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
Pierre-Joseph Proudhon15 January 1809
Politician
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
Louis Antoine, Duke of Angoulême06 August 1775
King
François Darlan07 August 1881
Politician, Military personnel
Joseph de Maistre01 April 1753
Philosopher
Édouard Daladier18 June 1884
Politician
Alan Brooke, 1st Viscount Alanbrooke23 July 1883
Military Officer
Paul Reynaud15 October 1878
Politician, Lawyer, Journalist
Raymond Poincaré20 August 1860
Politician, Lawyer, Journalist
Maxime Weygand21 January 1867
Military personnel, Officer
Adolphe Thiers15 April 1797
Politician
Charles Maurras20 April 1868
Author
Emmanuel Joseph Sieyès03 May 1748
Writer
Maurice Gamelin20 September 1872
military personnel
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Albert Lebrun29 August 1871
Politician
René Coty20 March 1882
Politician, Lawyer
Charles Lucien Bonaparte24 May 1803
Biologist, Ornithologist, Zoologist, Ichthyologist
Félix Faure30 January 1841
Politician
Louis-Alexandre Berthier20 November 1753
Military chief
Pierre-Charles Villeneuve31 December 1763
Naval Officer
Marie François Sadi Carnot11 August 1837
Politician, Civil engineer, Engineer
Paul Lafargue15 June 1842
journalist, politician, economist, essayist
Charles Ferdinand, Duke of Berry24 January 1778
Duke
Joseph Darnand19 March 1897
Politician
Louis Auguste Blanqui08 February 1805
Revolutionary
Georges Ernest Boulanger29 April 1837
Politician
François Guizot04 October 1787
Politician, Diplomat, Historian, Translator,
Paul Doumer22 March 1857
Politician, Lawyer, Journalist
Lazare Carnot13 May 1753
Mathematician, Politician, Engineer, Officer,
Jules Ferry05 April 1832
Politician, Diplomat, Lawyer, Journalist
Robert Nivelle15 October 1856
Military personnel
Alphonse Juin16 December 1888
Officer, Military personnel
Louis Blanc29 October 1811
Journalist, Politician, Historian, Writer
Félix Éboué26 December 1884
Political Leader
Léon Gambetta02 April 1838
Politician, Lawyer
Louis-Eugène Cavaignac15 October 1802
General
Alexandre Millerand10 February 1859
Politician, Lawyer, Journalist
Charles François Dumouriez26 January 1739
General
Jean Victor Marie Moreau14 February 1763
General
Jean-Baptiste Jourdan29 April 1762
Commander
Madeleine Sophie Barat12 December 1779
Saint
Gaston Doumergue01 August 1863
Prime Minister, Politician
Paul Deschanel13 February 1855
President
Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle10 May 1760
Army Officer
Marcel Déat07 March 1894
Politician
Émile Loubet30 December 1838
Prime Minister, Politician
Jean-Baptiste Bessières06 August 1768
General
Pierre Augereau21 October 1757
Military commander
Hubert Lyautey17 November 1854
French General
Jules Grévy15 August 1807
Political, President
Georges Mandel05 June 1885
Journalist
Maurice Barrès19 August 1862
Novelist
François Achille Bazaine13 February 1811
Army Officer
Louis Desaix17 August 1768
General
Armand Fallières06 November 1841
President, Politician
Henri Grégoire04 December 1750
Political leader
Fernand de Brinon26 August 1885
Journalist, Socialite, Lawyer
François de La Rocque06 October 1885
Political Leader
Bertrand Barère10 September 1755
Politician
Jean-Andoche Junot24 September 1771
General
Louis Charles Delescluze02 October 1809
Revolutionary leader
Édouard Herriot05 July 1872
Politician
Jean-Lambert Tallien23 January 1767
Political Figure
Constantin François de Chassebœuf, comte de Volney03 February 1757
Philosopher
François Joseph Lefebvre25 October 1755
Military Commander
Paul Painlevé05 December 1863
Mathematician
Eugène Schneider29 March 1805
Industrialist
Rose Philippine Duchesne29 August 1769
Sister
Paul Bert19 October 1833
Physiologist
Jules Guesde11 November 1845
Journalist
François Christophe de Kellermann28 May 1735
General
Camille Chautemps01 February 1885
Politician
Claude Victor-Perrin, Duc de Belluno07 December 1764
Soldier
Joseph Caillaux30 March 1863
Politician
André Maginot17 February 1877
Civil Servant
Antoine Pinay30 December 1891
Politician
Alexandre Ribot07 February 1842
Politician