Humanitarians. In 1841 he established the Revue indépendante, with the aid of George Sand, over whom he had great influence. Her Spiridion, which was dedicated to him, Sept cordes de la lyre, Consuelo, and La Comtesse de Rudolstadt, were written under the Humanitarian inspiration.