French Americans are

U.S. citizens Citizenship of the United States is a legal status that entails Americans with specific rights, duties, protections, and benefits in the United States. It serves as a foundation of fundamental rights derived from and protected by the Constitut ...

or nationals of French descent and heritage. The majority of Franco-American families did not arrive directly from France, but rather settled French territories in the New World (primarily in the 17th and 18th centuries) before moving or being forced to move to the United States later on (see

Quebec diaspora The Quebec diaspora consists of Quebec immigrants and their descendants dispersed over the North American continent and historically concentrated in the New England region of the United States, Ontario, and the Canadian Prairies. The mass emigrati ...

and

Great Upheaval The Expulsion of the Acadians, also known as the Great Upheaval, the Great Expulsion, the Great Deportation, and the Deportation of the Acadians (french: Le Grand Dérangement or ), was the forced removal, by the British, of the Acadian peo ...

). Also, the largest French territory in North America was sold to the U.S., absorbing their French citizens (see

Louisiana Purchase The Louisiana Purchase (french: Vente de la Louisiane, translation=Sale of Louisiana) was the acquisition of the territory of Louisiana by the United States from the French First Republic in 1803. In return for fifteen million dollars, or app ...

). About thirteen million U.S. residents are of French descent, and about 1.5 million of them speak the French language at home. Being isolated, mixed with different cultures, or ignored, the French-Americans developed particular cultures that reflect varying degrees of adaptation of their environments. This gave birth to streams of French-Americans like the Acadians, the Cajuns (an Anglicization of the autonym ''Cadien'', from the French word for Acadian, ''Acadien''), Louisiana Créoles and many others. The following is a list of notable French Americans by occupation, including both original immigrants who obtained American citizenship and their American descendants. To be included in this list, the person must have a Wikipedia article showing they are French American or must have references showing they are French American and are notable.

Business

General

* Tom Bergeron (born 1955), Emmy Award-nominated American television personality * John Vernou Bouvier III (1891–1957),

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stockbroker and father of

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Jacqueline Lee Bouvier * Roger E Brunschwig, highly decorated world wars hero, activist, businessman *

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, of French Huguenot ancestry and among the top wealthiest men in the world * François Castaing, 27-year veteran automotive executive * Clyde Cessna, * Louis Chevrolet, co-founder with William C. Durant of the Chevrolet Motor Car Company * Yvon Chouinard, rock climber, environmentalist and outdoor industry businessman * Ellen DeGeneres, TV personality and businesswoman * John de Menil, President of Schlumberger North America *

Georges Doriot Georges Frédéric Doriot (September 24, 1899 – June 1987) was a French-American known for his prolific careers in military, academics, business and education. An émigré from France, Doriot became a professor of Industrial Management at Har ...

(1899–1988), one of the first American venture capitalists *

William C. Durant William Crapo Durant (December 8, 1861 – March 18, 1947) was a leading pioneer of the United States automobile industry and co-founder of General Motors and Chevrolet. He created a system in which a company held multiple marques – each s ...

, founder of General Motors; a co-founder with Louis Chevrolet of the Chevrolet Motor Car Company *

Jean-Louis Gassée Jean-Louis Gassée (born March 1944 in Paris, France) is a business executive. He is best known as a former executive at Apple Computer, where he worked from 1981 to 1990. He also founded Be Inc., creators of the BeOS computer operating system. A ...

(born 1944), founder of

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* King Camp Gillette, founder of the Gillette Safety Razor Company *

Stephen Girard Stephen Girard (May 20, 1750 – December 26, 1831; born Étienne Girard) was a naturalized American citizen, philanthropist, and banker of French origin. He singularly saved the U.S. government from financial collapse during the War of 1812 b ...

(1750–1831), banker and tradesman from

Bordeaux Bordeaux ( , ; Gascon oc, Bordèu ; eu, Bordele; it, Bordò; es, Burdeos) is a port city on the river Garonne in the Gironde department, Southwestern France. It is the capital of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, as well as the prefectur ...

Augustus D. Juilliard Augustus D. Juilliard (April 19, 1836 – April 25, 1919) was an American businessman and philanthropist, born at sea as his parents were immigrating to the United States from France. Making a successful career in New York City, he bequeathed ...

(1836–1919), businessman whose philanthropy built the renowned conservatory of dance, music, and theater in New York City that bears his name *

Philippe Kahn Philippe Kahn (born March 16, 1952) is an engineer, entrepreneur and founder of four technology companies: Borland, Starfish Software, LightSurf Technologies, and Fullpower Technologies. Kahn is credited with creating the first camera phone, be ...

(born 1952), mathematician and entrepreneur known as the inventor of the camera phone, a pioneer in the wireless industry, and the founder of

Borland Borland Software Corporation was a computer technology company founded in 1983 by Niels Jensen, Ole Henriksen, Mogens Glad and Philippe Kahn. Its main business was the development and sale of software development and software deployment product ...

Joseph LaCombe Joseph P. LaCombe (born October 9, 1932 in Brooklyn, New York) is a retired American businessman and owner of Joseph LaCombe Stable Inc., a Thoroughbred horse racing stable. He is a former executive of a national accounts payable auditing business ...

, retired American businessman and owner of Joseph LaCombe Stable Inc., a

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horse racing Horse racing is an equestrian performance sport, typically involving two or more horses ridden by jockeys (or sometimes driven without riders) over a set distance for competition. It is one of the most ancient of all sports, as its basic p ...

stable A stable is a building in which livestock, especially horses, are kept. It most commonly means a building that is divided into separate stalls for individual animals and livestock. There are many different types of stables in use today; the ...

Thomas W. Lamont Thomas William Lamont Jr. (September 30, 1870 – February 2, 1948) was an American banker. Early life Lamont was born in Claverack, New York. His parents were Thomas Lamont, a Methodist minister, and Caroline Deuel Jayne. Since his father was ...

, banker *

Robert LeFevre Robert LeFevre (October 13, 1911 – May 13, 1986) was an American libertarian businessman, radio personality, and primary theorist of autarchism. Early life LeFevre was born in Gooding, Idaho, on October 13, 1911, but when he was a child Le ...

(1911–1986),

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businessman and radio personality *

Gérard Louis-Dreyfus Gérard C. Louis-Dreyfus (21 June 1932 – 16 September 2016), also known as William, was a French-American businessman. His net worth was estimated at $3.4 billion by ''Forbes'' in 2006. He was the chairman of Louis Dreyfus Energy Services and ...

, French businessman and father of actress Julia Louis-Dreyfus * Étienne Lucier, fur trader from

French Prairie French Prairie is located in Marion County, Oregon, United States, in the Willamette Valley between the Willamette River and the Pudding River, north of Salem. It was named for some of the earliest settlers of that part of the Oregon Country, Fr ...

* André Meyer (1898–1979), Wall Street investment banker *

Pierre Omidyar Pierre Morad Omidyar (born Parviz Morad Omidyar, June 21, 1967) is a French-born Iranian-American billionaire. A technology entrepreneur, software engineer, and philanthropist, he is the founder of eBay, where he served as chairman from 199 ...

(born 1967), French-born Iranian, founder of

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* Frank Perdue & Associates, the Perdue family is of French Huguenot ancestry, and can be traced back to Anjou, France; the family created the Perdue Chicken Company *

Ross Perot Henry Ross Perot (; June 27, 1930 – July 9, 2019) was an American business magnate, billionaire, politician and philanthropist. He was the founder and chief executive officer of Electronic Data Systems and Perot Systems. He ran an inde ...

(1930–2019), entrepreneur, philanthropist and candidate for the Presidency of the United States *

Alexis F. du Pont Alexis Felix du Pont Sr. (April 14, 1879 – June 29, 1948) was a member of the American du Pont family who served as a vice president and director of E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. and a philanthropist who helped found St. Andrew's School in Mi ...

(1879–1948), member of the American du Pont family and helped found St. Andrew's School in Middletown, Delaware; father of

Alexis Felix du Pont, Jr. Alexis Felix du Pont Jr. (October 2, 1905 – December 30, 1996) was an American aviation pioneer, soldier, philanthropist, and a member of the prominent du Pont family. Biography Known as Felix, he was born in Wilmington, Delaware on October ...

; founder of

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(1905–1996), American aviation pioneer, soldier, philanthropist, and a member of the prominent

Du Pont family The du Pont family () or Du Pont family is a prominent American family descended from Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours (1739–1817). It has been one of the richest families in the United States since the mid-19th century, when it founded its fo ...

* Eleuthère Irénée du Pont de Nemours, patriarch of a successful American business family;

chemical industry The chemical industry comprises the companies that produce industrial chemicals. Central to the modern world economy, it converts raw materials (oil, natural gas, air, water, metals, and minerals) into more than 70,000 different products. The ...

Richard Chichester du Pont Richard Chichester du Pont (January 2, 1911 – September 11, 1943) was an American businessman and an aviation and glider pioneer who was a member of the prominent Du Pont family. He was the founder of the major US legacy carrier US Airways, ...

(1911–1943), American businessman and an aviation and glider pioneer * Baroness Micaela Almonester de Pontalba, New Orleans-born businesswoman; French mother * Felix Rohatyn (1928–2019), businessman, investment banker, served in

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as an ambassador *

Jacques Telesphore Roman Jacques Telesphore Roman (March 22, 1800 – April 11, 1848) was a 19th-century Louisiana businessman, sugar planter, and builder of the Oak Alley Plantation. Early years Born near Opelousas, Louisiana, the son of Jacques Etienne Roman of Gr ...

(1800–1848), businessman *

Chloë Sevigny Chloë Stevens Sevigny (, born November 18, 1974) is an American actress, model, filmmaker and fashion designer. Known for her work in independent films, often appearing in controversial or experimental features, Sevigny is the recipient of se ...

(born 1974), actress with French-Canadian ancestry *

Paul Tulane Paul Tulane (May 10, 1801 – March 27, 1887) was an American philanthropist and donor. Born in Sherry Valley, near Princeton, New Jersey to a prominent French merchant family, Tulane made his fortune from a retail and dry goods company. Late ...

(1801–1887), businessman and philanthropist,

Tulane University Tulane University, officially the Tulane University of Louisiana, is a private university, private research university in New Orleans, Louisiana. Founded as the Medical College of Louisiana in 1834 by seven young medical doctors, it turned into ...

named in his honor

Entertainment

Actors

* Renée Adorée, French-born American actress * Jessica Alba, actress; mother is of partial French-Canadian ancestry * Cliff Arquette(1905–1974), American actor was of part French-Canadian descent, and his family's surname was originally "Arcouet" * Lewis Arquette (1935–2001), American actor, was French-Canadian descent *

Patricia Arquette Patricia Tiffany Arquette (born April 8, 1968) is an American actress. She made her feature film debut as Kristen Parker in '' A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors'' (1987). Her other notable films include ''True Romance'' (1993), ''Ed Wo ...

(born 1968), American actress, was French-Canadian descent * Alexis Arquette (July 28, 1969 – September 11, 2016), was an American actress, cabaret performer, underground cartoonist, and activist. Alexis was a French-Canadian descent *

René Auberjonois René Murat Auberjonois (; June 1, 1940 – December 8, 2019) was an American actor and director. He was best known for portraying Odo on '' Star Trek: Deep Space Nine'' (1993–1999). He first achieved fame as a stage actor, winning the Tony Aw ...

(1940–2019), Tony Award-winner, American character actor (and grandson of the painter), best known for his early 1980s role as Clayton Endicott III on the television show ''Benson'' and his role as Odo on ''Star Trek: Deep Space Nine'' *

Tina Aumont Maria Christina "Tina" Aumont (February 14, 1946 – October 28, 2006) was an American actress. She was the daughter of French actor Jean-Pierre Aumont and Dominican actress Maria Montez. She made her acting debut in the British film ''Modesty Bl ...

, California-born actress; father was an immigrant from France *

Alec Baldwin Alexander Rae Baldwin III (born April 3, 1958) is an American actor, comedian, and producer. In his early career, Baldwin played both leading and supporting roles in a variety of films such as Tim Burton's ''Beetlejuice'' (1988), Mike Nichol ...

, actor, one of the four brothers; mother was of part French-Canadian ancestry * Daniel Baldwin, actor, one of the four brothers; mother was of part French-Canadian ancestry * Stephen Baldwin, actor, one of the four brothers; mother was of part French-Canadian ancestry * William Baldwin, actor, one of the four brothers; mother was of part French-Canadian ancestry *

Lucille Ball Lucille Désirée Ball (August 6, 1911 – April 26, 1989) was an American actress, comedienne and producer. She was nominated for 13 Primetime Emmy Awards, winning five times, and was the recipient of several other accolades, such as the Golden ...

(1911–1989), actress; mother was of partial French heritage * Adrienne Barbeau (born 1945), 1980s B-movie actress; father was of part French-Canadian ancestry * Jean-Marc Barr, French-American film actor and director *

Earl W. Bascom Earl Wesley Bascom (June 19, 1906 – August 28, 1995) was an American painter, printmaker, sculptor, cowboy, rodeo performer, inventor, and Hollywood actor. Raised in Canada, he portrayed in works of fine art his own experiences of cowboying ...

(1906–1995), cowboy actor and artist, descendant of Nicolas Martiau * Hugh Beaumont, actor with large filmography; father was of French ancestry *

Pierre Bellocq Pierre Camille Lucien Hilaire Jean Bellocq (born November 25, 1926 in Bedenac, Charente-Maritime, France) is a French- American artist and horse racing cartoonist known as "Peb". As a small boy, his family moved to Maisons-Laffitte where his ...

, French-American artist and horse racing cartoonist * Melissa Benoist, American actress, of partial French descent through paternal great-grandfather *

Marcheline Bertrand Marcia Lynne "Marcheline" Bertrand (May 9, 1950 – January 27, 2007) was an American actress. She was the former wife of actor Jon Voight, and the mother of actress Angelina Jolie and actor James Haven. Early life Born at St. Francis Hospital ...

, actress of half French-Canadian ancestry, mother of actress Angelina Jolie *

Jessica Biel Jessica Claire Timberlake (née Biel ; born March 3, 1982) is an American actress and model. She has received various accolades, including a Young Artist Award, and nominations for a Primetime Emmy Award and two Golden Globe Awards. Biel be ...

(born 1982), American actress with distant French roots *

JB Blanc Jean-Benoît Blanc is a French-British actor and director of film and television who has worked on animations and video games in Los Angeles. Early life Blanc was born in Paris, the son of an English people, English mother and a French people, ...

(born 1969), actor; father of French descent *

Cate Blanchett Catherine Elise Blanchett (; born 14 May 1969) is an Australian actor. Regarded as one of the finest performers of her generation, she is known for her versatile work across independent films, blockbusters, and the stage. She has received nu ...

, (actress) * Joan Blondell (1906–1979), American actress; father Eddie was of French descent * Caprice Bourret (born 1971), French American actress and model *

Charles Boyer Charles Boyer (; 28 August 1899 – 26 August 1978) was a French-American actor who appeared in more than 80 films between 1920 and 1976. After receiving an education in drama, Boyer started on the stage, but he found his success in American fi ...

(1899–1978), film actor, immigrant from France * Elizabeth Bracco, actress with French and Italian ancestry * Lorraine Bracco, actress with French and Italian ancestry * Jules Brulatour, pioneering figure in American silent cinema *

Ellen Bry Ellen Bry is an American actress. She is best known for her portrayal of nurse-turned-vigilante Shirley Daniels on the hospital drama '' St. Elsewhere''. Bry gained acting experience in school plays, community theater productions, and summer s ...

, actress best-known for her work on the NBC medical drama series ''

St. Elsewhere ''St. Elsewhere'' was an American medical drama television series created by Joshua Brand and John Falsey, that originally ran on NBC from October 26, 1982, to May 25, 1988. The series stars Ed Flanders, Norman Lloyd, and William Daniels as ...

'' *

Mary Cadorette Mary Therese Cadorette (born March 31, 1957) is an American actress best known for playing Jack Tripper's live-in girlfriend, flight attendant Vicky Bradford, on the short-lived 1984 ''Three's Company'' spin-off ''Three's a Crowd''. Education ...

, former American actress * Dove Cameron, American actor of French descent *

Dean Cain Dean George Cain ( Tanaka; born July 31, 1966) is an American actor. From 1993 to 1997, he played Clark Kent / Superman in the TV series '' Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman''. Cain was the host of ''Ripley's Believe It or Not!'' and ...

, American actor, of part French descent * Trishelle Cannatella (born 1979), American actress, model; of Cajun ancestry * Leslie Caron (born 1931), film actress and dancer; born in France * Charisma Carpenter (born 1970), American actress, of part French descent *

Jim Carrey James Eugene Carrey (; born January 17, 1962) is a Canadian-American actor, comedian and artist. Known for his energetic slapstick performances, Carrey first gained recognition in 1990, after landing a role in the American sketch comedy te ...

, Canadian-American actor; father was of French-Canadian ancestry and family surname was Anglicization of Carré *

Lacey Chabert Lacey Nicole Chabert ( ; born September 30, 1982) is an American actress. One of her first roles was playing Erica Kane's daughter on ''All My Children''. She was the third actress to play Bianca Montgomery, playing the part from 1992 until 1993. ...

(born 1982), actress, father of mostly Cajun/French descent *

Loan Chabanol Loan Chabanol (born 30 December 1982) is a French-American actress, artist, and model. She is best known for her role in John Turturro's comedy '' Fading Gigolo'', the romantic drama ''Third Person'', the action thriller ''The Transporter Refu ...

(born 1982), actress * Timothée Chalamet (born 1995), French-American actor; born to a French father, of French and British descent, and an American Jewish mother, holds both passports *

Lon Chaney, Sr. Leonidas Frank "Lon" Chaney (April 1, 1883 – August 26, 1930) was an American actor. He is regarded as one of the most versatile and powerful actors of cinema, renowned for his characterizations of tortured, often grotesque and affli ...

, silent film actor, of part French descent * Lon Chaney, Jr., actor and son of Lon Chaney, Sr.; of part French descent *

David Charvet David Franck Charvet (; born 15 May 1972) is a French singer, actor, model, and television personality. Early life Charvet was born and raised in Lyon, France, the son of Christiane Charvet Haddad and businessman Paul Guez, founder of the Sasson ...

, French-born American actor and singer, husband of Brooke Burke * Lilyan Chauvin, French-born actress * Robert Clary (1926–2022) actor, published author, and lecturer * Claudette Colbert, French-born actress * Bud Cort (born 1948), actor, of partial French descent * Phil Cousineau, author, screenwriter, and documentary filmmaker *

Joan Crawford Joan Crawford (born Lucille Fay LeSueur; March 23, ncertain year from 1904 to 1908was an American actress. She started her career as a dancer in traveling theatrical companies before debuting on Broadway. Crawford was signed to a motion pict ...

, actress, her father was of partial French Huguenot ancestry *

Billy Crudup William Gaither Crudup (; born July 8, 1968) is an American actor. He is a four-time Tony Award nominee, winning once for his performance in Tom Stoppard's play ''The Coast of Utopia'' in 2007. He has starred in numerous high-profile films, inc ...

, actor * Willem Dafoe, actor, father was of partial French descent * Lili Damita, French-born actress *

Bette Davis Ruth Elizabeth "Bette" Davis (; April 5, 1908 – October 6, 1989) was an American actress with a career spanning more than 50 years and 100 acting credits. She was noted for playing unsympathetic, sardonic characters, and was famous for her pe ...

, film actress, born in Lowell, Massachusetts; father was of English descent and mother was of French-Canadian descent *

Robert De Niro Robert Anthony De Niro Jr. ( , ; born August 17, 1943) is an American actor. Known for his collaborations with Martin Scorsese, he is considered to be one of the best actors of his generation. De Niro is the recipient of various accolades ...

, one of the most acclaimed actors of all time; two-time

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winner; mother had small amount of French ancestry * Ellen DeGeneres, actress, talk-show host; father was of part French descent *

Johnny Depp John Christopher Depp II (born June 9, 1963) is an American actor and musician. He is the recipient of multiple accolades, including a Golden Globe Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award, in addition to nominations for three Academy Award ...

(born 1963), actor; He is descended from a French Huguenot immigrant (Pierre Dieppe, who settled in Virginia around 1700) * Lily-Rose Depp, French-born American actress and model. She is the daughter of American actor, producer, and musician Johnny Depp and French singer, actress, and model Vanessa Paradis. Julie Delpy 1991 -a

Julie Delpy Julie Delpy (; born 21 December 1969) is a French-American actress, film director, screenwriter, and singer-songwriter. She studied filmmaking at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts and has directed, written, and acted in more than 30 films, includi ...

(born 1969), actress, immigrant from France * Emilie de Ravin (born 1981), actress; naturalized American citizen *

Emily Deschanel Emily Erin Deschanel (; born October 11, 1976) is an American actress. She portrayed Dr. Temperance "Bones" Brennan in the Fox crime procedural series ''Bones'' (2005–2017). Early life Deschanel was born in Los Angeles, California, to cin ...

, actress and daughter of cinematographer Caleb Deschanel, of partial French descent * Zooey Deschanel, actress and daughter of cinematographer Caleb Deschanel, of partial French descent *

Arielle Dombasle Arielle Dombasle (born April 27, 1953)Dombasle's year of birth has been a subject of much debate, and various sources have given dates ranging from 1953 to 1958. is an American-born French singer, actress, director and model. Her breakthrough ro ...

(born 1958), singer and actress working primarily in the cinema of France * Brad Dourif (born 1950), actor; paternal grandparents were immigrants from France *

Fiona Dourif Fiona Christianne Dourif (born October 30, 1981) is an American actress and producer. She is known for her role as Bart Curlish in BBC America's ''Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency'' and as the young Diane Jones in Dustin Lance Black's ''W ...

(born 1981), American actress of part French ancestry, daughter of Brad Dourif * Joanne Dru, actress; sister of actor and TV game show host

Peter Marshall Peter Marshall may refer to: Entertainment * Peter Marshall (entertainer) (born 1926), American game show host of ''The Hollywood Squares'', 1966–1981 * Peter Marshall (author, born 1939) (1939–1972), British novelist whose works include ''Th ...

* Val Dufour, actor, known for his role of Andre Lazar on ''The Edge of Night'' *

Nicole duFresne Nicole may refer to: People * Nicole (name) * Nicole (American singer) (born 1958), a contestant in season 3 of the American ''The X Factor'' * Nicole (Chilean singer) (born 1977) * Nicole (German singer) (born 1964), winner of the 1982 Eurovi ...

(1977–2005), playwright and actress * Josh Duhamel (born 1972), actor, father is of partial French-Canadian ancestry *

Tiffany Dupont Tiffany Dupont (born March 22, 1981) is an American actress, known for playing the lead character, Hadassah, a Jewish girl who will become the Biblical Esther, Queen of Persia, in the Hollywood film ''One Night with the King''. From 2007 to 2009 ...

(born 1981), French American actress known for the film ''

One Night With the King ''One Night with the King'' is a 2006 American religious epic film produced by Matt Crouch and Laurie Crouch of Gener8Xion Entertainment, directed by Michael O. Sajbel, and starring Peter O'Toole, Tiffany Dupont, John Rhys-Davies and Luke Goss. ...

'' * James Duval, actor, known for his roles as Frank in '' Donnie Darko'' and as Singh in '' Go''; both parents are of partial French ancestry * Clea DuVall, actress, father is of part French descent * Robert Duvall, of distant French paternal ancestry * Mireille Enos, actress; mother is French *

Jon Favreau Jonathan Kolia Favreau (; born October 19, 1966) is an American actor and filmmaker. As an actor, Favreau has appeared in films such as ''Rudy (film), Rudy'' (1993), ''PCU (film), PCU'' (1994), ''Swingers (1996 film), Swingers'' (1996), ''Very ...

, actor, director, screenwriter, voice artist, and comedian; father is of partial French-Canadian ancestry * Robert Florey (1900–1979), actor, director, screenwriter *

Jorja Fox Jorja-An Fox ( ) is an American actress and producer. She first came to prominence with a recurring role in the NBC medical drama '' ER'' as Dr. Maggie Doyle from 1996 to 1999. This was followed by another critical success in the recurring ro ...

, actress, ''

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'', mother is of French-Canadian and Belgian ancestry * Brendan Fraser, actor *

Eva Le Gallienne Eva Le Gallienne (January 11, 1899 – June 3, 1991) was a British-born American stage actress, producer, director, translator, and author. A Broadway star by age 21, Le Gallienne gave up her Broadway appearances to devote herself to founding t ...

, actress * Brittny Gastineau (born 1983), American actress, and model; daughter of former NFL player Mark Gastineau and Lisa Gastineau * Richard Gautier, actor *

Cam Gigandet Cameron Joslin Gigandet (; born August 16, 1982) is an American actor whose credits include a recurring role on ''The O.C.'' and appearances in feature films ''Twilight'', ''Pandorum'', ''Never Back Down'', '' Burlesque'', ''Easy A'', ''Priest'' ...

, actor, known for ''

Never Back Down ''Never Back Down'' is a 2008 American martial arts film directed by Jeff Wadlow and starring Sean Faris, Cam Gigandet, Amber Heard and Djimon Hounsou. It tells the story of a frustrated and conflicted teenager who arrives at a new high school a ...

'' and '' Red Sky'' *

Robert Goulet Robert Gérard Goulet (November 26, 1933 October 30, 2007) was an American and Canadian singer and actor of French-Canadian ancestry. Goulet was born and raised in Lawrence, Massachusetts until age 13, and then spent his formative years in Cana ...

(1933–2007), actor/singer * Adrian Grenier, actor, mother has small amount of French ancestry * Alice Guy-Blaché, pioneer filmmaker; first female director in the motion picture industry * Anne Hathaway (born 1982), film actress; of mostly Irish and French ancestry * Kyle Hebert, voice actor *

Frances Heflin Mary Frances Heflin (September 20, 1920 – June 1, 1994) was an American actress. Early years Heflin was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, the daughter of Fanny Bleecker (née Shippey) and Dr. Emmett Evan Heflin, a dentist. She was the ...

, actress, of partial French descent *

Van Heflin Emmett Evan "Van" Heflin Jr. (December 13, 1908 – July 23, 1971) was an American theatre, radio and film actor. He played mostly character parts over the course of his film career, but during the 1940s had a string of roles as a leading man. H ...

, actor, of partial French descent * Gillian Jacobs, actress, known for her role on the NBC sitcom ''Community''; of part French descent *

Celina Jade Celina Jade (born Celina Horan; 10 June 1985) is a Hong Kong-American actress, singer, songwriter, model, and martial artist. She is nominated as one of four the greatest beauties in Hong Kong SAR besides Carol Cheng, Lydia Shum and Amy Yip. She ...

, actress, singer and martial artist * Angelina Jolie (born 1975), actress, maternal grandfather was of French-Canadian descent *

Victoria Justice Victoria Dawn Justice (born February 19, 1993) is an American actress and singer. She has received several accolades, including two Young Artist Awards and nominations for three Imagen Awards, an NAACP Image Award, and three Kids' Choice Awar ...

(born 1993), father is of part French descent * Minka Kelly (born 1980), American actress; known for role of Lyla Garrity on NBC's ''Friday Night Lights''; biological father is aerosmith guitarist Rick Dufay, born in France, to American parents *

Rod La Rocque Roderick Ross La Rocque (November 29, 1898 – October 15, 1969) was an American actor. Biography La Rocque was born in Chicago, Illinois to Edmund La Rocque and Ann (née Rice) La Rocque. His father was of French-Canadian descent and his mo ...

(1898–1969), film actor of French Canadian descent * Shia LaBeouf (born 1986), actor, Cajun (French) father * Art LaFleur (born 1943) American actor *

Christopher Lambert Christophe Guy Denis "Christopher" Lambert (; ; born March 29, 1957) is a French-American actor, producer, and novelist. He started his career playing supporting parts in several French films, and became internationally famous for portraying Ta ...

(born 1957), actor *

Cynthia Lamontagne Cynthia Ann LaMontagne (born February 15, 1966) is an American former actress who has appeared in numerous television shows and films. She is best known for her recurring role as "Big Rhonda" in the fourth season of ''That '70s Show''. Televis ...

, actress * Dorothy Lamour (1914–1996), film actress, mother was of French Cajun ancestry * John Larroquette,

Emmy Award The Emmy Awards, or Emmys, are an extensive range of awards for artistic and technical merit for the American and international television industry. A number of annual Emmy Award ceremonies are held throughout the calendar year, each with the ...

-winning film and television actor * Brie Larson, (born 1989), film actress. Larson was born Brianne Sidonie Desaulniers. Her father is French Canadian, and in her childhood, Larson spoke French as her first language *

Eva LaRue Eva Maria LaRue (; born December 27, 1966) is an American actress and model. She is known for her roles as Maria Santos on '' All My Children'' and Det. Natalia Boa Vista on ''CSI: Miami''. Early life LaRue was born in Long Beach, California ...

(born 1966), actress best known for portraying

Natalia Boa Vista Natalia Boa Vista is a fictional character on the CBS crime drama ''CSI: Miami'', portrayed by actress Eva LaRue. Background Little is known about the character's background prior to her association with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (F ...

on ''

CSI: Miami ''CSI: Miami'' (''Crime Scene Investigation: Miami'') is an American police procedural drama television series that ran from September 23, 2002 until April 8, 2012 on CBS. Featuring David Caruso as Lieutenant Horatio Caine, Emily Procter as Dete ...

''; was on a soap opera for many years; ovarian cancer spokesperson * Lash LaRue (1917–1996), actor *

Taylor Lautner Taylor Daniel Lautner (; born February 11, 1992) is an American actor. He is best known for playing Therianthropy, shapeshifter Jacob Black in ''The Twilight Saga (film series), The Twilight Saga'' film series. Lautner began his acting caree ...

(born 1992), actor, martial artist, of partial French descent *

Sabrina Le Beauf Sabrina Marie Le Beauf (born March 21, 1958) is an American actress best known for her portrayal of Sondra Huxtable on the NBC situation comedy ''The Cosby Show''. She has voiced the character Norma Bindlebeep on the Nick at Nite animated ser ...

(born 1958), actress, French Creole, known for playing Sandra on ''The Cosby Show'' *

, well-known actress, producer, and director, during the first half of the 20th century * Christian LeBlanc (born 1958), two-time

-winning American actor * Matt LeBlanc (born 1967), American actor, known as Joey Tribbiani on the show ''Friends''; father was of French-Canadian heritage *

Adam LeFevre Adam LeFevre (born August 11, 1950) is an American character actor, poet, and playwright who works in cinema, television, theater and commercials. Biography LeFevre was born in Albany, New York, the son of Helen (née Rhodes), a hospital patient ...

, actor, ''

Taxi A taxi, also known as a taxicab or simply a cab, is a type of vehicle for hire with a driver, used by a single passenger or small group of passengers, often for a non-shared ride. A taxicab conveys passengers between locations of their choice ...

'', of partial French descent * Harry Lennix, actor, ''

Suspect Zero ''Suspect Zero'' is a 2004 psychological thriller film directed by E. Elias Merhige and starring Aaron Eckhart, Ben Kingsley, and Carrie-Anne Moss. The film was produced by Tom Cruise's co-owned company Cruise/Wagner Productions. It was a box off ...

'', '' 24'', of partial French descent * Jennifer LeRoy, adult film actress, actress and model *

Hal LeSueur Hal Hays LeSueur (September 3, 1901 or 1903Hal LeSueur's ''Los Angeles Times'' obituary (dated Los Angeles Times, May 9, 1963), his U.S. Army Enlistment papers, California State Death records and his gravestone all indicate 1903 (see below). � ...

, actor and brother of

; father is of partial French Huguenot ancestry *

Jared Leto Jared Joseph Leto ( ; born December 26, 1971) is an American actor and musician. Known for his method acting in a variety of roles, he has received numerous accolades over a career spanning three decades, including an Academy Award and a Golde ...

, actor and frontman of

Thirty Seconds to Mars Thirty Seconds to Mars (commonly stylized as 30 Seconds to Mars) is an American rock band from Los Angeles, California, formed in 1998. The band consists of brothers Jared Leto (lead vocals, guitar, bass, keyboards) and Shannon Leto (drums, pe ...

, of French Cajun descent * Matthew Libatíque is an American

cinematographer The cinematographer or director of photography (sometimes shortened to DP or DOP) is the person responsible for the photographing or recording of a film, television production, music video or other live action piece. The cinematographer is the ch ...

who is known for his work on the films '' Pi'' (1998), '' Requiem for a Dream'' (2000), ''

The Fountain ''The Fountain'' is a 2006 American epic romantic drama film written and directed by Darren Aronofsky and starring Hugh Jackman and Rachel Weisz. Blending elements of fantasy, history, spirituality, and science fiction, the film consists of ...

'' (2006), ''

Black Swan The black swan (''Cygnus atratus'') is a large waterbird, a species of swan which breeds mainly in the southeast and southwest regions of Australia. Within Australia, the black swan is nomadic, with erratic migration patterns dependent upon c ...

'' (2010). *

Jon Lormer Jon Lormer (May 7, 1906 – March 19, 1986) was an American actor, known for his guest and supporting roles in television series, such as the 1960s' ''Star Trek'', ''The Twilight Zone'', ''Perry Mason'', '' Peyton Place'', and mega movie perfor ...

, French-American actor * Julia Louis-Dreyfus, daughter of French-Jewish businessman

; known for her roles in the series ''

Seinfeld ''Seinfeld'' ( ) is an American television sitcom created by Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld. It aired on NBC from July 5, 1989, to May 14, 1998, over nine seasons and List of Seinfeld episodes, 180 episodes. It stars Seinfeld as Jerry Seinfeld ( ...

'' and ''

The New Adventures of Old Christine ''The New Adventures of Old Christine'' (often shortened to simply ''Old Christine'') is an American sitcom television series starring Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Christine Campbell, a divorced mother doing her best to keep pace with those around her ...

'' *

Brook Mahealani Lee Brook Antoinette Mahealani Lee (born January 8, 1971) is an American former beauty queen who was crowned Miss Hawaii USA 1997, Miss USA 1997, and Miss Universe 1997. Lee is the first native Hawaiian to win the title of Miss Universe. Early li ...

(born 1971), Eurasian model; former miss Hawaii, Miss USA, and Miss Universe 1997 *

J. P. Manoux Jean-Paul Christophe Manoux (born June 8, 1969) is an American actor, director and writer. He is perhaps best known for his work on multiple Disney television series. He played S.T.A.N. the android in ''Aaron Stone'', both Curtis the Caveman and ...

, Marquant actor, ''Phil of the Future'', ''Angel'', ''Smallville'', ''Scrubs'', ''Charmed'', and ''Crossing Jordan'' *

, best known as the original host of the TV game show '' Hollywood Squares''; brother of actress Joanne Dru * Mike Marshall, French-American actor; son of director William Marshall and half-brother of Tonie Marshall *

Tonie Marshall Tonie Marshall (29 November 1951 – 12 March 2020) was a French-American actress, screenwriter, and film director. In 2000, she became the first female director to win a César award for her film ''Venus Beauty Institute.'' Life and career Ma ...

, French-American actress; son of director William Marshall and half-sister of Mike Marshall *

Rosita Marstini Rosita Marstini (September 19, 1887 – April 24, 1948) was a French dancer, stage personality, and silent and sound film actress from Nancy, France. Early life Rosita Marstini was born on September 19, 1887, in Nancy, France. She marrie ...

(1887–1948), dancer, stage personality, silent and sound film actress from

Nancy, France Nancy ; Lorraine Franconian: ''Nanzisch'' is the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the northeastern Departments of France, French department of Meurthe-et-Moselle. It was the capital of the Duchy of Lorraine, which was Lorraine and Barrois, an ...

* Charles Martinet (1955), actor best known as the voice of Mario and Luigi in the

Super Mario (also known as and ) is a platform game series created by Nintendo starring their mascot, Mario. It is the central series of the greater Mario (franchise), ''Mario'' franchise. At least one ''Super Mario'' game has been released for every m ...

franchise. * The Marx Brothers, whose father

Sam Marx Samuel Marx (born Simon Marx; October 23, 1859 – May 10, 1933) was the father of American entertainment group (the) Marx Brothers, stars of vaudeville, Broadway and film, and the husband of Minnie Marx, who served as the group's manager. Lif ...

was born in France * Rose McGowan (born 1973), American actress best known for ''

Charmed ''Charmed'' is an American fantasy drama television series created by Constance M. Burge and produced by Aaron Spelling and his production company Spelling Television, with Brad Kern serving as showrunner. The series was originally broadcast ...

''; of Irish paternal and French maternal ancestry *

Meiling Melançon Meiling Melançon (born March 3, 1980), also known as Mei Melançon ( ja, 明依), is an American actress, screenwriter and former fashion model. She has appeared in major feature films as well as indie productions, television shows, and more ...

, actress * Christopher Meloni (born 1961), American actor, mother is of French-Canadian heritage * Adolphe Menjou (1890–1963), film actor, especially from the 1920s–1940s * Jesse Metcalfe (1978), played John Rowland in ''

Desperate Housewives ''Desperate Housewives'' is an American comedy-drama soap opera television series created by Marc Cherry and produced by ABC Studios and Marc Cherry, Cherry Productions. It aired for eight seasons on American Broadcasting Company, ABC from Octobe ...

''; father is of partial French ancestry * Wentworth Miller, mother has distant French ancestry * Yvette Mimieux (1942-2022), American actress, of French and Mexican ancestry *

Nathan Fillion Nathan Fillion (; born March 27, 1971) is a Canadian-American actor. He played the leading roles of Captain Malcolm "Mal" Reynolds on '' Firefly'' and its film continuation '' Serenity'', and Richard Castle on '' Castle''. , he was starring as J ...

(born 1970), actor *

Madison Pettis Madison Michelle Pettis (born July 22, 1998) is an American actress. She is known for her roles as Sophie Martinez on the Disney Channel comedy series '' Cory in the House'', as Peyton Kelly in the 2007 film '' The Game Plan'', and as Allie Bro ...

(born 1998), American actress of French, Irish, Italian, and African-American ancestry * Victor Pépin, circus master with the

Circus of Pépin and Breschard The equestrian theatre company of Pépin and Breschard, American Victor Pépin and Frenchman Jean Baptiste Casmiere Breschard, arrived in the United States of America from Madrid, Spain (where they had performed during the 1805 and 1806 seasons), i ...

Pauley Perrette Pauley Perrette (born March 27, 1969) is an American retired actress and singer. She played Abby Sciuto in the television series '' NCIS'' from 2003 to 2018. Early life Perrette was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, and raised throughout the so ...

, (born 1969), American actress * Ryan Phillippe, of part French descent *

Tyrone Power Tyrone Edmund Power III (May 5, 1914 – November 15, 1958) was an American actor. From the 1930s to the 1950s, Power appeared in dozens of films, often in swashbuckler roles or romantic leads. His better-known films include '' Jesse James'', ...

, actor, mother was of part French-Canadian descent, father was of partial French Huguenot ancestry * Dennis William Quaid (born 1954), American film actor. Quaid has English, Irish, Scots-Irish, and Cajun (French) ancestry. * Randy Randall Rudy Quaid (born 1950), American film actor. Quaid has English, Irish, Scots-Irish, and Cajun (French) ancestry. *

Maggie Quigley Margaret Denise Quigley (Vietnamese: Lý Mỹ Kỳ; born May 22, 1979), professionally known as Maggie Q, is an American actress, activist, and model. She began her professional career in Hong Kong, with starring roles in the action films ''Gen- ...

(born 1979), Euro-Asian American actress and former fashion model, known for ''Mission Impossible III'' and ''Balls of Fury'', father of part French-Canadian descent * Mickey Rourke, actor, mother of part French descent * Brandon Routh, actor, of partial French heritage *

Carol Roux Carol Roux is an American actress who was an original cast member of '' Another World'' (appearing from 1964-1968 and again from 1969-1970). She was involved in one of the show's first major storylines. Melissa "Missy" Palmer (Roux) and Bill Matth ...

, actress * Kiele Sanchez (born 1977), actress, mother of French descent * Reni Santoni, film, television and voice actor * April Scott (born 1977), American actress of French, Native American, and Spanish ancestry * Michael Sinterniklaas (born 1972), voice actor *

Tom Sizemore Thomas Edward Sizemore Jr. (; born November 29, 1961) is an American actor and producer. He is known for his supporting roles in films such as ''Born on the Fourth of July'' (1989), ''Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man'' (1991), ''Passenger 5 ...

(born 1961), actor of maternal part French ancestry * Leelee Sobieski (born 1983), film actress, father is an immigrant from France, who is of Polish and Swiss descent * Shannyn Sossamon (born 1978), born in Honolulu, Hawaii, of French, Hawaiian, Dutch, English, Irish, Filipino, and German descent *

Sylvester Stallone Sylvester Enzio Stallone (; born Michael Sylvester Gardenzio Stallone, ) is an American actor and filmmaker. After his beginnings as a struggling actor for a number of years upon arriving to New York City in 1969 and later Hollywood in 1974, h ...

(born 1946), actor and film producer; mother is half French; maternal grandmother is from

Brest Brest may refer to: Places *Brest, Belarus **Brest Region **Brest Airport **Brest Fortress *Brest, Kyustendil Province, Bulgaria *Břest, Czech Republic *Brest, France **Arrondissement of Brest **Brest Bretagne Airport ** Château de Brest *Brest, ...

Stéphanie Szostak Stéphanie Szostak (born August 5, 1975) is a French actress who started her career in the early 2000s. Szostak is best known for having appeared in the films '' The Devil Wears Prada'', ''Dinner for Schmucks'', ''Iron Man 3'', and ''R.I.P.D.'' Sz ...

(born 1975), actress *

Charlize Theron Charlize Theron ( ; ; born 7 August 1975) is a South African and American actress and producer. One of the world's highest-paid actresses, she is the recipient of various accolades, including an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award. In 20 ...

(born 1975), born in South Africa, now an American actress of French Huguenot, Dutch, and German descent * Justin Theroux, actor, screenwriter and director, father is of French-Canadian and Italian heritage * Franchot Tone, Hollywood actor, of partial French descent *

Beth Toussaint Elizabeth Toussaint (born September 25, 1962) is an American former actress and model. She is best known for her television performances. Life and career Before television roles, Toussaint worked as a model, and appeared in the 1984 music video ...

, actress, '' Red Eye'' *

Luis van Rooten Luis d'Antin van Rooten (November 29, 1906 – June 17, 1973) was a Mexican-born American actor. He was sometimes credited as Louis Van Rooten. Van Rooten was born in Mexico City, Mexico, and emigrated to the United States with his parents when ...

(1906–1973), actor * Michael Vartan, actor, born in France (not of French descent) * Hervé Villechaize (1943–1973), French American actor born to Paris and immigrant from France *

Mari Blanchard Mari Blanchard (born Mary E. Blanchard, April 13, 1923 – May 10, 1970) was an American film and television actress, known foremost for her roles as a B movie femme fatale in American productions of the 1950s and early 1960s. Early life and c ...

, actress *

Tessa Gräfin von Walderdorff Countess Tessa June von Walderdorff (german: Tessa June Gräfin von Walderdorff; born 20 February 1994), also known by her married name Tessa Hilton, is an American socialite, model, and real estate broker. She previously worked as an actress in ...

(b. 1994), actress of French, Swiss, Dutch and German ancestry *

Rudolph Valentino Rodolfo Pietro Filiberto Raffaello Guglielmi di Valentina d'Antonguolla (May 6, 1895 – August 23, 1926), known professionally as Rudolph Valentino and nicknamed The Latin Lover, was an Italian actor based in the United States who starred ...

(1895–1926), his mother was French from Lure, Haute-Saône

Artists

(1906–1995), artist and sculptor, "Cowboy of Cowboy Artists" * Tom Bergeron, TV host, Emmy Award-nominated *

Louise Bourgeois Louise Joséphine Bourgeois (; 25 December 191131 May 2010) was a French-American artist. Although she is best known for her large-scale sculpture and installation art, Bourgeois was also a prolific painter and printmaker. She explored a varie ...

(1911–2010), abstract expressionist artist; born in Paris, married an American * Brooke Burke (born 1971), television personality and model, known for hosting ''Wild On!'' (1999–2002); of French, Irish, Jewish, and Portuguese ancestry *

Isabelle Collin Dufresne Isabelle Collin Dufresne (6 September 1935 – 14 June 2014), known professionally as Ultra Violet, was a French-American artist, author, and both a colleague of Andy Warhol and one of his so-called Superstars. Earlier in her career, she worked ...

(1935–2014), artist, author, and former colleague of

Andy Warhol Andy Warhol (; born Andrew Warhola Jr.; August 6, 1928 – February 22, 1987) was an American visual artist, film director, and producer who was a leading figure in the visual art movement known as pop art. His works explore the relationsh ...

* Katie Couric, TV personality, most of her ancestry is French * Ellen DeGeneres, TV personality, father is of French Cajun ancestry *

Leah Dizon Leah Donna Dizon (born September 24, 1986) is an American singer, model and media personality.Angela Dufresne, artist based in Brooklyn, New York *

Edgar de Evia Edgar Domingo Evia y Joutard, known professionally as Edgar de Evia (July 30, 1910 – February 10, 2003), was a Mexican-born American interiors photographer. In a career that spanned the 1940s through the 1990s, his photography appeared in maga ...

, Mexican-born photographer and son of French pianist Pauline Joutard * Sean Flynn, photographer whose death in Cambodia remains a mystery; son of actress Lili Damita and actor

Errol Flynn Errol Leslie Thomson Flynn (20 June 1909 – 14 October 1959) was an Australian-American actor who achieved worldwide fame during the Golden Age of Hollywood. He was known for his romantic swashbuckler roles, frequent partnerships with Olivia ...

* Melody Gardot (born 1985), jazz singer from Philadelphia * Peter Grain (1785–1857), painter, architect and panoramist *

* Gaston Lachaise (1882–1935), sculptor *

Danielle Lacourse Miss USA 2007 was the 56th Miss USA pageant, held at Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, California on March 23, 2007, after two weeks of events and preliminary competition. The winner of the pageant was Rachel Smith of Tennessee. The pageant was bro ...

(born 1986), French American Miss USA runner-up *

Bonnie Jill Laflin Bonnie-Jill Laflin (born March 15, 1976) is an American actress, model, television personality and sportscaster. Laflin has also worked as an actress and most notably as a Scout (sport), scout for the Los Angeles Lakers, making her the league's ...

(born 1976), model and actress; of French descent * Don LaFontaine, voiceover artist; recorded more than 5,000 film trailers and hundreds of thousands of television advertisements, network promotions, and video game trailers; his nicknames include "Thunder Throat" and "The Voice of God" * Allie LaForce (born 1988), beauty queen from Vermilion, Ohio; Miss Teen USA 2005 * Ali Landry, actress, model *

(born 1971), Miss USA and Miss Hawaii USA prior to winning the Miss Universe 1997 pageant; of mixed Korean, Portuguese, French, Hawaiian and Chinese ancestry *

Paul de Longpré Paul de Longpré (1855–1911), was a French people, French painter of flowers, who worked mainly in the United States. Works De Longpré painted only perfect specimens of flowers. With a delicacy of touch and feeling for color he united sci ...

, flower painter *

Madonna Madonna Louise Ciccone (; ; born August 16, 1958) is an American singer-songwriter and actress. Widely dubbed the " Queen of Pop", Madonna has been noted for her continual reinvention and versatility in music production, songwriting, a ...

(born 1958), international singer; mother is of French-Canadian descent *

Josie Maran Johanna Selhorst "Josie" Maran (born May 8, 1978) is an American model, actress, and entrepreneur. Early life Josie Maran was born May 8, 1978 in Menlo Park, California. Her father is of Russian Jewish ancestry and worked in green home construc ...

(born 1978), American supermodel of partial French ancestry *

Michelle Maylene Michelle Maylene (born January 20, 1987) is an actress, adult model, and former adult film star. Maylene has a rich heritage, blending French, Hawaiian, and Filipino roots. She gained prominence through her role as "Karen" in "Co-Ed Confidential ...

(born 1987), pornographic actress; of Filipino, and French ancestry * Maria McBane (born 1946), model and actress, ''Playboy'' Playmate of the Month May 1965 * Linda Moon, ''

Playboy ''Playboy'' is an American men's lifestyle and entertainment magazine, formerly in print and currently online. It was founded in Chicago in 1953, by Hugh Hefner and his associates, and funded in part by a $1,000 loan from Hefner's mother. K ...

'' magazine

Playmate of the Month A Playmate is a female model featured in the centerfold/gatefold of ''Playboy'' magazine as Playmate of the Month (PMOTM). The PMOTM's pictorial includes nude photographs and a centerfold poster, along with a pictorial biography and the "Playm ...

October 1966 *

Frederic Remington Frederic Sackrider Remington (October 4, 1861 – December 26, 1909) was an American painter, illustrator, sculptor, and writer who specialized in the genre of Western American Art. His works are known for depicting the Western United State ...

(1861–1909), western artist and sculptor * Bernard Renaud (Renot) (born 1935), French-born American artist, sculptor, illustrator and author *

René Ricard Rene Ricard (July 23, 1946 – February 1, 2014) was an American poet, actor, art critic, and painter. Life and career Albert Napoleon Ricard was born in Boston and grew up in Acushnet, Massachusetts near New Bedford. As a young teenager he ran ...

, artist, poet, and philosopher *

Jasmin St. Claire Jasmin St. Claire (born October 23, 1972) is an American former pornographic actress. She is also known for her work as a professional wrestling personality, most notably for ECW. She has made appearances in the world of professional wrestling an ...

(born 1974), pornographic actress; of Italian, Russian, and French ancestry *

Patrick Tatopoulos Patrick Tatopoulos (born September 25, 1957) is a Greek- French production designer and director who lives and works in the United States. His designs have appeared in numerous motion pictures, including '' Pitch Black'', ''Underworld'', ''I, Ro ...

, Greek-French-American

production designer In film and television, the production designer is the individual responsible for the overall aesthetic of the story. The production design gives the viewers a sense of the time period, the plot location, and character actions and feelings. Wo ...

Tila Tequila Nguyễn Thị Thiên Thanh (born October 24, 1981), better known by her stage names Tila Tequila, Tila Nguyen, Miss Tila and Tornado Thien, is an American television and social media personality. She first gained recognition for her active p ...

(born 1981), model, singer, and actress; of 3/4 Vietnamese, and 1/4 French ancestry * Stephanie Trudeau (born 1986), French American Miss Montana winner *

Henry Villierme Henry Pierre Villierme (August 21, 1928 – March 13, 2013) was an American Californian painter associated with abstract expressionism and the Bay Area Figurative Movement. Villierme was considered one of the "Second Generation" members of the Ba ...

(1928 - 2013), French American artist (

Bay Area Figurative Movement The Bay Area Figurative Movement (also known as the Bay Area Figurative School, Bay Area Figurative Art, Bay Area Figuration, and similar variations) was a mid-20th Century art movement made up of a group of artists in the San Francisco Bay Area wh ...

)

Musicians

Phil Anselmo Philip Hansen Anselmo (born June 30, 1968) is an American Heavy metal music, heavy metal vocalist best known as the lead singer for Pantera, Down (band), Down, and Superjoint, amongst other musical projects. He is the owner of Housecore Records ...

(born 1968), heavy metal musician *

Sara Bareilles Sara Beth Bareilles (, ; born December 7, 1979) is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. She has sold over three million albums and over 15 million singles in the United States. She has earned various awards and nominations including nin ...

(born 1979), American singer, her first single was "Love Song" *

David Benoit David Bryan Benoit (born August 18, 1953) is an American jazz pianist, composer and producer, based in Los Angeles, California, United States. Benoit has charted over 25 albums since 1980, and has been nominated for three Grammy Awards. He is a ...

(born 1953), American jazz pianist * Jello Biafra, singer for 1970s punk band Dead Kennedys *

Brent Bourgeois Brent Thomas Bourgeois (born June 16, 1958) is an American rock musician, songwriter, and producer. He was co-leader of the band Bourgeois Tagg with Larry Tagg, and has released several solo albums. His later work has been classified in the gen ...

(born 1958), American rock musician, songwriter, and producer * Wellman Braud, jazz string bass player * Colbie Caillat, young singer and daughter of

Ken Caillat Kenneth Douglas Caillat ( ) is an American record producer. He is best known for engineering the Fleetwood Mac albums '' Rumours'', ''Tusk'', ''Mirage'', ''Live'', and '' The Chain Box Set''. Life and career Caillat was the president of 5.1 Ent ...

Lucien Cailliet Lucien Cailliet (May 22, 1891 – January 3, 1985) was a French-American composer, conductor, arranger and clarinetist. Biography Cailliet was born in 1891 at Dampierre-sur-Moivre, in northern France. He studied at several French music conse ...

(1897–1985), American composer, conductor, arranger and clarinetist * Marcel Chagnon, American country music singer-songwriter *

Cher Cher (; born Cherilyn Sarkisian; May 20, 1946) is an American singer, actress and television personality. Often referred to by the media as the Honorific nicknames in popular music, "Goddess of Pop", she has been described as embodying female ...

, American singer, actress *

Kurt Cobain Kurt Donald Cobain (February 20, 1967 – April 5, 1994) was an American musician who served as the lead vocalist, guitarist and primary songwriter of the rock band Nirvana. Through his angst-fueled songwriting and anti-establishment persona ...

(1967–1994), lead singer, guitarist, and songwriter for band Nirvana; His ancestry was mostly of French and Irish origin *

Amie Comeaux Amie Noelle Comeaux (; December 4, 1976 – December 21, 1997) was an American country music singer who gained fame in her teens. Her debut album, ''Moving Out'', was released on Polydor Records in 1994, and it produced the single "Who's She to Y ...

(1976–1997), country singer *

Alice Cooper Alice Cooper (born Vincent Damon Furnier, February 4, 1948) is an American rock singer whose career spans over five decades. With a raspy voice and a stage show that features numerous props and stage illusions, including pyrotechnics, guillot ...

(born 1947), American singer; has French Huguenot ancestry * Joe Dassin (1938–1980), French-speaking musician *

Paul De Lisle Paul Gerald De Lisle (born June 13, 1963) is a Canadian musician and songwriter. He is the bassist and the only consistent member of the pop rock band Smash Mouth since their formation in 1994. Early life and education De Lisle was born in Exet ...

, singer,

Smash Mouth Smash Mouth is an American rock band from San Jose, California. The band was formed in 1994, and was originally composed of Steve Harwell (lead vocals), Kevin Coleman (drums), Greg Camp (guitar), and Paul De Lisle (bass). With Harwell's depar ...

Gavin DeGraw Gavin Shane DeGraw (born February 4, 1977) is an American singer-songwriter. DeGraw rose to fame with his song "I Don't Want to Be" from his debut album '' Chariot'' (2003); the song became the main theme song for The WB drama series ''One Tree ...

(born 1977), American singer of French descent *

Marianne Dissard Marianne Dissard (born 20 May 1969 in France) is a singer, lyricist and author, and filmmaker who lived in the United States from 1985 to 2013, including Tucson, Arizona from 1994 to 2013. "A central figure in Tucson's desert music community" wi ...

(born 1969), French-born singer *

Leah Dizon Leah Donna Dizon (born September 24, 1986) is an American singer, model and media personality.Michael Doucet Michael Louis Doucet (born February 14, 1951) is an American singer-songwriter and musician best known as the founder of the Cajun band BeauSoleil. Early life Doucet was born in Scott, Louisiana, to a Cajun family. Family parties in the 1950s ...

, singer, songwriter and founder of the Cajun band BeauSoleil *

Joe Duplantier Joseph Andrew Duplantier (born 19 October 1976) is a French-American musician, best known as the rhythm guitarist, vocalist, and lyricist of heavy metal band Gojira. He is also a record producer and environmental activist. Duplantier was born ...

(born 1976), singer and guitarist of the metal band

Gojira Gojira (ゴジラ) is the original Japanese name for Godzilla, a giant monster at the center of a media franchise. It may also refer to: Films * ''Godzilla'' franchise, known as ''ゴジラ'' (''Gojira'') in Japan ** ''Godzilla'' (1954 film), rele ...

Mario Duplantier Mario François Duplantier (born 19 June 1981) is a French-American musician and artist best known as the drummer for progressive death metal band Gojira. He established himself as a powerful, technically precise drummer, using polyrhythmic patt ...

(born 1981), drummer of the metal band

* Mary Gauthier, folk singer and songwriter *

George Girard George Girard (October 7, 1930 – January 18, 1957) was a New Orleans jazz trumpeter. He was known for his great technical ability, playing in a style that combined traditional New Orleans Dixieland jazz with the big-band-style trumpet, and ...

, musician * Ice-T, rapper, actor and vocalist of the heavy metal band

Body Count A body count is the total number of people killed in a particular event. In combat, a body count is often based on the number of confirmed kills, but occasionally only an estimate. Often used in reference to military combat, the term can also r ...

of African-American and Creole descent * Dan Ingram,

Top 40 In the music industry, the Top 40 is the current, 40 most-popular songs in a particular genre. It is the best-selling or most frequently broadcast popular music. Record charts have traditionally consisted of a total of 40 songs. "Top 40" or " con ...

disc jockey with a forty-year career on radio stations such as WABC and WCBS-FM in New York City *

JoJo Jojo, JoJo or Jo Jo is a given name, surname, nickname or stage name used by several people and fictional characters, including: People with the given name, nickname or stage name Musicians *JoJo (singer) (born 1990), American R&B singer, songwri ...

(born 1990), American pop/R&B singer-songwriter and actress * Beyoncé Knowles (born 1981), American R&B singer-songwriter and actress; a French Creole of French and African-American and Native American descent * Solange Knowles (born 1986), R&B singer; a French Creole of French and African-American and Native American descent * Ray Lamontagne (born 1974), American Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter * Amel Larrieux (born 1973), American R&B/soul singer-songwriter *

Calixa Lavallée Calixa Lavallée (December 28, 1842 – January 21, 1891) was a French-Canadian-American musician and Union Army band musician during the American Civil War. He is best known for composing the music for "O Canada," which officially became the n ...

, lived in

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and served in the

American Civil War The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States. It was fought between the Union ("the North") and the Confederacy ("the South"), the latter formed by states th ...

as lieutenant *

Mylon LeFevre Mylon R. LeFevre (born October 6, 1944) is an American Christian rock singer best known for his work with his band Mylon and Broken Heart. He is a member of the Gospel Music Hall of Fame. He travels around the United States, ministering, teachi ...

, gospel singer and writer * Victoria Legrand, French-born lead singer and keyboardist of the

dream pop Dream pop (also typeset as dreampop) is a subgenre of alternative rock and neo-psychedelia that emphasizes atmosphere and sonic texture as much as pop melody. Common characteristics include breathy vocals, dense productions, and effects such as ...

duo Beach House *

Iry LeJeune Ira "Iry" LeJeune (October 27, 1928 Cajun Music a Reflection of the People – October 8, 1955) was one of the best selling and most popular Cajun musicians in the mid to late 1940s into the early 1950s. His recordings and repertoire remai ...

, one of the best-selling and most popular musicians during 1940 *

Braeden Lemasters Braeden Matthew Lemasters (born January 27, 1996) is an American actor, musician, and singer. He is best known for his role as Albert Tranelli in the TNT comedy-drama series ''Men of a Certain Age''. He has made guest appearances in several telev ...

, lead guitarist and singer of

Wallows Wallows is an American alternative rock band based in Los Angeles composed of Dylan Minnette, Braeden Lemasters, and Cole Preston. The band began releasing songs independently in April 2017 starting with "Pleaser", which reached number two on t ...

, of French Huguenot descent *

Paz Lenchantin Paz Lenchantin (born December 12, 1973) is an Argentine-American musician. She has been the bass guitarist of the alternative rock band Pixies since 2014. She also played bass or strings with various bands, including Entrance, A Perfect Circle, ...

, bass player part of the band

A Perfect Circle A Perfect Circle is an American rock band formed in Los Angeles, California in 1999 by guitarist Billy Howerdel and Tool vocalist Maynard James Keenan. A Perfect Circle has released four studio albums, the first three during the early 2000s: ' ...

J. B. Lenoir J. B. Lenoir ( '; March 5, 1929 – April 29, 1967) was an American blues guitarist and singer-songwriter, active in the Chicago blues scene in the 1950s and 1960s. Life and career Lenoir was born in Monticello, Mississippi. His full given n ...

, Chicago blues guitarist, singer and songwriter * Charles Martin Loeffler, French-born composer *

(born 1958), French-Canadian on her mother's side of the family *

W. A. Mathieu William Allaudin Mathieu (born 1937) is a composer, pianist, choir director, music teacher, and author. He began studying piano at the age of six, and began recording his music and compositions in the 1970s on his record label, Cold Mountain Music. ...

, composer, pianist, choir director, music teacher, and author *

Pierre Monteux Pierre Benjamin Monteux (; 4 April 18751 July 1964) was a French (later American) conductor. After violin and viola studies, and a decade as an orchestral player and occasional conductor, he began to receive regular conducting engagements in ...

(1875–1964), orchestra conductor *

Dave Mustaine David Scott Mustaine (born September 13, 1961) is an American musician. He is the co-founder, lead vocalist, rhythm guitarist and primary songwriter of the thrash metal band Megadeth, as well as their sole consistent member. Mustaine has releas ...

, founder of heavy metal Band

Megadeth Megadeth is an American thrash metal band formed in Los Angeles in 1983 by vocalist/guitarist Dave Mustaine. Known for their technically complex guitar work and musicianship, Megadeth is one of the "big four" of American thrash metal along wit ...

; former member of Metallica *

Madeleine Peyroux Madeleine Peyroux (born April 18, 1974) is an American jazz singer and songwriter who began her career as a teenager on the streets of Paris. She sang vintage jazz and blues songs before finding mainstream success in 2004 when her album ''Carele ...

, American jazz singer, songwriter, and guitarist * Lily Pons (1898–1976), coloratura soprano *

Elvis Presley Elvis Aaron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977), or simply Elvis, was an American singer and actor. Dubbed the "Honorific nicknames in popular music, King of Rock and Roll", he is regarded as Cultural impact of Elvis Presley, one ...

, American singer-songwriter and actor, often referred to as "the King of Rock and Roll", or simply "the King" *

Marc Rebillet Marc Rebillet (; born December 10, 1988) is a French-American electronic musician and YouTuber from Dallas, Texas, currently based in New York City. Known for his improvised funk and hip-hop electronic music with free flowing, humorous lyrics, R ...

, American musician, French father *

Zachary Richard Ralph Zachary Richard (born September 8, 1950) is an American singer-songwriter and poet. His music is a combination of Cajun and Zydeco musical styles. Biography Zachary Richard began his musical career at the age of 8, as soprano in the Bish ...

,(born 1950), American cajun musician, singer-songwriter and poet *

Shandi Sinnamon Shandi Sinnamon (born 1952) is an American singer and songwriter. Career Shandi was born to a Huguenot family as Shandra Sinnamon in Miami, Florida. After dropping out of high school, she left home for Big Sur, California. Her ambition was to ...

, singer-songwriter * Izzy Stradlin, American rock musician * DeVante Swing, member of R&B group Jodeci *

Edgard Varèse Edgard Victor Achille Charles Varèse (; also spelled Edgar; December 22, 1883 – November 6, 1965) was a French-born composer who spent the greater part of his career in the United States. Varèse's music emphasizes timbre and rhythm; he coined ...

, French-born composer *

Jaci Velasquez Jacquelyn "Jaci" Davette Velasquez (Spanish ''Jaci Velásquez'', born October 15, 1979) is an American actress and contemporary Christian and Latin pop singer and songwriter, performing in both English and Spanish. Velasquez has sold almost ...

(born 1979), American singer, Grammy Award, and Dove Award winner of Mexican, French, and Spanish ancestry *

Maïa Vidal Maïa Vidal (born February 20, 1988) is an American-born composer, songwriter, musician, and visual artist. Currently based in Europe (primarily Barcelona and Paris), she has toured in Europe, Canada, Japan, and the United States. Biography ...

(b. 1988), singer-songwriter * Rufus Wainwright (born 1973), singer-songwriter * Clarence White (1944-1973), musician for

The Byrds The Byrds () were an American rock band formed in Los Angeles, California, in 1964. The band underwent multiple lineup changes throughout its existence, with frontman Roger McGuinn (known as Jim McGuinn until mid-1967) remaining the sole cons ...

Other entertainers

Charlotte d'Amboise Charlotte d'Amboise (born May 11, 1964) is an American actress and dancer. She has played starring roles in musical theatre, and has been nominated for two Tony Awards and won the Los Angeles Ovation Awards for Best Leading Actress in a Musica ...

(b. 1964), American actress and dancer and daughter of Jacques d'Amboise *

Christopher d'Amboise Christopher d'Amboise (born 1960) is an American danseur, choreographer, writer, and theatre director. Born and raised in New York City, the son of dancers Jacques d'Amboise and Carolyn George, d'Amboise became a principal dancer in the New ...

(b. 1960), American dancer, choreographer, writer, and theatre director, son of Jacques d'Amboise * Jacques d'Amboise (1934-2021), American ballet dancer and choreographer * Kevyn Aucoin (1962-2002), make-up artist and photographer *

Anthony Bourdain Anthony Michael Bourdain (; June 25, 1956 – June 8, 2018) was an American celebrity chef, author, and travel documentarian who starred in programs focusing on the exploration of international culture, cuisine, and the human condition. Bourdai ...

, author and the "Chef-at-Large" of ''

Brasserie Les Halles Brasserie Les Halles was a French-brasserie-style restaurant located on 15 John Street (between Broadway & Nassau Street; in the Financial District) in Manhattan, New York City. Previous locations were on Park Avenue South in Manhattan, in Tokyo, ...

'', based in New York City with locations in Miami, Florida, and Washington, D.C. and host of the Travel Channel's culinary and cultural adventure program '' Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations'' * Joseph C. Brun (1907–1998), French-born American cinematographer *

Damien Chazelle Damien Sayre Chazelle (; born January 19, 1985) is an American film director, screenwriter and producer. He is known for his films ''Whiplash'' (2014), ''La La Land'' (2016), and '' First Man'' (2018). For ''Whiplash'', he was nominated for the ...

, American director and screenwriter *

Steven Crowder Steven Blake Crowder ( ; born July 7, 1987) is an American-Canadian conservative political commentator and media host. Early in his career, Crowder worked for Fox News and posted satirical videos on conservative media platforms. He then began h ...

, French-Canadian and American conservative political commentator on YouTube *

Vance DeGeneres Vance Elliott DeGeneres (born September 2, 1954) is an American actor, comedian, musician, film producer and screenwriter, known for his work in television and movies. Early life DeGeneres was born at Touro Infirmary in New Orleans, Louisiana t ...

, performer, producer, and writer of several television shows * Caleb Deschanel, American cinematographer *

Lynsey DuFour Lynsey DuFour is an American television soap opera writer. Positions held ''All My Children'' *Script Writer: 2009 ''Keeping up with the Kardashians'' *Story Editor ''The Young and the Restless'' *Script Editor: October 2007 - December 24, 2007 ...

, soap opera writer *

Virginie Amélie Avegno Gautreau Virginie Amélie Avegno Gautreau (née Avegno; 29 January 1859 – 25 July 1915) was an American-born Parisian socialite, who gained notoriety as the subject of John Singer Sargent's painting ''Portrait of Madame X''. The suggestion of indiscre ...

(1859–1915), artist's model, also known as "Madame X" *

Paul Germain Paul Lazarus Germain (born June 6, 1959) is an American writer, director, and producer. Among the shows Germain has written, produced or directed are ''Rugrats'', '' Recess'', "The Big Splash" from ''Even Stevens'', ''Lloyd in Space'', and ''The ...

, animation screenwriter and producer *

Michael Goudeau Michael Carey Goudeau (born May 11, 1959) is a juggler and an ex-circus clown who graduated from the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Clown College. He is a writer and was an executive producer for the Showtime series '' Penn & Teller: Bullshi ...

, juggler and ex-circus clown; writer and executive producer for the Showtime series ''Bullshit!'' *

Marianne Gravatte Marianne Gravatte (born December 13, 1959, in Hollywood, California) is an American model and actress. She was chosen as ''Playboy'' magazine's Playmate of the Month for the October 1982 issue, then as the 1983 Playmate of the Year. Her original ...

playmate * Lloyd Jacquet, comic-book innovator *

Susan La Flesche Picotte Susan La Flesche Picotte (June 17, 1865 – September 18, 1915, Omaha) was a Native American doctor and reformer in the late 19th century. She is widely acknowledged as one of the first Indigenous peoples, and the first Indigenous woman, to ea ...

(1865–1915), physician; 3/4 Native, 1/4 French * Fredric Lean award-winning documentary filmmaker *

Ted LeFevre Ted LeFevre (born July 8, 1964) is an American theatrical set designer. Early life He was born in Wilmington, Delaware, and has worked in and around New York City since 1990. In the early 2000's, he designed the sets for ''Anything Goes'', ''Caba ...

, theatrical

set designer Scenic design (also known as scenography, stage design, or set design) is the creation of theatrical, as well as film or television scenery. Scenic designers come from a variety of artistic backgrounds, but in recent years, are mostly trained ...

* Monique Lhuillier (born 1971), fashion designer *

Yolanda "Tongolele" Montes Yolanda Yvonne Montes Farrington (born January 3, 1932), better known by her stage-name Tongolele, is an American-Mexican dancer, actress and vedette. Early life Yolanda Yvonne Montes Farrington, was born in Spokane, Washington, United States, ...

, exotic dancer and actress of the Cinema of Mexico *

Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Jacqueline Lee Kennedy Onassis ( ; July 28, 1929 – May 19, 1994) was an American socialite, writer, photographer, and book editor who served as first lady of the United States from 1961 to 1963, as the wife of President John F. Kennedy. A pop ...

(1929–1994), First Lady and wife of the late John F. Kennedy; maiden name is Bouvier and she is usually referred to by all three of her surnames together; father was of French descent *

Jean-Paul Poulain Jean-Paul P. Poulain (March 18, 1945 – April 24, 2007) was a famous Maine Franco-American Cabaret recording artist A musician is a person who composes, conducts, or performs music. According to the United States Employment Service, "mus ...

(died 2007), Maine Franco-American cabaret recording artist *

Carrie Prejean Caroline Michelle "Carrie" Prejean Boller (; born 1987) is an American model, former Miss California USA 2009, and Miss USA 2009 first runner-up. Prejean was stripped of her Miss California USA crown for alleged breaches of contract. Litigation ...

, model and beauty pageant contestant; father is of French descent * Lee Radziwill (Caroline Lee Bouvier), daughter of stockbroker John Vernou Bouvier III and sister of former first lady

Jacqueline Onassis Jacqueline Lee Kennedy Onassis ( ; July 28, 1929 – May 19, 1994) was an American socialite, writer, photographer, and book editor who served as first lady of the United States from 1961 to 1963, as the wife of President John F. Kennedy. A pop ...

Camille Rowe Camille Chrystal Pourcheresse, known professionally as Camille Rowe, is a French-American model and actress who appeared on the cover of ''Playboy'' in 2016. Early life Rowe was born in Paris to an American mother, who was a model and dancer ...

, model; father is French *

Oliver Stone William Oliver Stone (born September 15, 1946) is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter. Stone won an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay as writer of '' Midnight Express'' (1978), and wrote the gangster film remake '' Sc ...

, director * Cyril Takayama, Japanese/French American

illusionist Magic, which encompasses the subgenres of illusion, stage magic, and close up magic, among others, is a performing art in which audiences are entertained by tricks, effects, or illusions of seemingly impossible feats, using natural means. It ...

* Susette LaFlesche Tibbles (1854–1903), sister of Susan La Flesche, writer, and artist *

Garry Trudeau Garretson Beekman Trudeau (born July 21, 1948) is an American cartoonist, best known for creating the ''Doonesbury'' comic strip. Trudeau is also the creator and executive producer of the Amazon Studios political comedy series ''Alpha House''. ...

cartoonist A cartoonist is a visual artist who specializes in both drawing and writing cartoons (individual images) or comics (sequential images). Cartoonists differ from comics writers or comic book illustrators in that they produce both the literary and ...

, best known for the ''

Doonesbury ''Doonesbury'' is a comic strip by American cartoonist Garry Trudeau that chronicles the adventures and lives of an array of characters of various ages, professions, and backgrounds, from the President of the United States The president ...

'' comic strip *

Paul Verdier Paul Verdier (died 6 September 2015) was a stage director, actor, and playwright, who also had a number of guest parts in American television. He was married to Sonia Lloveras-Verdier. Before moving to the United States, Verdier was a member ...

, stage director, actor, and playwright; had a number of guest parts on American television * Jurgen Vsych, film director, screenwriter and author * Ludwig Ahgren, online streamer and YouTuber; mother is French

Explorers

Étienne de Veniard, Sieur de Bourgmont Étienne de Veniard, Sieur de Bourgmont (April 1679 – 1734) was a French explorer who documented his travels on the Missouri and Platte rivers in North America and made the first European maps of these areas in the early 18th century. He wrot ...

(1679–1734), French explorer who made the first maps and documentation of the Missouri and Platte rivers * Jean Baptiste Baudreau II, the only man in American history executed by

breaking wheel The breaking wheel or execution wheel, also known as the Wheel of Catherine or simply the Wheel, was a torture method used for public execution primarily in Europe from antiquity through the Middle Ages into the early modern period by breakin ...

* Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville, founder of New Orleans, Biloxi, Natchez; co-founder of Mobile; served as colonial Governor of Louisiana (New France) for four terms, totaling 30 years * Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac, founder of Detroit and one-time colonial governor of Louisiana (New France) *

Jean-Baptiste Charbonneau Jean Baptiste Charbonneau (February 11, 1805 – May 16, 1866) was a Native American-French Canadian explorer, guide, fur trapper, trader, military scout during the Mexican–American War, '' alcalde'' (mayor) of Mission San Luis Rey de Fran ...

, born on the

Lewis and Clark Expedition The Lewis and Clark Expedition, also known as the Corps of Discovery Expedition, was the United States expedition to cross the newly acquired western portion of the country after the Louisiana Purchase. The Corps of Discovery was a select gro ...

, depicted on a US$1 coin *

Toussaint Charbonneau Toussaint Charbonneau (March 20, 1767 – August 12, 1843) was a French-Canadian explorer, trader and a member of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. He is also known as the husband of Sacagawea. Early years Charbonneau was born in Boucherv ...

, member of the Lewis and Clark Expedition *

François Chouteau François Gesseau Chouteau (February 7, 1797 – April 18, 1838) was an American pioneer fur trader, businessman and community leader known as the "Founder" or "Father" of Kansas City, Missouri. Biography François Gesseau Chouteau was born in 1797 ...

(1797–1838), first white settlers of Kansas City, Missouri *

René Auguste Chouteau René-Auguste Chouteau, Jr. (September 7, 1749, or September 26, 1750 – February 24, 1829Beckwith, 8.), also known as Auguste Chouteau, was the founder of St. Louis, Missouri, a successful fur trader and a politician. He and his partner had a mo ...

(1749–1829), trader with American Indians; founder of and influential figure in early St. Louis *

George Drouillard George Drouillard (1773–1810) was a civilian interpreter, scout, hunter, and cartographer, hired for Lewis and Clark's Voyage of Discovery to explore the territory of the Louisiana Purchase in 1804–1806, in search of a water route to the Pacifi ...

, translator on the Lewis and Clark Expedition *

Jean Baptiste Point du Sable Jean Baptiste Point du Sable (also spelled ''Point de Sable'', ''Point au Sable'', ''Point Sable'', ''Pointe DuSable'', ''Pointe du Sable''; before 1750 – 28 August 1818) is regarded as the first permanent non-Indigenous settler of what would ...

(1745–1818), first permanent settler in Chicago, Illinois *

Marquis Duquesne Michel-Ange Du Quesne de Menneville, Marquis Du Quesne (c. 1700 17 September 1778) was a French Governor General of New France. He was born in Toulon, France. Du Quesne served from 1752 through 1755, and is best known for his role in the French ...

(1700–1778), French Governor of New France; served from 1752 to 1755; best known for his role in the French and Indian War *

Peter Faneuil Peter Faneuil (June 20, 1700March 3, 1743) was a wealthy American colonial merchant, slave trader and philanthropist who donated Faneuil Hall to Boston. Childhood The eldest child of one of three Huguenot brothers who fled France with considerab ...

(1700–1743), colonial merchant and philanthropist who donated Faneuil Hall to Boston *

John C. Fremont John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Second E ...

(1813–1890), explorer with Kit Carson *

John Lewis Gervais John Lewis Gervais (1741–1798) was an Americans, American planter and statesman from South Carolina. He served as a delegate to the Continental Congress in 1782 and 1783. Life and career John was born in Hanover, Germany where his parents we ...

, statesman and planter from South Carolina; formed delegate to the Continental Congress *

Joseph Gervais Joseph Gervais (October 21, 1777 – July 14, 1861) was a French-Canadian, later American, pioneer settler and trapper in the Pacific Northwest. He is the namesake for the town of Gervais, Oregon. Early life Joseph Gervais was born in Maskinong ...

, pioneer settler and trapper in the Columbia District of the Hudson's Bay Company * Antoine LeClaire, founder of

Davenport, Iowa Davenport is a city in and the county seat of Scott County, Iowa, United States. Located along the Mississippi River on the eastern border of the state, it is the largest of the Quad Cities, a metropolitan area with a population of 384,324 and a ...

* Pierre Antoine and Paul Mallet, early explorers and traders in the 18th century, in particular of the Santa Fe Trail * Alexander McGillivray (1750–1793), leader of the Creek Indians *

Henry Davis Minot Henry Davis Minot (August 18, 1859 – November 14, 1890) was a Massachusetts ornithologist and railroad executive. Henry was born at his family's estate, Woodbourne in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts. He was the fourth of five sons born to Wil ...

, railroad executive *

John Bevins Moisant John Bevins Moisant (April 25, 1868 – December 31, 1910), known as the "King of Aviators," was an American aviator, aeronautical engineer, flight instructor, businessman, and revolutionary. He was the first pilot to conduct passenger fli ...

(1868–1910), aviator * Etienne Provost (1785–1850), explorer of Utah Valley * Paul Revere (1734/1735–1818), silversmith and a patriot in the American Revolution *

Daniel Roberdeau Daniel Roberdeau (1727 – January 5, 1795) was an American Founding Father and merchant residing in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, at the time of the American War of Independence. He represented Pennsylvania from 1777 to 1779 in the Continental Cong ...

(1727–1795), merchant * Charles Rochon, founder of modern-day Mobile, commemorated with a plaque at Fort Conde *

Ceran St. Vrain Ceran St. Vrain, born Ceran de Hault de Lassus de Saint-Vrain (May 5, 1802 – October 28, 1870), was the son of a French aristocrat who immigrated to the Spanish Louisiana in the late 18th century; his mother was from St. Louis, where he was bor ...

, (1802 - 1870), trader in Missouri, Louisiana and New Mexico, including on the

Santa Fe Trail The Santa Fe Trail was a 19th-century route through central North America that connected Franklin, Missouri, with Santa Fe, New Mexico. Pioneered in 1821 by William Becknell, who departed from the Boonslick region along the Missouri River, th ...

Jedediah Smith Jedediah Strong Smith (January 6, 1799 – May 27, 1831) was an American clerk, transcontinental pioneer, frontiersman, hunter, trapper, author, cartographer, mountain man and explorer of the Rocky Mountains, the Western United States, and ...

, (1799–1831), discovered South Pass of the Rocky Mountains, first American to reach California by land * William Sublette (1799–1845), explorer, fur trapper, mountain man *

Pedro Vial Pedro Vial, or Pierre Vial (c. 1746 in Lyon, France – October 1814 in Santa Fe, New Mexico), was a French explorer and frontiersman who lived among the Comanche and Wichita Indians for many years. He later worked for the Spanish government as ...

(1746 - 1814), French explorer who pioneered the

in the 18th century.

Law and politics

Governors and presidents

Donald Trump Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is an American politician, media personality, and businessman who served as the 45th president of the United States The president of the United States (POTUS) is the head of state and head o ...

(born 1946) 45th president of the United states. He is a descendant of frenchs huguenots who fled to Netherlands after L'edit de Fontainebleau * Armand Beauvais (1783–1843), Governor of Louisiana * Joe Biden (born 1942), is an American politician and the 46th president of the United States. Joseph Sr.'s parents, Mary Elizabeth (née Robinette) and Joseph H. Biden (an oil businessman from Baltimore, Maryland) were of English, French, and Irish descent. * Newton C. Blanchard (1849–1922), United States Representative, United States Senate, Senator, and Governor of Louisiana * Kathleen Blanco, Governor of Louisiana * Pierre Derbigny (1769–1829), Governor of Louisiana * Jacques Dupre, Louisiana state representative, state senator and Governor of Louisiana * William Pope Duval (1784–1854), first governor of Florida * Edwin Edwards (1927–2021), Louisiana governor for four terms * Paul Octave Hébert (1818–1880), Governor of Louisiana from 1853 to 1856 and a general in the Confederate States of America, Confederate Army * John Jay, second governor of New York and first Chief Justice of the United States * Robert M. La Follette, Governor of Wisconsin and progressive reformer * Paul Laxalt, Governor of Nevada of French, Basque descent. * Earl Long (1895–1960), three-time Democratic List of Governors of Louisiana, governor of Louisiana * Huey Long (1893–1935), Louisiana Governor and a United States Senate, U.S. senator * Alexander Mouton (1804–1885), United States Senator and Governor of Louisiana * Thomas Nelson Jr. (1738–1789), signer of the Declaration of Independence, Governor of Virginia * Pierre S. du Pont, IV, Governor of Delaware, U.S. Representative * Aram J. Pothier, twice Governor of

; of French Canadian descent * Andre B. Roman (1795–1866), speaker of the Louisiana House of Representatives and twice elected Governor of Louisiana * Franklin D. Roosevelt, 32nd president of the United States * John Sevier, Governor of Tennessee until his death; house representative * Henry S. Thibodaux (1769–1827), Governor of Louisiana; father-in-law of Alexander Hamilton * Jacques Villeré (1761–1830), second governor of Louisiana * George Washington (1732–1799), general of the American Revolutionary War, first American President, descendant of French-American Nicolas Martiau

Congressmen and senators

David Crockett portrait by Chester Harding

* Les AuCoin, former Democratic congressman from Oregon * Kelly Ayotte (born 1968), New Hampshire former U.S. Senator * Joe Biden, U.S. Senator and 46th President of the United States. *Carolyn Bourdeaux (born 1970) Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia * Elias Boudinot (1740–1821), early American statesman * James Carville, French-American (Cajun) from Louisiana; outspoken Democrat and served in the Clinton administration; has been a political commentator for many years * Hillary Clinton (born 1947), United States Secretary of State, former Democratic member of the United States Senate from New York; wife of William Jefferson Clinton; former first lady of the US * Davy Crockett (1786–1836), folk hero, frontiersman, soldier and Congressman from Tennessee * Tom DeLay (born 1947), former Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from Sugar Land, Texas, the former House Majority Leader, prominent member of the Republican Party * Mike Gravel (1930–2021), Alaska former U.S. senator and candidate for the 2008 Democratic Party (United States), Democratic presidential nomination * F. Edward Hebert, former Congressman, Chairman of Armed Services Committee * Hiram Johnson, Governor of California, Congressman and U.S. Senator. * Philip La Follette, Governor of Wisconsin two separate terms * Robert M. La Follette, Sr. (1855–1925), politician who served as a U.S. Congressman, the 20th Governor of Wisconsin from 1901 to 1906, and Senator from Wisconsin from 1905 to 1925 as a member of the Republican PartyHis great-grandfather was born in France; most of his other ancestry was English and American. * John Baptiste Charles Lucas, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania * Bernard de Marigny, early President of the Louisiana Senate * Michael Michaud (born 1955), Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Millinocket, Maine, first elected in 2002 * Wilmer Mizell (1930–1999), Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives for North Carolina, 1969–1975 * Lisa Murkowski (born 1957), Republican member of the U.S. Senate for Alaska, 2002- (her mother was of French-Irish descent) * Gary Peters (politician), Gary Peters, junior Senator from Michigan (his mother was from France) * Julien de Lallande Poydras (1740–1824), represented the Territory of Orleans in the U.S. House of Representatives, 1809–1811; a Self-made man, self-made businessman, philanthropist, poet, and educator *

(1727–1795), represented Pennsylvania from 1777 to 1779 in the Continental Congress and served as a brigadier general in the state militia during the American Revolutionary War, Revolutionary War * Joseph Rosier, Senator * John Sevier (1745–1815), served four years as the only governor of the State of Franklin and twelve years as governor of Tennessee, and as a US Representative from Tennessee from 1811 until his death

Mayors

* Prudent Beaudry, mayor of Los Angeles * Paul Bertus, mayor of New Orleans * Etienne de Boré, first Mayor of New Orleans * Paul Capdevielle, Confederate army officer, then mayor of New Orleans * Joey Durel, mayor of Lafayette, Louisiana * Barry E. DuVal, mayor of Newport News, Virginia, 1990 * Peter Force (1790–1868), mayor of Washington, D.C., and archivist * William Freret, thirteenth mayor of New Orleans * Charles Genois (1793–1866), mayor of New Orleans * Nicholas Girod, mayor of New Orleans * John Brennan Hussey, former mayor of Shreveport, Louisiana * Moon Landrieu, judge, former mayor of New Orleans, and former United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development * Damien Marchessault, mayor of Los Angeles * Joseph Edgard Montegut, mayor of New Orleans * James Pitot, second mayor of New Orleans * Louis Philippe de Roffignac, mayor of New Orleans * Jacques Roy (mayor), Jacques Roy, former mayor of Alexandria, Louisiana * J. A. D. Rozier, mayor of New Orleans * Charles Trudeau (mayor of New Orleans), Charles Trudeau, fifth mayor of New Orleans * Joanne Verger, mayor of Coos Bay, serving four terms; served in the Oregon House of Representatives from 2001 to 2004; elected to the Oregon State Senate in 2004

Other politicians

* Amy Coney Barrett, judge * P. G. T. Beauregard, civil servant, politician, inventor, author, and the first prominent general for the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War * Jonathan Blanchard (statesman), Jonathan Blanchard, lawyer, statesman; delegate for New Hampshire to the Continental Congress in 1784 * Charles Joseph Bonaparte, Secretary of the Navy (1905) and US Attorney General (1906) in the Theodore Roosevelt Administration; founder of the Bureau of Investigation in 1908, renamed in 1935 the Federal Bureau of Investigation * Merle Boucher, North Dakota House of Representatives, representing the 9th district since 1991 * Richard Boucher, Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs * James Carville, political consultant * Todd Chretien, activist * Eugene Debs, union organizer * F.O. "Potch" Didier, Louisiana sheriff * Cat Doucet, Louisiana sheriff * George H. Durand, politician, jurist, and attorney * Henry Durant, first President of the University of California * Henry Fowle Durant, founder of Wellesley College * Michael Raoul Duval, investment banker and lawyer; had Senior White House positions while serving under presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford, where he rose to the position of Special Counsel to the President * Christopher Emery (born 1957), author, Chief Enterprise Architect, and former White House Assistant Chief Usher * Pierre L'Enfant, Pierre (Peter) Charles L'Enfant, architect and urban planner * John C. Frémont, military officer, explorer and the first candidate of the Republican Party for the office of President of the United States * Edmond-Charles Genêt, French Ambassador to the U.S. during the American Revolution *

, American statesman from South Carolina; delegate to the Continental Congress from 1782 to 1783 * Izabel Goulart (born 1984), Brazilian model of French and Italian ancestry; Victoria's Secret Angel * John Grenier, one of the figures responsible for the rise of the Republican Party in Alabama * Alexander Hamilton (1755–1804), American founding father, army officer, lawyer, politician, leading statesman, financier, and political theorist * Russel L. Honoré, retired Lieutenant General who served as the 33rd commanding general of the U.S. First Army * Caroline Kennedy (born 1957), daughter of

and John F. Kennedy * John F. Kennedy, Jr. (1960–1999), son of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and U.S. President John F. Kennedy *Jacques Paul Klein, Under-Secretary-General United Nations, Ambassador, Major General, USAF * Eric LaFleur, Louisiana House of Representatives * Raymond "Lala" Lalonde, former Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Louisiana State Legislature, Louisiana state representative * Lyndon LaRouche, American political figure * Dudley J. LeBlanc, popular member of Democratic Party * Edwin O. LeGrand, one of the fifty-seven men who signed the Texas Declaration of Independence * William Lenoir (general), William Lenoir, American Revolutionary War officer and prominent statesman * Nathaniel Macon, spokesman for the Old Republican faction of the Democratic-Republican Party * Robert B. Macon, representative * Alexander McGillivray, leader of the Creek Indians * Ernest Nathan Morial, American political, legal, and civil rights leader * Libby Pataki, former First Lady of New York * Joel Roberts Poinsett, physician, botanist and American statesman * Pierre S. du Pont, IV, member of the Republican Party; served three terms as U. S. Representative from Delaware and two terms as Governor of Delaware * Hope Portocarrero (1929–1991), former First Lady of Nicaragua * Julien de Lallande Poydras (1740–1824), French-American politician who served as Delegate from the Territory of Orleans to the United States House of Representatives * Pierre Salinger, press secretary * Pierre Soulé, U.S. politician and diplomat during the mid-19th century, best known for writing the Ostend Manifesto in 1854 as part of an attempt to annex Cuba to the United States * Billy Tauzin, politician * Joanne Verger, Mayor of Coos Bay, serving four terms; served in the Oregon House of Representatives from 2001 to 2004; elected to the Oregon State Senate in 2004 * David Vitter, politician

Authors and writers

* Laura Albert, better known under her pen-name JT LeRoy, writer and publisher * Louis L'Amour, author * P. G. T. Beauregard, author, civil servant, politician, inventor, and the first prominent general for the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War * Stephen Vincent Benét (1898–1943), author, poet, short story writer and novelist * Bryan Bergeron, author * Edd Cartier, pulp magazine illustrator * Kate Chopin (1851–1904), author of short stories and novels * Robert Cormier (1925-2000), American author with French-Canadian roots * John Dufresne, American author * Gilbert Chinard (1881–1972), author, historian * Will Durant (1885–1981), philosopher, historian, and writer * John Crittenden Duval, author * Kelly Le Fave (born 1959), poet * Richard Le Gallienne, man of letters * Robert Grenier (poet), Robert Grenier, contemporary American poet who is often associated with the Language School * Jack Kerouac (1922–1969), novelist, writer, poet, artist, and part of the Beat Generation * Theodore de Laguna, American philosopher; early feminist * Sidney Lanier (1842–1881), musician and poetHis French ancestors immigrated to England in the 16th century. * Steve Lavigne, comic book illustrator best known for his lettering and coloring on ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'' comics * Jonathan Littell, French-American author * Grace Metalious (1924–1964), author, best known for ''Peyton Place (novel), Peyton Place'' * Alice Miel, author * Anaïs Nin (1903–1977), known for published diaries * William Pène du Bois, author, illustrator and publicist * Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours (1739–1817), writer, economist and statesman * Annie Proulx * Paul Theroux * Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862), author of many articles and essays, development critic, naturalist, transcendentalist, pacifist, tax resister and philosopher; known for ''Walden'', ''Civil Disobedience (Thoreau), Civil Disobedience'', ''Resistance to Civil Government'' * George Steiner, born in Paris to Austrian-Jewish parents before moving to the US * Gerald Vizenor (born 1934), poet, novelist and literary theorist;t known as an Anishinaabe writer, but he has written extensively about his French ancestors in texts such as ''Wordarrows'' (the narrative persona, "Clement Beaulieu", was the name of his uncle) * Marguerite Yourcenar, author and first woman to be elected to the Académie Française, in 1980

Education

* Jonathan Blanchard (Wheaton), Jonathan Blanchard, pastor, educator, social reformer, abolitionist and the first president of Wheaton College * Richard Grenier (newspaper columnist), Richard Grenier, neoconservative cultural columnist for ''The Washington Times''; film critic for ''Commentary'' and ''The New York Times'' * Vladimir Lefebvre, mathematical psychologist at the University of California, Irvine * Jean Mayer (1920–1993), French-American nutritionist; tenth president of Tufts University from 1976 to 1992 * Eric H. du Plessis, professor * Edward Sorin (1814–1893), founder of the University of Notre Dame in Indiana and of the St. Edward's University in Texas * Fred G. Hoffherr (d. 1956), professor Emeritus of French of Barnard College, led department * Jeffrey Vitter (b. 1955), Frederick L. Hovde Dean of Science at Purdue University

Journalism

* Andrew Anglin, editor of The Daily Stormer * Abbie Boudreau, CNN investigative journalist * Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis (1929–1994), former journalist and First Lady of the United States * Ric Bucher, NBA analyst for ESPN * Richard Grenier (newspaper columnist), Richard Grenier, neoconservative cultural columnist for ''The Washington Times''; film critic for ''Commentary'' and ''The New York Times'' * Ellen DeGeneres, television host & tv producer * Adrian Nicole LeBlanc, journalist * Connie LeGrand, television journalist; served in broadcasting in South Carolina; host of ''Speed News'' (now ''The Speed Report'') * John R. MacArthur, reporter for ''The Wall Street Journal'' (1977), the ''Washington Star'' (1978), ''The Record (Bergen County), The Bergen Record'' (1978–1979), ''Chicago Sun-Times'' (1979–1982); assistant foreign editor at United Press International (1982) * Suzanne Malveaux, CNN correspondent, of Louisiana Creole people, French Creole ancestry * E. Annie Proulx, American journalist and author * Pierre Salinger (1925–2004), news correspondent and presidential press secretary for John F. Kennedy

Military

* Augustin de La Balme, General of Cavalry during the American Revolution * John Bayard, Colonel in the Continental Army * George Dashiell Bayard, grandson of John Bayard brigadier general in the Union Army * P. G. T. Beauregard, general for the Confederate Army during the American Civil War, writer, civil servant and inventor * Frank Besson, U.S. General * Albert Gallatin Blanchard, Civil War General in the Confederate Army * Joseph Blanchard, Lieutenant during the French-Indian War * Jerome Napoleon Bonaparte II, serving in American Army, American and French Army, French Armies. * Benjamin Bonneville, French-born officer in the United States Army, fur trapper, and explorer in the American West * Mitch Bouyer (1837–1876), interpreter/guide in the Old West following the American Civil War, killed at the Battle of the Little Bighorn on June 25, 1876 * Claire Lee Chennault, World War II aviator and founder of the Flying Tigers * Godfrey Chevalier, pioneer of the naval aviation. * Davy Crockett, American folk hero, frontiersman, soldier, and politician. The earliest known paternal ancestor was Gabriel Gustave de Crocketagne, whose son Antoine de Saussure Peronette de Crocketagne was given a commission in the Household Troops under French King Louis XIV. * Claudius Crozet, French-born educator and civil engineer * Stephen Decatur (1779–1820), naval officer notable for his heroism in actions at Tripoli, Libya in the Barbary Wars and in the War of 1812 * Xavier Debray, French-born officer who served as Brigadier General in the Confederate Army * Wilmot Gibbes de Saussure, Brigadier General in the Confederate Army * Lewis DuBois, American Revolutionary War commander * Dudley M. DuBose, Brigadier General in the Confederate Army * Michael Durant, Army pilot officer * William G. Fournier, Army soldier and a recipient of the military's highest decoration—the Medal of Honor—for his actions in World War II. * Rene Gagnon (1925–1979), one of the U.S. Marines immortalized in the famous World War II photograph (by Joe Rosenthal) of the raising of the flag on Iwo Jima * Victor Girardey, French-born immigrant who served as brigadier General in the Confederate States Army * Richard Grenier (newspaper columnist), Richard Grenier, lieutenant in the Naval Academy * Robert Grenier (CIA), Robert Grenier, longtime CIA officer who served as the CIA's top counter-terrorism official in 2005 * Florent Groberg, Medal of Honor recipient. Born in France to French mother and American father * Louis Hébert (Confederate Army officer), Louis Hébert, Brigadier General in the Confederate Army * Paul Octave Hébert, cousin of Louis Hébert (Confederate Army officer), Louis Hébert, Governor of Louisiana and Brigadier General in the Confederate Army. * Jean Joseph Amable Humbert, figure in New France's military who settled in New Orleans in 1808 * Papa Jack Laine, bandleader * Leon J. LaPorte, four-star general * Robert E. Lee (1807–1870), General of the Confederate Army during the

1861–1865, a descendant of military engineer Nicolas Martiau * John A. Lejeune, U.S. Marine Corps lieutenant general and the 13th Commandant of the Marine Corps. Nicknamed "the greatest of all Leathernecks". * Curtis Emerson LeMay (1906–1990), Chief of Staff of the U.S. Air Force from 1961 to 1965. * William Lenoir (general), William Lenoir, American Revolutionary War officer and prominent statesman in late 18th-century and early 19th-century North Carolina * Robert C. Macon, Army General during World War II; commanded the 83rd Infantry Division during the drive across Europe and served as military attaché in Moscow * Arthur Middleton Manigault, Brigadier General in the Confederate Army * Francis Marion (1732–1795), Brigadier General during American Revolutionary War; known as "Swamp Fox"; one of the fathers of modern guerrilla warfare * Nicolas Martiau (1591–1657), military engineer of Jamestown, Virginia 1620, ancestor of President George Washington * Dabney H. Maury, Major General in the Confederate Army * Benjamin McCulloch (1811–1862), Texas Ranger, military officer, California 49er, sheriff, U.S. Marshall, U.S. Peace Commissioner ending the Utah War of 1857–58, a descendant of Nicolas Martiau * Henry Eustace McCulloch (1816–1895), Texas Ranger, military officer in the Texas Revolution as well as the Mexican-American War and the American Civil War, a descendant of Nicolas Martiau * Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de La Fayette (1757–1834), aristocrat, considered a national hero in both France and the United States for his participation in the French and American revolutions, for which he became an honorary citizen of the United States * Alfred Mouton, Confederate general in the American Civil War * Prince Achille Murat, former colonel who settled in New France * Thomas Nelson Jr. (1738–1789), Brigadier General, Signer of the Declaration of Independence, Governor of Virginia, descendant of Nicolas Martiau * Abner Monroe Perrin, Brigadier General in the Confederate Army * John Joseph Pershing (1860–1948), General of the Armies – commander of the American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) on the Western Front in World War I, 1917–18. Pershing's great-great-grandfather, Frederick Pershing, whose name originally was Pfoerschin, emigrated from Alsace in 1749 * Camille Armand Jules Marie, Prince de Polignac, French officer who served as Major General in the Confederate Army * Stephen Rochefontaine, Chief of Engineers of the Continental Army * Frederick Rosier, Royal Air Force commander * Gilbert Moxley Sorrel, Brigadier General in the Confederate Army * Pierre Sprey (1937-2021), defense analyst and member of Fighter Mafia group * John Bordenave Villepigue (1830-1862), Brigadier General in the confederate Army * Lewis Warrington (United States Navy officer), Lewis Warrington (1782-1851), captain in the US Navy, distinguished in the Barbary Wars illegitimitate son of Donatien-Marie-Joseph_de_Vimeur,_vicomte_de_Rochambeau

Religion

* Antoine Blanc, fourth Bishop and first Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New Orleans * Roy Bourgeois, American priest in the Maryknoll order of the Roman Catholic Church and founder of the human rights group SOA Watch * Charles J. Chaput, 9th and current Archbishop of Philadelphia * Anton Docher (1852–1928), The Padre of Isleta and Indians protector, New Mexico * Claude Marie Dubuis, second Roman Catholic bishop of Texas * Peter L'Huillier, retired archbishop of the Orthodox Church in America's Orthodox Church in America Diocese of Washington and New York, Diocese of New York and New Jersey * Jean-Baptiste Lamy (1814–1888), first Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Santa Fe, New Mexico * Mathias Loras (1792–1858), priest who later became the first Bishop of the Archdiocese of Dubuque, Dubuque Diocese in what would become the state of Iowa * Tammy Faye Messner * Michael Portier (1795–1859), Roman Catholic bishop and the first Archdiocese of Mobile, Bishop of Mobile

Science

* Felicie Albert, French-born American physicist * Paul André Albert (1926–2019), metallurgist and technology pioneer * John James Audubon (1785–1851), ornithologist, naturalist, and painter * Daniel Barringer (geologist), Daniel Barringer, geologist and son of Daniel Moreau Barringer, congressman * William Beaumont, surgeon in the Army; known as the "father of gastric physiology" * P. G. T. Beauregard, inventor, author, civil servant, politician, and the first prominent general for the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War * Jonathan Betts-LaCroix, chief technical officer of OQO * Thomas Blanchard (inventor), Thomas Blanchard, inventor, awarded over 25 patents for his creations * Octave Chanute, railway engineer and aviation pioneer hailed as the father of aviation * Louis Chevrolet, co-founder of the Chevrolet brand cars with William C. Durant * Philippe Cousteau Jr., environmentalist * Georges A. Deschamps, electrical engineer * René Dubos (1901–1982), microbiologist, experimental pathologist, environmentalist, humanist, and Pulitzer Prize-winning author *

, leading pioneer of the United States automobile industry, co-founder of Chevrolet cars with Louis Chevrolet * William F. Durand, forerunner of NASA, first civilian chair of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, naval officer and pioneer mechanical engineer * John C. Garand, inventor, gunsmith and machinist * Karl Guthe Jansky, physicist * Napoleon LeBrun, architect of several notable Philadelphia churches * Pierre Charles L'Enfant (1754–1825), architect and urban plannerBorn in Paris, France, to George L'Enfant and Frances Ragond, and immigrated to the U.S. * William B. Lenoir, former NASA astronaut *

(1868–1910), American aviator * Matilde E. Moisant (1878–1964), American pioneer aviator and sister of John Bevins Moisant * Paco Nathan, computer scientist, author, and performance art show producer * Norbert Rilleaux, inventor, engineer * Michel (Michael) Ter-Pogossian (1925–1996), physicist; the father of positron emission tomography * Edward Livingston Trudeau (1848–1915), physician who established the Adirondack Cottage Sanitorium at Saranac Lake, New York, Saranac Lake for treatment of tuberculosis * Vincent du Vigneaud, American biochemist and Nobel Prize winner

Sports

Baseball

* Danny Ardoin (b. 1974), baseball player (catcher) * Peter Bergeron, baseball player * Brett Bochy, baseball pitcher * Bruce Bochy, baseball manager * Lou Boudreau, Hall of Fame baseball player * Mike DeJean, baseball player * Jim Duquette, current vice president of baseball operations for the Baltimore Orioles * Leo Durocher, Brooklyn Dodgers player and Manager and Hall of Famer * Andre Ethier, baseball player, French father * Mike Fontenot (born 1980), Louisiana State University and Major League Baseball infielder * Ray Fontenot (born 1957), former Major League pitcher * Jeff Francoeur, baseball player * Chad Gaudin, baseball player * Tom Glavine, baseball pitcher * Ron Guidry, former baseball player * Cal Hubbard, former baseball umpire * Nap Lajoie, Hall of Fame former second baseman in Major League Baseball * Gene Lamont, former catcher and who managed the Chicago White Sox (1992–1995) and Pittsburgh Pirates (1997–2000) * Jim Lefebvre, former second baseman, third baseman and manager (baseball), manager in Major League Baseball * Buddy LeRoux, Edward LeRoux, club owner * Max Macon, Major League Baseball player and manager * John Maine, current New York Mets pitcher * Charlie Manuel, manager of the Philadelphia Phillies * Rabbit Maranville, Major League Baseball Hall of Famer * Jason Marquis, pitcher for the Chicago Cubs * Wilmer Mizell, Major League Baseball player for the Pittsburgh Pirates and the St. Louis Cardinals * Bill Monbouquette, baseball player, member of Red Sox Hall of Fame * Andy Pettitte, starting pitcher for the NY Yankees * Jerry Remy, Red Sox second baseman; later TV presenter * Edd Roush (1893-1988), center field baseball player and Hall of Famer * Scott Servais (b. 1967), manager of the Seattle Mariners * Ryan Theriot (b. 1979), second baseman for the Chicago Cubs; born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Basketball

* Paul Arizin, former basketball player and Hall-of-Famer * Bob Cousy, former NBA player and Hall-of-Famer * Pat Durham, American former professional basketball * Marcus Gaither (1961–2020), American-French basketball player * Edwin Jackson (basketball), Edwin Jackson, basketball player for Unicaja Malaga * Zach LaVine, NBA basketball player (Minnesota Timberwolves) * Joakim Noah, NBA basketball player (Chicago Bulls) * Tony Parker, NBA basketball player (San Antonio Spurs) *Mickaël Piétrus, former NBA basketball player * Robert Sacre, Canadian-American basketball player, son of Greg LaFleur * Dominique Wilkins, NBA basketball player

Football

* George Andrie (1940-2018), player for the Dallas Cowboys * David Bergeron (b. 1981), player, with Carolina Panthers * Steve Broussard (punter), Steve Broussard, former punter for the Green Bay Packers * Steve Broussard, former NFL running back; played for Atlanta Falcons, Seattle Seahawks, and the Cincinnati Bengals * Chris DeFrance, wide receiver for the Washington Redskins * Joe DeLamielleure, former American football offensive lineman * Jake Delhomme, NFL quarterback * Greg DeLong, former NFL tight end * Keith DeLong, former linebacker for the San Francisco 49ers * Billy Joe DuPree, Cowboys player of French Creole descent * Brett Favre (born 1967), NFL quarterback, descended from Jean Faure / Favre; born in Royan, Poitou-Charentes, France * Jerry Fontenot, NFL offensive center for the Bears, Saints and Packers * Gus Frerotte, NFL quarterback * Mitch Frerotte (died 2008), NFL lineman; cousin of Gus Frerotte * Mark Gastineau, former New York Jets * Joe Germaine, NFL player, originally drafted by the St. Louis Rams in 1999 * Dorial Green-Beckham, NFL wide receiver, Tennessee Titans * Ray Guy, former punter for the Oakland Raiders * Bobby Hebert, former NFL quarterback * Brock Huard, Seattle Seahawks former quarterback * Damon Huard, former quarterback for the Kansas City Chiefs, New England Patriots, Miami Dolphins, Cincinnati Bengals, and San Francisco 49ers * Dick Jauron, Buffalo Bills head coach * Charlie Joiner, San Diego Chargers player * David LaFleur, player in heart of Dallas Cowboys * Greg LaFleur, former player; now the athletic director at Southern University; father of Robert Sacre * Curly Lambeau, player, coach, and founder of the Green Bay Packers * Jack Lambert (American football), Jack Lambert, NFL Hall of Famer and one of the Steelers' greatest players * Greg Landry, former Detroit Lions quarterback * Tom Landry, coach, Dallas Cowboys * Steve Largent, NFL Hall of Famer * Chad Lavalais, NFL player * Dick LeBeau, Pittsburgh Steelers defensive coordinator; former football player * Roger LeClerc (American football), Roger LeClerc, former player for the Denver Broncos and Chicago Bears * Stefan LeFors, football quarterback * Frank LeMaster, former linebacker for the Philadelphia Eagles * Josh LeRibeus, guard for Washington Redskins * Billy Lyon, former defensive tackle for the Green Bay Packers and Minnesota Vikings * Tyrann Mathieu, Arizona Cardinals player, French Creole * Tommy Mont, former Washington Redskins quarterback * Luke Petitgout, NFL defender on the New York Giants team * Noel Prefontaine, Canadian Football League, CFL Placekicker, kicker with the Edmonton Eskimos * Darrell Royal, winningest football coach in University of Texas Longhorn history; College Football Hall of Fame member * Bob St. Clair, NFL Hall of Famer; player for the 49ers * Brian St. Pierre, quarterback originally drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers * Jim Thorpe (1888–1953), Hall of Fame football player; 1/2 Native American, 1/4 Irish, and 1/4 French; also a star baseball, basketball, and an Olympic star * Mike Tolbert, player for the Carolina Panthers * Dick Vermeil, former NFL player * Christian Yount (b. 1988), American football long snapper for the Cleveland Browns

Hockey

* Bryan Berard, former professional ice hockey player * Donald Brashear, former professional ice hockey player * Thomas Bordeleau, professional ice hockey player currently playing for the San Jose Sharks * Brian Boucher, former professional ice hockey goaltender and current analyst * Francis Bouillon, former professional ice hockey player * Sean Couturier, professional ice hockey currently playing for the Philadelphia Flyers * Johnny Gaudreau, professional ice hockey player for the Columbus Blue Jackets * Guy Hebert, former professional ice hockey goaltender * Pat Lafontaine, former professional ice hockey player * John LeClair, former professional ice hockey player * Paul Martin (ice hockey), Paul Martin, hockey player * Zach Parise, professional ice hockey player currently playing for the New York Islanders * Philippe Sauvé, former professional ice hockey goaltender

NASCAR

* Greg Biffle, NASCAR driver * Brett Bodine, NASCAR driver * Geoff Bodine, NASCAR driver * Todd Bodine, NASCAR driver * Bill France, Sr. (1909–1992), co-founder of NASCAR * Bobby Labonte, NASCAR driver and brother of Terry Labonte * Terry Labonte, NASCAR driver and brother of Bobby Labonte * Corey LaJoie, NASCAR driver and son of Randy LaJoie * Randy LaJoie, NASCAR driver and father of Corey LaJoie * Jack Roush, NASCAR team owner

Rodeo

(1906–1995), rodeo pioneer, rodeo champion, rodeo hall of fame inductee, "father of modern rodeo"

Soccer

* Davy Arnaud (b. 1980), soccer coach and former player * Roger Levesque * Brian Maisonneuve, former soccer player * Bert Patenaude, Hall-of-Famer and first player to score a hat-trick in a FIFA World Cup * David Regis (born 1968), former soccer defender * Quentin Westberg (born 1986), football (soccer) goalkeeper, playing for Troyes AC in France's Ligue 1

Tennis

* Jim Courier (born 1970), professional tennis player * Robert LeRoy (1885-1946), professional tennis player * Melanie Oudin, professional tennis player * Mary Pierce, tennis player who won multiple ''Grand Slam'' titles

Other sports

* Laila Ali (born 1977), professional boxer; daughter of Muhammad Ali and his Louisiana Creole wife * Surya Bonaly (born 1973), professional figure skater * Walter Cartier, boxer * Randy Couture, mixed martial arts champion * Jean Cruguet (born 1939), thoroughbred horse racing jockey who won the United States Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing * Bryson DeChambeau, professional golfer * Eddie Delahoussaye, former quarter-horse jockey * Kent Desormeaux, Hall of Fame jockey * Bob Duval, professional golfer; known for being the father of David Duval, formerly the top-ranked player in the world * David Duval, professional golfer and former World No. 1 who competes on the PGA Tour * Eric Guerin, Hall of Fame jockey * Hulk Hogan, professional wrestler; French on his maternal side * Philip Lafond, professional wrestler * Jack LaLanne, fitness, exercise and nutritional expert * Jason Lamy-Chappuis, French Nordic combined athlete who has been competing since 2002 * Edward LeMaire, pro figure skater * Greg LeMond, cyclist and three-time winner of the Tour de France * Lash LeRoux, professional wrestler * Louis Meyer (1904–1995), American International Motorsports Hall of Fame, Hall of Fame race car driver best known as the first three-time winner of the Indianapolis 500 * Francis Ouimet, golf player * Allaire du Pont, American sportswoman and a member of the prominent French-American

* Steve Prefontaine, legendary middle and long-distance runner and first athlete to represent the Nike brand * Nicolas Rossolimo (1910–1975), Chess Grandmaster, chess champion of France and U.S. Open champion * Régis Sénac, fencing, fencer and instructor * Craig Titus, International Federation of BodyBuilders, IFBB professional bodybuilder * Martin Trainer, PGA Tour golfer * Triple H (born 1969), professional wrestler * Benny Valger, nicknamed "The French Flash", American professional featherweight boxer who fought from the late 1910s until the 1930s

Other

Art

* Jack E. Boucher, photographer * Xavier Fourcade, art dealer * Steve Lavigne, American comic book illustrator best known for his lettering and coloring on ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'' comics * Raymond Loewy, designer * Richard Marquis, glass artist * Daniel Wildenstein, art dealer

Cuisine

, author and the "Chef-at-Large" of

* Wylie Dufresne, chef and owner of WD~50 restaurant in Manhattan * Nathalie Dupree, chef, cookbook author, and cooking show host * Pierre Franey, chef * Emeril Lagasse, celebrity chef, restaurateur, television personality, and cookbook author * Jacques Pépin, chef * Paul Prudhomme, chef * Justin Wilson (chef), Justin Wilson, chef

Miscellanea

* Frank Abagnale (born 1948), impostor * Jérôme Napoléon Bonaparte, farmer, president of Maryland Club * Mary Katherine Campbell (1905–1990), Miss America titleholder, 1922 and 1923; first runner-up 1924; of Cajuns, Cajun ancestry * Derek Chauvin, former Minneapolis police officer convicted in the murder of George Floyd. * Simon Favre, 18th-century interpreter of Muscogean languages; ancestor of Brett Favre * Charles Guiteau, assassin of U.S. President James Garfield * Alice Heine, American-born Princess of Monaco * Jean Lafitte, sometimes spelled Laffite (c. 1780–c. 1826), Gulf of Mexico pirate, who provided critical support and expert artillery gunners to the American forces under Gen. Andrew Jackson in January 1815, at the Battle of New Orleans * Wayne LaPierre, President of the National Rifle Association of America * Marie Laveau, voodoo queen * Ervil LeBaron, Mormon fundamentalist prophet; ordered the killings of many of his opponents * Carlene LeFevre, competitive eater; wife of Rich LeFevre * Rich LeFevre, nicknamed "The Locust"; competitive eater; husband of Carlene LeFevre * Bugs Moran, born Adelard Cunin to Jules and Marie Diana Gobeil Cunin, French immigrants, in Saint Paul, Minnesota * Georges de Paris, French-American tailor of the United States presidents * Albert Simard (d. 1973), ''Legion of Honour'', activist * Elmo Patrick Sonnier, convicted murderer and rapist executed * Virginie de Ternant (1818–1887), owner and manager of Parlange Plantation

Notes

References

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