Famous French People

Name famous people whom are from France and/or of French descent.

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Clue	Person
General officer during World War I; became known as the 'Lion of Verdun'	Philippe Pétain
Longest recorded reign of any monarch of a sovereign country in history	Louis XIV
Poet, novelist, essayist, playwright, and dramatist of the Romantic movement	Victor Hugo
Fashion designer and businesswoman; founded brand named after her	Coco Chanel
Lawyer and statesman; one of the most influential figures of the French Revolution	Maximilien Robespierre
Heroine of for her role during the Lancastrian phase of the Hundred Years' War	Joan of Arc
Invented analytic geometry, linking the then separate fields of geometry and algebra	René Descartes
Military and political leader who rose to prominence during the French Revolution	Napoleon Bonaparte

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Army officer and statesman who led Free France against Nazi Germany in World War II	Charles de Gaulle
Painter and founder of impressionist painting; key precursor to modernism	Claude Monet
Professional wrestler and actor, known for his great size as a result of gigantism	André the Giant
Writer and novelist; wrote "The Three Musketeers"	Alexandre Dumas
Contributed greatly to the sciences; discovered the principles of vaccinations	Louis Pasteur
Enlightenment writer, historian, and philosopher; advocate for civil liberties	Voltaire
Civil engineer who was the namesake of Paris' most iconic building	Gustave Eiffel