Clément Janequin was a French composer of the Renaissance. He was one of the most famous composers of popular chansons of the entire Renaissance, and along with Claudin de Sermisy, was hugely influential in the development of the Parisian chanson, especially the programmatic type. The wide spread of his fame was made possible by the concurrent development of music printing.
Yves Robert was a French actor, screenwriter, director, and producer.
The Journal des débats was a French newspaper, published between 1789 and 1944 that changed title several times. Created shortly after the first meeting of the Estates-General of 1789, it was, after the outbreak of the French Revolution, the exact record of the debates of the National Assembly, under the title Journal des Débats et des Décrets.
Victor Margueritte was a French novelist. He was the younger brother of Paul Margueritte (1860–1918).
Jean-Pierre Bacri was a French actor and screenwriter.
Nuno Resende is a Portuguese singer.
Carlos was a French singer, entertainer and actor. He is sometimes called Jean-Christophe Doltovitch.
Pierre Larquey was a French film actor. He appeared in more than 200 films between 1913 and 1962. Born in Cénac, Gironde, France, he died in Maisons-Laffitte at the age of 77.
Jean Brochard was a French film actor. He appeared in more than 100 films between 1933 and 1966.
Yves Mirande was a French screenwriter, director, actor, and producer.
Lucien Baroux was a French actor. He began his career working in the theatre, moving on to a long career in films from the 1930s.
Hermance Lesguillon, née Lasdrin was a 19th-century French poet and novelist. She used the synonyms Madame Hermance and Hermance Sandrin.
Paul Henry de Kock, better known as Henry de Kock, was a 19th-century French playwright, novelist, and chansonnier, famous for his salacious novels.
Lys Gauty was a French cabaret singer and actress. Her most significant work came in the 1930s and 1940s as Gauty appeared in film, and recorded her best-known song, "Le Chaland qui passe", which is an interpretation of an Italian composition.
Yves Grosrichard (1907-1992) was a 20th-century French journalist who led an important role in the editing press in France after the World War II.
Denise Benoît was a French actress and singer, active across a wide range of genres on the stage, radio and television. Other members of her family were musicians.
Anaïs Ségalas, born Anne Caroline Menard was a French playwright, poet and novelist. She was a member of Société La Voix des Femmes in Paris in 1848 and of other Parisian feminist organizations.
Éliane Stas de Richelle, also known as Marie Denis was a Belgian writer and feminist.
