French Famous Names Starting with Letter X

Is a French footballer who plays for French club ES Fréjus. He formerly played for CS Louhans-Cuise

Is a French footballer who plays for French club ES Fréjus. He formerly played for CS Louhans-Cuiseaux, ES Viry-Châtillon and La Roche VF in France, Bradford City, Darlington and Walsall in England, FC Meyrin in Switzerland and Airdrie United and Grentna in Scotland.

Is a French actor, film director and screenwriter. His film N'oublie pas que tu vas mourir was enter

Is a French actor, film director and screenwriter. His film N'oublie pas que tu vas mourir was entered into the 1995 Cannes Film Festival where it won the Jury Prize at the 1995 Cannes Film Festival.[1] His upcoming film, Of Gods and Men, received the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival.[2]

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 Pau FC. He played on the professional level in Ligue 1 for CS Sedan Ardennes and AC Ajaccio and in Ligue 2 for AC Ajaccio, FC Metz, FC Gueugnon and FC Istres.

Is a French Freestyle skiier,.[1] He started skiing when he was 2 years old and has been with Rossig

Is a French Freestyle skiier,.[1] He started skiing when he was 2 years old and has been with Rossignol since 2004

Is a French snowboarder who competes in snowboard-cross. He competed for France at the 2006 Winter O

Is a French snowboarder who competes in snowboard-cross. He competed for France at the 2006 Winter Olympics, but did not advance to the quarterfinals. At the FIS Snowboarding World Championships 2009 he won a silver medal. He is set to compete for France

Is a French competition rower and Olympic champion. Dorfmann won a gold medal in Lightweight coxless

Is a French competition rower and Olympic champion. Dorfmann won a gold medal in Lightweight coxless fours, at the 2000 Summer Olympics .[1]

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 SO Romorantin.

Is a French economist, currently a Professor of Finance at the New York University Stern School of B

Is a French economist, currently a Professor of Finance at the New York University Stern School of Business. He has been listed among the top 8 young economists in the world by The Economist.[1]

Is a retired French rugby player. Garbajosa was born on 5 December 1976 in Toulouse. He plays in the

Is a retired French rugby player. Garbajosa was born on 5 December 1976 in Toulouse. He plays in the back-line as a winger, center or full-back. He spent most of his career playing for the Stade Toulousain and moved to the Aviron Bayonnais in the French Top 14 club competition in 2007. With Toulouse, he won the French championship in 1999 and 2001, as well as the European Cup in 2003 and 2005.. Between 2001 and 2003, he was the top-scorer in the French Top 14 for 3 consecutive years.

Is a French film director. He narrated and produced the French Zombie film La horde[10] who is direc

Is a French film director. He narrated and produced the French Zombie film La horde[10] who is directed by Yannick Dahan and Benjamin Rocher.[11] The film was released on 10 February 2010[12] over IFC Films.[13]

Is a French film director and screenwriter. He has directed nine films since 1993.

Is a French film director and screenwriter. He has directed nine films since 1993.

Is a French football manager and former football player, who played for many clubs in France and Eur

Is a French football manager and former football player, who played for many clubs in France and Europe and for France national team . He was sometimes seen as a mercenary because of the impressive number of teams he played for but often appreciated by supporters.

Was a French Director of Police, archaeologist and writer. Xavier Guichard appears in the novels of

Was a French Director of Police, archaeologist and writer. Xavier Guichard appears in the novels of Georges Simenon as the superior of Jules Maigret. His 1936 work Eleusis Alesia. Enquête sur les origines de la civilisation européenne is an early example of research into sacred geometry.

Was an Alsatian priest, journalist, and politician. he was the sworn enemy of the abbé Wetterlé, a

Was an Alsatian priest, journalist, and politician. he was the sworn enemy of the abbé Wetterlé, and was an ardent Francophobe of peasant origin who was more at ease speaking with peasants than in the salons of Strasbourg. As a result he had a great deal of popular success while at the same time remaining limited in his appeal to the bourgeoisie of Alsace. Stubborn on the point of dogma, he was nevertheless fairly liberal on social matters and attempted to promote Catholic syndicalism to save the world from socialism and its evils. He died in Colmar.

Is a former professional footballer who played as a striker.

Is a former professional footballer who played as a striker.

Is a French freestyle skier. He represents France at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.

Is a French freestyle skier. He represents France at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.

A French geophysicist. Among many other contributions, he is known for his comprehensive model of pl

A French geophysicist. Among many other contributions, he is known for his comprehensive model of plate tectonics (1968).

Was a French philosopher and historian of philosophy. In 1893 Léon – together with Élie Halévy

Was a French philosopher and historian of philosophy. In 1893 Léon – together with Élie Halévy and others – helped found the French philosophical journal Revue de métaphysique et de morale. Léon remained editor of the journal until his death in 1935,[1] when he was succeeded by Dominique Parodi.[2] In 1900 he founded the International Congress of Philosophy,[3] and in 1901 the Société Française de Philosophie.[2] He wrote extensively on Johann Gottlieb Fichte. He is buried in the Jewish section of Père-Lachaise Cemetery.[4

Is a former medley swimmer from France, who competed at two consecutive Summer Olympics for his nati

Is a former medley swimmer from France, who competed at two consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia

Is a retired French football defender.

Is a retired French football defender.

Is a French economist, writer, and public administrator. As of February 26, 2009, he is the Deputy S

Is a French economist, writer, and public administrator. As of February 26, 2009, he is the Deputy Secretary-General of the French President Nicolas Sarkozy's Office.

Is a French entrepreneur and businessman, active in the telecommunications and technology industry a

Is a French entrepreneur and businessman, active in the telecommunications and technology industry and best known as founder and majority shareholder of the French Internet service provider Iliad trading under the Free brand. He currently acts as Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors & Chief Strategy Officer for Iliad [1]

Is a French welterweight amateur boxer who won silver at the 2004 European Championships and partici

Is a French welterweight amateur boxer who won silver at the 2004 European Championships and participated in the 2004 Summer Olympics.At the European Championships he lost the final to Olympic gold medalist Oleg Saitov. At the Olympics he beat Andre Berto

Was a French architect. In 1825 Coste returned to France with an impressive series of drawings of th

Was a French architect. In 1825 Coste returned to France with an impressive series of drawings of the architecture of Cairo, but he soon went to Egypt once again at Mehmet Ali's request, where Mehmet Ali made him chief engineer for Lower Egypt. Coste remained there for four years, during which time he accumulated many sketches, but he found the Egyptian climate difficult and returned to France in 1829.

Is a French football player who currently plays for Toulouse FC. He has been with Toulouse since 200

Is a French football player who currently plays for Toulouse FC. He has been with Toulouse since 2001 and spent the 2007–08 season on loan with SC Bastia.