| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Vincent Auriol |
Head of State |
27-Aug-1884 |
1-Jan-1966 |
President of France, 1947-54 |
| Édouard Balladur |
Head of State |
2-May-1929 |
|
Prime Minister of France. 1993-95 |
| Raymond Barre |
Head of State |
12-Apr-1924 |
23-Aug-2007 |
Prime Minister of France, 1976-81 |
| Pierre Bérégovoy |
Head of State |
23-Dec-1925 |
1-May-1993 |
Prime Minister of France, 1992-93 |
| Marcellin Berthelot |
Chemist |
27-Oct-1827 |
18-Mar-1907 |
Chimie organique fondée sur la synthèse |
| Georges Bidault |
Head of State |
5-Oct-1899 |
27-Jan-1983 |
French President, PM, and Foreign Minister |
| Jean-Louis Borloo |
Politician |
7-Apr-1951 |
|
French Environment Minister |
| Georges Boulanger |
Military |
29-Apr-1837 |
30-Sep-1891 |
French general-turned-politician |
| Thierry Breton |
Business |
15-Jan-1955 |
|
CEO of France Telecom, 2002-05 |
| Lazare Carnot |
Mathematician |
13-May-1753 |
22-Aug-1823 |
Organizer for Victory |
| Jacques Chirac |
Head of State |
29-Nov-1932 |
|
President of France, 1995-2007 |
| Jean-Baptiste Colbert |
Government |
29-Aug-1619 |
6-Sep-1683 |
Economic reformer under Louis XIV |
| Edith Cresson |
Head of State |
27-Jan-1934 |
|
Prime Minister of France, 1991-92 |
| Édouard Daladier |
Head of State |
18-Jun-1884 |
10-Oct-1970 |
Three-time Prime Minister of France |
| Rachida Dati |
Politician |
27-Nov-1965 |
|
French Minister of Justice |
| Jacques Delors |
Politician |
20-Jul-1925 |
|
EU Commission President, 1985-94 |
| Denis Duverne |
Business |
31-Oct-1953 |
|
CFO of AXA |
| François Fillon |
Head of State |
4-Mar-1954 |
|
Prime Minister of France, 2007-10 |
| Hervé Gaymard |
Politician |
31-May-1960 |
|
French Finance Minister, 2004-05 |
| Jean Giraudoux |
Novelist |
29-Oct-1882 |
31-Jan-1944 |
The Madwoman of Chaillot |
| Valéry Giscard d'Estaing |
Head of State |
2-Feb-1926 |
|
President of France, 1974-81 |
| Lionel Jospin |
Head of State |
12-Jul-1937 |
|
Prime Minister of France, 1997-2002 |
| Alain Juppé |
Head of State |
15-Aug-1945 |
|
Prime Minister of France, 1995-97 |
| Bernard Kouchner |
Politician |
1-Nov-1939 |
|
French Foreign Minister |
| Christine Lagarde |
Politician |
1-Jan-1956 |
|
Managing Director, IMF |
| Pierre Laval |
Head of State |
28-Jun-1883 |
15-Oct-1945 |
Prime Minister of Vichy France |
| André Malraux |
Novelist |
3-Nov-1901 |
23-Nov-1976 |
La Condition Humaine |
| Pierre Messmer |
Head of State |
20-Mar-1916 |
29-Aug-2007 |
Prime Minister of France, 1972-74 |
| François Mitterrand |
Head of State |
26-Oct-1916 |
8-Jan-1996 |
President of France, 1981-95 |
| Pierre Moscovici |
Politician |
16-Sep-1957 |
|
French Finance Minister |
| Jacques Necker |
Government |
30-Sep-1732 |
9-Apr-1804 |
Minister of Finance under Louis XVI |
| Maurice Papon |
Criminal |
3-Sep-1910 |
17-Feb-2007 |
Vichy war criminal |
| Étienne-Denis Pasquier |
Politician |
21-Apr-1767 |
5-Jul-1862 |
Last Chancellor of France |
| Jean-Pierre Raffarin |
Head of State |
3-Aug-1948 |
|
Prime Minister of France, 2002-05 |
| Jean-Marie Roland |
Government |
18-Feb-1734 |
15-Nov-1793 |
French Interior Minister, 1792-93 |
| Ségolène Royal |
Politician |
22-Sep-1953 |
|
French presidential candidate |
| Nicolas Sarkozy |
Politician |
28-Jan-1955 |
|
President of France, 2007-12 |
| Dominique Strauss-Kahn |
Politician |
25-Apr-1949 |
|
Chairman of the IMF, 2007-11 |
| Adolphe Thiers |
Head of State |
18-Apr-1797 |
3-Sep-1877 |
First President of the Third Republic |
| Dominique de Villepin |
Head of State |
14-Nov-1953 |
|
Prime Minister of France, 2005-07 |
