1
Kylian Mbappé
(French Football Forward - Considered One of the Best Players in the World)
911
191
2
Emma Watson
(Actress and Activist Best Known for Her Role of 'Hermione Granger' in the 'Harry Potter' Film Series)
1394
325
3
Eva Green
(Actress and Model Known for Her Independent Films: ‘Cracks’, ‘Womb’, and ‘Perfect Sense’)
171
58
4
N'Golo Kante
(French Professional Footballer Who Plays as a Defensive Midfielder)
206
46
5
Marion Cotillard
(French Actress Best Known for Her Films: 'La Vie en Rose' and 'Two Days, One Night')
99
30
6
Voltaire
(French Historian and Philosopher Known for His Wit and His Pointed Social Critique)
84
20
7
Claude Monet
(French Painter and Founder of 'Impressionism')
147
28
Listed In: Artists & Painters
Birthdate: November 14, 1840
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Died: December 5, 1926
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
8
Napoleon III
(President of France from 1848 to 1852 and Emperor of the French from 1852 to 1870)
113
35
9
Mélanie Laurent
(Known for Her Performance in ‘Now You See Me’ and ‘Inglourious Basterds’)
52
19
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: February 21, 1983
Sun Sign: Pisces
Height: 5'2" (157 cm)
10
Edith Piaf
(French Singer and One of Country's Most Widely Known International Stars)
100
33
Listed In: Singers
Birthdate: December 19, 1915
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Died: October 11, 1963
Height: 4'10" (147 cm)
11
David Guetta
(French DJ and Music Producer Known for His Singles ‘Gettin' Over You’ and ‘When Love Takes Over’)
66
18
12
Jean-Paul Sartre
(Novelist, Playwright, & Philosopher)
41
20
13
Sophie Marceau
(French Actress Known for Her Films: 'Braveheart', 'Anna Karenina' and 'The World Is Not Enough')
59
26
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: November 17, 1966
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Height: 5'8" (173 cm)
14
Yo-Yo Ma
(American Grammy-Award Winning Cellist )
80
18
15
Simone de Beauvoir
(French Existentialist Philosopher, Writer, Social Theorist, and Feminist Activist)
46
18
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: January 9, 1908
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Died: April 14, 1986
16
Paul Gauguin
(French Post-Impressionist Artist)
37
12
17
Marquis de Sade
(French Writer Whose Perverse Sexual Preferences and Erotic Writings gave Rise to the Term 'Sadism')
25
14
18
DJ Snake
(French Record Producer, DJ and Songwriter Known for His Singles ‘Bird Machine’ and ‘Turn Down for What’)
62
21
19
Catherine Deneuve
(Actress and Singer)
42
13
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: October 22, 1943
Sun Sign: Libra
Height: 5'5" (165 cm)
20
Antoine Lavoisier
(French Chemist Who Discovered the Role of Oxygen in Combustion)
65
16
21
Vincent Cassel
(French Actor Known for His Role in the 'Ocean's' Trilogy and Titular Role in the Biopic 'Mesrine')
13
8
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: November 23, 1966
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Height: 6'2" (188 cm)
22
Juliette Binoche
(Actress Known for Her Films: 'The English Patient ', 'Chocolat' and 'Certified Copy')
23
15
23
Jean-Luc Godard
(Film Director and a Pioneer of the 1960s 'French New Wave' Film Movement)
16
7
Listed In: Critics & Connoisseurs
Birthdate: December 3, 1930
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Died: September 13, 2022
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)
24
Pierre Curie
(Nobel Laureate in Physics)
30
11
25
Charles Aznavour
(One of the Greatest Songwriters in the History of Music and an Icon of 20th-Century Pop Culture.)
58
13
26
Emile Zola
(French Novelist & Playwright Known for His Works 'Les Rougon-Macquart' and 'Thérèse Raquin')
29
5
27
Edgar Degas
(French Impressionist Artist Best Known for His Pastel Drawings and Oil Paintings)
63
8
28
Dominique Wilkins
(Basketball Player)
27
6
29
Irène Joliot-Curie
(French Physicist, Politician and Winner of the 1935 Nobel Prize in Chemistry)
47
8
30
Isabelle Huppert
(French Actress Best Known for Playing Cold and Disdainful Characters)
16
8
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: March 16, 1953
Sun Sign: Pisces
Height: 5'2" (157 cm)
31
Charles Baudelaire
(French Poet Known for His Handling of Rhyme & Rhythm and His Book 'Les Fleurs du mal')
20
4
32
Édouard Manet
(French Modernist Painter Known for His Work ‘The Luncheon on the Grass’ and ‘Olympia’)
25
5
Listed In: Artists & Painters
Birthdate: January 23, 1832
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Died: April 30, 1883
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
33
Serge Gainsbourg
(One of the World's Most Influential Pop Musicians)
17
12
Listed In: Singers
Birthdate: February 2, 1928
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Died: March 2, 1991
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
34
Camille Saint-Saëns
(One of the Greatest Organists and Composers of the Romantic Era)
40
4
35
Charles Perrault
(Iconic French Author Who Laid the Foundations for a New Literary Genre, the 'Fairy Tale')
15
4
36
Georges Seurat
(French Post-Impressionist Artist Who Devised the Painting Techniques Known as 'Chromoluminarism' and 'Pointillism')
19
6
37
Moliere
(French Playwright and One of the Greatest Writers of French Comedy)
34
5
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: January 15, 1622
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Died: February 17, 1673
38
François Truffaut
(One of the Founders of the 'French New Wave' Art Movement & An Icon of the French Film Industry)
17
5
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: February 6, 1932
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Died: October 21, 1984
Height: 5'6" (168 cm)
39
Charles VII of France
(Former King of France (1422 - 1461))
19
4
40
Luc Besson
(Film Director, Screenwriter, and Producer Known for Making Highly Visual Thriller and Action Films)
6
4
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: March 18, 1959
Sun Sign: Pisces
Height: 5'8" (173 cm)
41
Jacques Chirac
(President of France (1995 - 2007))
11
7
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: November 29, 1932
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Died: September 26, 2019
Height: 6'2" (188 cm)
42
Christian Louboutin
(designer)
8
3
43
Sarah Bernhardt
(One of the Most Popular French Actresses of the Late 19th and Early 20th Century)
21
2
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: October 23, 1844
Sun Sign: Libra
Died: March 26, 1923
Height: 5'3" (160 cm)
44
George Sand
(One of the Most Popular Writers in Europe in Her Lifetime)
17
9
45
Jeanne Moreau
(Actress)
24
7
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: January 23, 1928
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Died: July 31, 2017
Height: 5'3" (160 cm)
46
Isabelle Adjani
(French Actress and Singer Who is the Only Person in History to Win Five César Awards)
15
13
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: June 27, 1955
Sun Sign: Cancer
Height: 5'5" (165 cm)
47
Lily-Rose Depp
(Actress, Model and Daughter of the American Actor, Johnny Depp, and French Actress Vanessa Paradis)
252
119
48
Liliane Bettencourt
(Principal Shareholder of ‘L'Oréal’ and the Richest Woman of the World at the Time of Her Death)
12
3
49
Jean Dujardin
(French Comedian and Actor)
10
3
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: June 19, 1972
Sun Sign: Gemini
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
50
Brigitte Bardot
(French Actress and Singer Known for Her Films: ‘And God Created Woman’ and ‘Viva Maria!’)
97
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