- Nicolas Sarkozy
Nicolas Sarkozy is the current President of France and "ex officio" Co-prince of Andorra. He was elected President of the French Republic on 6 May, 2007 after defeating left wing Socialist Party contender Ségolène Royal during the 2007 election. Before his presidency, he was leader of the UMP right wing party. - Percy Percy French
(William) Percy French (1 May 1854 - 24 January 1920) was one of Ireland's foremost songwriters and entertainers in his day. In more recent times, he has become recognised for his watercolour painting. - John French 1st Earl of Ypres
Field Marshal John Denton Pinkstone French, 1st Earl French of Ypres KP, GCB, OM, GCVO, KCMG, ADC, PC (28 September 1852 - 22 May 1925) was a British officer serving as the first Commander-in-Chief of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) in World War I. - Arthur French 1st Baron de Freyne
Arthur French, 1st Baron de Freyne (1786 - 29 September 1856), was an Anglo-Irish peer and Member of Parliament. De Freyne was the eldest son of Arthur French, of French Park. The French family had been major landowners in County Sligo and County Roscommon for many years. He was elected to Parliament for Roscommon in 1821, a seat he held until 1832. In 1839 he was raised to the peerage as Baron de Freyne, of Artagh in the County of Roscommon, … - John French 2nd Earl of Ypres
John Richard Lowndes French, 2nd Earl of Ypres (6 July 1881- 5 April 1958) was the son of the British field marshal and the first commander of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) in World War 1 Sir John French. He was born near Morpeth in Northumberland where his father was stationed. He followed his father by joining the army and he served with the Royal Field Artillery but his military career was cut short following a riding accident. - Arthur French 5th Baron de Freyne
Arthur Reginald French, 5th Baron de Freyne (July 3, 1879 - May 9, 1915) was born in London, to Arthur French of Frenchpark, County Roscommon (1855-1913), 4th Baron de Freyne, and his wife Lady Laura Octavia Dundas (d. 1881). A graduate of Sandhurst and lieutenant in the Royal Fusiliers, he incurred the wrath of his father when on November 18, 1902 he married Annabelle Angus (the daughter of an innkeeper in Banffshire and the divorced wife of a brother officer, … - Dawn French
Dawn Roma French (born 11 October 1957) is a BAFTA Award-nominated British comedian and actress best known for starring in her comedy sketch show "French & Saunders" along with her comedy partner Jennifer Saunders, and for playing the lead role in "The Vicar of Dibley" as Geraldine Granger. - Nicki French
Nicki French is a female singer and dancer who was born in Carlisle, Cumbria, England but raised from the age of four in Tenterden, Kent, England. She is best known for her 1995 dance cover version of "Total Eclipse of the Heart" and for representing the United Kingdom in 2000 at Eurovision in Stockholm. - Kenneth French
Kenneth R. French (born March 10, 1954) is the Carl E. and Catherine M. Heidt Professor of Finance at the Tuck School of Business, Dartmouth College. He has previously been a faculty member at MIT, the Yale School of Management, and the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business. Along with contributing articles to major journals such as the Journal of Finance, the Journal of Financial Economics, the Review of Financial Studies, the American Economic Review, … - Jay Jay French
John French Segall (born 20 July 1948 in New York City, New York), better known with his stage name Jay Jay French or J.J. French, is the founding member and one of the two guitarists of the American heavy metal band, Twisted Sister. French briefly used the stage name Johnny Heartbreaker in the first years of his career. He is the owner of "French Management" and "Rebellion Entertainment" along with his business partner, Sean Sullivan. - Daniel Chester French
Daniel Chester French (April 20 1850 - October 7 1931) was an American sculptor. His best-known work is the sculpture of a seated Abraham Lincoln at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. - Larry French
Lawrence Herbert French (November 1, 1907 - February 9 1987) was a starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Pittsburgh Pirates (1929-1934), Chicago Cubs (1935-1941) and Brooklyn Dodgers (1941). French batted right handed and threw left handed. He was born in Visalia, California. In a 14-season career, French posted a 191-171 record with 1187 strikeouts and a 3.44 ERA in 3152.0 innings pitched, including 40 shutouts and 198 complete games. - Beverley French
Beverley French (born 1970) is a British model and television presenter. She can currently be seen on "The Mint" on ITV Play. She has also presented "The Great Big British Quiz" and "Rovers Return Quiz". She has alluded to being a Manchester City Football Club supporter. In the "5 Rings" game, she said that the team on the screen were "Quite possibly, the greatest team in the world", when an anagram of "Manchester City" was on. - Samuel Gibbs French
Samuel Gibbs French was a graduate of the West Point Military Academy, who rose to the rank of Major General in the Confederate States Army. His classmates included future generals Ulysses S. Grant, William B. Franklin, Roswell Ripley, and Franklin Gardner. Gibbs was a native of Trenton, New Jersey. During his military travels during the Mexican-American War, he married a Southern woman, and later resigned his commission to become a Southern planter. - Emma Lee French
Emma Louise Batchelor Lee French (April 21, 1836 - November 16, 1897), better known as Emma Lee French, was a British woman who travelled to Utah and Arizona, in the United States, where she became well known as a carer for the sick. - David French
David French was born in 1939. When David was six years old he moved to Toronto from Coley’s Point Newfoundland. During his young school years David was a sport fanatic, he did not enjoy the academic side of school. When he was in eighth grade he read Tom Sawyer and he knew he wanted to be a writer. At the age of sixteen he had a short story published in First Flowering. His first real encounter with theatre was a touring production of Shakespeare at high school. - Marilyn French
Marilyn French (born November 21, 1929) is an American author known for her feminist novels and non-fiction. In her work, French asserts that women's oppression is an intrinsic part of the male-dominated global culture. "Beyond Power: On Women, Men and Morals" (1985) is an historical examination of the effects of patriarchy on the world. French defines patriarchy as a system that values power and control above life and pleasure. - Victor French
Victor French (December 4, 1934 - June 15, 1989) was an American actor. Born in Santa Barbara, California, French costarred on the television series, "Little House on the Prairie" (1974-1977, 1981-1983, 1984) as Isaiah Edwards and "Highway to Heaven" (1984-1989) as Mark Gordon. He also starred in "Carter Country". He played the recurring character "Agent 44" in the series "Get Smart!" in 1965-1966, … - Heather French
Heather Renee French (born 1974 in Augusta, Kentucky) won the title of Miss America in 2000, continuing a tradition of dominance by Southern contestants in the Miss America pageant. She is a 1992 graduate of Mason County High School. After becoming Miss America, French became an advocate for homeless veterans. She founded the Heather French Foundation for Veterans and remains its executive director. She won the Purple Heart Recognition Award for her efforts in 2002. - Chris French
Christopher C. French BA PhD CPsychol FBPsS FRSA is a psychologist and vocal skeptic specialising in the psychology of paranormal beliefs and experiences, cognition and emotion. He is currently Professor of psychology at Goldsmiths College, University of London, is head of their Anomalistic Psychology Research Unit which he founded in the year 2000 and is the co-editor of "The Skeptic" (UK) magazine with Victoria Hamilton. - Samuel French
Samuel French (1821 - 1898) was a U.S. entrepreneur who, together with British actor, playwright and theatrical manager Thomas Hailes Lacy, pioneered in the field of theatrical publishing and the licensing of plays. French started his publishing business in New York City in 1854. In 1859 he visited London, where he met Lacy, who had given up the stage and been active as a theatrical bookseller since the mid-1840s. Lacy, who had removed his shop from Wellington Street, … - Sarah French
Sarah Sutton French is a beauty queen who has competed in the Miss Teen USA and Miss America pageants. She was born in Dallas, Texas but grew up in Hot Springs, Arkansas and is currently living in Columbia, Missouri. French won the Miss Arkansas Teen USA 2004 title in a state pageant held in late 2003. It was her first attempt at the title. She went on to represent Arkansas in the Miss Teen USA 2004 pageant held in Palm Springs, California in August 2004. - Elizabeth B. French
Elizabeth B. French is a former director of the British School at Athens and an authority in Mycenaean archaeology. French developed a detailed classification scheme for a series of Mycenaean terra cotta figurines dating from the Late Helladic period (c.1500 - 1100 B.C.). She coined the term "kourotrophos" for a particular class of these artifacts depicting a woman holding a child. - Jane French
Jane French is an Emmy-nominated American singer/songwriter. French is well known for her song "Breathe", which is the theme song for the NBC soap opera Passions. As a child, French grew up in Montgomery, Ohio, a suburb of Cincinnati. French learned piano at a young age as well as performed in musicals around Cincinnati, studied dance, and sang in commercials mainly for Kenner Toys. She was the voice of such products as Play-Doh and Sit 'n Spin. - Nicci French
Nicci French is the pseudonym of London journalists, Nicci Gerrard and Sean French, who write psychological thrillers together. They were married in 1990 and since 1999 they live in a village in Suffolk a little over 100 kilometers to the north of London together with the two children from Nicci's first marriage, the two daughters they had together, and a couple of cats. - Philip French
Philip French (born 1933) is a British film critic and former radio producer. French, who was raised in Liverpool and educated at Oxford University, has been film critic of "The Observer" since 1978. Before that, he was deputy film critic to David Robinson at "The Times" for some years. He has also written for "Sight and Sound". - Barnaby French
Barnaby French (born November 25, 1975) is an Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League. Originally a part of the Australian under 23s rowing team, he then focused on Australian rules football. The 200cm ruckman was recruited from Sturt Football Club in the SANFL onto Port Adelaide's rookie list. He made his debut in 1999 as a 23-year-old and went on to play 62 games and kick 20 goals for the club. - Charles French
Charles French (21 October 1851 - 27 October 1925) was a politician in Ireland, serving as Member of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The eldest son of Charles French, 3rd Baron de Freyne by his wife Catherine Maree, French was born before his parents' marriage on 17 May 1854 and so was not eligible to succeed to the title of Baron de Freyne, which passed to his younger brother, Arthur, in 1868. He married Constance Eleanor Chichester on 21 January 1880. - William H. French
William Henry French (January 13, 1815 - May 20, 1881) was a career U.S. Army officer and a Union Army general in the American Civil War. He rose to temporarily command a corps within the Army of the Potomac, but was relieved of active field duty following poor performance during the Mine Run Campaign in late 1863. - Ray H. French
Ray H. French (1919-2000), artist and print maker, was born in Terre Haute, Indiana, USA, on May 16 1919. He attended the John Herron School of Art, Indianapolis, Indiana, and the University of Iowa. His work is in over 500 collections including the Library of Congress, Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, and the Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris. - Domingo French
Domingo French was an Argentine revolutionary who took part in the May Revolution and the Argentine War of Independence. During his childhood and adolescence French spent his time between study and commercial activities helping his father. From 1802 French became the first mailman of Buenos Aires. During the first English invasion French organized, alongside Juan Martín de Pueyrredón, the corps of Húsares. - Alice French
Alice French (1850 - 1934), better known as Octave Thanet, was an American novelist. She was born at Andover, Massachusetts, a daughter of George Henry and Frances Wood French, and began her literary career about 1878 with studies of a social and economic bent, but soon turned to short stories, especially after her removal to the West. Iowa and Arkansas gave her opportunities for exploiting regions hitherto little attempted in fiction. - Kristen French
Kristen Dawn French (May 10, 1976 - April 19, 1992) was a Canadian schoolgirl who resided in St. Catharines, Ontario until she was abducted, tortured, and murdered by Karla Homolka and Paul Bernardo. She was held captive and tortured for three days, until they killed her on April 19, 1992. French was on her way home from Holy Cross Secondary School, a Catholic school in St. Catharines, … - George Arthur French
Sir George Arthur French, KCMG (19 June 1841 - 7 July 1921) served as the second Commissioner of the North West Mounted Police, from October 18, 1873, to July 21, 1876. George Arthur French was born at Roscommon, Ireland. He was educated at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst and Woolwich and commissioned in the Royal Artillery in 1860. In 1871, at the request of the Canadian government, he was sent to Canada as a military inspector, … - Edwin Davis French
Edwin Davis French was a highly esteemed bookplate engraver, producing at least 330 beginning in 1893. Born in North Attleboro, Massachusetts, his artistic career had begun in 1869 with silver engraving for the Whiting Manufacturing Company. Later, he became a founding member and trustee of the American Fine Arts Society. Two men who influenced French's work were Albrecht Dürer and Charles W. Sherborn. Many of his patrons belonged to the Grolier Club. - Alexander French
Alexander Niall French (born December 1, 1980, Hong Kong) is a Hong Kong cricketer who has played two One-day Internationals and nine ICC Trophy matches for Hong Kong. French made his debut aged 16 at the 1997 ICC Trophy in Malaysia, and played four matches, scoring 22 runs with a highest score of 13 in the debut match against Italy. - Leonard French
Leonard French OBE (born 1928 Brunswick, Victoria) is an Australian artist. He is known principally for the stained glass ceiling he did at the National Gallery of Victoria. He also won the Sulman Prize in 1960 with "The Burial", and the Blake Prize in 1963 and in 1980. He was also awarded a Harkness Fellowship in 1965. He has held more than 40 solo exhibitions in Australia, and been part of many group exhibitions outside Australia. - Hamish French
Hamish Mackie French (born February 7 1964) is a former Scottish footballer. He was born in Aberdeen and brought up in Methlick, Aberdeenshire, where his family still own a shop. After playing as a midfielder or forward for Keith in the Highland League, he won a contract with Dundee United in 1987, but his career there was disrupted by injuries. - Frederick John French
Frederick John French (January 18 1847 - ?) was an Ontario lawyer and political figure. He represented Grenville South and then Grenville in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as a Conservative member from 1879 to 1890. He was born in Burritt's Rapids, Canada West in 1847, the son of John Strachan French, of United Empire Loyalist heritage. His great grandfather Jeremiah French served in the first parliament of Upper Canada. - Burton L. French
Burton Lee French (born August 1, 1875 in Carroll County, Indiana - died September 12, 1954 in Hamilton, Ohio) was a United States Representative from Idaho. French served as a Republican in the House from 1903 to 1909, 1911 to 1915 and 1917 to 1933. With a combined 26 years in office, he remains the longest-serving U.S. House member in Idaho history. French was originally elected as an at-large member from Idaho, representing the entire state.
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