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Franco-American Flag [citation needed]. French Americans are U.S. citizens or nationals of French descent and heritage. The majority of Franco-American families did not arrive directly from France, but rather settled French territories in the New World (primarily in the 17th and 18th centuries) before moving or being forced to move to the United States later on (see Quebec diaspora and Great ...
Pages in category "American people of French descent" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 969 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Cheyenne (from the French pronunciation and spelling of the Dakota word Sahi'yena, a diminutive of Sahi'ya, a Dakotan name for the Cree people. [188]) Cheyenne River; Dubois (named after U.S. Senator Fred Dubois, of French-Canadian ancestry) Fontenelle; Fort Laramie; Fremont County (named for John C. Frémont, French-American pioneer and ...
Frédéric Passy (1822–1912), French economist, author and pacifist who was a founding member of several peace societies, joint winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1901 for his work in the European peace movement, a convert to Protestantism from Roman Catholicism. [106] Daniel Patte, French-American theologian. [107] [108]
French Americans or Franco-Americans (French: Franco-américains) are citizens or nationals of the United States who identify themselves with having full or partial French or French-Canadian heritage, ethnicity and/or ancestral ties. [2] [3] [4] They include French-Canadian Americans, whose experience and identity differ from the broader community.
Cole Porter, [1] American composer and songwriter; Alex Rowe, serving British national; Akihiko Saito, Japanese hostage in Iraq who later died in captivity; Pal Sárközy de Nagy-Bócsa, advertiser, father of French President Nicolas Sarkozy; Alan Seeger, American poet; Rolf Steiner, Professional Soldier of Fortune in Biafra and Southern Sudan
This is a list of notable Cajuns, often from the Acadiana or the Greater New Orleans region of French Louisiana, though not limited in geographic origin. To be included in this list, the person must have a Wikipedia article showing they are Cajuns or Cajun descent.
Pages in category "American people of French-Canadian descent" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 327 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .