French Famous Names Starting with Letter W

Is a French football player of Tunisian descent who currently plays for Championnat National club SC

Is a French football player of Tunisian descent who currently plays for Championnat National club SC Bastia. A native of Ajaccio, Khazri started his career with local side Jeunesse Sportive Ajaccio before moving to SC Bastia. He received his first call up to the senior squad for their match against Amiens SC on February 20, 2009

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 ES Viry-Châtillon.

Is a French football player who is currently playing for Gimnàstic de Tarragona. He is the brother

Is a French football player who is currently playing for Gimnàstic de Tarragona. He is the brother of CS Louhans-Cuiseaux defender Sofiane Cherfa. He is of Algerian descent.

Is a French football player of Algerian descent who is currently playing as a forward for FC Istres

Is a French football player of Algerian descent who is currently playing as a forward for FC Istres in the French Championnat National.

Is a French former professional cyclist. He has raced in every Tour de France from 2000 until 2006.

Is a French former professional cyclist. He has raced in every Tour de France from 2000 until 2006.

Is a retired French hammer thrower. His personal best throw is 78.50 metres, achieved in May 1985 in

Is a retired French hammer thrower. His personal best throw is 78.50 metres, achieved in May 1985 in Bourg-en-Bresse.

Was a Scholastic philosopher, and theologian. He was educated in the schools of Tournai. From 1136 t

Was a Scholastic philosopher, and theologian. He was educated in the schools of Tournai. From 1136 to 1144 he taught at the celebrated School of St Genevieve in Paris. From Paris he went to Laon and was made bishop of that see. His principal works are a treatise on the Holy Trinity and six "Opuscula". Of the "Opuscula" five are published in Lucas d'Achéry's "Spicilegium" (Paris, 1723) and the sixth in P.L. (CLXXXVI, 1052). A logical commentary which is contained in MS. 17813 of the Bibliothèque Nationale and which was published in part by Barthélemy Hauréau in 1892 is also ascribed to him. Finally, there is extant a letter written by him to Abelard in which he expounds the Platonic view that the body is an obstacle to the higher operations and aspirations of the soul.

Is a former French rugby union footballer. He was a part of the French national team which won the 1

Is a former French rugby union footballer. He was a part of the French national team which won the 1968 Grand Slam in the Five Nations. He was also a part of the French side which won the Five Nations in 1967 and 1973. He played for France over 50 times. He played at number 8, lock and flanker. He famously had a very stormy relationship with his brother, Claude, who was also an international rugby player for France.

Is a French composer and conductor. Taieb is the composer of The Alchemist's Symphony with Juilliard

Is a French composer and conductor. Taieb is the composer of The Alchemist's Symphony with Juilliard professor Philip Lasser (1997) RCA Red Seal USA. Editions Alphonse Leduc France. He studied conducting with Rolf Reuter in Berlin.

Is a Malian basketball player who last played for The Patterson School after previously playing for

Is a Malian basketball player who last played for The Patterson School after previously playing for Stade Malien of the Malian Basketball League while in High School. He is also a member of the Mali national basketball team. Coulibaly played in the 2007 F

Is a French defender who currently plays for Amiens SC.

Is a French defender who currently plays for Amiens SC.

Is a rugby union footballer, who currently plays for the Biarritz club in the Top 14 French premiers

Is a rugby union footballer, who currently plays for the Biarritz club in the Top 14 French premiership. His usual position is flank. He has also been selected to play for the French national team.

Is a German-born French mathematician working in the area of self-avoiding random walks, Schramm-Loe

Is a German-born French mathematician working in the area of self-avoiding random walks, Schramm-Loewner evolution, and related theories in probability theory and mathematical physics.

Is a French football player of Guadeloupean origin who currently plays for Ligue 3 club Lamorlay. He

Is a French football player of Guadeloupean origin who currently plays for Ligue 3 club Lamorlay. He plays as right back capable of also playing as a wing-back on the same side. Wilfred is a French youth international and has represented his nation at all levels of youth. He was a part of those invited for the 2010 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship on home soil. On 18 June 2006,

Is a retired French decathlete. He finished sixth at the 1999 World Championships and twentieth at t

Is a retired French decathlete. He finished sixth at the 1999 World Championships and twentieth at the 2000 Olympic Games. His personal best result was 8312 points, achieved in May 1999 in Arles.

Is a French slalom canoer who competed from the early 1990s to the early 2000s. Competing in three S

Is a French slalom canoer who competed from the early 1990s to the early 2000s. Competing in three Summer Olympics, he won two medals in the C-2 event with a gold in 1996 and a bronze in 1992.

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 FC Bourg-Péronnas. He played on the professional level in Scottish Football League First Division for Raith Rovers F.C..

Is a French footballer currently playing at Standard de Liège. His brother Stéphane Dalmat plays a

Is a French footballer currently playing at Standard de Liège. His brother Stéphane Dalmat plays at Sochaux from season 2007-08. He played along with his elder brother in Spain's Racing Santander in season 2005-06, where he joined from loan.

Is a French footballer currently playing for Woking. He was previously contracted to French club AS

Is a French footballer currently playing for Woking. He was previously contracted to French club AS Nancy, but only appeared for their B team. After scoring a hat-trick for Yeovil Town reserves he was handed his senior debut when he came on as a substitute at Brighton in a 2-1 win

Is a French professional football player. Currently, he plays in the Ligue 2 for Tours. He played fo

Is a French professional football player. Currently, he plays in the Ligue 2 for Tours. He played for the main squad of FC Girondins de Bordeaux on December 19, 2007 in a final group stage game of the 2007–08 UEFA Cup against Panionios F.C., coming on as a substitute in the 81st minute and scoring a winning goal on the 87th minute.

Is a French footballer who is playing for Bulgarian side PFC Litex Lovech as a forward.

Is a French footballer who is playing for Bulgarian side PFC Litex Lovech as a forward.

Was a French poet, writer and art critic born in Italy to a Polish mother.Among the foremost poets o

Was a French poet, writer and art critic born in Italy to a Polish mother.Among the foremost poets of the early 20th century, he is credited with coining the word "surrealism" and writing one of the earliest works described as surrealist, the play Les Mam

Was a curator at the Musée du Louvre, an archaeological researcher and collector of antiquities in

Was a curator at the Musée du Louvre, an archaeological researcher and collector of antiquities in Paris.[1] As a historian, he publicly rejected Gustave Flaubert's depiction of infanticide in Punic culture, described in Salammbô.[2] Among his private purchases was the Nazareth Inscription, an imperial Roman inscription in Greek that was sent to him from Nazareth. Unfortunately, part of his working library was lost in the fire at the Duchess Anna Amalia Library in 2004.[3]

Was a minor French Romantic writer. He was a fervent admirer of Victor Hugo and of the "modern schoo

Was a minor French Romantic writer. He was a fervent admirer of Victor Hugo and of the "modern school" of Romantic literature. He published in Parisian literary journals such as La Presse, and was a member of the Société des gens de lettres. In 1844, he published a handboook for and defense of Romantic prosody titled Prosodie de l'école moderne, which had a brief introduction by Hugo and a longer introduction by Emile Deschamps. Ténint's handbook mistakenly claimed that the unique,

Is a French retired professional footballer, the son of former French international player Jean-Noë

Is a French retired professional footballer, the son of former French international player Jean-Noël Huck. He currently plays for amateur club SJA Le Poiré-sur-Vie.