 Zinedine Zidane Zinedine Zidane was born on June 23, 1972. Including Zizou, his Algerian parents had a total of five children. He is a famous football player.
Biography and Career :
School was not his specialty, so he turned to football. By the age of 16, a scout by the name of Jean Varraud recruited him to Cannes. One year later, Zizou made his debut in the French First Division.
* The midfielder wa ... Date added: 20 November '07 |
 Paris Paris is France's capital and largest city, and a leading cultural, business, and political center of Europe. Nicknamed "The City of Light" (la Ville Lumière) since the 19th century, Paris also has a reputation as a "romantic" city. Paris is also capital of France's Île-de-France région and one of eight départements in that region, whose territory encompasses Paris and its suburbs.
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P ... Date added: 23 December '07 |
 Strasbourg Strasbourg is the capital and principal city of the Alsace region of northeastern France.
Strasbourg is an important centre of manufacturing and engineering, as well as of road, rail and river communications.
Strasbourg is the seat of the Council of Europe and the European Court of Human Rights and it hosts a seat of the European Parliament, together with Brussels.
Strasbourg is a city wi ... Date added: 05 April '06 |
 Basilique du Sacre Coeur Basilique du Sacre Coeur was built at the end of the 19th century at the top of the Montmartre hill in Paris. Its famous white pastry like architecture is dominating the city (look at the picture below of Montmartre and the Sacre-Coeur taken from the Pompidou center).
Basilique du Sacre Coeur is a holy place and a flagship of Catholic devotion to the Holy Virgin in Paris. It attracts many pilgr ... Date added: 23 December '07 |
 Brigitte Bardot Brigitte Bardot was born September 28, 1934 in Paris, France. She is a French actress and model, daughter of an industrialist. Also known simply as BB ("Bri-Bri" in childhood) Brigitte Bardot is considered the embodiment of the 1950s "sex kitten."
Biography and Career :
In the 1970s Brigitte Bardot established herself as an animal rights activist. During the 1990s her controversial and outs ... Date added: 21 November '07 |
 Virginie Ledoyen Virginie Ledoyen was born on November 15, 1976 in Aubervilliers, France, the daughter of Bernard, a salesman and Olga, a retaurant manager. Her grandparents are Spanish and it has been suggested that this is where she inherited her unusual eyes. Virginie's parents are divorced and her mother remarried. Virginie has a brother, Michel. She is an actress and a model.
Biography and Career :
Vir ... Date added: 21 November '07 |
 Marseille Marseille is the second largest city in France and the third metropolitan area, with 1,516,340 inhabitants at the 1999 census. Located in the former province of Provence and on the Mediterranean Sea, it is France's largest commercial port and the largest in the Mediterranean.
Marseille is the capital of the Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur region, as well as the prefecture (capital) of the Bouches-du ... Date added: 30 April '06 |
 France Ultimate Travel Destination by Robbo Das -
You will certainly not be bored when you travel to France. Considered one of the most romantic countries in the world, France remains one of the ultimate travel destinations in the world, especially for people who love to go sightseeing.
There are a lot of places to travel to in France. One of which is the world-famous Louvre, which houses some of the most celebrated works of ... Date added: 23 December '07 |
 Berenice Bejo Berenice Bejo was born on July 7, 1976 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She is a French actress and comedian.
Biography and Career :
At the age of 3 she moved to France where she started her acting career. In 2001, she entered America's big screen by performing in "A Knight's Tale," and in 2002's "24 Hours In The Life of a Woman."
Filmography :
- Caire, nid d'espions, Le (2006)
- Cavalcade ... Date added: 22 November '07 |
 Travel To Paris by Frank Johnson -
Not only is it the capital of France, Paris has accumulated a laundry list throughout history of self-proclaimed and well-worn titles that place Parisians in a class of their own. Paris is a haven for love and romance, the disputed epicenter of cutting-edge fashion, a global culinary capital, the motherland of fine arts and let us not forget the self-given accolade of an eli ... Date added: 23 December '07 |
 Alina Sorescu Alina Sorescu was born on July 14, 1986 in Bucharest, Romania. She is a famous Romanian singer. Alina Sorescu Height : 162 cm.
Biography and Career :
Her first appearance was in 1994 at The National Music Festival for Kids in Bucharest where she received the golden award. In 1996 she won the contest again and she received a proposal to sing for the opening of The Golden Stag - International ... Date added: 10 December '07 |
 Marcel Proust Marcel Proust (full name Valentin Louis Georges Eugène Marcel Proust) was born on July 10, 1871 in Auteuil, France as son of the doctor Achille-Adrien Proust and Jeanne Clemence Weil. He was a French novelist, essayist and critic, best known as the author of "À la recherche du temps perdu" (in English, In Search of Lost Time; earlier translated as Remembrance of Things Past), a monumental work of ... Date added: 26 November '07 |
 Aurelie Claudel Aurelie Claudel was born on August 7, 1980 in Saint-Mars-d'Autille, France. She has a beautiful face and body and works as a fashion model.
Biography and Career :
She was 13 years old and was walking in the Jardin des Plantes park in Paris when was remarked by Dawn Wolff. But this was just the beginning. After that she appeared in Ricky Martin's video "Private Emotion" and all eyes were on h ... Date added: 25 February '07 |
 Melissa Theuriau Melissa Theuriau was born on July 18, 1978 in Chirolles, Grenoble, France. She is a famous French journalist.
Biography and Career :
She attended the Institut de la Communication et des Medias, Universite Stendhal - Grenoble III. Her face became popular after appearing as a newscaster and travel show host for LCI, the news channel and for TF1.
In May 2006 she refused an offer of being an ... Date added: 06 March '07 |
 Paris, the city of the king of Sun by Cristina Nuta -
If you come for the first time in Paris, then you should start your visit with the Beaubourg and Hale districts. From here one can easily manage to reach the most beautiful attractions of the capital of France. The Beaubourg district has become a very important tourist attraction after the Georges Pompidou centre was built in 1977. The building of the centre represents one o ... Date added: 02 May '07 |
 Alfred Sisley Alfred Sisley was born on October 30, 1839. He was an English Impressionist landscape painter who lived and worked in France.
Biography and Career :
Alfred Sisley was born in Paris into the family of a well-to-do English businessman.
Between 1857 and 1861 he lived in London, preparing for a commercial career. In 1862, having decided to become a painter, he entered the Atelier Gleyre in P ... Date added: 01 August '07 |
 Camille Pissarro Camille Pissarro was born on July 10 1830 in Saint-Thomas, France. He is a famous Impressionist painter.
Biography and Career :
Camille Pissarro spent his childhood and youth at Saint-Thomas in the Antilles where he studied painting under the Danish landscapist Melbye. Despite the insistence of his father who was a businessman, Pissarro refused to make a career in comJllerce and went to Pari ... Date added: 11 August '07 |
 Pierre-Auguste Renoir Pierre-Auguste Renoir was born on February 25, 1841 in Limogen, France. He was a French artist who was a leading painter in the development of the Impressionist style.
Biography and Career :
Pierre Auguste Renoir was born in Limoges and brought up in Paris, where his father, a tailor with a large family, settled in 1845. From the age of thirteen he worked as an apprentice, painting flowers ... Date added: 11 August '07 |
 Edgar Degas Edgar Degas (full name Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas) was born on 19 July 1834 in France. He was a French artist famous for his work in painting, sculpture, printmaking and drawing.
Biography and Career :
Edgar Degas received a sound academic training at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts under Louis Lamothe, a pupil of Ingres. As a young man, while copying the old masters in the Louvre, he met Fantin ... Date added: 11 August '07 |
 Jean-Louis Forain Jean-Louis Forain was born on October 23, 1852 in Reims Marne, France. He was a French Impressionist painter, lithographer, watercolorist and etcher.
Biography and Career :
Jean-Louis Forain was one of the most important artists of the first few decades of the twentieth century, frequently compared to Rembrandt for his emotional power as an etcher.
Jean-Louis Forain came of an artist's fa ... Date added: 13 August '07 |
 Eugene Boudin Eugene Boudin was born on July 12, 1824 in Honfleur - Normandy, France. He was one of the first French landscape painters to paint outdoors.
Biography and Career :
Eugene Boudin was born in Honfleur, the son of a harbour pilot. From his adolescence he worked in an art supplies shop in Le Havre and drew in his spare time. The artists who visited the city, in particular Corot, Isabey, Troyon ... Date added: 13 August '07 |
 Pierre Puvis de Chavannes Pierre Puvis de Chavannes (full name Pierre-Cecile Puvis de Chavannes) was born on 14 December 1824 in Lyons, France. He was the president and co-founder of the SocieteNationale des Beaux-Arts.
Biography and Career :
He intended to follow his father's example and become an engineer, but at the same time he took painting lessons from Henri Scheffer. He spent two years in Italy, studying the ... Date added: 17 August '07 |
 Richard Gasquet Richard Gasquet was born on June 18, 1986 in Beziers, France. He is a young, talented tennis player and a great hope for the French tennis.
Biography and Career :
His father had a tennis club and he started playing when he was only four years old. Since 2001 he has been working with Eric Deblicker. He is very talented and when he was nine years old he appeared on the cover of French Tennis M ... Date added: 20 August '07 |
 Henri Fantin-Latour Henri Fantin-Latour (full name Henri Jean Theodore Fantin-Latour) was born on January 14, 1836 in in Grenoble, Rhene-Alpes, France. He was a French painter and lithographer.
Biography and Career :
In 1841, his family moved to Paris. He started drawing at an early age, taught by his father, Theodore Fantin-Latour, who was a portrait painter. In 1850 he began studying under Lecoq de Boisbaudr ... Date added: 07 July '08 |
 Odilon Redon Odilon Redon was born on April 22, 1840 in Bordeaux, France. He was a Symbolist painter and printmaker.
Biography and Career:
Odilon Redon spent his youth in Bordeaux. From the age of fifteen he began to take lessons from S. Gorin who taught him to copy English engravings and water-colours. His success in drawing strengthened Redon's desire to make a career in art.
In 1863 he struck up a ... Date added: 22 August '07 |
 Paul Cezanne Paul Cezanne was born on January 19, 1839 in France. He is a famous artist and Post-Impressionist painter.
Biography and Career :
Paul Cezanne was born into a family of Italian origin in Cesana Forinese. His father had established a felt hat business in Aix-en-Provence and later became a banker. In 1859 he bought a country house on the outskirts of Aix, the J as de Bouffan, which was to be f ... Date added: 22 August '07 |
 Victor Hugo Victor Hugo was born on February 26, 1802 in Besancon, France and died on May 22, 1885. He was a magnificent poet, novelist, playwright and essayist.
Biography and Career :
His parents were Joseph Leopold Sigisbert Hugo, who was a high-ranking officer in Napoleon's army and Sophie Trebuchet and he has two brothers. Francois-Rene de Chateaubriand was the one who had an influence on him.
H ... Date added: 28 November '07 |
 The Battle of Waterloo by Monique Barb -
Napoleon, having escaped from Elba in February 1815, marched on Paris and, having acquired a large army, decided to crush the British and Prussian armies in the Low Countries before they could be reinforced by armies from Austria and Russia. By the 15th June, 1815, he had massed his soldiers near Charleroi, the dividing line between the British soldiers and the Prussians. The ... Date added: 17 October '07 |
 Camille Pin Camille Pin was born on August 25, 1981 in Nice, France. She is a beautiful professional tennis player.
Biography and career :
In June 1999 she became a professional tennis player but her career started when she was a child. She has won seven ITF single tournaments and two ITF doubles tournaments until now (2007). Unfortunately she hasn't any WTA titles won yet.
Between 2000 and 2006 she ... Date added: 26 November '07 |
 Julie Delpy Julie Delpy was born on December 21, 1969 in Paris, France. She is an actress and also a singer and screenwriter.
Biography and Career :
Her parents are Albert Delpy and Marie Pillet and they are both actors. She had attended New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. As a screenwriter she received an Oscar nomination and as a singer released her debut album in 2003.
Some of her sing ... Date added: 18 December '07 |
 Juliette Binoche Juliette Binoche was born on March 9, 1964 in Paris, France. She is a popular actress.
Biography and Career :
She had attended the National Conservatory of Dramatic Art of Paris. Then she started her acting career and thanks to her roles in "The English Patient" and "Chocolat". She won the Oscar Award and received nominations for the Golden Globes.
Her fans are numerous and they can't wai ... Date added: 18 December '07 |
 Ludivine Sagnier Ludivine Sagnier was born on July 3, 1979 in France. She is a French actress and model.
Biography and Career :
Her career as an actress started in 1989, when she was only ten years old and she appeared in the movie "Les Maris, les femmes, les amants". She appeared in the movies "La Petite Lili" and "Swimming Pool" and then performed in two films in competition at the 2003 Cannes Film Festiva ... Date added: 08 May '08 |
 Ophelie Winter Ophelie Winter (Full name Ophélie Kleerekoper-Winter) was born on February 20, 1974 in Boulogne-Billancourt, France. She is a French singer and actress.
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 Steven French Steven French was born on Wednesday, June 15, 1977 in France and is a famous pornstar.General appearance:- brown - dark hair.Being born on Jun 15, Steven is a Gemini and has an athletic body.Steven French dated Summer Verona.Do you think that Steven deserves to be famous? Why?Feel free to express your opinion about this celebrity in the comments section below.If you know any important piece of inf ... Date added: 26 May '08 |
Alain Deloin Alain Deloin was born on Friday, February 20, 1970 in France and is a famous pornstar.General appearance:- brown - dark hair.Being born on Feb 20, Alain is a Pisces.Alain Deloin dated Veronika Vanoza.Do you think that Alain deserves to be famous? Why?Feel free to express your opinion about this celebrity in the comments section below.If you know any important piece of information or 'juicy gossip' ... Date added: 26 May '08 |
 Georges Berthoin Georges Berthoin was born on Sunday, May 17, 1925 in France and he is a famous politician from France.Life in Brief: - Being born on May 17, Georges is a Taurus. - his ethnicity: White. - his mother's name: Germaine Mourgnot. - his father's name: Jean Berthoin.He attended the University of Grenoble.Georges dated Anne W. Whittlesey (wife) and amongst other amorous encounters was Pamela Jenkins (wif ... Date added: 04 June '08 |
Liliane Bettencourt Liliane Bettencourt was born on Sunday, October 01, 1922 in France and she is a famous personality from France.Life in Brief: - Being born on Oct 01, Liliane is a Libra. - her ethnicity: White. - her father's name: Eugène Schueller.Liliane dated André Bettencourt (husband).Famous Why : World's 16th richest person. ... Date added: 04 June '08 |
Anne M. Busquet Anne M. Busquet was born in France and she is a famous businessman from United States.Life in Brief: - her ethnicity: White.She attended the BS Hotel Administration, Cornell University (in 1973).Famous Why : Former EVP at American Express.Do you think that Anne M. deserves to be famous? Why?Feel free to express your opinion about this celebrity in the comments section below.If you know any importa ... Date added: 04 June '08 |
Yves C. de Balmann Yves C. de Balmann was born in France and he is a famous businessman from United States.Life in Brief: - his ethnicity: White.He attended the BE, Ecole Polytechnique France (in 1968).Famous Why : Former Vice Chairman of Bankers Trust.Do you think that Yves C. de deserves to be famous? Why?Feel free to express your opinion about this celebrity in the comments section below.If you know any important ... Date added: 04 June '08 |
 John E. du Pont John E. du Pont (John Eleuthere du Pont) was born in France and he is a famous criminal from United States.Life in Brief: - his ethnicity: White. - his mother's name: Jean Liseter Austin du Pont. - his father's name: William du Pont. - Brother : Henry E.I. du Pont. - Sisters : Evelyn du Pont Donaldson, Jean Ellen du Pont Sheehan.John E. du Pont had studied at Haverford School, Philadelphia, PA (in ... Date added: 04 June '08 |
 Laetitia Sadier Laetitia Sadier was born on Monday, May 06, 1968 in France and she is a famous singer from France.Life in Brief: - Being born on May 06, Laetitia is a Taurus. - her ethnicity: White.Laetitia dated Tim Gane (husband).Famous Why : Chanteuse for Stereolab. ... Date added: 08 June '08 |
Jacques Torres Jacques Torres was born in France and he is a famous chef.Life in Brief: - his ethnicity: White.Jacques dated Kris Kruid (girlfriend).Famous Why : Chocolatier nonpareil.Do you think that Jacques deserves to be famous? Why?Feel free to express your opinion about this celebrity in the comments section below.If you know any important piece of information or 'juicy gossip' about Jacques which you woul ... Date added: 08 June '08 |
