Does any body know the name of any interesting famous french peron?

I need to do a autobiography about someone born in france, for french class. The problem is Ive never heard of anybody famous being borin in france. I want them to be interesting so i could enjoy writing the report and looking for research.

Does any body know the name of any interesting famous french peron?
Marie Curie


Joan of Arc


Marie Antoinette


Kings Louis 1 through 16.


Louis Pasteur


Charlemagne (check his birth place - he may be from modern Germany)


Charles Martel


Marcel Marceau


Talleyrand


Monet


Manet


Gauguin


Marcel Proust


Eric Satie


Claude Debussy


The Montgolfier Brothers





It goes on and on......
Reply:Huh? Do you not know history at all? I am sorry, but the nation of France has produced countless historical figures that will forever be relevant to the history of humanity and all these individuals you should know for shame.





Napoleon Bonaparte - Born in Corsica a offshore territory of France


Cardinal Richelieu


Joan of Arc


Charles De Gaulle


King Louis XIV - The Sun King


King Louis XV - The Elevator King (see why it is humorous)


King Louis XVI - The last absolute monarch of France


Dr. Joseph Guillotine


Jean-Paul Marat


Marquis De Lafayette


Jean-Baptiste Rochambeau


Joseph Bonaparte


Jacques Necker


Jacques Chirac


Maximilien Robespierre


Jean-Jacques Rousseau


Voltaire


Nicholas Sarkozy


King Henry II
Reply:Brigitte Bardot - actress





Alexandre Dumas - author, "The Three Musketeers, "The Count of Monte Cristo"





Victor Hugo - author, "Hunchback of Notre Dame" "Les Miserables"





Liliane Bettencourt - wealthiest woman in the world, according to wikipedia (L'Oreal)





here's a list of noteworthy French-born people: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Fre...
Reply:Napoleon?





Pierre Bourdieu - French sociologist





http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Bour...
Reply:Mainland France? If so, that eliminates Napoleon, who was born in


Corsica.





How about Joan of Arc? Or Louis XIV? Or Lafayette?
Reply:Napolean III is your best bet. Also try looking up famous french emperors but napolean was the most famous.
Reply:voltaire!!


VOLTAAAAIIIRRRE!


or rousseau.


both philosophers.





but napoleon would also be a good one. he is TRES famous.
Reply:Napoleon, Marie Antoinette,, King Louis XVI, Voltaire, Charles De Gaul, Joan of Arc