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Clergyman and Louis XIII's chief minister. Depicted in "The Three Musketeers"
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1585
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Kardinal Richelieu
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Novelist and playwright, best known as inspiration for Edmond Rostand's most noted drama
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1619
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Cyrano de Bergerac
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one of the most famous French writers, best known for his comedies
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1622
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Molière
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famous Enlightenment writer and philosopher
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1694
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Voltaire
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First President of France and later Emperor of France
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1808
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Napoleon III
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Physicist, best known for demonstrating the effect of Earth's rotation and credited with naming the gyroscope
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1819
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Léon Foucault
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Modernist painter, his works are considered part of the start of modern art
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1832
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Édouard Manet
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Impressionist artist and sculptor, "The Ballet Class"
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1834
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Edgar Degas
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Composer of the Romantic era, "The Carnival of Animals"
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1835
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Camille Saint-Saens
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Composer of the Romantic era, "Carmen"
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1838
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Georges Bizet
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Writer, "J'accuse"
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1840
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Émile Zola
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Sculptor, generally considered the founder of modern sculpture, "The Thinker"
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1840
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Auguste Rodin
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Impressionist painter with a famous garden in Giverny, "Water Lilies"
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1840
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Claude Monet
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former President and moderate Republican politician
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1841
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Félix Faure
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Artist, he spent ten years in French Polynesia and painted the landscapes and people
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1848
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Paul Gauguin
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German engineer and inventor of the Diesel Engine
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1858
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Rudolf Diesel
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Physicist, he received the Nobel Prize with his wife
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1859
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Pierre Curie
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Pioneer of cinema, played by Ben Kingsley in Martin Scorsese's "Hugo", his most famous work is "A Trip to the Moon"
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1861
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Georges Méliès
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Founder of the International Olympic Comittee, known as father of the modern Olympic Games
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1863
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Pierre de Coubertin
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Novelist and critic, "In Search of Lost Time"
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1871
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Marcel Proust
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Socialist politician and three time Prime Minister
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1872
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Léon Blum
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Founder of Citroen
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1878
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André Citroen
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Pharmacist and founder of L'Oréal
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1881
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Eugène Schueller
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Physicist, chemist and Nobel Prize winner with her husband. Daughter of two Nobel Prize winners.
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1897
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Iréne Joliot-Curie
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Physicist and Nobel Prize of chemistry winner with his wife
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1900
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Frédéric Joliot-Curie
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Tennis player and creator of a tennis shirt with a Crocodile logo
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1904
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René Lacoste
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Philosopher and key figure of Existentialism
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1905
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Jean-Paul Sartre
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Philosopher, writer and feminist. In a lifelong relationship with ^
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1908
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Simone de Beauvoir
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Singer, "La vie en rose" "Non, je ne regrette rien"
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1915
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Édith Piaf
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Heiress and socialite. One of the principial shareholders of L'Oréal and the richest woman at the time of her death
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1922
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Liliane Bettencourt
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French-Armenian singer, "La Bohème" "Hier encore"
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1924
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Charles Aznavour
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Comic book writer and director, "Astérix" "Lucky Luke" "Le Petit Nicolas"
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1926
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René Goscinny
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Actress, "Jules et Jim" "La Notte"
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1928
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Jeanne Moreau
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Provocative singer, author and actor, one of the most important figures of French pop culture
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1928
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Serge Gainesbourg
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Director of the French New Wave, "Breathless" "My Life to Live"
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1930
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Jean-Luc Godard
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Director of the French New Wave, "Jules and Jim" "The 400 Blows" "Stolen Kisses"
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1932
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Francois Truffaut
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former President of France, Prime Minister and Mayor of Paris
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1932
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Jacques Chirac
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Polish-French director, "The Pianist" "Chinatown" "Rosemary's Baby"
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1933
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Roman Polanski
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Actress, model, singer and sex symbol of the 50s and 60s
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1934
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Brigitte Bardot
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Singer and actor, "Le pénitencier" "L'envie" "Quelque chose de Tennessee"
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1943
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Johnny Hallyday
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Singer and winner of the Eurovision Song Contest for Luxembourg, "Elle, elle l'a"
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1947
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France Gall
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Singer-songwriter, "Là-bas" "Je te donne"
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1951
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Jean-Jacques Goldman
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Actor, "Serial (Bad) Weddings" "Asterix" "Les Visiteurs"
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1952
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Christian Clavier
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Actress, "Elle" "The Piano Teacher" "Amour"
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1953
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Isabelle Huppert
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Actor, "The Intouchables" "Tell No One"
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1955
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Francois Cluzet
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former President of France, who is convicted of corruption
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1955
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Nicolas Sarkozy
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President of the European Central Bank and first woman in this position
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1956
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Christine Lagarde
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Physicist who was awarded the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physics
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1958
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Anne L'Huillier
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Director, "Léon: The Professional" "Lucy" "The Fifth Element"
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1959
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Luc Besson
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Writer, "Carnage" "Art"
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1959
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Yasmina Reza
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former NBA-Player and Hall of Famer, Atlanta Hawks
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1960
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Dominique Wilkins
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Journalist and general director of the Tour de France
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1960
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Christian Prudhomme
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Academy Award winning film composer "Grand Budapest Hotel" "Shape of Water"
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1961
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Alexandre Desplat
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Director, "Serial (Bad) Weddings"
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1965
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Philippe de Chauveron
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Actor, "Black Swan" "Ocean's 12"
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1966
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Vincent Cassel
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Actress, "Kill Bill" "Inglorious Basterds"
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1966
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Julie Dreyfus
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Actress, "La Boum" "Braveheart"
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1966
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Sophie Marceau
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DJ and music producer, "Titanium" "She Wolf"
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1967
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David Guetta
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Academy Award winning director "The Artist" "OSS 111"-series
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1967
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Michel Hazanavicius
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Actor, "La Haine" "Amélie"
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1967
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Mathieu Kassovitz
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American-French entrepreneur and founder of eBay
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1967
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Pierre Omidyar
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Director, "8 femmes" "Swimming Pool"
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1967
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Francois Ozon
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Director, "The Intouchables" "Samba"
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1971
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Éric Toledano
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Director, "The Increbible Hulk" "The Transporter"
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1973
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Louis Leterrier
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Musician of the electronic music duo Daft Punk "One More Time" "Get Lucky"
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1974
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Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo
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^
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1975
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Thomas Bangalter
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Academy Award winning Actress, "La vie en rose" "Inception" "The Dark Knight Rises"
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1975
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Marion Cotillard
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DJ and music producer, "Intoxicated" "Hello"
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1976
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Martin Solveig
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Director and writer, "The Father"
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1979
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Florian Zeller
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Actress, "Casino Royale" "300: Rise of an Empire" "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children"
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1980
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Eva Green
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Palme d'or winning Director, "Titane" "Raw"
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1983
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Julia Ducournau
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Actress, "Inglorious Basterds" "Now You See Me" "6 Underground"
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1983
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Mélanie Laurent
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French-Israeli singer and participant of the Eurovision Song Contest for France, "J'ai cherché" "Les rues de ma peine"
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1984
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Amir
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former French national player, (Real Madrid, Chelsea, Marseille)
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1985
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Lassana Diarra
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Actress, "Spectre" "No Time to Die" "Blue is the Warmest Colour" "Inglorious Basterds"
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1985
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Léa Seydoux
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Tennis player
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1986
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Gael Monfils
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DJ and music producer, "Lean On" "Let Me Love You"
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1986
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DJ Snake
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Actress, "Portrait of a Lady on Fire"
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1989
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Adèle Haenel
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Algerian national player, (FC Porto, Grenada, Stade Rennes)
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1990
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Yacine Brahimi
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former French international player, Crystal Palace (former PSG and Liverpool defender)
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1990
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Mahmadou Sakho
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British actress, "Harry Potter" "The Perks of Being a Wallflower" "Pretty Women"
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1990
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Emma Watson
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Australian actress, "Tenet" "The Great Gatsby"
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1990
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Elizabeth Debicki
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French national player, Chelsea
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1991
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N'Golo Kanté
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Actress "Blue is the Warmest Colour"
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1993
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Adèle Exarchopoulos
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French national player, FC Bayern Munich
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1996
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Kingsley Coman
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French national player, Chelsea
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1998
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Jules Koundé
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French national player, Paris Saint Germain
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1998
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Kylian Mbappé
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