Find out more about the greatest French Lawyers & Judges, including Maximilien Robespierre, Christine Lagarde, Marine Le Pen, Pierre Laval and Dominique Strauss-Kahn.
Marine Le Pen05 August 1968
Political Leader
Georges Danton26 October 1759
Revolutionary
Jacques Vergès05 March 1925
Lawyer
René Cassin05 October 1887
French Jurist
Maximilien de Robespierre06 May 1758
Influential Figure of the French Revolution
Christine Lagarde01 January 1956
Economist, Lawyer, Diplomat, Politician,
Dominique Strauss-Kahn25 April 1949
Economist, Politician, Lawyer, University teacher
Pierre Laval28 June 1883
Politician, Lawyer
Patrick Devedjian26 August 1944
Politician
Carlo Buonaparte27 March 1746
assessor, lawyer
Simone Veil13 July 1927
Politician, Judge
Jean de La Fontaine08 July 1621
Writer, Poet, Lawyer
Joseph de Maistre01 April 1753
Philosopher
Paul Reynaud15 October 1878
Politician, Lawyer, Journalist
Raymond Poincaré20 August 1860
Politician, Lawyer, Journalist
Gustave Caillebotte19 August 1848
Painter, Art collector, Patron of the arts,
Adolphe Thiers15 April 1797
Politician
François Fillon04 March 1954
Politician, Lawyer, Legislative assistant
Camille Desmoulins02 March 1760
Journalist, Politician, Lawyer
René Coty20 March 1882
Politician, Lawyer
Lucien Bouchard22 December 1938
Politician
Jules Ferry05 April 1832
Politician, Diplomat, Lawyer, Journalist
Charles Joseph Bonaparte09 June 1851
Lawyer
Guy de Rothschild21 May 1909
Art collector, Banker, Lawyer
Paul Doumer22 March 1857
Politician, Lawyer, Journalist
Léon Gambetta02 April 1838
Politician, Lawyer
Alexandre Millerand10 February 1859
Politician, Lawyer, Journalist
Jean-Pierre Raffarin
Charles Alexandre de Calonne20 January 1734
Statesman
Louis Aliot04 September 1969
Politician, Lawyer
Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle11 February 1657
Philosopher, Poet, Writer, Playwright, Satirist,
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Isabelle Coutant-Peyre1952 AD
lawyer
Nathalie Sarraute18 July 1900
Lawyer
Frédéric Ozanam23 April 1813
Scholar
Antoine Quentin Fouquier-Tinville10 June 1746
Prosecutor
Fernand de Brinon26 August 1885
Journalist, Socialite, Lawyer
Georges Couthon22 December 1755
Politician
Arnaud Montebourg30 October 1962
Politician, Lawyer
Paul Bert19 October 1833
Physiologist
François Hotman23 August 1524
Lawyer
Eva Joly05 December 1943
Politician, Judge, Jurist
Fernand Labori18 April 1860
Attorney
Marie-Jean Hérault de Séchelles20 September 1759
Judge
Guillaume Budé26 January 1467
Scholar
Adolphe Crémieux30 April 1796
Politician
Pierre Victurnien Vergniaud31 May 1753
Lawyer
Paul Ramadier17 March 1888
Politician
Adrien Duport06 February 1759
Politician
Jules Cambon05 April 1845
Diplomat
Charles Rogier16 August 1800
Statesman
Tristan Bernard07 September 1866
Playwright
Emmanuel Gaillard01 January 1952
Lawyer
Jacques-Nicolas Billaud-Varenne23 April 1756
Architect
François Gény17 December 1861
Jurist
Isaac René Guy le Chapelier12 June 1754
Jurist
Pierre Louis Prieur01 August 1756
Lawyer
André Cayatte03 February 1909
Filmmaker
Louis-Bernard Guyton de Morveau04 January 1737
Chemist
Jacques Cujas1522 AD
Legal expert
Jean-Étienne-Marie Portalis01 April 1746
Jurist
Marguerite-Élie Guadet20 July 1758
Politician
Gilles Ménage15 August 1613
Scholar
Étienne Pasquier07 June 1529
Lawyer
Guillaume du Vair07 March 1556
Author
Géraud de Cordemoy06 October 1626
Philosopher
Pierre-Antoine Berryer04 January 1790
Advocate
Louis-René de Caradeuc de La Chalotais06 March 1701
Magistrate
Pierre Pithou01 November 1539
Lawyer
Antoine Le Maistre02 May 1608
Lawyer
Charles Ancillon28 July 1659
Jurist
Chrétien Guillaume de Lamoignon de Malesherbes06 December 1721
Statesman
Frédéric-Auguste Demetz12 May 1796
Jurist
Pierre-Paul Royer-Collard21 June 1763
Statesman
Anthelme Brillat-Savarin01 April 1755
Author
Simon-Nicolas-Henri Linguet14 July 1736
Journalist
Michel de l'Hôpital1507 AD
Statesman