List of Famous people born in France

Alfons Paoli Schwartz

First Name Alfons
Born on February 28, 1886
Died on January 1, 2000 (aged 113)
Born in France
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Antonio Neumane

First Name Antonio
Last Name Neumane
Born on June 13, 1818
Died on March 3, 1871 (aged 52)
Born in France, Corsica

Antonio Neumane was a composer, pianist, and orchestra director. His most notable work is the music of the Ecuadorian National Anthem "Salve, Oh Patria" with the text written by Juan León Mera.

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Claude de Saint Simon

First Name Claude
Last Name Simon
Born on September 20, 1695
Died on February 29, 1760 (aged 64)
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Philippe Hersent

Bernard Marcel Godefroy Auguste Koevoets
First Name Philippe
Last Name Hersent
Died on December 30, 1982 (aged 12)

Philippe Hersent was a French actor. He appeared in more than eighty films from 1930 to 1978.

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Léonor Joseph Havin

First Name Léonor
Born on April 2, 1799
Died on November 12, 1868 (aged 69)

Léonor-Joseph Havin (1799-1868) was a French politician.

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Hippolyte Aucouturier

First Name Hippolyte
Last Name Aucouturier
Born on October 17, 1876
Died on April 22, 1944 (aged 67)

Hippolyte Aucouturier was a French professional road bicycle racer. Aucouturier, a professional between 1900 and 1908, won two stages at the first Tour de France in 1903 and won three stages and finished second in the 1905 Tour de France. He also won Paris–Roubaix twice, in 1903 and 1904. His elder brother Francois was also a racing cyclist.

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Gilles Deschamps

First Name Gilles
Last Name Deschamps
Born on January 1, 1350
Died on March 5, 1413 (aged 63)
Born in France, Normandy

Gilles Deschamps was a teacher and bishop of Coutances. He was created cardinal by Antipope John XXIII on July 6, 1411, and thus considered a pseudocardinal. Jean Gerson studied under both Deschamps and D'Ailly.

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Louis Couturat

First Name Louis
Last Name Couturat
Born on January 17, 1868
Died on August 3, 1914 (aged 46)

Louis Couturat was a French logician, mathematician, philosopher, and linguist. Couturat was a pioneer of the constructed language Ido.

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Alain de Coëtivy

First Name Alain
Born on November 8, 1407
Died on May 4, 1474 (aged 66)
Born in France, Brittany

Alain (II) de Coëtivy was a prelate from a Breton noble family. He was bishop of Avignon, Uzès, Nîmes and of Dol, titular cardinal of Santa Prassede, then cardinal-bishop of Palestrina and cardinal-bishop of Sabina. Many sources mention him as the Cardinal of Avignon.

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Auguste Drapiez

First Name Auguste
Died on January 1, 1856

Pierre Auguste Joseph Drapiez was a Belgian naturalist. The standard author abbreviation Drapiez is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.

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