French Famous Names Starting with Letter P

Is a retired French football (soccer) defender.

Is a retired French football (soccer) defender.

Is a French swimmer and multiple Paralympic gold medallist. He first represented France at the 1992

Is a French swimmer and multiple Paralympic gold medallist. He first represented France at the 1992 Summer Paralympics in Barcelona, winning five gold medals, a silver and two bronze. He represented France again at the 1996 Games, taking a gold, a silver and two bronze. He won three silver medals at the 2000 Summer Paralympics, and then a gold and two bronze in 2004.[2]

Was a French professional road bicycle racer.

Was a French professional road bicycle racer.

Is a former professional tennis player from France. During his career he won 2 doubles titles. He ac

Is a former professional tennis player from France. During his career he won 2 doubles titles. He achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 44 in 1981 and a career-high doubles ranking of World No. 118 in 1984.

Is a French journalist, co-founder of Rue 89 along with Arnaud Aubron, Laurent Mauriac, and Pierre H

Is a French journalist, co-founder of Rue 89 along with Arnaud Aubron, Laurent Mauriac, and Pierre Haski. Pascal Riché is a former alumni of Sciences Po and of the Centre de formation des journalistes (CFJ) journalist school. He started his journalist career in Ouest-France, the largest regional newspaper in France, and La Tribune de l'Economie, before joining Libération in 1989. There, he headed the economy service until 2000, when he was named Washington bureau chief (2000-2006). He then became Op-ed editor of the daily.

Is a French sprint canoer who competed from the late 1980s to the mid 1990s. He won two medals in th

Is a French sprint canoer who competed from the late 1980s to the mid 1990s. He won two medals in the C-4 500 m event at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with a silver (1991) and a bronze (1989).

Is a retired judoka from France. He claimed the silver medal in the Men's Middleweight (– 86 kg) d

Is a retired judoka from France. He claimed the silver medal in the Men's Middleweight (– 86 kg) division at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. In the final he was defeated by Poland's Waldemar Legien.

Is a former footballer, later football manager. He was born 10 December 1956 in Caen (France). Pasca

Is a former footballer, later football manager. He was born 10 December 1956 in Caen (France). Pascal Théault was contracted to Stade Malherbe Caen for his entire football career, including a role as manager starting in November 2000.

Is a former French footballer of Tahitian descent, who played mostly as a speedy left winger. Discov

Is a former French footballer of Tahitian descent, who played mostly as a speedy left winger. Discovered by legendary club manager Guy Roux, who was vacationing in Tahiti, Vahirua moved to AJ Auxerre's youth academy in 1982, aged 16. He went on to amass nearly 400 official appearances for the club in nine full professional seasons, although he made his league debuts on September 25, 1984, in a 3–1 home success against Stade Brestois 29.

Is a French actress.

Is a French actress.

Is a French musicologist and a composer of contemporary music, more specifically microtonal music. S

Is a French musicologist and a composer of contemporary music, more specifically microtonal music. She is particularly known for exploiting very dense microtonal scales such as 1/12 tone or 1/16 and beyond[1] for the particular perception properties they imply. Her works are created in France and abroad: Darmstadt, American Festival of Microtonal Music (New York), Ircam, Radio-France, Manca, Today Musics, Midem, Presences, Intermusica, Ars Electronica, Ijsbrecker Institute, Archipelago Festival, Ilkhom XX (Tashkent), Simn (Bucharest).[1]..

Is a French racing cyclist participating in road and track cycling events. At the 2010 UCI Track Cyc

Is a French racing cyclist participating in road and track cycling events. At the 2010 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, Jeuland won the gold medal in the scratch event.

Is an Israeli film director, journalist and paralympic athlete. Bercovitch was born in France to Jew

Is an Israeli film director, journalist and paralympic athlete. Bercovitch was born in France to Jewish parents. In her youth, she was an athletics champion of Picardy. On 13 December 1984, aged 17, she slipped while in a train station in Angers and got pulled under an incoming train, causing the amputation of both of her legs above the knee[1]. She was preparing at the time to immigrate to Israel, fulfilling her plans shortly later and volunteering to serve with the Israel Defense Forces. Following her military service she began practicing disabled sports, attempting to achieve the criteria for the 1992 Summer Paralympics.

Was a French actress.For her performance in the Éric Rohmer film, Les Nuits de la pleine lune (Full

Was a French actress.For her performance in the Éric Rohmer film, Les Nuits de la pleine lune (Full Moon in Paris), Ogier was nominated for a César Award for Best Actress and won the best actress award at the 1984 Venice Film Festival. Shortly afterwards, at age 25 — on the day before she was to celebrate her 26th birthday — Ogier died of a heart attack.

Is a former professional tennis player from France. She was the World Junior Champion in women's sin

Is a former professional tennis player from France. She was the World Junior Champion in women's singles in 1983. Although she failed to reach the heights predicted for her at that time, she did reach the quarter finals at Wimbledon in 1988 before falling to Steffi Graf. She finished 1988 ranked number 20 on the WTA rankings

Is a poet and editor. She grew up in France and Wales. She trained as a sculptor at the Royal Colleg

Is a poet and editor. She grew up in France and Wales. She trained as a sculptor at the Royal College of Art and has travelled in the Venezuelan Amazon and China.The Zoo Father was a Poetry Book Society Recommendation. The Huntress and The Zoo Father were

Is a French businesswoman. She was President of Eurospace, the Association of European Space Industr

Is a French businesswoman. She was President of Eurospace, the Association of European Space Industry, an international non profit organisation which gathers 90% of the European space industrialists, from 2002 to 2008. Pascale Sourisse is Chevalier of the Legion of Honour and Officer of the National Order of Merit.

Is a French fencer and olympic champion in foil competition. She received a gold medal in foil at th

Is a French fencer and olympic champion in foil competition. She received a gold medal in foil at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow.[1] She also received a gold medal in foil team with the French team.

Was a French Renaissance composer[1]. Not much of his life is known. He was in Lyons between 1559 an

Was a French Renaissance composer[1]. Not much of his life is known. He was in Lyons between 1559 and 1565, and was married in the latter year. In his youth he is known to have visited Italy, but the exact years are not known. He was the protégé of the protestant Seigneurs (Lords) de la Marck and in 1582 he worked for Charles III, Duke of Lorraine. In 1584 he was in the service of the Abbot of Valmont; also that year he won the harpe d'argent (the silver harp) on the musical competition (called a "Puy") at Evreux, for his five-voice motet Ecce quam bonum et quam jucundum. His works show that he belonged to the Huguenot circles of his days.

Was a theologist, influential pastor, notable member of the French Resistance, and a French essayist

Was a theologist, influential pastor, notable member of the French Resistance, and a French essayist, and a notable voice in the ecumenical movement. Boegner was educated in Orléans, and later Paris, where he studied law. Poor eyesight was an obstacle to his pursuit of a career within the navy but after a spiritual conversion experience he entered the Faculty for Theology in Paris and in 1905 was ordained a pastor of the Reformed Church of France

A professional French heavyweight kickboxer and martial artist, fighting out of Évry, Essonne, Fran

A professional French heavyweight kickboxer and martial artist, fighting out of Évry, Essonne, France. He is two time French and European Muay Thai champion and current IKF Muay Thai Super Heavyweight World champion.[1]

Is a French football player.Patrice is fondly remembered in Sunderland for scoring in the heated Tyn

Is a French football player.Patrice is fondly remembered in Sunderland for scoring in the heated Tyne Wear derby for Sunderland, but he did nothing else whilst at the club.

Is a former professional footballer.

Is a former professional footballer.

Is a former French biathlete. He won at the 1994 Olympics in Lillehammer a bronze medal with the Fre

Is a former French biathlete. He won at the 1994 Olympics in Lillehammer a bronze medal with the French relay team. 1995 he won the world title in the sprint event and came second with the French relay team. In 1994 he won the overall World Cup

Is a French football player. He is currently Manager of Dijon FCO. Carteron is fondly remembered in

Is a French football player. He is currently Manager of Dijon FCO. Carteron is fondly remembered in Sunderland for scoring in the heated Tyne Wear derby for Sunderland in 2001.[1] Carteron also spent a significant amount of time at AS Saint-Etienne.