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Famous French People by Picture

Can you name these famous French people from history and the present?
One of these people was born in Poland. Deal with it.
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First submittedNovember 22, 2019
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1769–1821
1977–
1934–
1412–1431
1972–
1948–
1946–1993
1890–1970
1967–
1802–1885
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1915–1963
1932–2019
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1694–1778
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1910–1997
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94 Comments
Ibath
+20
Level 62
Nov 24, 2019
As a french, all were easy except andré the giant which i never heard of...

I'm astonished that 78% found him atm (while Hugo is at 41...).Strange differences of culture

kogatora
+10
Level 96
Nov 24, 2019
He was in The Princess Bride and is hard to forget.
EcceHomo
+7
Level 85
Oct 14, 2020
He was in the American movie The Princess Bride, therefore all French people should know him. Hmmmm...
PoetsCorner
+16
Level 87
Jan 8, 2022
If Americans can be expected to know Hugo's novels and Piaf's music, the French can be expected to know a couple of especially famous American movies. What's the point of taking quizzes if you're satisfied knowing nothing outside of your immediate sphere?
mrputter
+11
Level 89
Apr 22, 2024
Ok fine, but the point being that he's going to be far more well-known to Americans than to French people. Because most of his success came in particularly American forms of entertainment (US movies, US wrestling, etc.).

It's as if there was a US-born actor who moved to France, only starred in French movies or stage productions, and didn't do any (or much) acting in Hollywood. If they were to appear on a "Famous American people" quiz, it wouldn't be surprising if they were, some margin, the least-guessed person on the quiz, and there were a bunch of responses along the lines of, "Huh. I've never heard of that person before."

(Also: I'm not convinced the Princess Bride is an "especially famous" movie. Yes, it's extremely beloved among its fans -- of which I am one! -- but it doesn't have that wide a fanbase, and references to it are often among the least-guessed when they appear in JetPunk quizzes.)

dunkinggandalf2
+3
Level 72
Jun 5, 2024
I have no issue with Andre the Giant being included in this quiz, but, come on, to compare him to an actual giant of world literature like Victor Hugo is ridiculous.
DarthSoto
+2
Level 62
Jun 5, 2024
Im not a fan of wrestling but yeah Andre the Giant was a well known wrestler who as his name suggests was a huge human being and was beloved by his fans
MrMagoo
+1
Level 84
Jun 4, 2024
He shoulda been cast in Hamlet
timshorts
+1
Level 61
Jun 4, 2024
Yes. He'd make a good Ophelia.

I only knew his name because Mike Florio said that he'd met someone called that in an airport once.

Never heard of the younger looking Victor. I guess he plays an american sport and is therefore more well known to some than Philippe Sella, J-P Rives, Alain Prost or anybody that won the tour de france..........

kalbahamut
+19
Level 79
Apr 14, 2020
I've read Hugo, enjoyed cartoons and Broadway musicals and movies based on his works, but can't recall ever seeing a picture of him. Andre on the other hand is hard to forget.
toccina
+3
Level 65
Apr 14, 2020
I m french, too. And, the same thing. Never heard André the giant..... The others, tt's so easy !!!
emmadimartino
+3
Level 39
Apr 22, 2024
regarde squeezie mdr j'le connais grâce a lui. c'était un catcheur
Vwite
+1
Level 20
Jun 28, 2024
pareil mdrr, mais je me rappelait plus de son nom quand même.....
Rufy
+2
Level 79
Apr 14, 2020
Same for me. I'm French and heard of André the Giant for the first time thanks to Jetpunk!
Nicryc
+2
Level 25
Jun 19, 2020
Yes I was surprised by the now 27% score of Victor Hugo. Yet I'm not quite surprised with André the Giant score, wrestling is a very popular sports in the US and he represented back in the 80s along with Hulk Hogan the face of wrestling.
sillie
+8
Level 75
Nov 24, 2019
Again. "That bad-ass guy from Leon". Nope, didn't work.
IsleAuHaulte
+1
Level 92
Nov 24, 2019
Gérard Depardieu is looking good.
joeythelemur
+1
Level 80
Nov 25, 2019
Took 20 attempts to find an acceptable spelling. :-)
ander217
+2
Level 73
Apr 15, 2020
I first saw him in Green Card and thought he was one of the sexiest actors I'd ever seen. Last movie I saw him in was Life of Pi. He's changed a bit since his Green Card days, but I still love his acting.
PoetsCorner
+2
Level 87
Jan 8, 2022
Green Card is the only English-language performance of Depardieu's that I like. I think he's wonderful in his native French and my favorite performance of his is Jean de Florette. But, most of the time, he feels (to me) like a caricature of himself whenever he performs in English.
brandybuck96
+6
Level 82
Apr 26, 2024
he's also a horrific rapist isn't he?
Athos1615
+3
Level 37
May 3, 2024
Totally
ingriddurden
+5
Level 59
Nov 25, 2019
There are many, many more French people that are famous! And many more that I would have recognized !
CardinalSin
+2
Level 82
Jan 8, 2020
Yes, I was expecting Sebastien Chabal.
Nirven
+52
Level 79
Nov 26, 2019
Marie Curie was Polish. French citizen, but still Polish.
camus
+15
Level 80
Nov 26, 2019
Deal with it.
stefan18
+25
Level 45
Apr 14, 2020
Yeah I agree, she always considered herself Polish instead of French as well.
howard38
+5
Level 62
Apr 14, 2020
French citizen = French.
Emchupi
+21
Level 77
Mar 24, 2024
Not at all.

In a similar quiz, Columbus is considered an Italian because that's where he's born. Tesla isn't considered 'murican either.

Marie Curie was polish.

brandybuck96
+1
Level 82
Apr 26, 2024
Columbus lived in a time when citizenship and nationality were considerably more fluid, if not non-existent.
Alexquiz17
+2
Level 95
Apr 27, 2024
Columbus was Genoese
dunkinggandalf2
+7
Level 72
Apr 22, 2024
FFS, people, deal with the fact that some people have multiple identities. It would be just as wrong to say she wasn't French, as to say she wasn't Polish.
dawsin
+8
Level 60
Jun 4, 2024
dunkinggandalf2 Than explain to me, why only original nationality (not citizenship) of many people is considered as the main, only one? You can call Marie Russian as well. Einstein is considered German Jewish, not Swiss or American. Tesla, Fermi, the list goes on. It is because they preferred this way. Why we couldn't agree with Marie Sklodowska-Curie?
dunkinggandalf2
+2
Level 72
Jun 5, 2024
I don't know, man. She moved to France, studied in France, published in France, got French citizenship, married a French guy, had French children, got famous in France... why can't you accept that those were all her decisions? Nobody can argue she wasn't Polish, but she was also French. I don't really care if that doesn't sit well with a few narrow-minded nationalists.
JustAZoomer
+5
Level 49
Jun 4, 2024
Literally nothing makes her of a French descent. A citizenship doesn't change anything, it's like you were born in Texas, got a Russian passport and told everyone you're Russian. That doesn't make sense: she was born Polish, she considered herself Polish, she just married a Frenchman. For example, King George VIII married Wallis Simpson - "oh, yeah, we know he's British, but let's say he's American". Don't be ridiculous.
dunkinggandalf2
+1
Level 72
Jun 5, 2024
Did anyone anywhere argue she was of French descent? Of course a citizenship changes things, and sometimes, people have more than one. How is this difficult to undestand?
justynadkr
+2
Level 15
Jun 5, 2024
nationality =/= citizenship
ZigZag83
+1
Level 30
Dec 3, 2025
If nationality doesn't count and only percentages of blood do then all white americans are not americans at all but europeans colons. And what if Curie had a great grandmother from romania ? I am french but my mom is from portugal and corsica, my dad from catalonia and center france. But I am french. What about Australians ? They are not australians ?
Stayn
+1
Level 56
Jun 4, 2024
right, so she's french too? what's the point of the comment
Temp190
+3
Level 74
Jun 6, 2024
Churchill went on holiday to France, so why is he not considered French?
dasims45
+4
Level 82
Nov 26, 2019
Thank you for including Edith Piaf!
Freestatebear
+5
Level 88
Nov 26, 2019
AND the woman who won an Oscar (and many other awards) for playing her - Marion Cotillard!
theenforcer22
+1
Level 70
Apr 22, 2024
I wonder if she regrets playing her?
DelaBriQue
+3
Level 66
Jun 4, 2024
Why would she?
sjj93gg
+4
Level 55
Jun 4, 2024
Whoosh!
kalbahamut
+2
Level 79
Apr 14, 2020
I keep trying to spell "Chirac" as "Chiraq"
Yanni47
+1
Level 80
Apr 21, 2024
If he was a cross between a chimera and Iraq, you'd probably be right.
Julotek
+3
Level 65
Apr 22, 2024
A cross ? You mean a chimera ;)
divantilya
+4
Level 36
Apr 14, 2020
Alain Delon... Catherine Deneuve... Rene Descartes... Emile Zola... Nicholas Sarkozy...Alexander Dumas for example.
dewon9731
+17
Level 76
Apr 14, 2020
Marie Curie-Skłodowska od from Poland. Beacuse of people like you people would think that she was French. These quizes should teach people new Interesting facts, not falsify history.
RobNobody
+7
Level 80
Apr 14, 2020
If the quiz had been "Famous People Born in France," then yes, that would be wrong. But she was a naturalized French citizen and lived two-thirds of her life in France. That counts as "French" to me. Unless being a French citizen does not count as being French, for some reason?
dawsin
+1
Level 60
Jun 5, 2024
People tend to forget stuff. During her times French people didn't see her as French, rather foreigner (or even they called her a stray!) who destroys families (affair with Paul Langevin) and French identity. Only after some time they saw her as a reason to be proud and finally even buried her in Pantheon after her death. There is no good argument to include her as famous French person...
dunkinggandalf2
+2
Level 72
Jun 5, 2024
No good argument, other than she studied in France, published in France, became a professor in France, applied for and was granted French citizenship, got famous in France, conducted ground-breaking research in France, married a French guy, had French children, died in France, is buried in the French Pantheon... but other than that, sure, no reason!
howard38
+5
Level 62
Apr 14, 2020
Oh no! People will think that a French person is French!!
kalbahamut
+4
Level 79
Apr 14, 2020
because of people like you
QuizApe
+4
Level 72
Dec 6, 2022
Yo don’t have to be born in France to have French citizenship
dunkinggandalf2
+7
Level 72
Apr 22, 2024
Obviously, the right answer is that she was both Polish and French, and can therefore rightly feature in quizzes about both countries. Therefore, this debate is non-sensical. However, if you insist on having it, we could point out that she was born in Poland, but worked and won two Nobel prizes in France. Which one of those is the greatest achievement?
Stayn
+1
Level 56
Jun 4, 2024
how is this falsifying history?? she was polish AND french, you can have multiple nationalities
Beppe0
+10
Level 36
Apr 14, 2020
Marie Curie was polish and Napoleon is not sure that was french
QuizApe
+4
Level 72
Dec 6, 2022
Marie Curie had French citizenship
baptistegorce
+5
Level 57
Apr 16, 2020
I'm French and I know all of them, exept André the Giant...
Nicryc
+1
Level 25
Jun 19, 2020
Too bad there aren't any real challenge for a French. It's too easy.
FlickerP
+1
Level 79
Aug 5, 2021
Thanks for using a photo of David Guetta that showed headphones around his neck otherwise I would never have got him
MrMagoo
+2
Level 84
Jun 4, 2024
I kept thinking "Isn't Tim Roth from England?"
PoetsCorner
+3
Level 87
Jan 8, 2022
I love that the photo of Marion Cotillard is RIGHT NEXT TO the photo of Edith Piaf. If you know, you know.
Freestatebear
+1
Level 88
Apr 21, 2024
Great movie, though a bit depressing!
sprig3
+3
Level 78
Jan 9, 2022
I was thinking "Man, so many of these famous people are french, what's the deal with this 'Famous people by picture' quiz"

And then I re-read the title.

Ilia
+1
Level 75
Mar 3, 2023
Jean Reno is actually a spaniard born in Morocco. Deal with it. ;-)
blizzrd33
+3
Level 81
Apr 22, 2024
Kylian Mbappe?
sjj93gg
+3
Level 55
Jun 4, 2024
What about him? These quizzes aren't exhaustive lists, and they certainly are not here to satisfy the personal preferences of everyone taking them!
solis
+2
Level 89
Apr 22, 2024
I thought Marie Curie was Polish... Even if she had French citizenship. 
Stayn
+4
Level 56
Jun 4, 2024
well then she's french and polish right? so she's still french
Alexquiz17
+1
Level 95
Apr 27, 2024
Some truly great names here.

And David Guetta…

planetgd
+1
Level 52
May 1, 2024
David is a great producer, nowhere near legend status, but still great. Songs like Titanium are still great songs.
DonTheLamplighter
+2
Level 87
Apr 29, 2024
Marie Curie looks absolutely radiant.

Also, Zidane is commonly called simply "Zizou." Maybe that can be accepted?

dawsin
+5
Level 60
Jun 4, 2024
She was Marie Sklodowska-Curie as she wanted to be called. When Maria Skłodowska married Pierre in 1895, she took her husband's surname in accordance with French law and from then on she was known as Maria Curie. However, she added the member "Sklodowska" when writing her name as an element of emphasizing her Polishness.
deepfern
+8
Level 66
Jun 4, 2024
Marie Sklodowska was Polish. Not French
Stayn
+3
Level 56
Jun 4, 2024
you can be both, she was french and polish. The quiz isn't incorrect
amgine
+2
Level 67
Jun 4, 2024
So there's no Marie Antoinette or Marcel Marceau but there is Mr Wembanyama. Time to log-off for good I think. And yes, I will let the door hit me on the way out.
maur85
+1
Level 73
Jun 4, 2024
Or Molière
Alouka
+1
Level 74
Jun 4, 2024
I knew Andre because I watch WWE (just learned recently that he was French, though), but I had no clue who the basketball player is.

Tony Parker, ok, I know, but that youngster, no clue XD

JustAZoomer
+7
Level 49
Jun 4, 2024
Alright, Chopin would have been okay as his father was from France, but labeling Marie Curie as French is ridiculous. She was born Polish, she just married Pierre Curie who was French - and that obviously doesn't make her French too. Please take a look, dear Quizmaster.

Also, yes, I've read the description. You can't just make an excerpt like that, it's like you placed King Edward VIII in a quiz about American people and wrote "he's British, who cares, deal with it".

jols2001
+1
Level 67
Jun 4, 2024
As many people have pointed out, Marie Curie lived most of her life in France and was a French citizen.

Your comparison to Edward VIII doesn't work because he only married an American, but he was never an American citizen or lived in America. If he had, then it would be appropriate to put him on a list of American people.

Lukose
+1
Level 79
Jun 4, 2024
what the hell is a Zinedine

he looks AI-generated

Dimby
+2
Level 83
Jun 4, 2024
Anyone else notice that you can add this quiz to a playlist?
Hanuszka
+2
Level 55
Jun 4, 2024
So there is a lot famous people born in France, why putting here polish scientist, Maria Sklodowska? She was a polish patriot, using name „Sklodowska”, not „Curie” and wanted independence for Poland
JesseFromThe6
+2
Level 70
Jun 7, 2024
Fun Fact: As a child, André the Giant was sometimes driven to school by the playwright Samuel Beckett.
SpartanLlama
+1
Level 79
Jun 20, 2024
Wemby was born just 4 days before me
SpartanLlama
+1
Level 79
Jun 20, 2024
Yeah I know Marie Curie to be Polish but I guess she became a French citizen when she married Pierre
fsdrw
+2
Level 71
Aug 25, 2025
Are you gonna put Arnold Schwarzenegger and Elon Musk in a famous americans quiz?
krytyk2007
+2
Level 68
Oct 16, 2025
Maria Skłodowska-Curie was Polish not French.
Thibaud442
+2
Level 48
Nov 12, 2025
She's both
cde2
+2
Level 46
Dec 4, 2025
Marie Curie was Polish
Lambdaspicot
+2
Level 70
Dec 30, 2025
Bardot passed away 2 days ago
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