| A | B |
|---|
| Henri IV | gave religious freedom to Protestants with the Edict of Nantes |
| La Guerre de Cent Ans | series of conflicts between France and England |
| Jeanne d'Arc | led the French army against England, helped Charles VII become king |
| Isabelle Adjani | French actress |
| Gerard Depardieu | French actor |
| Pierre Curie | with his wife Marie, won the Nobel Prize for discovering radioactivity |
| Marie Curie | famous science researcher, first women professor at the Sorbonne |
| Louis Pasteur | microbiologist who worked with methods of disease control |
| Molire | wrote comedies in the 17th century, entertained Louis XIV |
| Victor Hugo | 19th century novelist, known for Notre Dame de Paris and les Misrables |
| Franois Truffaut | New Wave French film director |
| Louis XIV | "le roi soleil" who had a 72-year reign, had the palace of Versailles built |
| Napolon I | great military leader, became emperor of France in 1804 |
| Charles de Gaulle | led the French resistance in World War II, president from 1958 - 1969 |
| Jacques Chirac | current president of France |
| Coco Chanel | influential designer, known for fashions and perfume |
| Isabelle & Paul Duchesnay | figure skaters |
| Jean Galfione | French athlete known for pole vault |
| Marie-Jos Prec | Olympic track athlete |
