Urban II biography Urban II (1042 – July 29, 1099) Promoter Pope of the Crusades. Odón de Chantillón, christening name, was born in Chantillón Sur Mane,...
John Calvin biography Jehan Cauvin, Castilianized as Juan Calvino (July 10, 1509 – May 27, 1564). Theologian and Protestant reformer. He was born in the town...
Marine Le Pen Biography Her real name is Marion Anne Perrine Le Pen, but she is better known worldwide as “Marine Le Pen.” She was born...
Jean-Paul Sartre Biography The distinguished writer Jean-Paul Charles Aymard Sartre, known for the reduction of his name as Jean-Paul Sartre, was born in Paris, France, on...
Voltaire Biography François-Marie Arouet, better known like Voltaire, was one of the main thinkers of the Illustration, writer, philosopher, historian and French lawyer, recognized by to...
Pierre Curie Biography Pierre Curie was a French scientist and physicist, the precursor in the studies of radioactivity and the one who discovered piezoelectricity. He was...
Ferdinand Monoyer Biography Ferdinand Monoyer was a French ophthalmologist, in charge of including in 1872 the diopter in that branch of medicine, and also by inventing...
Denis Diderot Biography Denis Diderot (October 5, 1713 – July 31, 1784) was a philosopher and writer. He was born in Langres, France. He was the oldest...
Célestine Freinet Biography Célestine Freinet was born in 1896, on October 15, in a small village in the French Maritime Alps, and died in 1966 in Vence,...
Emmanuel Macron Biography Born as Emmanuel Jean-Michel Frédéric Macron, on December 21, 1977, in the city of Amiens, located in northern France; known as Emmanuel Macron. He...