List of Famous people born in France
Francis Giacobetti
Alfred Vallette
Alfred Vallette was a French man of letters.
Edmond de La Croix de Castries
Pierre Louis Moreau de Maupertuis
Pierre Louis Moreau de Maupertuis was a French mathematician, philosopher and man of letters. He became the Director of the Académie des Sciences, and the first President of the Prussian Academy of Science, at the invitation of Frederick the Great.
Madeleine de Jessey
Ariele Séménoff
Ernest Seka
Ernest Seka Boka is a Guinean professional footballer who most recently played as a defender for AS Nancy Lorraine.
Jacques Antoine Rabaut-Pommier
Jacques Antoine Rabaut known as Rabaut-Pommier,, was a politician of the French revolutionary era. He was a member of the National Convention (1792–95) and of the Council of Ancients (1795-1801). In 1816 he was exiled for regicide under the Bourbon Restoration, though he later benefited from an amnesty. Deeply committed to medicine, he was an ardent advocate of vaccination.
Franciscus Raphelengius
Frans van Ravelingen Latinized Franciscus Raphelengius, was a Flemish-born scholar, printer and publisher, working in Antwerp and later in Leiden. During the last decade of his life he was professor of Hebrew at Leiden University. He produced an Arabic-Latin dictionary, of about 550 pages, which was published posthumously in 1613 in Leiden. This was the first publication by printing press of a book-length dictionary for the Arabic language in Latin.
Edgar Raoul-Duval
Edgar Raoul-Duval was a French magistrate and politician who was Representative of Seine-Inférieure and then twice Deputy of Eure. He had right-wing views, and for most of his career he was a Bonapartist. He was a passionate orator, but somewhat inconsistent in his politics.