France

Discover the renowned figures who have left their indelible mark on France. Explore the profiles of actors, musicians, politicians, and more who have achieved global fame and recognition while representing the rich cultural heritage of France.

King of France since 1483, from the Valois dynasty

Gaston Doumergue

French statesman and politician, President of France

Philipp IV Beautiful

King of France from 1285 to 1314

Philip VI de Valois (Fortunate)

King of France, first of the Valois dynasty

Emmanuel Macron

French statesman, 25th President of France and former banker

French king since 1498, from the Valois dynasty. The campaign of 1499 resumed the Italian Wars of 1494-1559. He carried out reforms to reorganize the army, streamline the court, taxation, and coinage system.

Louis Napoleon Bonaparte

King of Holland, brother of Napoleon I Bonaparte

Fransua Mitteran

President of France from 1981 to 1995.

Aristide Briand

Prime Minister of France

Prime Minister in the Government of France

Louis XIV de Bourbon

French king from the Bourbon dynasty

Emperor of France

Stephane Sejourne

French politician, French Foreign Ministry

Francois Hollande

President of France since May 2012

President of France, assassinated

Dominique de Villepin

Prime Minister of France

Reigning Duchess of Brittany, Queen of France

French politician, President of France (Third Republic, February-September 1920).

French politician, President of France (Third Republic, 1879-1887).

French Minister of the Interior

Francois Leotard

French historian, critic, politician and statesman

French king, from the Valois dynasty

First King of France

French politician, the last President of France during the Third Republic (1932-1940).

Jean Fransois Paul de Gondi

Archbishop of Paris, Cardinal de Retz, a prominent figure in the Fronde

King of France from 1017 to 1025

President of the French Republic

Louis-Philippe I

The last monarch of France to hold the title of king

Sharle de Gaulle

French general, president

French king from the Valois dynasty

Minister of Economy and Finance

Minister of Police of France under the Republic, Napoleon and the Bourbons, creator of the political investigation system.

French Foreign Minister in Raffarin's office

King of France from the Valois dynasty from 1422 to 1461.

The engineer who became the President of France

Catherine de Medicis

French queen from 1547 to 1559, wife of HENRY II

Michele Alliot-Marie

Minister of Defence of France

Marquis, executioner of the Paris Commune

French Duke, one of the organizers of St. Bartholomew's Night, head of the Catholic League. He laid claim to the royal throne, for which he was killed by order of King HENRY III.

Nicolas Sarkozy

French statesman and politician, 23rd President of the French Republic (2007–2012)

French politician, served as Prime Minister three times.

Adelaide Maurienne

Queen of France from 1115 to 1137

King of France, first of the Bourbon dynasty

Marie-Antoinette

French queen, wife of Louis XVI

First king of France from the Capetian dynasty

Armand Fallieres

French statesman

Duke of Lorraine of the Alsatian dynasty (1139-1176).