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Nobility from Paris (3 C, 191 P) P. People of Montmartre (89 P) U. University of Paris people (5 C, 28 P) Pages in category "People from Paris"
François Hollande, former PS (Socialist Party) leader, former French president (15 May 2012 – 14 May 2017) Jean Jaurès, politician, pacifist; Lionel Jospin, socialist, former prime minister; Bernard Kouchner, founder of Médecins du Monde; Jean-Marie Le Pen, leader of the extreme right party in France, Front National, presidential candidate
Jean-Marie Roland's wife; author of influential Revolutionary writings under Roland's name; salonière; guillotined. Gilbert Romme: Initially a Girondist politician, then Montagnard; designed French Republican Calendar; condemned after Girondists' return to power; committed suicide before execution. Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Personality Notability Nomination defended by Ref. 1 Charles De Gaulle (1890-1970) General and president. Leader of the French resistance movement during World War II. President of France between 1944 and 1946 and between 1958 and 1969. Admired for giving post-war France international prestige and independence in their foreign policy.
Latin was no longer the language of everyday speech. The Franks became more politically influential and built up a large army. In 481, the son of Childeric, Clovis I, just sixteen years old, became the new ruler of the Franks. In 486, he defeated the last Roman armies, became the ruler of all of Gaul north of the river Loire and entered Paris ...
Ana María "Anne" Hidalgo Aleu (French: [an idalɡo], Spanish:; born 19 June 1959) [2] [3] is a Spanish-French politician who has served as Mayor of Paris since 2014, the first woman to hold the office.
An academic by training, Bettencourt Meyers has been an influential figure in French business despite keeping a low profile. She is the single biggest shareholder in L'Oréal, with a nearly 35% stake.
Leader of the great Crusader victory at the Battle of the Olive Grove of Koundouros during the Fourth Crusade. Philip II Augustus: 1165–1223 French Under his leadership, the French won at the Battle of Bouvines against the combined forces of England, Flanders and the Holy Roman Empire in 1214; France emerged as the most powerful state in Europe.