French Famouse Personalities

Anna Held

Anna Held was a French stage performer best known for her association with impresario Florenz Ziegfeld. This biography of Anna Held provides detailed information about her childhood, life, achievements, works & timeline.

Born: 08 March 1872 French

Aristide Briand

Aristide Briand was a French statesman, who became the Prime Minister of French Republic eleven times. Check out this biography to know about his childhood, life, achievements, works & timeline.

Born: 28 March 1862 French

Hilary Of Poitiers

Hilary of Poitiers, also known as the –Hammer of the Arians,“ was a French bishop and a Doctor of the Church. Check out this biography to know about his childhood, life history, achievements, etc.

Born: 0310 AD French

René Laennec

Inventor of Stethoscope

René Laennec was a French physician who invented the stethoscope. This biography of René Laennec provides detailed information about his childhood, life, achievements, works & timeline.

Born: 17 February 1781 French

Dominique De Villepin

Dominique Marie François René Galouzeau de Villepinis a French diplomat, politician, and writer who served as the Prime Minister of France during 2005–07. This biography profiles his childhood, life, political career, achievements and timeline.

Born: 14 November 1953 French

Vincent Auriol

Vincent Jules Auriol served as the first President of the Fourth French Republic between 1947 and 1954. Check out this biography to know about his childhood, life, achievements, works & timeline.

Born: 27 August 1884 French

Charles Messier

Charles Messier was a noted French astronomer, who discovered the nebulae and star clusters. Check out this biography to know about his childhood, family life, achievements and other facts related to his life.

Born: 26 June 1730 French

Jacques Monod

Jacques Lucien Monod was a French biologist who received the ‘Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine’ in 1965. This biography profiles his childhood, life, research, achievements and timeline.

Born: 09 February 1910 French

Léon Foucault

Leon Foucault was a famous French scientist who explained rotation of earth about its own axis using a pendulum. To know more about his childhood, career, profile and timeline read on

Born: 18 September 1819 French

Jacques Vergès

Jacques Vergès was a lawyer known for defending clients such as the infamous Nazi war criminal Klaus Barbie. To know more about his childhood, career, profile and timeline read on the following biography.

Born: 05 March 1925 French