Famous People
Andre the Giant was a French professional wrestler and actor who gained fame during the 1970s and 80s. He was known for his immense size, standing at 7'4" and weighing in at 500 pounds. His career spanned several decades, during which time he held numerous titles including the WWF Heavyweight Championship.
Angelique Monique-Paulette Boyer Rousseau, simply known as Angelique Boyer, is an actress. Born in France, she has spent most of her life and her entire professional career in Mexico, becoming a dual French and Mexican citizen.
Brigitte Anne-Marie Bardot, often referred to by her initials B.B., is a former French actress, singer and model. Famous for portraying sexually emancipated characters with hedonistic lifestyles, she was one of the best known sex symbols of the 1950s and 1960s.
Christian Ernest Dior was a French fashion designer, best known as the founder of one of the world's top fashion houses, Christian Dior SE, which is now owned by parent company LVMH. His fashion houses are known all around the world, specifically "on five continents in only a decade".
Oscar-Claude Monet was a French painter and founder of impressionist painting who is seen as a key precursor to modernism, especially in his attempts to paint nature as he perceived it.
Gabrielle Bonheur "Coco" Chanel was a French fashion designer and businesswoman. The founder and namesake of the Chanel brand, she was credited in the post-World War I era with popularizing a sporty, casual chic as the feminine standard of style.
Pierre David Guetta is a French DJ and music producer. He has over 10 million album and 65 million single sales globally, with more than 10 billion streams. In 2011, 2020 and 2021, Guetta was voted the number one DJ in the DJ Mag Top 100 DJs poll.
Emma Charlotte Duerre Watson is an English actress and activist. Known for her roles in both blockbusters and independent films, as well as for her women's rights work, she has received a selection of accolades, including a Young Artist Award and three MTV Movie Awards.
Eva Gaëlle Green is a French actress and model. The daughter of actress Marlène Jobert, she began her career in theatre before making her film debut in Bernardo Bertolucci's The Dreamers.
Henri Émile Benoît Matisse was a French visual artist, known for both his use of colour and his fluid and original draughtsmanship. He was a draughtsman, printmaker, and sculptor, but is known primarily as a painter.
Jack Depp is an award-winning French actor, best known for his roles in films such as Pirates of the Caribbean, Edward Scissorhands, and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. He has been nominated for three Academy Awards and won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy.
Joan of Arc is a patron saint of France, honored as a defender of the French nation for her role in the siege of Orléans and her insistence on the coronation of Charles VII of France during the Hundred Years' War.
Jules Gabriel Verne was a French novelist, poet, and playwright. His collaboration with the publisher Pierre-Jules Hetzel led to the creation of the Voyages extraordinaires, a series of bestselling ...
Julie Delpy is a French-American actress, film director, screenwriter, and singer-songwriter. She studied filmmaking at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts and has directed, written, and acted in more than ...
Kylian Mbappé Lottin is a French professional footballer who plays as a forward for Ligue 1 club Paris Saint-Germain and the France national team. Considered one of the best players in the world, he is renowned for his dribbling abilities, exceptional speed, and finishing.
Louis Vuitton was an innovative, pioneering French fashion designer and businessman who created revolutionary, lightweight luggage pieces with unique patterns, using quality materials and exemplary craftsmanship that helped launch his namesake brand into the world of luxury goods.
Lucas Joseph Bravo is a French actor and model. He is best known for starring in the Netflix romantic comedy series Emily in Paris as chef Gabriel, Emily's downstairs love interest. He is also known for his role as the boyfriend to Georgia Cotton in the 2022 film Ticket to Paradise.
Michel de Nostredame, usually Latinised as Nostradamus, was a French astrologer, apothecary, physician, and reputed seer, who is best known for his book Les Prophéties, a collection of 942 poetic quatrains allegedly predicting future events.
Paul Labile Pogba is a French professional footballer who plays for Serie A club Juventus and the France national team. He operates primarily as a central midfielder, but can be deployed as a left winger, attacking midfielder, defensive midfielder and deep-lying playmaker.
Rene Descartes was a French philosopher and mathematician who is widely regarded as the father of modern philosophy. His famous philosophical statement, "I think, therefore I am," is one of the most well-known lines in philosophical history. He is credited with laying the groundwork for 17th-century rationalism and was a major contributor to mathematics and physics.
Romain Dauriac, 39, was born on July 3, 1982 in France. Outside of being known as Johansson's ex-husband, he is known as a journalist. Previously, Dauriac was the editor of the French magazine Clark. After leaving the magazine, he then went on to start his own independent creative advertising agency.
Sophie Brussaux is a French model, artist and philanthropist. She rose to fame as the former partner of Canadian rapper Drake, with whom she shares a son. Brussaux has since become an in-demand model, working with many high-end fashion brands like Givenchy and Louis Vuitton.
Victor-Marie Hugo was a French Romantic writer and politician. During a literary career that spanned more than sixty years, he wrote in a variety of genres and forms. He is considered to be one of the greatest French writers of all time.
François-Marie Arouet was a French Enlightenment writer, historian, and philosopher. Known by his nom de plume M. de Voltaire, he was famous for his wit, and his criticism of Christianity—especially of the Roman Catholic Church—and of slavery.
Zinedine Yazid Zidane, popularly known as Zizou, is a French professional football manager and former player who played as an attacking midfielder. He most recently coached Spanish club Real Madrid and is one of the most successful coaches in the world.