Voltaire

Voltaire

male, deceased (1778)
François-Marie Arouet, better known by the pen name Voltaire, was a French Enlightenment writer, essayist, deist and philosopher known for his w...
Victor Hugo

Victor Hugo

male, deceased (1885)
Victor-Marie Hugo was a French poet, novelist, playwright, essayist, visual artist, statesman, human rights campaigner, and perhaps the most...
Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

male, deceased (1778)
Jean-Jacques Rousseau, (June 28, 1712 - July 2, 1778) was a Genevan philosopher of the Enlightenment whose political ideas influenced the French...
Jean Moulin

Jean Moulin

male, deceased (1943)
Jean Moulin (June 20, 1899-July 8, 1943) was a high-profile member of the French Resistance during World War II. He is remembered today as an...
Marcellin Berthelot

Marcellin Berthelot

male, deceased (1907)
Marcellin (or Marcelin) Pierre Eugène Berthelot was a French chemist and politician noted in thermochemistry for the Thomsen-Berthelot principle. H...
Paul Langevin

Paul Langevin

male, deceased (1946)
Paul Langevin was a prominent French physicist who developed "Langevin dynamics" and the "Langevin equation". He was one of the founders of the...
Marie François Sadi Carnot

Marie François Sadi Carnot

male, deceased (1894)
Marie François Sadi Carnot was a French statesman, the fourth president of the Third French Republic. He served as the President of France from 1...
Jean Jaurès

Jean Jaurès

male, deceased (1914)
Jean Léon Jaurès-full name Auguste Marie Joseph Jean Léon Jaurès was a French Socialist leader. He was one of the first social democrats: with...
Jean-Paul Marat

Jean-Paul Marat

male, deceased (1793)
Jean-Paul Marat (May 24, 1743 - July 13, 1793), was a Swiss-born French scientist and physician who made much of his career in Great Britain, but...