Personnalités Françaises

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Contents 1 Personnalités françaises / French notables 1.1 Fashion designers / Couturiers 1.2 Chefs / Cuisiniers 1.3 Ecrivains / Authors 1.3.1 Pre-1700 1.3.2 18th Century 1.3.3 19th Century 1.3.4 20th Century 1.4 Painters / Peintres 1.5 Sculptors / Sculpteurs 1.6 Scientists, explorers, inventors 1.7 Activits and Politicians 1.8 Military 1.9 Musicians, composers / Musiciens, compositeurs 1.10 Actors and film directors / Acteurs, comédiens, réalisateurs 1.11 Singers and entertainers / chanteurs 1.12 Canadian history 1.13 Other

Personnalités françaises / French notables

This page contains a list of French notables to work on. For examples of improved profiles, see the gallery of improved French profiles.

Fashion designers / Couturiers

Name	Profile	Connected?	Tasks	Working on
Christian Dior	Christian Dior	YES	Done
Hubert de Givenchy	Hubert Taffin de Givenchy	YES	needs bio
Yves Saint-Laurent	Yves Mathieu-Saint-Laurent	YES	DONE
Coco Chanel	Gabrielle Chanel	YES	Bio needs work
Jeanne Lanvin	Jeanne Lanvin	YES	Bio

Chefs / Cuisiniers

Name	Profile	Connected?	Tasks
Anthony Bourdain	Anthony Bourdain	YES	American citizen, needs bio
Paul Bocuse	-	-	No profile yet
Joël Robuchon	-	-	No profile yet

Ecrivains / Authors

Pre-1700

Name	Profile	Connected?	Tasks	Working on
Abélard	Pierre Abélard	NO	Probably impossible to get connected
Jean Bodel	Jean Bodel	NO	Standalone profile - no hope of ever connecting it.
Montaigne	Michel de Montaigne	YES	Needs better bio
René Descartes	René Descartes	YES	Connected Aug 2017
Mme de La Fayette	Marie-Madeleine Pioche de La Vergne	YES
Mme de Sévigné	Marie de Rabutin-Chantal	YES
Pierre Corneille	Pierre Corneille	YES
Jean Racine	-	-
Jean de La Fontaine	Jean de La Fontaine	NO
Molière (Jean-Baptiste Poquelin)	-	-

18th Century

Name	Profile	Connected?	Tasks	Working on
Voltaire	François-Marie Arouet	YES	Needs ???
Jean-Jacques Rousseau	Jean-Jacques Rousseau	NO	Needs family (wife) , needs Connected
Denis Diderot	Denis Diderot	YES	Connected 11 September 2017	Rassinot-1
Olympe de Gouges	Marie-Olympe Gouze	YES	Bio

19th Century

Name	Profile	Connected?	Tasks	Working on
Émile Zola	Emile Zola	YES	Émile Zola and Émile Durkheim currently have the same photo on Wikitree	Rassinot-1
Victor Hugo	Victor Hugo	YES	needs better bio
Guy de Maupassant	Guy de Maupassant	YES	Connected Feb 2020
Jules Verne	Jules Verne	YES
Sully Prudhomme	Sully Prudhomme	NO	Needs Family, Needs Connected
Frédéric Mistral	Frédéric Mistral	NO	Needs Family, Needs Connected, ...
Gustave Flaubert	Gustave Flaubert	YES	Needs bio
François-René de Châteaubriand	François-René de Châteaubriand	YES	Connected.
Emile Durkheim	Emile Durkheim	NO	Émile Zola and Émile Durkheim currently have the same photo on Wikitree
Alexandre Dumas (père)	Alexandre Davy de la Pailleterie	YES	Needs French bio
Alphonse Daudet	Alphonse Daudet	YES	Needs better profile
Comtesse de Ségur	Sophie Rostopchine	YES	Needs better profile
Arthur Rimbaud	Arthur Rimbaud	YES	Connected 5 April 2018, needs more family, biography	Greg Lavoie
Paul Verlaine	Paul Verlaine	NO		Greg
Stendhal	Henri Beyle	YES	Biography, finish siblings, add paternal family	Isabelle
George Sand	Aurore Dupin	Yes	More primping, English bio
Honoré de Balzac	Honoré de Balzac	YES	Contact PM to work on this profile
Théophile Gautier	Théophile Gautier	NO
Alfred de Musset	Alfred de Musset	YES

20th Century

Name	Profile	Connected?	Tasks	Working on
Jean-Paul Sartre	Jean-Paul Sartre	YES	Connected Jan 2019
Albert Camus	Albert Camus	YES
André Maurois	André Maurois	YES	Picture, bio, etc.
François Mauriac	François Mauriac	YES
Marcel Proust	Marcel Proust	YES
Marguerite Duras	Marguerite Donnadieu	YES	Family members must be sourced properly
Jacqueline de Romilly	Jacqueline David	Yes	Author	Needs biography, family, picture
Marguerite Yourcenar	Marguerite Cleenewerck de Crayencour	YES	Connected by Karen Tobo
Aragon	Louis Andrieux	YES	Connected 4 September 2017	Rassinot-1
Elsa Triolet	Elsa (Kagan) Triolet	YES	Connected 4 September 2017
Romain Rolland	Romain Rolland	YES
Michel Foucault	Michel Foucault	NO	Needs connected
Françoise Giroud	Léa-France Gourdji	YES	Journalist and author, connected through living family members
Richard Wright	Richard Wright	NO	Author, needs family, biography, connection
James Baldwin	James Baldwin	NO	Author, needs family, biography, connection
Alain-Fournier	-	No profile yet
Guillaume Apollinaire	-	-
Aimé Césaire	-	No profile yet
Paul Éluard	Eugène Grindel	NO
Jean d'Ormesson	Jean d'Ormesson	YES	Needs better profile

Painters / Peintres

Name	Profile if it exists	Connected?	Tasks	Working on
Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres	Jean-Auguste Dominique Ingres	NO	Needs family, needs connected
Georges Seurat	Georges Seurat	YES		Rassinot-1
Édouard Manet	Edouard Manet	YES	Connected May 19, 2018
Marc Chagall	Marc Chagall	NO	Needs Family, Needs Connected (parents are Russian)
Jean-Honoré Fragonard	Jean-Honoré Fragonard	YES	Needs family, rumour of family connection with Morisot needs checking
Jean-François Millet	Jean François Millet	YES	Connected 24 October 2017, needs additional family	Greg Lavoie
Edgar Degas	Edgar Degas	YES	Connection from 30 October 2017 needs further validation	Greg Lavoie
Henri Matisse	Henri Matisse	YES	Connected; needs family, biography and sources	Barbara Cutter
Marcel Duchamp	Marcel Duchamp	YES	Connected; needs family, biography and sources	Greg Lavoie
Auguste Renoir	Auguste Renoir	YES	Connected 16 December 2017, needs biography	Greg Lavoie
Gustave Caillebotte	Gustave Caillebotte	YES	Connected 1 March 2020, Needs biography, family
Camille Pissarro	Camille Pissarro	YES	Connected 8 January 2019
Alfred Sisley	Alfred Sisley	YES	Connected 3 April 2018, Needs bio
Paul Cézanne	Paul Cézanne	YES	Connected 30 March 2018	Barbara Cutter
William Bouguereau	William Bouguereau	YES	Connected 20 December 2017, needs family, bio	Greg Lavoie
Eugène Delacroix	Eugène Delacroix	NO	Needs biography, family, connection
Rosa Bonheur	Rosa Bonheur	YES	Needs biography, family, connection
Paul Gauguin	Paul Gauguin	YES	Connected 27 March 2018, Needs biography	Greg Lavoie
Jacques-Louis David	Jacques-Louis David	YES	Needs better bio
Louise-Élisabeth Vigée-Lebrun	Louise-Élisabeth Vigée Lebrun	NO	Needs family, bio, connection
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec	Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec	YES	Needs better bio
Max Jacob	Max Jacob Alexandre	NO	Cousin married André Maurois's sister, but cannot be confirmed because the acts are unavailable (Moselle)
Frédéric Bazille	Jean Frédéric Bazille	YES	Connected 29 February 2020, Needs biography

Sculptors / Sculpteurs

Name	Profile	Connected?	Tasks	Working on
Auguste Rodin	Auguste Rodin	NO	Needs family, Needs connected
Auguste Bartholdi	Auguste Bartholdi	YES
Madame Tussaud	Marie Grosholtz	Sculptor	YES	Bio, ancestors need serious cleanup

Scientists, explorers, inventors

Name	Profile if it exists	Connected?	Tasks	Working on
Louis Braille	Louis Braille	YES	Connected May 19, 2018
Louis Pasteur	Louis Pasteur	YES	Check Jura archives to see if its now possible to add parents	Barbara Cutter
André-Marie Ampère	André-Marie Ampère	YES	Needs Connected
Charles Messier	Charles Messier	YES	Moved to Gallery
Pierre Méchain	Pierre Méchain	YES	Needs Connection, biography, family
Nicolas Louis de Lacaille	Nicolas Louis de Lacaille	NO	Needs Connection, biography, family
Jacques-Yves Cousteau	Jacques-Yves Cousteau	YES	Needs Sources	Barbara Cutter
Henri Becquerel	Henri Becquerel	YES		Barbara cutter
Evariste Galois	Evariste Galois	NO	Needs Connected, Needs French bio
Louis Daguerre	Louis Daguerre	NO	Needs Family, Needs Connected
Irène Joliot-Curie	Irène Joliot-Curie	YES	Already connected
Ferdinand de Lesseps	Ferdinand de Lesseps	YES	Family has been added, needs bio	Greg Lavoie
Albert Schweitzer	Albert Schweitzer	YES	Connected January 2019, in concert with his cousin, Jean-Paul Sartre
Jean Charcot	Jean-Baptiste Charcot (explorer)	YES	Needs better profile
Martin Charcot	Jean-Martin Charcot (neurologist)	YES	Needs better profile
Henri Poincaré	Henri Poincaré (mathematician, philosopher)	YES	Needs better profile
Augustin Fresnel	Augustin Fresnel	YES	Connected 3 April 2018
Alexandra David-Néel	Alexandra David-Néel	YES	More biography	Greg
Les frères Lumière	Auguste and Louis Lumière	YES	Clean-up, images, biography, etc.
Édouard et André Michelin	Édouard and André Michelin	YES	Sources, family, etc.
Louis Blériot	Louis Blériot	NO

Activits and Politicians

See also the Presidents of France space page.

Name	Profile	Tasks	Notes
Maximilien de Robespierre	Maximilien de Robespierre	Now connected
Georges Danton	Georges Danton	Connected
Simone Veil	Simone Veil	Is connected
Emmanuel Joseph Sieyès	Emmanuel Joseph Sièyes	Connected
Jacques Charles Dupont de l'Eure	Jacques-Charles Dupont de l'Eure	Needs family, biography, connection
Toussaint Louverture	Toussaint Louverture	General, politician, from Haiti
Félix Eboué	Félix Eboué	No profile yet	Politician, member of the Resistance, from French Guiana. Daughter married Léopold Sédar Senghor
François Arago	François Arago	Connected 31 March 2018, Needs biography, family (has several distinguished members)	Greg Lavoie
Germaine Tillion	Germaine Tillion	Ethnologist, member of the Resistance	Isabelle
Geneviève de Gaulle-Anthonioz	Geneviève Anthonioz-de Gaulle		Activist, member of the Resistance; Niece of connected Charles de Gaulle

Military

Name	Profile	Tasks	Working on
Montcalm	Montcalm	Connected 22 December 2017, together with Louis de Buade and Jean Talon	Isabelle
Suffren	Pierre-André Suffren	Needs connected, needs better profile
La Fayette	Gilbert Motier de La Fayette	Biography could be improved
Kellermann	François Christophe Kellermann	Needs biography, family added
Ney	Michel Ney d'Elchingen	Needs better profile
Lefebvre	François Joseph Lefebvre	Untouched profile since creation in 2010

Musicians, composers / Musiciens, compositeurs

Name	Profile	Connected?	Tasks	Working on
Marcel Casadesus	Marcel Casadesus	YES	Family needs work, profiles added
Jacques Offenbach	Jacques Offenbach	YES	Connected March 26, 2018	Rassinot-1
Maurice Ravel	Maurice Ravel	NO	Needs family, connection, biography...
Georges Bizet	Alexandre César Léopold Bizet	YES
Jules Massenet	Jules Massenet	YES	Basically empty profile
Claude Debussy	Achille Claude Debussy	YES
Erik Satie	Éric Satie	NO
François Couperin	François Couperin	NO	Some family already there

Actors and film directors / Acteurs, comédiens, réalisateurs

Name	Profile	Connected?	Tasks	Working on
Jeanne Moreau	Jeanne Moreau	YES	Needs connected
Louis Malle	Louis Malle	YES	Needs Family, Needs Bio
Gisèle Casadesus	Gisèle Casadesus	YES
Danielle Darrieux	Danielle Darrieux	YES	Connected, needs better bio
Marcel Dalio	Marcel Blauschild	NO	Turns out his wife Jany Holt may not have been officially married to Réjane's son. No more ideas to connect him.
Jean Poiret	Jean Poiret	YES	Has a connection to Jean Piat
Claude Rich	Claude Rich	YES
Yves Montand	Ivo Livi	YES	Married to Simone Signoret
Stéphane Audran	Colette Dacheville	YES
Georges Méliès	Georges Méliès	NO	Needs family, connection, etc.
Jean Gabin	Alexis Moncorgé	NO
Michèle Morgan	Simone Roussel	YES

Singers and entertainers / chanteurs

Name	Profile	Connected?	Tasks	Working on
Édith Piaf	Édith Gassion	YES	Needs supporting sources for bio; French bio needed
France Gall	Isabelle Gall	YES	Singer, married to Michel Berger.
Johnny Hallyday	Jean-Philippe (Clerc) Smet	YES	Connected through his American cousins, which ought to make him happy
Maurice Chevalier	Maurice Chevalier	YES	Needs family, biography, etc.
Yves Montand	Ivo Livi	YES	Married to Simone Signoret
Henri Salvador	-		Would be connected by adding his (living) son, whose mother Jacqueline Porel is connected
Josephine Baker	Freda Josephine McDonald	YES	Needs connected
Mistinguett	Jeanne Florentine Bourgeois	YES	Father and all 4 grandparents from Belgium (East Flanders)

Canadian history

Name	Profile	Tasks	Working on
Jean de Brébeuf	Jean de Brébeuf	Needs connected
Gabriel Lalemant	Gabriel Lalemant	Needs connected
Charles Lalemant	Charles Lalemant	Needs connected

Other

Name	Profile	Field	Tasks	Working on
Thérèse de Lisieux	Thérèse Martin	Catholic saint	Connected
Charles de Foucauld	Charles de Foucauld		Needs family, needs connected
Jeanne Calment	Jeanne Calment	Supercentenarian	Needs connected	Greg Lavoie
Eugénie Blanchard	Eugénie Blanchard	Supercentenarian	Connected	Lynnette Dovy
Pierre de Coubertin	Pierre de Coubertin		Connected
Marie Marvingt	Marie Marvingt	Athlete, mountaineer, aviator
Louis Vuitton	Louis Vuitton	mallettier	Needs connected

A list of unconnected notables can be found with errors 568 & 569 on the France suggestion list at DBE_ErrorList_FRA

This command line will retrieve notables with a French connection on Wikitree:

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