![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)
![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)
![Jenny Longuet Jenny Longuet](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/jenny-longuet-1.jpg)
![Marie Drucker Marie Drucker](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/marie-drucker-1.jpg)
![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)
![Marion Jolles Grosjean Marion Jolles Grosjean](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/marion-jolles-grosjean-1.jpg)
![Anne Desclos Anne Desclos](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/anne-desclos-56249-1.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.
![Claire Chazal Claire Chazal](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/claire-chazal-1.jpg)
![Tristane Banon Tristane Banon](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/tristane-banon-1.jpg)
![Anne-Sophie Lapix Anne-Sophie Lapix](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/anne-sophie-lapix-94150-1.jpg)
![Marie Marvingt Marie Marvingt](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/marie-marvingt-1.jpg)
Refused entry in the Tour de France because she was a woman, French athlete Marie Marvingt finished the course by herself. An aviator and mountaineer, too, she later made many sporting records. She was the first female fighter pilot. She had also been a journalist, a medical officer, and a ski school instructor.
![Léa Salamé Léa Salamé](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/la-salam-120268-1.jpg)
![Elisabeth Beresford Elisabeth Beresford](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/tfp-no-profile-image-found.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.
![Laury Thilleman Laury Thilleman](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/laury-thilleman-1.jpg)
![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.
![Camille Lepage Camille Lepage](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/camille-lepage-1.jpg)
![Marie-Claude Vaillant-Couturier Marie-Claude Vaillant-Couturier](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/marie-claude-vaillant-couturier-1.jpg)
![Caroline Fourest Caroline Fourest](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/caroline-fourest-1.jpg)
![Gisèle Freund Gisèle Freund](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/gisle-freund-60610-1.jpg)
Gisèle Freund was a German-born French photojournalist and photographer best remembered for her portraits of artists and writers and documentary photography. Throughout her career, Gisèle Freund was honored with several prestigious awards like the German Society's cultural photography prize and Grand prix national des Arts pour la Photographie. She also served as the president of the French Association of Photographers.
![Jane Dieulafoy Jane Dieulafoy](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/jane-dieulafoy-1.jpg)
![Marguerite Durand Marguerite Durand](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/marguerite-durand-93982-1.jpg)
![Laure Adler Laure Adler](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/laure-adler-93836-1.jpg)
Laure Adler is a French journalist, TV and radio producer, publisher, and writer. Over the course of her writing career, Adler has written several biographies and numerous essays. Laure Adler achieved popularity as a radio and TV figure when she began interviewing famous personalities like Pierre Vital Georges Bergé, Francis George Steiner, and Pierre de Bénouville.
![Edmonde Charles-Roux Edmonde Charles-Roux](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/edmonde-charles-roux-63095-1.jpg)
![Sylvie Kauffmann Sylvie Kauffmann](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/sylvie-kauffmann-1.jpg)
![Natalie Nougayrède Natalie Nougayrède](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/natalie-nougayrde-1.jpg)