The most famous French personalities

Marion Cotillard, one of the most famous actresses in France.: The most famous French personalities

Whether you take French classes or not, you will surely meet many French personalities :
Napoleon Bonaparte : French ruler and military man, he is considered one of the greatest military geniuses in history for the innovative warfare tactics he carried out.
Édith Piaf : one of the most famous French singers of the 20th century, author of world-famous songs like La vie en rose or Non, je ne regrette rien.
Victor Hugo : poet, playwright and romantic novelist, is considered one of the most important in the French language, author of Our Lady of Paris or Les Miserables .
Voltaire : writer, historian, philosopher and lawyer and one of the main characters of the Enlightenment, a movement that emphasized the power of human reason, science and respect for humanity.
Joan of Arc : peasant who led and commanded, at the age of 17, the French armies during the War of 100 years, making Charles VII of Valois the King of France.
Monet : leader of the Impressionist movement, his paintings are recognized as the purest examples of this style. He laid the foundations for modern painting.
Jules Verne: one of the most important writers in France and throughout Europe, famous for his adventure novels and considered, along with HG Wells, the “father of science fiction.”
In the world of sports, we can mention Zinedine Zidane , considered one of the best players of the 90s, or Antoine Griezmann soccer striker who currently plays for Fútbol Club Barcelona.
As for cinema, we cannot fail to mention Gérard Depardieu, who at the beginning of the eighties was already one of the most prestigious French actors, with films such as The Man in the Iron Mask, Les Miserables or Asterix and Obelix ; to Jean Reno , as known, with performances in such films as The Big Blue and The Professional ; to Audrey Tautou , who won worldwide recognition for his role of Amélie Poulain in Amélie (2001), a film nominated for Best Picture Oscar Foreign Language, achieving critical acclaim and box office; already Marion Cotillard, winner of the Oscars, among others, for her portrayal of Édith Piaf in the film Life in Pink . She is the only woman to have won an Oscar for best actress for a French film.