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Napoleon Bonaparte
(Emperor of the French (1804-1814))
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Listed In: Historical Personalities
Birthdate: August 15, 1769
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Ajaccio, France
Died: May 5, 1821
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Coco Chanel
(French Fashion Designer Best Known as the Founder of 'Chanel' and Her Signature Perfume ‘Chanel No. 5’)
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Thierry Henry
(Former French Professional Football Player, Coach and One of the Greatest Strikers of All Time)
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Claude Debussy
(French Impressionist Composer Best Known for His Opera 'Pelléas et Mélisande')
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Louis XVI of France
(King of France)
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Listed In: Historical Personalities
Birthdate: August 23, 1754
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Palace of Versailles, Versailles, France
Died: January 21, 1793
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Yves Saint Laurent
(French Fashion Designer and Founder of His Eponymous Fashion Label)
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Listed In: Business People
Birthdate: August 1, 1936
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Oran, Algeria
Died: June 1, 2008
7
Antoine Lavoisier
(French Chemist Who Discovered the Role of Oxygen in Combustion)
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Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: August 26, 1743
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: May 8, 1794
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Audrey Tautou
(French Actress Best Known for Her Role in the Film 'Amélie')
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Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: August 9, 1976
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Beaumont, Puy-de-Dôme, France
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Samuel de Champlain
(Explorer)
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Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: August 13, 1574
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Hiers-Brouage, Marennes-Hiers-Brouage, France
Died: December 25, 1635
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Guy de Maupassant
(French Short Story Writer and Naturalist )
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Jules Bianchi
(French Motor Racing & F1 Driver)
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Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: August 3, 1989
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Nice, France
Died: July 17, 2015
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Louis Vuitton
(Businessman)
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Moussa Sissoko
(French Professional Footballer Who Plays as Midfielder)
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Philippe Petit
(High-wire artist)
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Charles Boyer
(French-American Actor)
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Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: August 28, 1899
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Figeac, France
Died: August 26, 1978
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Sebastian Roché
(Actor)
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Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: August 4, 1964
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Paris, France
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Luc Montagnier
(Virologist & Co-discoverer of HIV)
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Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: August 18, 1932
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Chabris, France
Died: February 8, 2022
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Henri Cartier-Bresson
(Photographer and Painter)
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Listed In: Photographers
Birthdate: August 22, 1908
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Chanteloup-en-Brie, France
Died: August 3, 2004
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Emmanuelle Beart
(French Actress Best Known for Her Role in the Film ‘Manon des Sources’)
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Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: August 14, 1963
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Gassin, France
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Jacques-Louis David
(Painter)
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Listed In: Artists & Painters
Birthdate: August 30, 1748
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: December 29, 1825
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Louis de Broglie
(Physicist)
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Jean-Michel Jarre
(Composer)
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Djibril Cissé
(Association football player)
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Carole Bouquet
(Actress)
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Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: August 18, 1957
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Neuilly-sur-Seine, France
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Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
(Naturalist and Biologist Best Known for Proposing that Acquired Characteristics can be Inherited.)
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Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: August 1, 1744
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Bazentin, France
Died: December 18, 1829
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Philip II of France
(King of France)
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Listed In: Historical Personalities
Birthdate: August 21, 1165
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Gonesse, France
Died: July 14, 1223
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Presnel Kimpembe
(Footballer centre-back position)
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1
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: August 13, 1995
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Beaumont-sur-Oise, France
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Marine Le Pen
(French Lawyer and President of the National Rally Group in the National Assembly )
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Antoine-Augustin Parmentier
(Botanist, Pharmacist, Physician, Agronomist, Nutritionist)
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Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: August 12, 1737
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Montdidier
Died: December 17, 1813
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Philippe II, Duke of Orléans
(French Royal, Statesman and Regent of France (1715 - 1723))
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Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: August 2, 1674
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Saint-Cloud, France
Died: December 2, 1723
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Nathalie Delon
(Actress)
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2
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: August 1, 1941
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Oujda, Morocco
Died: January 21, 2021
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Augustin-Louis Cauchy
(Mathematician)
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Alizee
(Singer)
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Saïd Benrahma
(Football player)
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Neal Maupay
(Football player)
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1
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: August 14, 1996
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Versailles, Yvelines Versailles, France
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Wissam Ben Yedder
(French Professional Footballer Who Plays as a Striker)
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Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi
(French Sculptor and Painter Best Known for Designing the 'Statue of Liberty')
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Listed In: Artists & Painters
Birthdate: August 2, 1834
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Colmar, France
Died: October 4, 1904
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Louis Saha
(Football player-Striker)
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Gaia Weiss
(Model)
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Guillaume Apollinaire
(Known for His Poems Without Punctuation)
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Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres
(Painter)
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Listed In: Artists & Painters
Birthdate: August 29, 1780
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Montauban, France
Died: January 14, 1867
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Lambert Wilson
(Actor)
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Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: August 3, 1958
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Neuilly-sur-Seine, France
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Georges Cuvier
(French Naturalist and Zoologist Known for Establishing the Field of 'Comparative Anatomy' and 'Paleontology')
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2
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: August 23, 1769
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Doubs, France
Died: May 13, 1832
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Jean-Baptiste Colbert
(Economist, Politician)
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Bafétimbi Gomis
(Association football player)
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Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor
(King of Germany)
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1
Listed In: Historical Personalities
Birthdate: August 11, 1086
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Goslar, Germany
Died: May 23, 1125
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Francis de Sales
(Bishop of Geneva (1602 - 1622))
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Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: August 21, 1567
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Château de Sales, Thorens-Glières, France
Died: December 28, 1622
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Jemima West
(Actress)
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Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: August 11, 1987
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Paris, France
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George Enescu
(Romanian composer)
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Listed In: Historical Personalities
Birthdate: August 6, 1775
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Palace of Versailles, Versailles, France
Died: June 3, 1844
