People from France

118 people remembered here.

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  André Bon

  1946 – 2026 · Composer

  French composer who carried Messiaen's classroom to Villa Médicis, then wrote operas that reached the screen.

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  Jean Orizet

  1937 – 2026 · poet

  French poet and Cherche midi co-founder who mapped travel, painting and entretemps.

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  Philippe Caillard

  1924 – 2026 · Choral conductor

  Self-taught French choral conductor who gave voice to Renaissance polyphony and trained generations of choir leaders.

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  Raymond Pointu

  1940 – 2026 · Sports journalist

  French athletics and Olympic journalist who made the tartan readable.

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  Olivier Lebas

  1964 – 2026 · Naval officer

  Carrier pilot and admiral who commanded the Charles de Gaulle and served France at sea.

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  Michèle Barzach

  1943 – 2026 · Politician and physician

  The health minister who first gave France a public answer to AIDS.

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  Henry Dougier

  1936 – 2026 · Publisher

  Publisher who gave a voice to people living through change, one book at a time.

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  René-Pierre Signé

  1930 – 2026 · Politician and general practitioner

  Country doctor of the Morvan who followed Mitterrand at Château-Chinon and served the Nièvre for forty years.

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  Hélène Hazera

  1952 – 2026 · Journalist

  France's first openly trans journalist, voice of Chanson Boum and lifelong fighter for the most precarious.

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  Joël Manglou

  1958 – 2026 · Singer

  Singer of the land and the Creole tongue, who carried the soul of Réunion in every song.

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  Dominique Foata

  1934 – 2026 · Mathematician (combinatorics)

  He found the hidden order in permutations and made Strasbourg a home for combinatorics.

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  Jérôme Bignon

  1949 – 2026 · Avocat and politician

  Somme avocat and parliamentarian who championed France's coasts and wetlands.

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  Gaëtan Mourgue d'Algue

  1939 – 2026 · Golfer

  Amateurism was his pleasure, professionalism his work, golf his life.

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  Bernard Verley

  1939 – 2026 · Actor

  French actor and producer whose face marked cinema and television for more than sixty years.

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  Bernard Brizay

  1941 – 2026 · Historian

  French historian who brought China's past to French readers.

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  Rodolphe

  1948 – 2026 · Comic book writer

  Prolific French scenariste who filled Trent, Kenya and a hundred other worlds with adventure and heart.

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  Claude Antonini

  1946 – 2026 · Singer

  A rebel voice who gave forgotten poets, above all Gaston Couté, a song.

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  Natalia Dontcheva

  1969 – 2026 · Franco-Bulgarian actress of film

  Franco-Bulgarian actress who made French television feel intimate and true

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  Bertrand Grébaut

  1981 – 2026 · Chef and restaurateur

  The Paris chef who made fine cooking feel free, seasonal and generous at Septime.

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  Marie-Christine Boutonnet

  1949 – 2026 · Politician

  Tarn FN organiser who carried Albi activism to the European Parliament.

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  Tony Gatlif

  1948 – 2026 · Film director

  He filmed music, exile and freedom until the road ran out. Latcho drom.

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  Jean-Paul Rappeneau

  1932 – 2026 · Film director

  He made French cinema gallop: Cyrano, screwball grace, and the art of the fugue.

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