List of Famous people born in Paris, France

Henry de Montherlant

Henry Marie Joseph Frédéric Expédite Millon de Montherlant
First Name Henry
Last Name Montherlant
Born on April 20, 1895
Died on September 21, 1972 (aged 77)

Henry Marie Joseph Frédéric Expedite Millon de Montherlant was a French essayist, novelist, and dramatist. He was elected to the Académie française in 1960.

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François Cavanna

François Louis Cavanna
First Name François
Last Name Cavanna
Born on February 22, 1923
Died on January 29, 2014 (aged 90)

François Cavanna was a French author and satirical newspaper editor. He contributed to the creation and success of Hara-Kiri and Charlie Hebdo. He wrote in a variety of genres including reportage, satire, essays, novels, autobiography and humor. He also translated six books about famous cartoonists.

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Inès de Bourgoing

First Name Inès
Last Name Bourgoing
Born on January 5, 1862
Died on February 9, 1953 (aged 91)

Inès-Marie de Bourgoing, also Inès Fortoul, Inès Lyautey, was a pioneering French nurse who served as president of the French Red Cross and established Red Cross nursing in Morocco. In recognition of her extensive social work, she became the first woman to be honoured with the rank of Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour. She was also decorated as a Grand Officer of the Order of Ouissam Alaouite in recognition of her work in Morocco.

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Alexia Sedykh

First Name Alexia
Born on September 13, 1993 (age 32)
Height 173 cm | 5'8

Alexia Sedykh is a French athlete specialising in the hammer throw. She is the daughter of the current world record holder in the men's hammer throw, Yuriy Sedykh and the current world record holder in the women's shot put, Natalya Lisovskaya, both of whom won Olympic gold medals in their disciplines. She is the reigning Youth Olympic Games champion in the girls' hammer throw, having won the inaugural event in Singapore.

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Alana Filippi

Pascale Monique Patricia Filippi
First Name Alana
Born on September 3, 1960
Died on January 11, 2020 (aged 59)

Alana Filippi was a French singer and songwriter. Her real name was Pascale Filippi, and she also sometimes used the pseudonym Jeanne Ermilova.

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Roger Guérillot

First Name Roger
Last Name Guérillot
Born on November 12, 1904
Died on October 31, 1971 (aged 66)

Roger Léon Charles Guérillot was a French colonist of Ubangi-Shari who was involved in the process of independence by which it became the Central African Republic. He subsequently became the first president of the new country and served the Central African Republic in several diplomatic roles.

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Blanche Hoschedé Monet

First Name Blanche
Last Name Monet
Born on November 10, 1865
Died on December 8, 1947 (aged 82)

Blanche Hoschedé Monet was a French painter who was both the stepdaughter and the daughter-in-law of Claude Monet.

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F'Murr

Richard Laurent Jacques Peyzaret
Born on March 31, 1946
Died on April 9, 2018 (aged 72)

Richard Peyzaret, better known by his pen name F'Murrr or F'Murr, was a French cartoonist and comic book writer. He was most famous for the long-running series Le Génie des alpages.

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Jérôme Monod

First Name Jérôme
Last Name Monod
Born on September 7, 1930
Died on August 18, 2016 (aged 85)

Jérôme Monod was a French business executive and political advisor. He was the chairman of Lyonnaise des eaux, later known as Suez-Lyonnaise, from 1980 to 2000. He was an advisor to President Jacques Chirac. He was a co-founder of the Rally for the Republic and the Union for a Popular Movement, two center-right political parties in France.

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Françoise Cachin

First Name Françoise
Last Name Cachin
Born on May 8, 1936
Died on February 5, 2011 (aged 74)

Françoise Cachin was a French art historian and curator. She was the founding director of the Musée d’Orsay and the author of numerous books on 19th-century French painting.

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