List of Famous people born in France

François Louis Bourdon

First Name François
Last Name Bourdon
Born on January 11, 1758
Died on June 22, 1798 (aged 40)

François Louis Bourdon, also known as Bourdon de l'Oise, was a French politician of the Revolutionary period and procureur at the parlement of Paris.

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Jean-Baptiste Bienvenu-Martin

First Name Jean-Baptiste
Last Name Bienvenu-Martin
Born on July 22, 1847
Died on December 10, 1943 (aged 96)

Jean-Baptiste Bienvenu Martin was a French Radical leader and cabinet officer. He was born at Saint-Bris-le-Vineux (Yonne), and was educated in the law.

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Gabrielle Doulcet

Gabrielle Fernande Doulcet
First Name Gabrielle
Last Name Doulcet
Born on February 20, 1890
Died on February 23, 1976 (aged 86)
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Jean-Pierre Abel-Rémusat

First Name Jean-Pierre
Last Name Abel-Rémusat
Born on September 5, 1788
Died on June 4, 1832 (aged 43)

Jean-Pierre Abel-Rémusat was a French sinologist best known as the first Chair of Sinology at the Collège de France. Rémusat studied medicine as a young man, but his discovery of a Chinese herbal treatise enamored him with the Chinese language, and he spent five years teaching himself to read it. After publishing several well-received articles on Chinese topics, a chair in Chinese was created at the Collège de France in 1814 and Rémusat was placed in it.

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Léon Bérard

First Name Léon
Last Name Bérard
Born on January 6, 1876
Died on February 24, 1960 (aged 84)

Léon Bérard was a French politician and lawyer.

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Gabrielle Rosny

Gabrielle Félicie Maréteux
First Name Gabrielle
Last Name Rosny
Born on March 13, 1882
Died on January 24, 1972 (aged 89)
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Guy Reibel

First Name Guy
Last Name Reibel
Born in France, Grand Est

Guy Reibel is a French contemporary classical music composer. Made his musical studies at the Conservatoire de Paris. Trained under Olivier Messiaen. He is a pioneer of the Groupe de Recherches Musicales with Pierre Schaeffer, François Bayle, Luc Ferrari, François-Bernard Mâche, Iannis Xenakis, Bernard Parmegiani, Marcelle Deschênes. He has also collaborated with French public broadcasting stations like France Musique and France Culture. He is also cited as the conceptualizer of the Omni.

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Gustave Sandras

Gustave Édouard Joseph Sandras
First Name Gustave
Born on February 24, 1872
Died on June 21, 1951 (aged 79)

Gustave Sandras was a French gymnast who competed in the early 20th century. He participated in the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris, France, and won the equivalent of a gold medal in the only gymnastic event to take place at the games, the combined exercises.

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Louis-Augustin Marmottin

First Name Louis-Augustin
Born on March 11, 1875
Died on May 9, 1960 (aged 85)
Born in France, Grand Est

Louis-Augustin Marmottin was a French Catholic bishop. He was Bishop of Saint-Dié from 1930 to 1940 and then Archbishop of Reims from 1940 to 1960.

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Jean-François Delacroix

First Name Jean-François
Born on April 3, 1753
Died on April 5, 1794 (aged 41)
Born in France, Normandy

Jean-François de Lacroix or Delacroix was a French politician and member of the Committee of Public Safety. He was known as "Lacroix of Eure-et-Loir" and was guillotined in 1794.

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