List of Famous people born in France

Blas Cabrera

Blas Cabrera Navarro
First Name Blas
Last Name Cabrera
Born on September 21, 1946 (age 80)

Blas Cabrera Navarro is a Stanley G. Wojcicki Professor of Physics at Stanford University best known for his experiment in search of magnetic monopoles. He is the son of Spanish physicist Nicolás Cabrera and the grandson of Blas Cabrera Felipe, also a Spanish physicist.

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Blanche Marchesi

First Name Blanche
Last Name Marchesi
Born on April 4, 1863
Died on December 15, 1940 (aged 77)

Blanche Marchesi was a French mezzo-soprano and voice teacher best known for her interpretations of the works of Richard Wagner. She was the daughter of Mathilde Graumann Marchesi, a German voice instructor who taught a variety of well-known opera singers, including Emma Eames, Nellie Melba, and Emma Calvé.

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Victor Sintès

First Name Victor
Last Name Sintès
Born on August 8, 1980 (age 46)
Born in France, Normandy
Height 169 cm | 5'7

Victor Sintès is a former French fencer who now represents Algeria internationally. At the 2012 Summer Olympics he competed for France in the Men's foil, but was defeated in the third round.

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Henri Ziegler

First Name Henri
Last Name Ziegler
Born on November 18, 1906
Died on July 24, 1998 (aged 91)

Henri Ziegler CVO, CBE was one of the founders of Airbus and its first president.

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Louis II de la Trémoille

First Name Louis
Last Name Trémoille
Born on September 29, 1460
Died on February 24, 1525 (aged 64)

Louis II de la Trémoille, also known as La Trimouille, was a French general. He served under three kings: Charles VIII, Louis XII and Francis I. He was killed in combat at the Battle of Pavia.

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Louis Justin-Besançon

First Name Louis
Last Name Justin-Besançon
Born on June 3, 1901
Died on December 26, 1989 (aged 88)
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Raymond Boudon

First Name Raymond
Last Name Boudon
Born on January 27, 1934
Died on April 10, 2013 (aged 79)

Raymond Boudon was a sociologist, philosopher and Professor in the Paris-Sorbonne University.

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Géraldine Gassler

Géraldine Giraud
First Name Géraldine
Last Name Gassler
Born on May 17, 1968
Died on November 1, 2004 (aged 36)
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Henry Fouquier

Jacques François Henry Fouquier
First Name Henry
Last Name Fouquier
Died on December 25, 1901

Jacques François Henry Fouquier, was a French journalist, writer, playwright and politician. He wrote for many newspapers and journals, often pseudonymously but with a style recognisably his own. He was best known as the chief theatre critic of Le Figaro.

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Laure Lourié

Laure Ortiz de Zárate
First Name Laure
Last Name Lourié
Born on August 9, 1911
Died on January 13, 2001 (aged 89)
Born in France, Occitania
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