List of Famous people named Jacques

Jacques Desallangre was a member of the National Assembly of France. He represented the Aisne department, and was a member of the Gauche démocrate et républicaine.

Jacques Reclus was a French Protestant minister.

Jacques de La Palice was a French nobleman and military officer. His full name and titles were Jacques II de Chabannes, Lord of La Palice, of Pacy, of Chauverothe, of Bort-le-Comte and of Héron. In 1511, he received the title of Grand Master of France.

Jacques Madubost was a French track and field athlete who competed in the high jump.

Jacques Vaché was a friend of André Breton, the founder of surrealism. Vaché was one of the chief inspirations behind the Surrealist movement. As Breton said:

"En littérature, je me suis successivement épris de Rimbaud, de Jarry, d'Apollinaire, de Nouveau, de Lautréamont, mais c'est à Jacques Vaché que je dois le plus"

("In literature, I was successively taken with Rimbaud, with Jarry, with Apollinaire, with Nouveau, with Lautréamont, but it is Jacques Vaché to whom I owe the most")

Jacques Rispal was a French film actor. He appeared in 100 films between 1952 and 1986.

Jacques Sapir is a French economist, born in 1954 in Puteaux. He is the son of psychoanalyst Michel Sapir.