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Writer
Marjane Satrapi22 November 1969
Graphic Novelist
René Girard25 December 1923
Philosopher
Patrick Modiano30 July 1945
French Novelist
Jacques Pepin18 December 1935
Chef
Alejandro Jodorowsky17 February 1929
Writer, Film director, Actor, Playwright,
Robert Clary01 March 1926
Actor
Michel Houellebecq26 February 1956
Poet, Film director, Songwriter, Essayist,
Joël Robuchon07 April 1945
Chef
Elif Shafak25 October 1971
Writer
Betsy Drake11 September 1923
Actor, Novelist, Writer, Screenwriter, Stage
Eric Ripert02 March 1965
Chef
Anna Karina22 September 1940
Actress
Mylène Farmer12 September 1961
Singer-songwriter, Writer, Singer, Actor,
Bruno Latour22 June 1947
Philosopher, Anthropologist, Sociologist,
Julia Kristeva24 June 1941
Philosopher, Writer, Feminist
Henrik, Prince Consort of Denmark11 June 1934
Poet, Writer, Visual artist, Pianist
Alain Badiou17 January 1937
Philosopher, Novelist, Playwright, Editor,
Olivier Assayas25 January 1955
Screenwriter, Film director, Film critic, Writer
Bertrand Cantat05 March 1964
Singer, Guitarist, Lyricist, Singer-songwriter,
Éric Zemmour31 August 1958
Journalist, Writer, Literary critic
Eduard Limonov22 February 1943
Writer, Dissident, Politician, Poet, Human rights
Catherine Breillat13 July 1948
Film director, Actor, Writer, Novelist,
Michel Onfray01 January 1959
Philosopher, Writer, Historian, Essayist, Audio
Robert Faurisson25 January 1929
Essayist, Faculty, University teacher, Writer,
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Molecular biologist, Photographer, Bhikkhu,
Claude Lelouch30 October 1937
Film director, Screenwriter, Film producer, Actor,
Raphaël Enthoven09 November 1975
Radio personality, Television presenter,
Marina Vlady10 May 1938
Actor, Singer, Writer
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Journalist, Writer, Film director, Screenwriter
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Economist, Banker, Writer, Engineer, University
Emmanuelle Riva24 February 1927
Actor, Photographer, Poet
Anne Wiazemsky14 May 1947
Actor, Film director, Novelist, Screenwriter,
Virginie Despentes13 June 1969
Writer, Film director, Novelist, Screenwriter
George Steiner23 April 1929
Philosopher, Novelist, Writer, University teacher,
Jacques Rivette01 March 1928
Film director, Screenwriter, Film critic,
Ovidie25 August 1980
Adult Film Star, Film director, Writer, Sex
Gao Xingjian04 January 1940
Writer, Painter, Translator, Novelist, Playwright,
Sophie Calle09 October 1953
Photographer, Visual artist, Writer, Choreographer
Tzvetan Todorov01 March 1939
Non-fiction writer, Historian, Semiologist,
Raffaëla Anderson08 January 1976
Adult Film Star, Actor, Writer
Edgar Morin08 July 1921
Politician, Philosopher, Sociologist, Director of
Paul Virilio04 January 1932
Philosopher, Writer, Architect, Urban planner,
Yasmina Reza01 May 1959
Actor, Linguist, Translator, Playwright, Novelist,
Pascal Bruckner15 December 1948
Writer, Novelist, Essayist, Screenwriter
Bernard Werber18 September 1961
Journalist, Writer, Screenwriter, Science fiction
Édouard Glissant21 September 1928
Writer
Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt28 March 1960
Playwright, Literary historian, Writer,
Monique Wittig13 July 1935
Novelist
Fred Vargas07 June 1957
Writer, Archaeologist, Novelist, Historian
Marc Levy16 October 1961
Actor, Writer, Film producer, Novelist
Jean-Luc Marion03 July 1946
Philosopher, Theologian, Writer, University
Étienne Balibar23 April 1942
Philosopher, Writer, University teacher
Jean Raspail05 July 1925
Writer
Frederic Beigbeder21 September 1965
Michel Serres01 September 1930
Philosopher, Writer
François Gautier26 July 1959
Journalist, Photographer, Writer
Alain Finkielkraut30 June 1949
Philosopher, Radio personality, Writer, University
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Poet, Writer, Painter
Pierre Lemaitre19 April 1951
Writer, Screenwriter
Bertrand Tavernier25 April 1941
Film director, Screenwriter, Film producer,
Keren Ann10 March 1974
Singer-songwriter, Writer, Engineer, Singer, Audio
Joann Sfar28 August 1971
Screenwriter, Writer
Jean-Jacques Servan-Schreiber13 February 1924
Journalist
Fernando Arrabal11 August 1932
Screenwriter, Film director, Actor, Playwright,
Alain Mabanckou24 February 1966
Novelist
Michel Tournier19 December 1924
Writer
Elisabeth Beresford06 August 1926
Author
André Glucksmann19 June 1937
Philosopher, Political scientist, Writer
Ludmilla Tchérina10 October 1924
Ballerina
Philippe Léotard28 August 1940
Actor
Andrée Chedid20 March 1920
Poet
Dominique Horwitz23 April 1957
Film actor
Stéphane Hessel20 October 1917
Diplomat
Marcel Boussac17 April 1889
Entrepreneur
Violette Verdy01 December 1933
Ballerina
Gérard de Villiers08 December 1929
Writer
Claude Nougaro09 September 1929
Songwriter
Alain Corneau07 August 1943
Film Director
Pierre Schoendoerffer05 May 1928
Film Director
Yves Bonnefoy24 June 1923
Poet
Marie Versini10 August 1940
Actress
Gisèle Freund19 December 1908
Photographer
Claude Autant-Lara05 August 1901
Film Director
Avigdor Arikha28 April 1929
Painter
Marie-Claire Blais05 October 1939
Writer
André Schiffrin14 June 1935
Author
Gabriel Josipovici08 October 1940
Novelist
André Schwarz-Bart28 May 1928
Author
Edmonde Charles-Roux17 April 1920
Writer
Jean Cayrol06 June 1910
Poet
Michel del Castillo02 August 1933
Author
Roger Planchon12 September 1931
Playwright