Most Famous French Artists & Designers

50 French Artists & Designers in view out of 1,086

Art & Design 1,086
France 13,591
Henri Matisse
Henri Matisse French Painter 1869 – 1954
#350
Paul Cézanne
Paul Cézanne French Painter 1839 – 1906
#369
Coco Chanel
Coco Chanel French Designer 1883 – 1971
#437
Édouard Manet
Édouard Manet French Painter 1832 – 1883
#510
Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Pierre-Auguste Renoir French Painter 1841 – 1919
#513
Eugène Delacroix
Eugène Delacroix French Artist 1798 – 1863
#700
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec French Artist 1864 – 1901
#767
Jean Cocteau
Jean Cocteau French Painter 1889 – 1963
#990
Gustave Courbet
Gustave Courbet French Painter 1819 – 1877
#1,058
Yves Saint Laurent (designer)
Yves Saint Laurent (designer) French Fashion Designer 1936 – 2008
#1,266
Georges Braque
Georges Braque French Sculptor 1882 – 1963
#1,584
Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres
Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres French Painter 1780 – 1867
#1,622
William-Adolphe Bouguereau
William-Adolphe Bouguereau French Painter 1825 – 1905
#2,158
GD
Gustave Doré French Painter 1832 – 1883
#2,163
Nicolas Poussin
Nicolas Poussin French Painter 1594 – 1665
#2,288
Camille Claudel
Camille Claudel French Painter 1864 – 1943
#2,451
Henri Cartier-Bresson
Henri Cartier-Bresson French Photographer 1908 – 2004
#2,461
HR
Henri Rousseau French Painter 1844 – 1910
#2,467
Amanda Lear
Amanda Lear French Painter Born 1939
#2,594
Jean Giraud
Jean Giraud French Artist 1938 – 2012
#3,135
Christian Dior
Christian Dior French Fashion Designer 1905 – 1957
#3,237
Jean-François Millet
Jean-François Millet French Painter 1814 – 1875
#3,543
Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot
Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot French Painter 1796 – 1875
#3,849
Louis Daguerre
Louis Daguerre French Photographer 1787 – 1851
#3,852
Jean-Léon Gérôme
Jean-Léon Gérôme French Painter 1824 – 1904
#3,892
Jean-Honoré Fragonard
Jean-Honoré Fragonard French Painter 1732 – 1806
#3,921
Jean-Paul Gaultier
Jean-Paul Gaultier French Costume Designer Born 1952
#3,996
Pierre Bonnard
Pierre Bonnard French Painter 1867 – 1947
#4,021
Jean-Antoine Watteau
Jean-Antoine Watteau French Painter 1684 – 1721
#4,093
André Derain
André Derain French Painter 1880 – 1954
#4,433
Paul Bocuse
Paul Bocuse French Chef 1926 – 2018
#4,740
Claude Lorrain
Claude Lorrain French Painter 1600 – 1682
#4,775
Jean Dubuffet
Jean Dubuffet French Painter 1901 – 1985
#4,818
Pierre Cardin
Pierre Cardin French Fashion Designer Born 1922
#4,862
Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi
Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi French Sculptor 1834 – 1904
#5,055
Nicéphore Niépce
Nicéphore Niépce French Photographer 1765 – 1833
#5,116
Jean Nouvel
Jean Nouvel French Architect Born 1945
#5,131
Albert Uderzo
Albert Uderzo French Artist 1927 – 2020
#5,291
Georges de La Tour
Georges de La Tour French Painter 1593 – 1652
#5,490
Hubert de Givenchy
Hubert de Givenchy French Fashion Designer 1927 – 2018
#6,295
Sonia Delaunay
Sonia Delaunay French Painter 1885 – 1979
#6,353
Robert Doisneau
Robert Doisneau French Photographer 1912 – 1994
#6,869
Philippe Petit
Philippe Petit French Artist Born 1949
#7,083
Auguste Escoffier
Auguste Escoffier French Chef 1846 – 1935
#7,446
Suzanne Valadon
Suzanne Valadon French Painter 1865 – 1938
#7,508
Hyacinthe Rigaud
Hyacinthe Rigaud French Painter 1659 – 1743
#8,334
C
Cabu French Cartoonist 1938 – 2015
#8,778
Maurice Utrillo
Maurice Utrillo French Painter 1883 – 1955
#9,366
Aristide Maillol
Aristide Maillol French Sculptor 1861 – 1944
#9,825
Gerda Wegener
Gerda Wegener French Painter 1885 – 1940
#10,191

By the numbers

Inside France Artists & Designers

1,086 notable people in this slice of the dataset.

Through the Centuries

One face per century — the most globally famous france artists & designers born in each.

Notable Births by Decade

Notable births among France Artists & Designers peaked in the 1870s with 72 people.

What France Artists & Designers Are Known For

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Painter are France Artists & Designers's biggest group — 49% of all notables (536).

France Artists & Designers over-index on chef53.2× the global rate.

  1. Painter536
  2. Sculptor190
  3. Architect108
  4. Photographer74
  5. Artist67
  6. Chef31
  7. Designer12
  8. Illustrator10
  1. Chef3153.2×
  2. Sculptor19021.4×
  3. Photographer7420.5×
  4. Painter53618.1×
  5. Architect10814.9×
  6. Artist679.7×
  7. Designer128.5×

City Hot Spots

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