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French businesspersons

38 published records, arranged alphabetically. Each entry is published only where a named source supports it.

Adrienne MonnierAuthor · BooksAdrienne Monnier (26 April 1892 – 19 June 1955) was a French bookseller, writer, and publisher, and an influential figure in the modernist writing scene in Paris, in the 1920s and 1930s.
Alexey LushnikovPerson · Film memorabiliaAlexey Germanovich Lushnikov (born June 10, 1966) is a Russian painter, television host, writer, producer, documentary filmmaker, political scientist, journalist, actor and philanthropist.
André CourrègesDesigner · FashionAndré Courrèges (lang; 9 March 1923 – 7 January 2016) was a French fashion designer.
Andrée PutmanDesigner · DesignAndrée Putman (23 December 1925 – 19 January 2013) was a French interior and product designer.
Anne de Rochechouart de MortemartAuthor · BooksAnne de Rochechouart (Marie Adrienne Anne Victurnienne Clémentine; 10 February 1847 – 3 February 1933), was a wealthy French aristocrat.
Bernard LacostePhotographer · PhotographyBernard Lacoste (22June 193121March 2006) was a French fashion designer and businessman.
Bernard NatanPerson · Film memorabiliaBernard Natan (born Natan Tannenzaft; 14 July 1886 – 1942 or 1943) was a French-Romanian film entrepreneur, director and actor of the 1920s and 1930s.
Charles PathéPerson · Film memorabiliaCharles Morand Pathé (French: [pate]; 26 December 1863 – 25 December 1957) was a pioneer of the French film and recording industries.
Christian LacroixDesigner · FashionChristian Marie Marc Lacroix (kʁistjɑ̃ lakʁwa; born 16 May 1951) is a French fashion designer. The name also refers to the company he founded.
François de La Rochefoucauld, 7th Duke of La RochefoucauldAuthor · BooksFrançois Alexandre Frédéric de La Rochefoucauld, 7th Duke of La Rochefoucauld, 1st Duke of Liancourt, 2nd Duke of Estissac (fʁɑ̃swa alɛksɑ̃dʁ fʁedeʁik də la ʁɔʃfuko;
Henri Dupuy de LômeDesigner · DesignStanislas Charles Henri Dupuy de Lôme (stanislɑ ʃaʁl ɑ̃ʁi dypɥij d(ə) lom; 15 October 18161 February 1885) was a French naval architect.
Hubert de GivenchyDesigner · FashionHubert James Marcel Taffin de Givenchy (lang; 20 February 1927 – 10 March 2018) was a French fashion designer who founded the luxury fashion and perfume house of Givenchy in 1952.
Jacques BergeracPerson · Film memorabiliaJacques Bergerac (26 May 1927 – 15 June 2014) was a French actor and businessman.
Jan GuillouAuthor · BooksJan Oskar Sverre Lucien Henri Guillou (lang; born 17 January 1944) is a French-Swedish author, journalist and convicted spy.
Jean PatouDesigner · FashionJean Patou (27 September 1880 – 8 March 1936) was a French fashion designer, and founder of the Jean Patou brand.
Jeanne LanvinDesigner · FashionJeanne-Marie Lanvin (lang; 1 January 1867 – 6 July 1946) was a French haute couture fashion designer. She founded the Lanvin fashion house and the beauty and perfume company Lanvin Parfums.
Joseph JoffoAuthor · BooksJoseph Joffo (2 April 1931 – 6 December 2018) was a French author. A noted autobiographer, Joffo was perhaps best known for his memoir Un sac de billes (A Bag of Marbles), which has been…
Louis RéardDesigner · FashionLouis Réard (10 October 1896 – 16 September 1984) was a French automobile engineer and fashion designer who introduced the modern two-piece bikini in July 1946.
Louis VuittonDesigner · FashionLouis Vuitton (4 August 1821 – 27 February 1892) was a French malletier and businessman. He was the founder of the Louis Vuitton brand of leather goods now owned by LVMH.
Marc DorcelPerson · Film memorabilia
Mylène FarmerAuthor · BooksMylène Jeanne Gautier (born 12 September 1961), known professionally as Mylène Farmer (pron), is a French singer-songwriter and record producer.
Philippe StarckDesigner · Modern designPhilippe Starck (filip staʁk; born 18, January 1949) is a French industrial architect and designer known for his wide range of designs, including interior design, architecture, household…
Pierre CardinDesigner · FashionPietro Costante Cardin (2 July 1922 – 29 December 2020), known as Pierre Cardin, was an Italian-French fashion designer.
Yves Saint LaurentDesigner · FashionYves Henri Donat Mathieu-Saint-Laurent (1 August 1936 – 1 June 2008), better known as Yves Saint Laurent (alsoUK), was a French fashion designer who founded his eponymous fashion label in…

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