Who Is The Greatest Person Of French Nationality or Ancestry In History?
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Well, I did mention Le Grande Orange a few posts back, but it didn't seem to get a lot of support. There is, or course, also Eric Gagne.
Ahhh ... Merci Rumples.
Oui to Staub ... NO to Gagne ... unless we need 2 to make a "list", then he gets on by default ... lol.
What's the difference between Louis Pasteur and Martin of Exxtase?
The first one was dealing with germs the other one is dealing with gems.
Okay, I agree not the best joke but I would like to add to Jman47 to following names:
Among the top philosophers we have to mention: Michel Foucault, Gilles Deleuze, Jacques Derrida, Jean-Luc Nancy, Paul Ricoeur
Among the top composers I would add: Olivier Messian
I'm surprised that nobody mentioned Jacques-Yves Cousteau. Maybe one the leading Frenachman of the last Century,
The first one was dealing with germs the other one is dealing with gems.
Okay, I agree not the best joke but I would like to add to Jman47 to following names:
Among the top philosophers we have to mention: Michel Foucault, Gilles Deleuze, Jacques Derrida, Jean-Luc Nancy, Paul Ricoeur
Among the top composers I would add: Olivier Messian
I'm surprised that nobody mentioned Jacques-Yves Cousteau. Maybe one the leading Frenachman of the last Century,
nice list Jman, but seeing how much your into "flowers", i am surprised of all people you left off Guy Lafleur
I considered both Guy Lafleur and Jacques Cousteau as nominees. I decided to go with Maurice Richard as the choice as the great French sportsman because in addition to being a great hockey player, he was a man of considerable social and political importance as was depicted in the movie "Maurice Richard". If there were enough poll choices, my other nominees as great sportsmen would have been Cousteau, Lafleur and Jean-Claude Killy in that order. Of course with Cousteau, he was more than just a sportsman, but that is the general category I was thinking of. Zinedine Zidane is another guy I thought about, and had he not head butted Materazzi and had France won the World Cup in 2006, as they should have, he would have gotten the nomination in this category.
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There's nothing great about a drug abuser & cheater. I'd put it at the bottom of the barrel.
I'd vote for Mario Lemieux ahead of all those guys.
Not only did Mario The Magnificient dominate in his era (while battling crippling back injuries & cancer), he also became a Stanley Cup-winning owner just a few years after he retired.
I vote for 'Peter of Satin Dreamz', who's been in this business for as long as i can remember. Martin's mamma was still changing his diapers when 'Peter' was running his first agency.
And what about 'Martin of Asservissante'? He's still one of the most likeable agency owners out there & was around when i first dipped my feet into the hobby.
For Canadian politics, i'd vote for Wilfrid Laurier ahead of that prick Trudeau, who did more wrong than good for Canada. They hate him in Quebec!
Heck, i'd go for Rene Levesque ahead of Trudeau!!
Heck, i'd go for Rene Levesque ahead of Trudeau!!
My problem with Beliveau is that he was totally shut down by Dave Keon in the 1967 Stanley Cup Finals, permitting the Toronto Maple Leafs to win the Stanley Cup, which I believe is the last one that they won. That's why I gave the nod to Richard. That and the social and political importance of certain aspects of Richard's career, as depicted in the movie.
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Why Martin of XXXtase?
Martin of XXXtase was a no brainer as my choice as the French agency owner nominee. He's been extremely successful in the escort agency business and in the restaurant business. A lot of other successful business owners have dreamed of having their own successful escort agency on the side. Martin has actually lived that dream.
But, if I were to do a poll of greatest escort agency owners, Peter of Satin Dreamz, Martin of Asservissante, John of Eleganza, Chris of Devilish, and Jessy of Montreal Sex City would all be certain nominees. I think someone already did such a poll a few years ago and all of the above were included.
Martin of XXXtase was a no brainer as my choice as the French agency owner nominee. He's been extremely successful in the escort agency business and in the restaurant business. A lot of other successful business owners have dreamed of having their own successful escort agency on the side. Martin has actually lived that dream.
But, if I were to do a poll of greatest escort agency owners, Peter of Satin Dreamz, Martin of Asservissante, John of Eleganza, Chris of Devilish, and Jessy of Montreal Sex City would all be certain nominees. I think someone already did such a poll a few years ago and all of the above were included.
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Hello all,
Isn't French identity also so deeply connected to art and fashion.
I would add the Impressionists as a group;
Claude Monet, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Alfred Sisley, Frederic Bazille, Camille Pissarro, Paul Cézanne, and Armand Guillaumin, Edgar Degas, Mary Cassat, Edouard Manet, and Goerges Seurat.
Fashion Designers:
Coco Chanel, Pierre Cardin, Jean Paul Gautier, Hubert Givenchy, Yves St. Laurent, Louis Vuitton, Christian Dior, etc.
The French architect who designed Washington D. C., Pierre Charles L'Enfant.
Cheers,
Merlot
Isn't French identity also so deeply connected to art and fashion.
I would add the Impressionists as a group;
Claude Monet, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Alfred Sisley, Frederic Bazille, Camille Pissarro, Paul Cézanne, and Armand Guillaumin, Edgar Degas, Mary Cassat, Edouard Manet, and Goerges Seurat.
Fashion Designers:
Coco Chanel, Pierre Cardin, Jean Paul Gautier, Hubert Givenchy, Yves St. Laurent, Louis Vuitton, Christian Dior, etc.
The French architect who designed Washington D. C., Pierre Charles L'Enfant.
Cheers,
Merlot
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about Eric Gagne, he was phenominal for a couple years, but over the course of time he turned into a former shell of himself. Def not on the "List" for the obvious reasons you pointed out.
Gsp
My Vote is for GSP, Georges Rush St. Pierre.
Not sure why he isnt listed, he is the best fighter in the world, he would kick everyone ass on this list and he's from montreal. He's even a great actor, LOL. The man is my hero!
My Vote is for GSP, Georges Rush St. Pierre.
Not sure why he isnt listed, he is the best fighter in the world, he would kick everyone ass on this list and he's from montreal. He's even a great actor, LOL. The man is my hero!
Igna,
Eric Gagne would not be the choice as the greatest baseball player of French ancestry even if he had been clean. That honor very easily goes to Hall of Famer Napoleon "Nap" Lajoie:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nap_Lajoie
He still holds the AL record batting average for one season - .426!
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...and you left out the chef's? blasphemy!
17th/18th century - françois massialot
18th/19th century - marie-antoine carême
19th/20th century - georges auguste escoffier
20th century to present - paul bocuse, joël robuchon, alain ducasse
For consideration (found this in a search)...many listed here are already mentioned but I thought an approach by category would net some deeper thought...
Top monarchs :
Napoleon Bonaparte
Louis XIV
Philip IV
Francis I
Henry IV
Top painters and sculptors:
Louis David
Auguste Rodin
Renoir
Toulouse-Lautrec
Cezanne
Gauguin
Monet
Manet
Matisse
Top architects:
Gustave Eiffel
Viollet-le-Duc
Vauban
Le Corbusier
Top composers:
Bizet
Hector Berlioz
Camille Saint-Saens
Jacques Offenbach
Claude Debussy
Jean Philippe Rameau
Jean-Michel Jarre
Top writers:
Victor Hugo
Jules Verne
Alexandre Dumas
Gustave Flaubert
Emile Zola
Moliere
Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Charles Baudelaire
Arthur Rimbaud
Francois Rabelais
Guy de Maupassant
Marcel Proust
Jean de La Fontaine
Top philosophers :
Voltaire
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Jean-Paul Sartre
Denis Diderot
Rene Descartes
Albert Camus
Top scientists and intellectuals:
Marie Curie
Louis Pasteur
Auguste and Louis Lumière (inventors of the cinema)
Montgolfier brothers
Jacques Cousteau
Claude Levi-Strauss
Blaise Pascal
Jean-Francois Champollion
Antoine-Laurent de Lavoisier
Top actors/actresses & filmmakers:
Jean Reno
Christian Clavier
Luc Besson
Louis de Funese
Jean Gabin
Bourvil
Jean-Paul Belmondo
Catherine Deneuve
Alain Delon
Francois Truffaut
Jean-Luc Godard
Top designers:
Coco Chanel
Christian Dior
Yves Saint-Laurent
Jean-Paul Gaultier
Edouard de Givenchy
Pierre Cardin
Have Fun,
Jman
PS I voted for Joan of Arc and Louis Pasteur...there were no MLB players or SP's on the survey...
Marie Curie is not French she is Polish. She moved to France and married Pierre
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