The 30 Greatest Frenchmen

In 2005, French channel France 2 published a list with the 100 greatest Frenchmen (and Frenchwomen) of all time. Can you name the 30 greatest?

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#	What they did / were	Frenchman / Frenchwoman
1	WWII general and first president of the Fifth Republic	Charles de Gaulle
2	He discovered vaccination and microbial fermentation	Louis Pasteur
3	Catholic priest and Resistance member, Emmaus	Abbé Pierre
4	Polish-born nobel prize winner	Marie Curie
5	Comedian and founder of Restaurants du Cœur	Coluche
6	Les Misérables	Victor Hugo
7	Mononymous actor and comedian who played in Le Corniaud	Bourvil
8	Playwright during absolutist France and great writer	Molière
9	Pioneer in oceanography	Jacques Cousteau
10	Singer, Non, je ne regrette rien	Edith Piaf
11	First filmmaker elected to the Académie française	Marcel Pagnol
12	Singer-songwriter and poet, texts are black humour-tinged	Georges Brassens
13	Actor / singer nicknamed "her Fernand"	Fernandel
14	Fables (17th century)	Jean de la Fontaine
15	Around the World in Eighty Days	Jules Verne
16	Corsican who conquered Europe after the French Revolution	Napoleon Bonaparte
17	Giant of French comedy, The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob	Louis de Funès
18	Starred in many classical films (30s)	Jean Gabin
19	Singer popular in the French-speaking world, died in Mali	Daniel Balavoine
20	Famous for his popular music, from mambo over reggae until funk	Serge Gainsbourg
21	Current manager of Real Madrid	Zinedine Zidane
22	"Father of Europe" who united much of the continent around 800	Charlemagne
23	Italian actor who starred in French film	Lino Ventura
24	Longest ruling president (1981-1995)	François Mitterrand
25	He designed the most famous tower in Paris	Gustave Eiffel
26	J'accuse	Émile Zola
27	Nun and humanitarian	Sœur Emanuelle
28	Leader of French resistance during World War II	Jean Moulin
29	Singer and diplomat with Armenian roots	Charles Aznavour
30	Italian-French actor married to Simone Signoret	Yves Montand

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Jul 31, 2024

Wasn't Edward Jenner (an Englishman) the one who discovered vaccination?

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