- male, deceased (1885)
- Victor-Marie Hugo was a French poet, novelist, playwright, essayist, visual artist, statesman, human rights campaigner, and perhaps the most...
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- male, deceased (1683)
- Jean-Baptiste Colbert served as the French minister of finance from 1665 to 1683 under the rule of King Louis XIV. He was described by Mme de...
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- male, deceased (1699)
- Jean Racine (December 22, 1639 - April 21, 1699) was a French dramatist, one of the "big three" of 17th century France (along with Molière and C...
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- male, deceased (1757)
- Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle, also referred to as Bernard le Bouyer de Fontenelle (February 11, 1657-January 9, 1757) was a French author....
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- male, deceased (1688)
- Antoine Furetière, French scholar and miscellaneous writer, was born in Paris. He first studied law, and practised for a time as an advocate, but e...
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- male, 86 years old
- Alain Robbe-Grillet (born August 18 1922) is a French writer and filmmaker, born in Brest, Finistère, France into a family of engineers and s...
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- male, deceased (2001)
- Léopold Sédar Senghor was a Senegalese poet, politician, and cultural theorist who served as the first president of Senegal (1960-1980). Senghor wa...
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- male, deceased (1941)
- Henri-Louis Bergson (October 18, 1859-January 4, 1941) was a major French philosopher, influential in the first half of the 20th century.
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- male, 82 years old
- Valéry Marie René Giscard d'Estaing is a French centre-right politician who was President of the French Republic from 1974 until 1981. His tenure as...
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- male, deceased (1996)
- Georges Duby was a French historian specializing in the social and economic history of the Middle Ages. He ranks among the most influential...
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