List of Famous people born in France

Pierre d'Ailly

First Name Pierre
Last Name D'Ailly
Died on August 9, 1420

Pierre d'Ailly was a French theologian, astrologer and cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church.

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Jean-François Cailhava de L'Estandoux

First Name Jean-François
Born on April 28, 1730
Died on June 27, 1813 (aged 83)
Born in France, Occitania

Jean-François Cailhava de L'Estandoux or d'Estendoux was a French dramatist, poet and critic.

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Pierre Jean François Turpin

First Name Pierre
Last Name Turpin
Born on March 11, 1775
Died on May 1, 1840 (aged 65)
Born in France, Normandy

Pierre Jean François Turpin was a French botanist and illustrator. He is considered one of the greatest floral and botanical illustrators during the Napoleonic Era and afterwards. As an artist, Turpin was largely self-taught.

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Jean-François Boyer

First Name Jean-François
Born on March 12, 1675
Died on August 20, 1755 (aged 80)

Jean-François Boyer, was a French bishop, best known for having been a vehement opponent of Jansenism and the Philosophe school.

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Louis Tocqué

First Name Louis
Last Name Tocqué
Born on November 19, 1696
Died on February 10, 1772 (aged 75)

Jean Louis Tocqué was a French painter. He specialized in portrait painting.

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Claude-Joseph-Alexandre Bertrand

Born on January 10, 1734
Died on January 16, 1797 (aged 63)
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Jean Francois Blondel

First Name Jean
Last Name Blondel
Born on November 30, 1682
Died on October 9, 1756 (aged 73)
Born in France, Normandy

Jean-François Blondel was an 18th-century French architect.

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Félix Vicq-d'Azyr

First Name Félix
Last Name Vicq-d'Azyr
Born on April 23, 1748
Died on June 20, 1794 (aged 46)
Born in France, Normandy

Félix Vicq d'Azyr was a French physician and anatomist, the originator of comparative anatomy and discoverer of the theory of homology in biology.

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Claude-François-Alexandre Houtteville

Born on November 30, 1685
Died on November 9, 1742 (aged 56)

Claude François Alexandre Houtteville was a French churchman and religious writer.

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Maurice Larrouy

First Name Maurice
Last Name Larrouy
Born on December 3, 1872 (age 153)
Born in France, Occitania

Maurice Larrouy may refer to:

  • Maurice Larrouy (1872–?), French sport shooter and Olympian
  • Maurice Larrouy (writer) (1882–1939), French writer and marine officer
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