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Jean-Marie Le Pen, leader of the extreme right party in France, Front National, presidential candidate; Louis Lépine, Paris police chief, governor of Algiers, founder of the Concours Lépine; Émile Loubet, President of France who was elected in 1899, after the death of Félix Faure; Henri-Auguste Lozé, Paris police chief, senator of the ...
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.
Reine Audu: Participant in The Women's March on Versailles and the 10 August (French Revolution).: Charles Augereau, duc de Castiglione: Officer throughout the Revolutionary era and Empire; later a general and Marshal of France.
Louis XV (15 February 1710 – 10 May 1774), known as Louis the Beloved (French: le Bien-Aimé), [1] was King of France from 1 September 1715 until his death in 1774. He succeeded his great-grandfather Louis XIV at the age of five.
The legacy of the French Revolution tended to divide people in France as different people in France had different revolutionary heroes and villains, and unlike the United States, the French had no cult of "the Founding Fathers" whose memory was venerated by all. [10]
Maria Theresa of Spain, queen of France from 1660 until 1683; Maria Teresa Rafaela of Spain, dauphine of France; Caroline Garcia, tennis player; Maria Malibran, mezza-soprano; Olivier Martinez, actor; Jean-Luc Mélenchon, politician; Eugénie de Montijo, the last Empress of France from 1853 until 1870; La Belle Otero, actress and dancer
In this article we will take a look at the 10 most famous personalities in the world. You can skip our detailed analysis of these well-known names and go directly to the 5 Most Famous ...
A. Adélaïde Valentin; Alfred, Duke of Croÿ; Georges Altman; Aly Muhammad Aga Khan; Maria Frances Anderson; Anne Louise Marie de Beauvau; Henriette Arasse