French Famous Names Starting with Letter S

Is a French-born Algerian professional football player who is currently playing for Pacy Vallée-d'E

Is a French-born Algerian professional football player who is currently playing for Pacy Vallée-d'Eure in the Championnat National. A product of the PSG Academy, he left the club at age 19 when he was not offered a professional contract. He then joined Nîmes Olympique who were playing in Ligue 2 but made just two appearances for the club. He spent the next few seasons bouncing around in the amateur leagues with FUSC Bois-Guillaume and CMS Oissel. In the summer of 2007, he joined Pacy Vallée-d'Eure.

Is a French football midfielder of Algerian origin who currently plays for Grenoble Foot 38 in Franc

Is a French football midfielder of Algerian origin who currently plays for Grenoble Foot 38 in France's Ligue 1.Sofiane Feghouli began his career with Grenoble Foot 38. During the 2006/07 season, he made three Ligue 2 appearances for Grenoble.

Is a French-born Algerian football player who is currently playing for Nantes in Ligue 2. He plays a

Is a French-born Algerian football player who is currently playing for Nantes in Ligue 2. He plays as an attacking midfielder and was formerly a France youth international. In November 2009, Hanni announced his intent to represent Algeria on international level, though he is still currently eligible to play for France.

Is a French football player of Algerian origin who is currently playing for AS Cannes in the French

Is a French football player of Algerian origin who is currently playing for AS Cannes in the French Championnat National.

Is a French-Algerian football player who is currently playing for CS Sedan-Ardennes in Ligue 2. He i

Is a French-Algerian football player who is currently playing for CS Sedan-Ardennes in Ligue 2. He is the older brother of Toulouse FC defender Walid Cherfa.

Is an Islamic religious leader and author and would-be French politician. Bencheikh graduated in Isl

Is an Islamic religious leader and author and would-be French politician. Bencheikh graduated in Islamic theology at Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt, and at the Free University of Brussels, Belgium. He holds a doctorate in Religious Sciences from the Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes (EPHE), Paris, France. He was nominated as Grand Mufti of Marseille, France[1], in 1995 by the Great Mosque of Paris. He is a member of the Conseil Français du Culte Musulman (Council of French Muslims) since its creation in 2003.

Is a Senegalese novelist and poet.She was born in Dakar. She studied at Dakar University and obtaine

Is a Senegalese novelist and poet.She was born in Dakar. She studied at Dakar University and obtained there a Business Law Master's degree. Later she went to France where she obtained a DESS of Maritime Law and lived almost ten years. She joined humanitar

Was a Greek track and field athlete. He competed at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens. Lagoudakis w

Was a Greek track and field athlete. He competed at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens. Lagoudakis was one of 17 athletes to start the marathon race. He finished last of the nine athletes to have completed the race.

Was a French pacifist activist and politician,She led Europe-Ecologie list for the first European el

Was a French pacifist activist and politician,She led Europe-Ecologie list for the first European elections in 1979. This list got 4.39% of votes, with a total of 888,134 votes. n 1984 she participated in the foundation of the Green Party.

Is a French sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres. She competed in the 200 metres at the 2003 W

Is a French sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres. She competed in the 200 metres at the 2003 World Indoor Championships, and then in the 400 metres at the 2003 World Championships, the 2005 World Championships, the 2006 European Championships, the 2007 World Championships and the 2009 World Championships without reaching the final.[1] She won the bronze medal at the 2005 Jeux de la Francophonie.[2]

Is a French alpine skier and two time Paralympic Champion. She competed in the 2006 Winter Paralympi

Is a French alpine skier and two time Paralympic Champion. She competed in the 2006 Winter Paralympics in Turin, Italy. She won a gold medal in the Super-G and Downhill, a silver medal in Slalom, and a bronze medal in the Giant Slalom, standing.

Is a French swimmer.Figuès represented France in the 1996 Atlanta Olympics and the 2004 Sydney Olym

Is a French swimmer.Figuès represented France in the 1996 Atlanta Olympics and the 2004 Sydney Olympics.

Is a French football player who currently plays for the Washington Freedom of Women's Professional S

Is a French football player who currently plays for the Washington Freedom of Women's Professional Soccer. She primarily plays in the midfield position, preferably on the left side. Bompastor can also play in the left back position.

A French actress and former Miss France (2000) she has also competed at Miss Universe. She is the fi

A French actress and former Miss France (2000) she has also competed at Miss Universe. She is the first African-born Miss France pagant winner.Born to a Tutsi mother and a French father, the family fled the civil unrest in Rwanda in 1990 to the neighbouring country of Burundi. With the growing unrest that led to the Burundi Civil War, they emigrated to France in 1994.In October 1999, Sonia Rolland won the "Miss Burgundy" beauty contest that allowed her to compete for the Miss France 2000 title, which she won. At the Miss Universe 2000 pageant, which took place in Cyprus, Rolland was a top 10 semi-finalist, placing 9th overall.

Is a French footballer currently playing for National club SC Bastia. He plays in the volante positi

Is a French footballer currently playing for National club SC Bastia. He plays in the volante position, but can also be utilized as an attacker. Sony was trained at the Centre de Formation de Football de Paris, commonly called CFFP, in the heart of Paris[1] before moving to his hometown club CM Aubervilliers. Following a stint there,

Was a member of the French Resistance during World War II. The daughter of a Russian Jew, Eli Olscha

Was a member of the French Resistance during World War II. The daughter of a Russian Jew, Eli Olschanezky, a chemical engineer who worked as a sales representative for a manufacture of ladies' stockings, she was seven years old when the family moved to Paris, France and her father opened a lingerie shop in Paris. Olschanezky was a good student but her main ambition was to become a dancer, and after leaving school she worked as an au pair.

Is a former professional tennis player . She was born in France on November 10, 1963 and played on t

Is a former professional tennis player . She was born in France on November 10, 1963 and played on the WTA tour from 1980 to 1995. She reached the quarter finals of the Australian Open in 1984 and played in 10 French Opens.

Was a French aeronaut and the wife of ballooning pioneer Jean-Pierre Blanchard. Blanchard was the fi

Was a French aeronaut and the wife of ballooning pioneer Jean-Pierre Blanchard. Blanchard was the first woman to work as a professional balloonist, and after her husband's death she continued ballooning, making more than 60 ascents. Known throughout Europe for her ballooning exploits, Blanchard entertained Napoleon Bonaparte, who promoted her to the role of "Aeronaut of the Official Festivals",

Is a French writer, photographer, installation artist, and conceptual artist. Calle's work is distin

Is a French writer, photographer, installation artist, and conceptual artist. Calle's work is distinguished by its use of arbitrary sets of constraints, and evokes the French literary movement of the 1960s known as Oulipo. Her work frequently depicts huma

Best known as Madame de Condorcet, was a prominent salon hostess from 1789 to the Reign of Terror, a

Best known as Madame de Condorcet, was a prominent salon hostess from 1789 to the Reign of Terror, and again from 1799 until her death in 1822. She was the wife and then the widow of the mathematician and philosopher Nicolas de Condorcet, who died during

Is an Olympic and National-Record holding breaststroke swimmer from France. She swam for France at t

Is an Olympic and National-Record holding breaststroke swimmer from France. She swam for France at the 2008 Olympics.[2] At the 2009 French Championships in April, she bettered the French Records in the 50 m and 200 m breaststroke to 30.96 and 2:25.19.

Is a female archer from France.At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing Dodemont finished her ranking

Is a female archer from France.At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing Dodemont finished her ranking round with a total of 632 points. This gave her the 32nd seed for the final competition bracket in which she faced Anja Hitzler in the first round. Hitzler

Sophie Lacaze studied music at the Conservatoire de Toulouse, and continued at the Ecole Normale de

Sophie Lacaze studied music at the Conservatoire de Toulouse, and continued at the Ecole Normale de Musique de Paris, where she received the Composition Prize. Afterwards, she studied with Allain Gaussin, Philippe Manoury and Antoine Tisne in France, and with Franco Donatoni and Ennio Morricone in Italy. She also engaged in music theatre with Georges Aperghis at the Centre Acanthes, and attended Pierre Boulez's courses in Collège de France.

Is a professional French tennis player. On September 15, 2003, she reached her highest WTA singles r

Is a professional French tennis player. On September 15, 2003, she reached her highest WTA singles ranking of 216. Her highest doubles ranking was 87 reached in May 18, 2009.

Sophie Marceau was born Sophie Danièle Sylvie Maupu, the second child of Benoît and Simone Maupu.

Sophie Marceau was born Sophie Danièle Sylvie Maupu, the second child of Benoît and Simone Maupu. Her father, Benoît, a veteran of the Algerian War, worked as a truck driver, painter, and bartender; her mother, Simone, was a demonstrator in department sto