List of Famous people named Jacques

Jacques Cossette-Trudel is a Canadian who kidnapped British diplomat James Cross in the October Crisis of 1970 in Canada. Cossette-Trudel was a member of a cell of the Front de libération du Québec (FLQ) that kidnapped Cross in an attempt to start an uprising in Quebec, leading to its separation from Canada. Exchanged along with the rest of his cell in for a healthy Cross, he went into exile in Cuba and France. After his return, he was convicted of the offence of kidnapping and served time in prison. He has since worked as a communication counsellor and filmmaker in Quebec.

Jacques Monod was a French actor. He appeared in more than one hundred films from 1947 to 1985.

Jacques Derrida, born in Algeria, was a French philosopher best known for developing a form of semiotic analysis known as deconstruction, which he analyzed in numerous texts, and developed in the context of phenomenology. He is one of the major figures associated with post-structuralism and postmodern philosophy.

Jacques Jean Edmond Georges Gaillot ; pronunciation (help·info); generally known in French as Monseigneur Gaillot) is a French Catholic clergyman and social activist. He was Bishop of Évreux in France from 1982 to 1995. In 1995, Pope John Paul II removed him as head of his diocese because he publicly expressed controversial and heterodox positions on religious, political and social matters.

Jacques Tardi is a French comics artist. He is often credited solely as Tardi.

Jacques Dumesnil was a French film and television actor.

Jacques Necker was a Genevan banker who served as finance minister for Louis XVI and a statesman. Necker played a key role in French history before and during the first period of the French Revolution.

Jacques Jaujard was a senior civil servant of the French fine art administration instrumental in the evacuation and protection of the French arts collections during World War II.

Jacques Galipeau was a Canadian actor.

Jacques Tillier is a French journalist and the managing editor of L'Union, L'Est-Éclair, Libération Champagne and L'Aisne Nouvelle. He was seriously injured in 1979 by Jacques Mesrine while working for the Minute. He was also director of the Journal de l'île de La Réunion before becoming the CEO of L'Union.