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Year
Abbe Pierre
Clergyman
14
1912 - 2007
Agnes Varda
Director
3
1928 -
Alain Badiou
Philosopher
4
1937 -
Alain Delon
Actor
4
1935 -
Alain Prost
Celebrity
29
1955 -
Alain Resnais
Director
12
1922 -
Alain Robert
Athlete
5
1962 -
Albert Camus
Philosopher
90
1913 - 1960
Alexandre Auguste Ledru-Rollin
Revolutionary
1
1807 - 1874
Alexandre Dumas
Dramatist
18
1802 - 1870
Alexandre Ledru-Rollin
Politician
1
1807 - 1874
Alexis Carrel
Scientist
20
1873 - 1944
Alexis de Tocqueville
Historian
38
1805 - 1859
Alfred de Musset
Writer
11
1810 - 1857
Alfred de Vigny
Poet
22
1797 - 1863
Alfred Jarry
Writer
7
1873 - 1907
Alfred Loisy
Clergyman
2
1857 - 1940
Alphonse Allais
Writer
2
1854 - 1905
Alphonse de Lamartine
Poet
17
1790 - 1869
Alphonse Karr
Critic
13
1808 - 1890
Amanda Lear
Musician
4
1946 -
Amelie Mauresmo
Athlete
14
1979 -
Anatole France
Novelist
48
1844 - 1924
Andre Boucourechliev
Composer
2
1925 - 1997
Andre Breton
Poet
16
1896 - 1966
Andre Gide
Novelist
41
1869 - 1951
Andre Malraux
Author
19
1901 - 1976
Andre Maurois
Writer
31
1885 - 1967
Andre Weil
Mathematician
5
1906 - 1998
Andreas Capellanus
Writer
3
Anne Parillaud
Actress
9
1960 -
Anouk Aimee
Actress
3
1932 -
Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Novelist
40
1900 - 1944
Antoine Lavoisier
Scientist
7
1743 - 1794
Antoine Rivarol
Journalist
14
Antonin Artaud
Dramatist
13
1896 - 1948
Aristide Briand
Statesman
5
1862 - 1932
Arsene Wenger
Coach
18
1949 -
Arthur Rimbaud
Poet
14
1854 - 1891
Audrey Tautou
Actress
7
1978 -
Auguste Comte
Sociologist
3
1798 - 1857
Auguste Lumiere
Director
1
1864 - 1948
Auguste Rodin
Sculptor
16
1840 - 1917
Balthus
Artist
10
1908 - 2001
Barbet Schroeder
Director
8
1941 -
Baron de Montesquieu
Philosopher
2
1689 - 1755
Beatrice Dalle
Actress
5
1964 -
Benoit Mandelbrot
Mathematician
18
1924 - 2010
Bernard Hinault
Athlete
11
1954 -
Bernard Loiseau
Celebrity
1
1951 - 2003
Bernard Palissy
Inventor
1
Bernard Pivot
Journalist
10
1935 -
Blaise Pascal
Philosopher
94
1623 - 1662
Boris Vian
Writer
6
1920 - 1959
Brigitte Bardot
Actress
41
1934 -
Brigitte Boisselier
Celebrity
5
Camille Claudel
Sculptor
26
1864 - 1943
Camille Pissarro
Artist
16
1830 - 1903
Cardinal De Retz
Clergyman
3
Cardinal Richelieu
Clergyman
6
1585 - 1642
Catherine Deneuve
Actress
59
1943 -
Charles Baudelaire
Poet
78
1821 - 1867
Charles de Gaulle
Leader
52
1890 - 1970
Charles de Montesquieu
Philosopher
34
1689 - 1755
Charles de Secondat
Philosopher
33
1689 - 1755
Charles Fourier
Philosopher
1
1772 - 1837
Charles Hermite
Mathematician
3
1822 - 1901
Charles Jules Henry Nicolle
Scientist
13
1866 - 1936
Charles Maurice de Talleyrand
Diplomat
20
1754 - 1838
Charles Munch
Musician
3
1891 - 1968
Charles Peguy
Philosopher
9
1873 - 1914
Charles Perrault
Author
12
1628 - 1703
Charlotte Gainsbourg
Actress
28
1971 -
Charlotte Rampling
Actress
16
1946 -
Christian Audigier
Designer
2
Christian Dior
Designer
5
1905 - 1957
Christian Lacroix
Designer
13
1951 -
Claude Adrien Helvetius
Philosopher
5
1715 - 1771
Claude Bernard
Psychologist
13
1813 - 1878
Claude Chabrol
Director
16
1930 -
Claude Debussy
Composer
19
1862 - 1918
Claude Levi-Strauss
Scientist
9
1908 -
Claude Monet
Artist
7
1840 - 1926
Claude Vorilhon
Celebrity
6
1946 -
Claudette Colbert
Actress
9
1903 - 1996
Coco Chanel
Designer
36
1883 - 1971
Comte de Lautreamont
Poet
4
1846 - 1870
Cyrano de Bergerac
Playwright
5
1619 - 1655
Darius Milhaud
Composer
1
1892 - 1974
David Ginola
Athlete
21
1967 -
Delphine de Girardin
Novelist
7
1804 - 1855
Denis Diderot
Editor
46
1713 - 1784
Dominique de Villepin
Diplomat
3
1953 -
Dominique Wilkins
Athlete
6
1960 -
Eddie Barclay
Musician
1
1921 - 2005
Edgar Degas
Artist
11
1834 - 1917
Edgar Quinet
Historian
7
1803 - 1875
Edith Piaf
Musician
18
1915 - 1963
Edmond About
Novelist
5
1828 - 1885
Edmond De Goncourt
Writer
16
1822 - 1896
Edmond Rostand
Poet
5
1868 - 1918
Edouard Manet
Artist
12
1832 - 1883
Eliphas Levi
Author
2
1810 - 1875
Elliott Erwitt
Photographer
3
1928 -
Emile Durkheim
Sociologist
4
1858 - 1917
Emile Zola
Novelist
13
1840 - 1902
Emmanuelle Beart
Actress
2
1965 -
Eric Cantona
Athlete
24
1966 -
Erik Satie
Composer
2
1866 - 1925
Ernest Dimnet
Clergyman
12
Ernest Gellner
Philosopher
1
1925 - 1995
Ernest Hello
Critic
3
Ernest Renan
Philosopher
20
1823 - 1892
Eugene Delacroix
Artist
8
1798 - 1863
Eugene Ionesco
Dramatist
19
1912 - 1994
Eugene Sue
Novelist
1
1804 - 1857
Eva Green
Actress
19
1980 -
Ferdinand Foch
Soldier
9
1851 - 1929
Fernand Braudel
Historian
2
1902 - 1985
Fernand Leger
Artist
5
1881 - 1955
Francis Picabia
Artist
18
1878 - 1953
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Writer
173
1613 - 1680
Francois de Malherbe
Poet
1
Francois Fenelon
Clergyman
13
Francois Gautier
Writer
6
Francois Guizot
Historian
1
1787 - 1874
Francois Jacob
Scientist
4
1920 -
Francois Mauriac
Novelist
6
1885 - 1970
Francois Mitterrand
Statesman
2
1916 - 1996
Francois Rabelais
Clergyman
35
Francois Truffaut
Director
14
1932 - 1984
Francoise Sagan
Playwright
11
1935 - 2004
Frantz Fanon
Psychologist
7
1925 - 1961
Frederic Bastiat
Economist
8
1801 - 1850
Gabriel Marcel
Philosopher
11
1889 - 1973
Gaston Bachelard
Philosopher
19
1884 - 1962
George Sand
Novelist
28
1804 - 1876
Georges Bataille
Writer
14
1897 - 1962
Georges Bernanos
Author
17
1888 - 1948
Georges Bidault
Politician
1
1899 - 1983
Georges Bizet
Composer
4
1838 - 1875
Georges Braque
Artist
7
1882 - 1963
Georges Carpentier
Athlete
2
1894 - 1975
Georges Clemenceau
Leader
15
1841 - 1929
Georges Courteline
Dramatist
2
1858 - 1929
Georges Cuvier
Scientist
2
1769 - 1832
Georges Duhamel
Novelist
10
1884 - 1966
Georges Jacques Danton
Revolutionary
7
1759 - 1794
Georges Pompidou
Statesman
3
1911 - 1974
Georges Rouault
Artist
10
1871 - 1958
Georges Sorel
Philosopher
1
1847 - 1922
Gerard De Nerval
Novelist
7
1808 - 1855
Gerard Debreu
Mathematician
4
1921 - 2004
Gerard Depardieu
Actor
7
1948 -
Gilles Deleuze
Philosopher
1
1925 - 1995
Greg Akcelrod
Actor
5
1982 -
Guillaume Apollinaire
Novelist
11
1880 - 1918
Gustave Courbet
Artist
10
1819 - 1877
Gustave Flaubert
Novelist
58
1821 - 1880
Gustave Moreau
Artist
4
1826 - 1898
Guy de Maupassant
Writer
6
1850 - 1893
Guy Debord
Writer
7
1931 - 1994
Guy Forget
Athlete
19
1965 -
Hector Berlioz
Composer
5
1803 - 1869
Henri Barbusse
Novelist
3
1873 - 1935
Henri Bergson
Philosopher
32
1859 - 1941
Henri Cartier-Bresson
Photographer
16
1908 - 2004
Henri de Lubac
Clergyman
1
1896 - 1991
Henri Matisse
Artist
33
1869 - 1954
Henri Poincare
Mathematician
34
1854 - 1912
Henri Rousseau
Artist
4
1844 - 1910
Herve Villechaize
Actor
6
1943 - 1993
Hippolyte Taine
Critic
2
1828 - 1893
Honore de Balzac
Novelist
84
1799 - 1850
Isabelle Adjani
Actress
30
1955 -
Isabelle Huppert
Actress
25
1955 -
Isidore Ducasse Lautreamont
Author
7
1846 - 1870
Jacques Chirac
Statesman
14
1932 -
Jacques Delille
Poet
2
1738 - 1813
Jacques Delors
Economist
26
1925 -
Jacques Derrida
Philosopher
27
1930 - 2004
Jacques Ellul
Philosopher
12
1912 - 1994
Jacques Lacan
Psychologist
19
1901 - 1981
Jacques Maritain
Philosopher
10
1882 - 1973
Jacques Marquette
Clergyman
1
1637 - 1675
Jacques Prevert
Poet
5
1900 - 1977
Jacques Rivette
Director
10
1928 -
Jacques Verges
Lawyer
10
1925 -
Jacques Yves Cousteau
Explorer
29
1910 - 1997
Jacques-Henri Lartigue
Photographer
3
1894 - 1986
James Goldsmith
Businessman
4
1933 - 1997
Jean Alesi
Celebrity
24
1964 -
Jean Anouilh
Playwright
32
1910 - 1987
Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
Lawyer
21
1755 - 1826
Jean Antoine Petit-Senn
Poet
1
1792 - 1870
Jean Baudrillard
Sociologist
32
1929 - 2007
Jean Cocteau
Director
52
1889 - 1963
Jean de Brunhoff
Writer
1
1899 - 1937
Jean de la Bruyere
Philosopher
59
Jean de La Fontaine
Poet
40
1621 - 1695
Jean Dubuffet
Artist
2
1901 - 1985
Jean Dujardin
Actor
20
1972 -
Jean Froissart
Historian
2
Jean Gabin
Actor
2
1904 - 1976
Jean Genet
Dramatist
18
1910 - 1986
Jean Giraudoux
Dramatist
23
1882 - 1944
Jean Guitton
Philosopher
2
1901 - 1999
Jean Henri Fabre
Author
5
1823 - 1915
Jean Monnet
Politician
1
1703 - 1979
Jean Moulin
Activist
3
1899 - 1943
Jean Philippe Rameau
Composer
3
1683 - 1764
Jean Racine
Dramatist
30
1639 - 1699
Jean Reno
Actor
3
1948 -
Jean Renoir
Director
3
1894 - 1979
Jean Rostand
Scientist
45
1894 - 1977
Jean-Francois Lyotard
Philosopher
15
1924 - 1998
Jean-Jacques Annaud
Director
19
1943 -
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Philosopher
56
1712 - 1778
Jean-Louis Trintignant
Actor
3
1930 -
Jean-Luc Godard
Director
14
1930 -
Jean-Marie Le Pen
Politician
28
1928 -
Jean-Paul Sartre
Philosopher
59
1905 - 1980
Jean-Pierre Raffarin
Politician
29
1948 -
Jeanne Calment
Celebrity
22
1875 - 1997
Jeanne Moreau
Actress
40
1928 -
Joachim du Bellay
Poet
3
Joan of Arc
Celebrity
13
John Calvin
Theologian
21
1509 - 1564
Joseph de Maistre
Diplomat
16
1753 - 1821
Joseph Joubert
Writer
36
1754 - 1824
Joseph Roux
Clergyman
19
Josephine Baker
Dancer
5
1906 - 1975
Jules Michelet
Historian
2
1798 - 1874
Jules Renard
Dramatist
34
1864 - 1910
Jules Romains
Author
3
1885 - 1972
Jules Verne
Author
9
1828 - 1905
Julie Delpy
Actress
6
1969 -
Julien Benda
Philosopher
7
1867 - 1956
Juliette Binoche
Actress
33
1964 -
Just Fontaine
Athlete
8
1933 -
Laetitia Casta
Model
2
1978 -
Laurent Fabius
Statesman
14
1946 -
Laurent Jalabert
Athlete
7
1968 -
Leon Blum
Politician
3
1872 - 1950
Leon Foucault
Inventor
2
1819 - 1868
Leon Gambetta
Politician
1
1838 - 1882
Leon Jouhaux
Leader
15
1879 - 1954
Leslie Caron
Actress
26
1931 -
Lionel Jospin
Statesman
7
1937 -
Louis Adolphe Thiers
Statesman
2
1797 - 1877
Louis Aragon
Poet
9
1897 - 1982
Louis Blanc
Politician
1
1811 - 1882
Louis Jacques Mande Daguerre
Artist
1
1787 - 1851
Louis Malle
Director
4
1932 - 1995
Louis Pasteur
Scientist
13
1822 - 1895
Louis XI
Royalty
1
1423 - 1483
Louis XIV
Royalty
12
1638 - 1715
Louis XVIII
Royalty
2
1755 - 1824
Louis-Ferdinand Celine
Writer
11
1894 - 1961
Luc Besson
Director
1
1959 -
Luc de Clapiers
Writer
27
1715 - 1747
Luc Ferrari
Composer
14
1929 - 2005
Luc Montagnier
Scientist
23
1932 -
Ludovic Halevy
Author
2
1834 - 1908
Madame de Sevigne
Writer
1
1626 - 1696
Madame de Stael
Writer
25
1766 - 1817
Malcolm De Chazal
Writer
17
Marc Bloch
Historian
5
1886 - 1944
Marc Chagall
Artist
11
1887 - 1985
Marcel Achard
Playwright
5
1899 - 1974
Marcel Carne
Director
14
1906 - 1996
Marcel Duchamp
Artist
7
1887 - 1968
Marcel Marceau
Actor
9
1923 - 2007
Marcel Pagnol
Dramatist
5
1895 - 1974
Marcel Proust
Author
48
1871 - 1922
Marguerite de Valois
Royalty
6
1553 - 1615
Marguerite Duras
Novelist
16
1914 - 1996
Marie de France
Poet
15
Marie Louise
Royalty
2
1791 - 1847
Marie Trintignant
Actress
2
1962 - 2003
Marion Cotillard
Actress
7
Marquis de Condorcet
Philosopher
2
1743 - 1794
Marquis De Custine
Author
4
Marquis de Sade
Novelist
37
1740 - 1814
Mathieu Kassovitz
Director
9
1967 -
Maurice Barres
Politician
1
1862 - 1923
Maurice Chevalier
Actor
11
1888 - 1972
Maurice de Vlaminck
Artist
3
1876 - 1958
Maurice Denis
Artist
4
1870 - 1943
Maurice Jarre
Composer
12
1924 -
Maurice Ravel
Composer
10
1875 - 1937
Max Jacob
Poet
3
1876 - 1944
Maximilien Robespierre
Leader
11
1758 - 1794
Michael Vartan
Actor
5
1968 -
Michel de Montaigne
Philosopher
84
1533 - 1592
Michel Foucault
Historian
11
1926 - 1984
Michel Hazanavicius
Director
20
1967 -
Michel Legrand
Composer
5
1932 -
Mireille Mathieu
Musician
6
1946 -
Moliere
Playwright
46
1622 - 1673
Nadia Boulanger
Musician
7
1887 - 1979
Napoleon Bonaparte
Leader
83
1769 - 1821
Nicolas Boileau
Poet
2
1636 - 1711
Nicolas Chamfort
Writer
34
1741 - 1794
Nicolas Malebranche
Philosopher
17
1638 - 1715
Ninon de L'Enclos
Author
8
Ninon de Lenclos
Celebrity
5
1620 - 1705
Octave Mirbeau
Writer
3
1848 - 1917
Olivier Martinez
Actor
31
1966 -
Olivier Messiaen
Composer
4
1908 - 1992
Olivier Sarkozy
Businessman
1
Patrice Leconte
Director
22
1947 -
Paul Cezanne
Artist
44
1839 - 1906
Paul Claudel
Dramatist
3
1868 - 1955
Paul Eluard
Poet
3
1895 - 1952
Paul Gauguin
Artist
15
1848 - 1903
Paul Ricoeur
Philosopher
27
1913 - 2005
Paul Signac
Artist
2
1863 - 1935
Paul Valery
Poet
41
1871 - 1945
Paul Verlaine
Poet
3
1844 - 1896
Paul Virilio
Writer
5
Peter Abelard
Philosopher
2
Peter Lombard
Theologian
3
Philippe Perrin
Astronaut
21
1963 -
Philippe Sollers
Writer
1
1936 -
Pierre Bayle
Philosopher
8
1647 - 1706
Pierre Beaumarchais
Inventor
9
1732 - 1799
Pierre Bonnard
Artist
11
1867 - 1947
Pierre Cardin
Designer
6
1922 -
Pierre Charron
Philosopher
5
Pierre Corneille
Dramatist
66
1606 - 1684
Pierre Curie
Scientist
3
1859 - 1906
Pierre de Coubertin
Leader
30
1863 - 1937
Pierre de Fermat
Lawyer
6
1601 - 1655
Pierre Jean de Beranger
Musician
3
1780 - 1857
Pierre Laplace
Mathematician
1
1749 - 1827
Pierre Laval
Politician
11
1883 - 1945
Pierre Loti
Writer
22
1850 - 1923
Pierre Schaeffer
Composer
17
1910 - 1995
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
Philosopher
17
1881 - 1955
Pierre Victurnien Vergniaud
Statesman
1
1753 - 1793
Pierre-Joseph Proudhon
Economist
7
1809 - 1865
Raoul Dufy
Artist
4
1877 - 1953
Raymond Aron
Philosopher
2
1905 - 1983
Raymond Queneau
Poet
19
1903 - 1976
Remy de Gourmont
Novelist
20
1858 - 1915
Rene Cassin
Judge
15
1887 - 1976
Rene Coty
Statesman
1
1882 - 1962
Rene Daumal
Writer
4
1908 - 1944
Rene Descartes
Mathematician
29
1596 - 1650
Rene Dubos
Scientist
3
1901 - 1982
Robert Baldwin Ross
Celebrity
3
1869 - 1918
Robert Bresson
Director
9
1907 - 1999
Robert Delaunay
Artist
27
1885 - 1941
Robert Doisneau
Photographer
4
1912 - 1994
Roger de Rabutin
Writer
2
1618 - 1693
Roger Peyrefitte
Diplomat
1
1907 - 2000
Roland Barthes
Critic
20
1915 - 1980
Romain Rolland
Novelist
7
1866 - 1944
Sacha Guitry
Director
11
1885 - 1957
Samuel de Champlain
Explorer
2
1567 - 1635
Sarah Bernhardt
Actress
21
1845 - 1923
Sidonie Gabrielle Colette
Novelist
36
1873 - 1954
Simeon Poisson
Mathematician
1
1781 - 1840
Simone de Beauvoir
Writer
30
1908 - 1986
Simone Veil
Lawyer
3
1927 -
Simone Weil
Philosopher
66
1909 - 1943
Sophie Marceau
Actress
20
1966 -
Stendhal
Writer
39
1783 - 1842
Stephane Mallarme
Poet
7
Tahar Ben Jelloun
Poet
40
1944 -
Theodore Gericault
Artist
2
1791 - 1824
Theophile Gautier
Poet
19
1811 - 1872
Thierry Henry
Athlete
18
1977 -
Thomas Couture
Artist
2
1815 - 1879
Tristan Bernard
Playwright
2
1866 - 1947
Tristan Tzara
Artist
3
1896 - 1963
V. Cousin
Philosopher
1
1792 - 1867
Vanessa Paradis
Musician
2
1972 -
Victor Cousin
Philosopher
5
1792 - 1867
Victor Hugo
Author
132
1802 - 1885
Vincent Voiture
Poet
1
1597 - 1648
Voltaire
Writer
131
1694 - 1778
Yann Arthus-Bertrand
Photographer
2
1946 -
Yannick Noah
Athlete
19
1960 -
Yves Klein
Artist
2
1928 - 1962
Yves Saint Laurent
Designer
10
1936 - 2008
Yves Tanguy
Artist
4
1900 - 1955
Zinedine Zidane
Athlete
22
1972 -
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