![Veronique Passani Veronique Passani](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/veronique-passani.jpg)
![Veronique Passani Veronique Passani](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/veronique-passani.jpg)
![John Carreyrou John Carreyrou](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/john-carreyrou-1.jpg)
![Mariane Pearl Mariane Pearl](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/mariane-pearl-1.jpg)
![Valérie Trierweiler Valérie Trierweiler](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/valrie-trierweiler-1.jpg)
![Gilad Shalit Gilad Shalit](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/gilad-shalit-1.jpg)
Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit was held by Palestinian militants from 2006 to 2011 and thus became significant in the Israeli political scene. He was eventually released as part of a prisoner-exchange deal, mediated by Germany ad Egypt, which required the release of over 1,000 Palestinian and Israeli Arab prisoners.
![Robbie Ross Robbie Ross](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/robbie-ross-1.jpg)
![Victor Noir Victor Noir](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/victor-noir-25238-1.jpg)
![Claude Lanzmann Claude Lanzmann](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/claude-lanzmann-17062-1.jpg)
![Jenny Longuet Jenny Longuet](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/jenny-longuet-1.jpg)
![Jean-Dominique Bauby Jean-Dominique Bauby](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/jean-dominique-bauby-19831-1.jpg)
![Alain de Benoist Alain de Benoist](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/alain-de-benoist-18236-1.jpg)
![Daniel Cohn-Bendit Daniel Cohn-Bendit](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/daniel-cohn-bendit-1.jpg)
![Louis Aragon Louis Aragon](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/louis-aragon-16521-1.jpg)
![André Weinfeld André Weinfeld](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/andr-weinfeld-1.jpg)
André Weinfeld is a TV and film producer, cinematographer, director, screenwriter, journalist, and photographer. In addition to covering the rock and roll and pop scenes of the 1960s and 1970s, André Weinfeld also worked as a war correspondent, covering wars such as the Six-Day War, Vietnam War, and the Yom Kippur War.
![Camille Desmoulins Camille Desmoulins](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/camille-desmoulins-16921-1.jpg)
![Jean-Pierre Thiollet Jean-Pierre Thiollet](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/jean-pierre-thiollet-1.jpg)
![Charb Charb](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/charb-1.jpg)
![François Mauriac François Mauriac](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/franois-mauriac-16762-1.jpg)
![Marie Drucker Marie Drucker](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/marie-drucker-1.jpg)
![François-Noël Babeuf François-Noël Babeuf](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/franois-nol-babeuf-16471-1.jpg)
![Jacques Hébert Jacques Hébert](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/jacques-hbert-1.jpg)
![Paul Lafargue Paul Lafargue](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/paul-lafargue-1.jpg)
Paul Lafargue was a Cuban-French political writer, literary critic, journalist, activist, and Marxist socialist. One of the most popular socialists of all time, Paul Lafargue is best remembered for his 1883 book, The Right To Be Lazy, which had a huge impact among the working class. The book explains the importance of leisure and compares labor to slavery.
![Emmanuelle Alt Emmanuelle Alt](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/emmanuelle-alt-94224-1.jpg)
![Mélissa Theuriau Mélissa Theuriau](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/mlissa-theuriau-19960-1.jpg)
![Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/jean-baptiste-alphonse-karr-19286-1.jpg)
![Marion Jolles Grosjean Marion Jolles Grosjean](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/marion-jolles-grosjean-1.jpg)
![René Clair René Clair](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/ren-clair-23921-1.jpg)
![Elliott Erwitt Elliott Erwitt](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/elliott-erwitt-18972-1.jpg)
Elliott Erwitt is a French-born American documentary and advertising photographer. He is best known for his candid photos of absurd and ironic situations within everyday settings. Since 1953, Erwitt has been one of the most important members of the international photographic cooperative-owned association, Magnum Photos. Also an activist, Elliott Erwitt helped raise social awareness in response to the Covid-19 pandemic.
![Jean d'Ormesson Jean d'Ormesson](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/jean-dormesson-1.jpg)
![Fabien Roussel Fabien Roussel](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/fabien-roussel-1.jpg)
![Yann Arthus-Bertrand Yann Arthus-Bertrand](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/yann-arthus-bertrand-12709-1.jpg)
Yann Arthus-Bertrand is a photographer, journalist, activist, and environmentalist. He is well known for directing films that portray the impact of humans on Earth. Over the years, his environmental work and activism have earned him prestigious awards, such as the 2010 National Outdoor Book Award for his popular book, Our Living Earth.
![Michel Drucker Michel Drucker](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/michel-drucker-1.jpg)
![Philippe Chatrier Philippe Chatrier](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/philippe-chatrier-62097-1.jpg)
![Anne Desclos Anne Desclos](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/anne-desclos-56249-1.jpg)
![Robert Brasillach Robert Brasillach](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/robert-brasillach-27893-1.jpg)
Robert Brasillach was a French journalist and author best remembered for his work as an editor for a nationalist newspaper named Je suis partout, which supported various fascist movements. Robert Brasillach was executed in 1945 following the liberation of France in 1944. He was executed for advocating denunciation, collaborationism, and incitement to murder.
![Guillaume Faye Guillaume Faye](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/guillaume-faye-1.jpg)
![Maurice Barrès Maurice Barrès](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/maurice-barrs-56377-1.jpg)
![Pierre Lescure Pierre Lescure](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/pierre-lescure-1.jpg)
Best known for his French TV show Les Enfants du rock, Pierre Lescure had also served the Cannes Film Festival as its president. Born into a family of publishing pioneers, he had naturally grown up to be a journalist. He has also been the president of the premium French channel Canal +.
![Raphaël Glucksmann Raphaël Glucksmann](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/raphal-glucksmann-1.jpg)
![Marcel Déat Marcel Déat](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/marcel-dat-1.jpg)
![Dominique Venner Dominique Venner](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/dominique-venner-1.jpg)
![Octave Mirbeau Octave Mirbeau](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/octave-mirbeau-1.jpg)
![Frédéric Ozanam Frédéric Ozanam](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/frdric-ozanam-57130-1.jpg)
Frédéric Ozanam was a French lawyer, literary scholar, equal rights advocate, and journalist. He is credited with co-founding the Conference of Charity, which came to be known as the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul. in 1997, Frédéric Ozanam was beatified at Notre Dame de Paris by Pope John Paul II and his feast day is observed on 9 September.
![Joseph Kessel Joseph Kessel](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/joseph-kessel-1.jpg)
![Zineb El Rhazoui Zineb El Rhazoui](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/zineb-el-rhazoui-94141-1.jpg)
Zineb El Rhazoui is a French journalist best known for her contribution as a columnist for the popular magazine Charlie Hebdo where she worked from 2011 to 2017. Rhazoui was in Morocco on 7 January 2015 when the Charlie Hebdo massacre took place. Since 2015, Rhazoui has been working as a human rights campaigner, speaking about free speech and Islam.
![Fernand de Brinon Fernand de Brinon](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/fernand-de-brinon-1.jpg)
![Georges Mandel Georges Mandel](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/georges-mandel-1.jpg)
![Claire Chazal Claire Chazal](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/claire-chazal-1.jpg)
![Edouard Drumont Edouard Drumont](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/edouard-drumont-1.jpg)
![Paul Rassinier Paul Rassinier](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/paul-rassinier-1.jpg)