![Marlene Schiappa Marlene Schiappa](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/marlene-schiappa-1.jpg)
![Marlene Schiappa Marlene Schiappa](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/marlene-schiappa-1.jpg)
![Alexandra Cousteau Alexandra Cousteau](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/alexandra-cousteau-1.jpg)
![Louise Michel Louise Michel](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/louise-michel-1.jpg)
A significant figure of the Paris Commune, Louise Michel was born as an illegitimate child of a maid. She had initially been trained to be a teacher but later began developing an interest in revolutionary socialist ideas. She was also once sent behind bars for inciting riots.
![Beate Klarsfeld Beate Klarsfeld](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/beate-klarsfeld-1.jpg)
Beate Klarsfeld is a Franco-German journalist best known for her work as a Nazi hunter. Beate and her husband Serge Klarsfeld achieved popularity for their documentation of many Nazi war criminals, including Alois Brunner, Kurt Lischka, Klaus Barbie, and Kurt Asche. Over the years, Beate Klarsfeld has been honored with numerous prestigious awards, including National Jewish Book Award.
![Madame Roland Madame Roland](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/madame-roland-16925-1.jpg)
The wife of Jean-Marie Roland, Madame Roland was a leading French revolutionary and often hosted significant political meets at her salon. She often directed her husband’s political actions and was responsible for creating a rift between the Jacobin and Girondin factions. She was later arrested and guillotined.
![Princess María Teresa of Bourbon-Parma Princess María Teresa of Bourbon-Parma](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/princess-mara-teresa-of-bourbon-parma-1.jpg)
Her activism and outspokenness had earned Princess María Teresa of Bourbon-Parma the nickname Red Princess. Part of the Spanish royal family, she was educated at the Sorbonne. She later supported the Carlist movement and was a champion of women’s rights, too. She eventually died of COVID-19 at age 86.
![Monique Wittig Monique Wittig](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/monique-wittig-54985-1.jpg)
![Line Renaud Line Renaud](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/line-renaud-92740-1.jpg)
![Danielle Mitterrand Danielle Mitterrand](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/danielle-mitterrand-1.jpg)
![Ouida Ouida](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/ouida-55524-1.jpg)
![Inessa Armand Inessa Armand](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/inessa-armand-1.jpg)
![Celine Cousteau Celine Cousteau](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/celine-cousteau-1.jpg)
Celine Cousteau is a public figure and socio-environmental advocate. She is renowned for her work as an explorer, documentary filmmaker, artist, public speaker, designer, and brand ambassador. Céline Cousteau is credited with founding CauseCentric Productions, which produces multi-media content.
![Gisèle Halimi Gisèle Halimi](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/gisle-halimi-1.jpg)
![Annie Belle Annie Belle](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/annie-belle-1.jpg)
![Margaret of Valois-Angouleme Margaret of Valois-Angouleme](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/margaret-of-valois-angouleme-1.jpg)
Margaret of Valois-Angouleme, the wife of Henry II of Navarre, was a significant figure of the French Renaissance, and is also regarded as The First Modern Woman. She patronized artists and was herself an author, with several short stories and a religious poem to her credit.
![Frederique Bel Frederique Bel](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/frederique-bel-94111-1.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.
![Flora Tristan Flora Tristan](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/flora-tristan-94340-1.jpg)
![Marie Souvestre Marie Souvestre](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/marie-souvestre-1.jpg)
![Pauline Harmange Pauline Harmange](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/pauline-harmange-1.jpg)
![Rama Yade Rama Yade](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/rama-yade-1.jpg)
Born in Senegal, French politician and author Rama Yade started her career as a top-level civil servant with the French Senate. The UMP member has led France as its Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and Human Rights and for Sports. She has also represented France at the UNESCO.
![Theroigne de Mericourt Theroigne de Mericourt](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/theroigne-de-mericourt-1.jpg)
![Priscillia Ludosky Priscillia Ludosky](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/priscillia-ludosky-1.jpg)
![Jacline Mouraud Jacline Mouraud](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/jacline-mouraud-1.jpg)
![Germaine Dulac Germaine Dulac](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/germaine-dulac-93832-1.jpg)
Germaine Dulac was a French filmmaker, critic, film theorist, and journalist. She is remembered for her 1923 impressionist silent film La Souriante Madame Beudet and her 1928 experimental film The Seashell and the Clergyman. Germaine Dulac's contributions to the French film industry were recognized in 1929, when she was presented the Legion of Honor.
![Rokhaya Diallo Rokhaya Diallo](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/rokhaya-diallo-1.jpg)
Rokhaya Diallo is a French journalist, filmmaker, and author. Best known as an activist, Diallo works towards achieving gender, racial, and religious equality. Diallo is widely regarded as one of the most important anti-racism activists in France. In 2013, Rokhaya Diallo was named in the 100 most influential French women list published by Slate.
![Marie-Claude Vaillant-Couturier Marie-Claude Vaillant-Couturier](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/marie-claude-vaillant-couturier-1.jpg)
![Assa Traore Assa Traore](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/assa-traore-1.jpg)
![Judy Minx Judy Minx](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/judy-minx-1.jpg)
![Sœur Emmanuelle Sœur Emmanuelle](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/sister-emmanuelle-61993-1.jpg)
Sister Emmanuelle was a human rights worker and Catholic Religious Sister. She is best remembered for her work that aimed at helping the poor in Egypt and Turkey. Emmanuelle, who was born to a French father and a Belgian mother, was granted Egyptian citizenship in 1991 for her work in Egypt. She was also renowned for her unorthodox religious views.
![Suzanne Césaire Suzanne Césaire](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/suzanne-csaire-1.jpg)
![Françoise Dior Françoise Dior](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/franoise-dior-117331-1.jpg)
French socialite Françoise Dior was the niece of world-renowned designer Christian Dior. However, the heiress later became a Nazi sympathizer and married neo-Nazi figure and Holocaust denier Colin Jordan. She was associated with the National Socialist Movement but eventually lost most of her fortune and died in oblivion.
![Nadia El Fani Nadia El Fani](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/nadia-el-fani-104139-1.jpg)
Nadia El Fani is a French-Tunisian film producer, director, and screenwriter. She is best known for directing documentary films that discuss topics like women's rights, human rights, criticism of religion, and secularism. Nadia El Fani's 2012 film Même pas mal earned her the FESPACO award under the Best Feature Documentary category in 2013.