- Anthony Bourdain
Anthony Michael "Tony" Bourdain (born June 25, 1956) is an American author and the "Chef-at-Large" of "Brasserie Les Halles", based in New York City with locations in Miami, Florida, and Washington, D.C.. Bourdain is also host of the Travel Channel's culinary and cultural adventure program, "Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations". - Wylie Dufresne
Wylie Dufresne is the chef and owner of wd~50 restaurant in Manhattan. Dufresne is a disciple of Spanish chef Ferran Adria and a leading American proponent of molecular gastronomy, the movement to introduce new techniques and sciences in the preparation and delivery of food. Born in 1970 in Providence, Rhode Island, USA, Dufresne is a graduate of the French Culinary Institute in New York. In 1992, Wylie completed a B.A. in philosophy at Colby College in Waterville, Maine. - Emeril Lagasse
Emeril John Lagasse is an American celebrity chef, restaurateur, television personality, and writer. He is of Québécois (paternal) and Portuguese (maternal) ancestry. He is a 1978 graduate of Johnson & Wales University's College of Culinary Arts, where he later received an honorary doctorate in 1990. He is married and has four children. Emeril is most well-known for his TV show "Emeril Live" on the Food Network, one of its highest-rated programs. - Paul Revere
Paul Revere (bap. December 22, 1734 (OS) / January 1 1735 (NS) - May 10, 1818) was an American silversmith and a patriot in the American Revolution. Because he was immortalized after his death for his role as a messenger in the battles of Lexington and Concord, Revere's name and his "midnight ride" are well-known in the United States as a patriotic symbol. In his lifetime, Revere was a prosperous and prominent Boston craftsman, … - John James Audubon
John James Audubon (April 26, 1785 - January 27, 1851) was a French-American ornithologist, naturalist, hunter, and painter. He painted, catalogued, and described the birds of North America. - Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
Jacqueline Lee Bouvier Kennedy Onassis (July 28, 1929 - May 19, 1994) was the wife of John F. Kennedy from 1953 to 1963 and was known as Jacqueline Kennedy or Jackie Kennedy. She served as First Lady of the United States from 1961 until her husband's assassination in 1963. From 1968 until his death in 1975, she was married to Aristotle Onassis and was known as Jacqueline Onassis, Jackie Onassis, … - Julie Delpy
Julie Delpy (born December 21, 1969) is a French/American actress, singer and Academy Award-nominated screenwriter. - Cyril Takayama
Cyril Takayama (born 1973) is a Japanese/French American illusionist, born and raised in Hollywood, California. He is perhaps best known for his street magic performances in Japan. His father is of Okinawan descent, while his mother is French-Moroccan. He was a member of the short live television series T.H.E.M. In 2007 he won first place in The Magic Woods Awards, Best Magician Category. - Rachael Ray
Rachael Domenica Ray (born August 25, 1968 in Glens Falls, New York) is an Emmy-award winning television personality and author, who currently hosts the syndicated talk/lifestyle program "Rachael Ray" and two Food Network series, "30 Minute Meals" and "Rachael Ray's Tasty Travels". Ray has also written a series of cookbooks based on the "30 Minute Meals" concept, and launched a magazine, "Every Day with Rachael Ray", in 2005. - Michael Vartan
Michael Vartan (b. November 27, 1968) is a French-American film and television actor. - Leah Dizon
is a model, singer and a TV personality in Japan, born in Las Vegas, Nevada, US. She has two older brothers, an older sister, and two younger brothers. Her astrological sign is Libra, and her Chinese zodiac sign is Tiger. Her blood type is O. Her ethnicities include Chinese, Filipino and French. - Lucille Ball
Lucille Désirée Ball was an iconic American comedian, actress and star of the landmark sitcom "I Love Lucy", a four time Emmy Award winner (awarded 1953, 1956, 1967, 1968) and charter member of the Television Hall of Fame. A major movie star and "glamour girl" of the 1930s and 1940s, she later achieved tremendous success as a television actress. She received the Kennedy Center Honors in 1986. - Ellen DeGeneres
Ellen Lee DeGeneres (born January 26, 1958) is an American actress, stand-up comedian, and currently the Emmy Award-winning host of the syndicated talk show "The Ellen DeGeneres Show". - Madeleine Peyroux
Madeleine Peyroux (b. 1974) is an American jazz singer, songwriter, and guitarist. Peyroux (pronounced 'Peru' or 'Pear-roo') is noted for her vocal style, which is highly reminiscent of Billie Holiday. - Oliver Stone
William Oliver Stone (born September 15, 1946), known as Oliver Stone, is a American film director, and screenwriter. - Yo-Yo Ma
Yo-Yo Ma (b. October 7, 1955) is a French-born American cellist of world renown and the winner of multiple Grammy Awards. - Charles Boyer
Charles Boyer (August 28, 1899 - August 26, 1978) was a French-American actor who starred in several classic Hollywood films, TV director and TV producer. After moving to the U.S., he became an American citizen. - Henry David Thoreau
Henry David Thoreau (July 12, 1817 – May 6, 1862; born David Henry Thoreau) was an American author, naturalist, transcendentalist, tax resister, development critic, and philosopher who is best known for "Walden", a reflection upon simple living in natural surroundings, and his essay, "Civil Disobedience", an argument for individual resistance to civil government in moral opposition to an unjust state. - Kate Chopin
Kate Chopin (born Katherine O'Flaherty on February 8, 1850 - August 22, 1904), was an American author of short stories and novels, mostly of a Louisiana Creole background. She is now considered to have been a forerunner of feminist authors of the 20th century. From 1889 to 1902, she wrote short stories for both children and adults which were published in such magazines as "Atlantic Monthly", "Vogue", the "Century", … - Brett Favre
Brett Lorenzo Favre (pronounced 'Farv') was born on October 10, 1969 in Gulfport, Mississippi. He is the current starting quarterback for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League (NFL). Favre started at quarterback for The University of Southern Mississippi for four years before being selected in the second round of the 1991 NFL Draft by the Atlanta Falcons. After one season with the Falcons, Favre was traded to the Green Bay Packers on February 10, … - Georges Doriot
Georges F. Doriot (Paris, France, September 1899 - Boston, Massachusetts, USA, June 1987) was one of the first American venture capitalists. In 1946, he founded American Research and Development Corporation, the first publicly owned venture capital firm. - Joe Dassin
Joseph Ira Dassin was a French-speaking American expatriate musician. Dassin was born in New York City to "film noir" director Jules Dassin and Béatrice Launer. He began his childhood first in New York and Los Angeles, California. However after his father became a victim of the anti-communist policies of Senator Joseph McCarthy, he and his family moved from place to place across Europe. After studying at Institut Le Rosey in Switzerland, … - Leslie Caron
Leslie Caron (born July 1, 1931) is an Academy Award-nominated, Golden Globe-winning film actress and dancer. Caron has said of herself: "I'm not a ballerina. I'm a hoofer." - Edgard Varèse
Edgard Victor Achille Charles Varèse was an innovative French-born composer who spent the greater part of his career in the USA. The record label Varèse Sarabande Records is named after the composer. Varèse's music features an emphasis on timbre and rhythm. He was the inventor of the term "organized sound", a phrase meaning that certain timbres and rhythms can be grouped together, sublimating into a whole new definition of sound. - Vincent Fourcade
Vincent Gabriel Fourcade was a French American interior designer and the business and life partner of Robert Denning. "Outrageous luxury is what our clients want," he once said. - Ultra Violet
Isabelle Collin Dufresne (born 6 September 1935 in La Tronche, Grenoble, France; stage name Ultra Violet) is a French-American artist, author and former colleague of Andy Warhol. - Christopher Lambert
Christopher Lambert (born March 29, 1957 as Christophe Guy Denis Lambert) is an American-born French actor. He is best-known for his role as Connor MacLeod in the movie "Highlander". He is best known in France and French-speaking countries as Christophe Lambert. - Claudette Colbert
Claudette Colbert (September 13, 1903 - July 30, 1996) was an Academy Award and Golden Globe-winning American actress of film, theater and television. She was acclaimed for her performances in screwball comedies as well as dramatic roles. She received Academy Award nominations in both film genres. - Mary Pierce
Mary Pierce (born on January 15, 1975, in Montreal, Canada) is a French-American women's professional tennis player on the WTA and one of the leading women in professional sports with multiple "Grand Slam" tennis championships to her name. She has won four Grand Slam titles, two in singles and two in doubles. Pierce plays for France. During her long career, she has reached six Grand Slam singles finals, including the 2005 U.S. Open. - Pierre Charles L'Enfant
Pierre (Peter) Charles L'Enfant (2 August 1754, Paris, France - 14 June 1825, Prince George's County, Maryland) was a French-born American architect and urban planner. L'Enfant designed the first street plan for the Federal City in the United States, now known as Washington, D.C. - Huey Long
Huey Pierce Long, Jr. (August 30, 1893-September 10, 1935), nicknamed The Kingfish, was an American politician from the U.S. state of Louisiana. A Democrat, he was noted for his radical populist policies. He served as Governor of Louisiana from 1928 to 1932 and as a U.S. senator from 1932 to 1935. Though a backer of Franklin D. Roosevelt in the 1932 presidential election, … - Paul Verdier
Paul Verdier is a stage director, actor, and playwright, who also had a number of guest parts in American television. He is married to Sonia Lloveras-Verdier. Before moving to the United States, Verdier was a member of the Paris-based repertory companies of Jean-Louis Barrault/Madeleine Renaud and Nicolas Bataille. Verdier and his wife opened the Stages Theatre Center in Hollywood in 1982, as a venue for bringing “the richness, … - Patricia Arquette
Patricia T. Arquette (born April 8, 1968) is an Emmy Award-winning and a Golden Globe Award-nominated American actress. - Zooey Deschanel
Zooey Claire Deschanel (born January 17, 1980) is an American actress. - Philippe Kahn
Philippe Kahn (born March 16, 1952) is an American technology innovator and entrepreneur, French-born, known as the founder of Borland, a producer of software development tools for as well as Starfish Software, the creator of the first wireless synchronization solutions and LightSurf Technologies the developer of the first camera phone infrastructure. Kahn created the first complete camera phone system in 1997. He is currently the CEO of Fullpower Technologies, … - Alice Guy-Blaché
Alice Guy-Blaché was a pioneer filmmaker who was the first female director in the motion picture industry and is considered to be one of the first directors of a fiction film. Alice Guy was born to French parents who were working in Chile where her father owned a chain of bookstores. Her mother returned home to give birth to Alice in Paris. - Anaïs Nin
Anaïs Nin (February 21 1903 - January 14 1977) was a French-born author of Spanish, Cuban, and Danish descent who became famous for her published journals, which span more than sixty years, beginning when she was eleven years old and ending shortly before her death. Anais is also famous for her erotica, which not only proves sensual, but also acts as a study of human sexuality in its perfection and flaws. - Will Durant
William James Durant (November 5, 1885-November 7, 1981) was an American philosopher, historian, and writer. He is best known for his authorship and co-authorship with his wife Ariel Durant of "The Story of Civilization". - Eugene V. Debs
Eugene Victor Debs (November 5, 1855-October 20, 1926) was an American labor and political leader, one of the founders of the International Labor Union, the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), and five-time Socialist Party of America candidate for President of the United States. - Pierre Salinger
Pierre Emil George Salinger (June 14, 1925 - October 16, 2004) was a White House Press Secretary to U.S. Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson. He later became known for his work as an ABC News correspondent, and in particular for his stories on the American hostage crisis in Iran, the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie Scotland, and his discredited claims as to the cause of the explosion of TWA flight 800.
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