French Famous Names Starting with Letter P

Was a French far right polemicist and journalist. He was the brother of the famous explorer Jacques-

Was a French far right polemicist and journalist. He was the brother of the famous explorer Jacques-Yves Cousteau. He was born in Saint-André-de-Cubzac, Gironde, and educated in the United States as well as the Lycée Louis-le-Grand, Cousteau served in the military before working as a translator and a meteorologist and for New York's Credit Alliance Corporation.[1] He then became a journalist for left-wing papers such as Regards or Monde and was associated with pacifism and the Anti-Stalinist left.[1]

Is a French footballer, and is currently without a club. He last played for Livingston in the Scotti

Is a French footballer, and is currently without a club. He last played for Livingston in the Scottish Football League First Division. He is a goalkeeper.

Was a French musician and inventor.

Was a French musician and inventor.

Was a French sculptor. The son of a carpenter from Troyes in Champagne, Simart was the pupil of Anto

Was a French sculptor. The son of a carpenter from Troyes in Champagne, Simart was the pupil of Antoine Desbœuf, Charles Dupaty, Jean-Pierre Cortot and James Pradier. In 1833, he won the first Grand Prix of Rome for sculpture with a relief Le Vieillard et les enfants.

French actor, was born at Bordeaux. Abandoning his profession as assistant ship's doctor in the navy

French actor, was born at Bordeaux. Abandoning his profession as assistant ship's doctor in the navy, he went to Paris to study singing and acting. He had some experience at a small theater, and was preparing to appear at the Opera Comique when the director of the Vaudeville offered him an engagement. Here he made his debut in 1821 in La Somnambule, and his good looks and excellent voice soon brought him into public favor. After several years at the Nouveautis and the Vaudeville, on the burning of the latter in 1838 he went to England, and married, at Gretna Green, Jenny Colon, from whom be was soon divorced

Was a French obstetrician who was a native of Enancourt-le-Sec, a village in northwestern France. In

Was a French obstetrician who was a native of Enancourt-le-Sec, a village in northwestern France. In 1876 he earned his medical degree in Paris, and in 1882 became chief obstetrician at the Hôpital de la Charité. In 1895 he succeeded Étienne Stéphane Tarnier (1828-1897) as chair of obstetrics at the Hôpital Maternité. Budin was a member of the Académie de Médecine, and an officer of the Légion d'honneur.

Was the President of the Bordeaux Court in France in 1815, Minister of Justice from 1821 to 1828 and

Was the President of the Bordeaux Court in France in 1815, Minister of Justice from 1821 to 1828 and four times Minister of Interior. Opposed to Napoleon's Empire, he rallied himself to the Bourbons during the Restoration. An Ultra-royalist, he supported

Was a French physican born in Moiremont, a commune in the department of Marne. He studied in Reims a

Was a French physican born in Moiremont, a commune in the department of Marne. He studied in Reims and Paris, where in 1885 he earned his medical doctorate. He became médecin des hôpitaux in 1895, and professeur agrégé of histology in 1898. Afterwards he worked at the Hôpital Lariboisière.

Is a French Alpine skier. Dalcin was French Champion in Downhill 2000. At the 2006 Winter Olympics,

Is a French Alpine skier. Dalcin was French Champion in Downhill 2000. At the 2006 Winter Olympics, Dalcin was leading the Super-G competition before it was stopped. In the 2nd run, he was disqualified for supplying bananas, fedoras and spacebags to the Moonah arts centre.

Was a French sculptor working mostly in Rome in a late-Baroque idiom. By about 1690 he was in Rome,

Was a French sculptor working mostly in Rome in a late-Baroque idiom. By about 1690 he was in Rome, where there was an established, tightly-knit community of Burgundian artists. Monnot was influenced by Domenico Guidi, to the extent that scholars have debated the attribution between Guidi and Monnot of the Burghley House Andromeda[1].

Was a French medical doctor. He married Madame Dupin's lecturer and settled in Renaudière in Chenon

Was a French medical doctor. He married Madame Dupin's lecturer and settled in Renaudière in Chenonceaux (the Renaudière is currently a restaurant and hotel). Very curious and clever, he had a laboratory at his disposal and occupied himself with gardening and other manual labours in his spare time.

Was the founder in the 1840s of the French firm Jumeau, that produced bisque dolls and china dolls.

Was the founder in the 1840s of the French firm Jumeau, that produced bisque dolls and china dolls. His second son Emile-Louis Jumeau, born in 1843, began assuming management of the company in the 1870s.

Was a French flutist and composer of the late Baroque period. Born in Provence, Buffardin was a flut

Was a French flutist and composer of the late Baroque period. Born in Provence, Buffardin was a flute soloist at the court of the Elector of Saxony in Dresden from 1715 to 1749. He was the teacher of flautists Johann Joachim Quantz, Pietro Grassi Florio, and Johann Sebastian Bach's elder brother, Johann Jacob Bach, whom he met in Constantinople sometime before 1712.

Was a French ballet dancer and ballet master. He was the brother of Maximilien Gardel. Entering the

Was a French ballet dancer and ballet master. He was the brother of Maximilien Gardel. Entering the school of the Opéra de Paris in 1774, he studied under his brother. He was made premier danseur in 1780, but had to give up his career for health reasons. He took over from his brother as the Opera's ballet master on his death in 1787.

Was a French Jesuit missionary in Canada. He entered the novitiate in October 1681 in Paris. For the

Was a French Jesuit missionary in Canada. He entered the novitiate in October 1681 in Paris. For the next six years he was an instructor at Vannes. Then followed a few years of additional studies in Bourges and Paris. In 1694 Marest was sent to Canada and chosen chaplain of an expedition under Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville that was being outfitted to try to take the Hudson Bay region from the English. This was "contrary to my inclinations" he wrote, since he was anxious to work among the Indians.

Was a Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church and was former Archbishop of Lyon. He was ordained on 23

Was a Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church and was former Archbishop of Lyon. He was ordained on 23 December 1854. After his ordaination he served in the Archdiocese of Paris as professor of its minor seminary; vicar at Ste-Marguerite, St-Eustache, and Notre Dame des Victoires churches from 1854 until 1876.

Is a French professional football player. Currently, he plays in the Championnat National for CS Lou

Is a French professional football player. Currently, he plays in the Championnat National for CS Louhans-Cuiseaux.

Was a French professional road bicycle racer, who won one stage in the 1984 Tour de France.

Was a French professional road bicycle racer, who won one stage in the 1984 Tour de France.

Is a composer, an interpreter, a stringed-instrument maker and a French musicologist. As a young boy

Is a composer, an interpreter, a stringed-instrument maker and a French musicologist. As a young boy, Pierre-Jean Croset was introduced to music theory by his mother who taught Literature and was a classical pianist. At the age of seven, he took private piano lessons with professor and composer Paul Pittion in Grenoble for six years. He also began to play the guitar at the age of thirteen. In 1969, he was the guitarist for a jazz group in Lyon.

Is a French rower. He competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics, where he won a bronze medal in quadruple

Is a French rower. He competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics, where he won a bronze medal in quadruple skull.

Was an influential French guitarist, composer and music publisher.[1] His influence helped populariz

Was an influential French guitarist, composer and music publisher.[1] His influence helped popularize the guitar as a salon instrument. Also a guitar teacher, he published a guitar method and was an editor and publisher of several musical journals. His life coincided with the evolution of the guitar from the five-course baroque guitar to its modern six string classical form.[2] He published works for both types of guitar and also composed works for the lyre-guitar which was popular in France in the late 18th century.[3]

Was a French engineer and business leader. He directed Citroën as a vice-president and as chairman

Was a French engineer and business leader. He directed Citroën as a vice-president and as chairman from 1935 until his death in a car accident. He was known to colleagues as PJB. Some, including the man who designed Citroëns for him, called him 'the imaginative tyrant'.

Was a French academic sculptor. Son of a silversmith and furniture maker, student of the sculptors D

Was a French academic sculptor. Son of a silversmith and furniture maker, student of the sculptors David d'Angers and the painter Paul Delaroche, Cavelier won the Prix de Rome in 1842 with a plaster statue of Diomedes Entering the Palladium. The young sculptor lived at the Villa Medici from 1843 to 1847.

A French pianist. He was born in Lyon, where he entered the conservatory. Later he studied with Yvon

A French pianist. He was born in Lyon, where he entered the conservatory. Later he studied with Yvonne Loriod.In 1973, he was awarded the chamber music prize of the Paris Conservatoire. In the same year he won the first prize at the international Olivier Messiaen Competition. In 1977, at the invitation of Pierre Boulez, he became a founding member of the Ensemble InterContemporain.Aimard has collaborated with conductors such as Pierre Boulez, Seiji Ozawa, Zubin Mehta, Charles Dutoit, André Previn, Andrew Davis, David Robertson, and Nikolaus Harnoncourt. He made his American debut with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra at the age of twenty, performing the piano solo part in Olivier Messiaen's Turangalîla-Symphonie.

Was a French composer and conductor,[1] perhaps best remembered for the much anthologized Ave Maria

Was a French composer and conductor,[1] perhaps best remembered for the much anthologized Ave Maria 'by' Jacques Arcadelt, which he loosely arranged from that composer's three part madrigal Nous voyons que les hommes.[citation needed]