List of Famous people born in France

Roger Carel

Roger Henri Élie Bancharel
First Name Roger
Last Name Carel
Born on August 14, 1927
Died on September 11, 2020 (aged 93)

Roger Carel was a French actor and voice talent, known for his recurring film roles as Asterix, the French voice of Star Wars' C-3PO, and the French voice of Winnie-the-Pooh, Piglet, and Rabbit in Winnie the Pooh. He has also dubbed David Suchet as Hercule Poirot in Agatha Christie's Poirot. He also voiced Wally Gator, Mickey Mouse, Yogi Bear, Kermit the Frog, Heathcliff, Foghorn Leghorn, ALF and many other famous characters in French. He was born in Paris, France.

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Karan Singh, Crown Prince of Kashmir

Karan Singh Indar Mahindar Bahadur
First Name Karan
Last Name Kashmir
Born on March 9, 1931 (age 95)

Maharajah Dr. Karan Singh is an Indian politician, philanthropist and poet. He belongs to the Jamwal Dogra Dynasty, and is the son of the late Maharaja Hari Singh, and was born in Cannes, France. From 1947 he worked closely, as a teenager, with Jawaharlal Nehru, and Sardar Patel during the founding of the Republic of India, and in 1967 became the youngest ever union cabinet minister in the government of Indira Gandhi. He was the Prince regent of Jammu and Kashmir until 1952. Following which at age 21 years old, Karan Singh served as the first Head of State of Jammu and Kashmir from 1952 to 1965.

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Érick Jacquin

First Name Érick
Born on December 9, 1964 (age 61)

Érick Jacquin is a French chef, naturalized Brazilian, who works in Latin America. He became better known after joining the talent show MasterChef, broadcast in Brazil by Band and Discovery Home & Health. The chef also presents the program "Pesadelo na Cozinha", broadcast by Band, which aims to help restaurants on the verge of bankruptcy to rise. Since 2019, he started publishing videos on his YouTube channel, where he presents the preparation of recipes in the kitchen of his restaurant Président, with the participation of his employees. On October 8, 2020, he scheduled a debut on the band of the Minha Renda program, always on Thursdays, at 10:45 pm.

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Amelle Chahbi

First Name Amelle
Born on August 21, 1980 (age 45)

Amelle Chahbi is a French comedian, writer and director.

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Michel Sarran

First Name Michel
Last Name Sarran
Born in France, Occitania

Michel Sarran, born on 18 April 1961, in Nogaro, in Gers (France), is a chef from Toulouse whose restaurant, which bears his name, has been awarded two Michelin stars.

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Jean-François Piège

Jean-François Piège is a French chef, two stars at the Guide Michelin.

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Guillaume Gouix

First Name Guillaume
Last Name Gouix
Born on November 30, 1983 (age 42)

Guillaume Gouix is a French actor, director and screenwriter.

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Auguste Rodin

René François Auguste Rodin
First Name Auguste
Born on November 12, 1840
Died on November 17, 1917 (aged 77)

François Auguste René Rodin was a French sculptor generally considered the founder of modern sculpture. He was schooled traditionally and took a craftsman-like approach to his work. Rodin possessed a unique ability to model a complex, turbulent, and deeply pocketed surface in clay. He is known for such sculptures as The Thinker, Balzac, The Kiss, The Burghers of Calais, and The Gates of Hell.

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John Calvin

Jehan Cauvin
First Name John
Last Name Calvin
Died on May 27, 1564

John Calvin was a French theologian, pastor and reformer in Geneva during the Protestant Reformation. He was a principal figure in the development of the system of Christian theology later called Calvinism, aspects of which include the doctrines of predestination and of the absolute sovereignty of God in salvation of the human soul from death and eternal damnation, in which doctrines Calvin was influenced by and elaborated upon the Augustinian and other Christian traditions. Various Congregational, Reformed and Presbyterian churches, which look to Calvin as the chief expositor of their beliefs, have spread throughout the world.

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Zizi Jeanmaire

Renée Marcelle Jeanmaire
First Name Zizi
Born on April 29, 1924
Died on July 17, 2020 (aged 96)

Renée Marcelle "Zizi" Jeanmaire was a French ballet dancer, actress and singer. She became famous in the 1950s after playing the title role in the ballet Carmen, produced in London in 1949, and went on to appear in several Hollywood films and Paris revues. She was the wife of dancer and choreographer Roland Petit, who created ballets and revues for her.

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