Find out more about the greatest 19th Century French Leaders, including Charles de Gaulle, Philippe Pétain, Pierre Laval, Bernadette Soubirous and Georges Clémenceau.
Charles de Gaulle22 November 1890
Former President of France
Napoleon III20 April 1808
Emperor of the Second French Empire
Philippe Pétain24 April 1856
Marshal of France
Bernadette Soubirous07 January 1844
Saint
Thérèse of Lisieux02 January 1873
Nun
Alfred Dreyfus09 October 1859
Artillery Officer
Joachim Murat25 March 1767
Marshal of France
Michel Ney10 January 1769
Soldier
Mirra Alfassa21 February 1878
Spiritual Guru
Léon Blum09 April 1872
Former Prime Minister of France
Jean Moulin20 June 1899
An Emblem of the Resistance
Aristide Briand28 March 1862
Prime Minister
Vincent Auriol27 August 1884
Former President of France
Georges Bidault05 October 1899
French Politician
Léon Bourgeois21 May 1851
French Statesman
Alexandre Auguste Ledru-Rollin02 February 1807
French Politician
Georges Clémenceau28 September 1841
Former French Prime Minister
Pierre Laval28 June 1883
Politician, Lawyer
Félix Faure30 January 1841
Politician
François Darlan07 August 1881
Politician, Military personnel
Raymond Poincaré20 August 1860
Politician, Lawyer, Journalist
Édouard Daladier18 June 1884
Politician
Adolphe Thiers15 April 1797
Lawyer, Politician, Journalist, Historian, Writer
Maxime Weygand21 January 1867
Military personnel, Officer
Paul Reynaud15 October 1878
Politician, Lawyer, Journalist
Maurice Gamelin20 September 1872
military personnel
Charles Maurras20 April 1868
Author
Charles Albert of Sardinia02 October 1798
Lazare Carnot13 May 1753
Mathematician, Politician, Engineer, Officer,
René Coty20 March 1882
Politician, Lawyer
Pierre-Charles Villeneuve31 December 1763
Naval Officer
Marie François Sadi Carnot11 August 1837
Politician, Civil engineer, Engineer
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François Guizot04 October 1787
Politician, Diplomat, Historian, Translator,
Charles Lucien Bonaparte24 May 1803
Biologist, Ornithologist, Zoologist, Ichthyologist
Robert Nivelle15 October 1856
Military personnel
Jules Ferry05 April 1832
Politician, Diplomat, Lawyer, Journalist
Joseph Darnand19 March 1897
Politician
Louis Blanc29 October 1811
Journalist, Politician, Historian, Writer
Léon Gambetta02 April 1838
Politician, Lawyer
Paul Lafargue15 June 1842
journalist, politician, economist, essayist
Louis-Eugène Cavaignac15 October 1802
General
Jean-Baptiste Jourdan29 April 1762
Commander
Georges Ernest Boulanger29 April 1837
Politician, Officer, Military personnel
Albert Lebrun29 August 1871
Politician
Jean Victor Marie Moreau14 February 1763
General
Paul Doumer22 March 1857
Politician, Lawyer, Journalist
Henri Grégoire04 December 1750
Political leader
Félix Éboué01 January 1884
Political Leader
Hubert Lyautey17 November 1854
French General
Alphonse Juin16 December 1888
Officer, Military personnel
Maurice Barrès19 August 1862
Novelist
Louis Desaix17 August 1768
General
Alexandre Millerand10 February 1859
Politician, Lawyer, Journalist
Marcel Déat07 March 1894
Politician
Jean-Lambert Tallien23 January 1767
Political Figure
Paul Painlevé05 December 1863
Mathematician
Paul Deschanel13 February 1855
President
Gaston Doumergue01 August 1863
Prime Minister, Politician
Bertrand Barère10 September 1755
Politician
Édouard Herriot05 July 1872
Politician
François Achille Bazaine13 February 1811
Army Officer
Georges Mandel05 June 1885
Journalist
François de La Rocque06 October 1885
Political Leader
Eugène Schneider29 March 1805
Industrialist
Fernand de Brinon26 August 1885
Journalist, Socialite, Lawyer
Patrice de Mac-Mahon, Duke of Magenta13 July 1808
Marie-Pierre Koenig10 October 1898
Military general
Anthelme Brillat-Savarin01 April 1755
Author
Denis-Auguste Affre27 September 1793
Archbishop
Jean-Baptiste-Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau01 July 1725
General
Joseph-Simon Gallieni24 April 1849
Soldier