Boris Cyrulnik (born 26 July 1937 in Bordeaux) is a French doctor, ethologist, neurologist, and psychiatrist. As a Jewish child during World War II, he was entrusted to a foster family for his own protection. In 1943, he was taken with adults in a...
Mylène Demongeot (French pronunciation: [milɛn dəmɔ̃ʒo]; born Marie-Hélène Demongeot [maʁi elɛn]; 29 September 1935 – 1 December 2022) was a French film, television and theatre actress and author with a career spanning seven decades and more than...
Charlotte Marie Pomeline Casiraghi (born 3 August 1986) is a Monégasque writer and philosopher with experiences working in journalism and publishing. She has worked extensively as a brand ambassador and fashion model. While for many years she...
Over a period of nine years, from July 2011 to October 2020, Dominique Pelicot (French: [dɔminik peliko]), a man from Mazan in south-eastern France, repeatedly drugged and raped his wife, Gisèle Pelicot, and invited male strangers through the...
In continental philosophy, limit-experience (French: expérience limite) is a quality of experience that approaches the limits of possible experience. This can be in terms of its intensity, and it being seemingly impossible or paradoxical. In...
Christiane Singer, married name Christiane Thurn-Valsassina (23 March 1943, in Marseille – 4 April 2007, in Vienna) was an Austrian writer, essayist and novelist.
This is a list of notable French scientists.
Maria Torok (Hungarian: Török Mária [ˈtørøk ˈmaːrijɒ]; 10 November 1925, Budapest – 25 March 1998, New York City) was a Hungarian-born French psychoanalyst. Torok is best known for her idiosyncratic contributions to psychoanalytic theory, developed...
Éric Pénicaud (born 14 June 1952) is a French classical composer, classical guitarist and improviser.
Jean-Didier Vincent (7 June 1935 – 4 December 2024) was a French neurobiologist and neuropsychiatrist. He was Professor of Physiology at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Bordeaux II and then at the University of Paris-Sud. From 1991 to...