Editor in Chief Bill | 30 Dec 2017 11:38 p.m. PST |
Who is the most famous historical figure from France? |
Nashville | 31 Dec 2017 12:01 a.m. PST |
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nevinsrip | 31 Dec 2017 12:22 a.m. PST |
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Cacique Caribe | 31 Dec 2017 12:34 a.m. PST |
Napoleon the Corsican? Jacques Cousteau? Dr. Louis Pasteur? Jules Verne? Victor Hugo? Andre the Giant? Herve Villechaize? Michel Nostradamus? Alexandre Dumas? Cardinal Richelieu? Joan of Arc? Charles Martel? Charlemagne? Clovis I, the Frank? Francois Voltaire? Marquis de Sade? Dan |
Alcibiades | 31 Dec 2017 12:49 a.m. PST |
Louis XIV Rene Descartes Marquis de Montcalm Kent |
Cacique Caribe | 31 Dec 2017 12:51 a.m. PST |
Descartes! I can't believe I left him out. Thanks. Dan |
Giles the Zog | 31 Dec 2017 2:18 a.m. PST |
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foxweasel | 31 Dec 2017 2:23 a.m. PST |
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Gunfreak | 31 Dec 2017 3:06 a.m. PST |
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Jcfrog | 31 Dec 2017 3:06 a.m. PST |
It might have been Pasteur but unfortunately it is probably Napoleon. |
T Labienus | 31 Dec 2017 5:19 a.m. PST |
Charles de Batz de Castelmore, dit d'Artagnan ? Gilbert du Motier, marquis de La Fayette, dit La Fayette ? |
rustymusket | 31 Dec 2017 5:32 a.m. PST |
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skipper John | 31 Dec 2017 6:14 a.m. PST |
Well, Napoleon of course… ask anyone. |
Tin hat | 31 Dec 2017 6:20 a.m. PST |
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Gwydion | 31 Dec 2017 6:58 a.m. PST |
Pierre de Fermat René Descartes (I know he's been mentioned – but he has to be a main contender) Jacques Lacan Eric Cantona Johnny Hallyday Michel Foucault Simone de Beauvoir Sarah Bernhardt Christine Lagarde Gerard Depardieu Louis XIV (I know he's been done) Louis Nicolas Davout (Not a Corsican Quisling amongst them!) |
Herkybird | 31 Dec 2017 7:14 a.m. PST |
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dBerczerk | 31 Dec 2017 8:06 a.m. PST |
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etotheipi | 31 Dec 2017 8:35 a.m. PST |
Well, Napoleone di Buonaparte is from Corsica (which was part of a repo action at the time of his birth) and of Italian descent, so we're just talking about people associated with France for a notable reason. So …
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robert piepenbrink | 31 Dec 2017 8:43 a.m. PST |
His Imperial Majesty, Napoleon I. Sad. But then the most famous German will no doubt be Hitler. |
14Bore | 31 Dec 2017 8:49 a.m. PST |
Not even a contest Napoleon |
Gwydion | 31 Dec 2017 9:08 a.m. PST |
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Blount | 31 Dec 2017 2:08 p.m. PST |
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Tgerritsen | 31 Dec 2017 2:15 p.m. PST |
Marcel Marceau because he was my best pick up line in college- ‘Want to come to my place and listen to my Marcel Marceau records?' |
carne68 | 31 Dec 2017 2:47 p.m. PST |
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Old Contemptibles | 01 Jan 2018 12:04 a.m. PST |
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Prince Rupert of the Rhine | 01 Jan 2018 2:54 a.m. PST |
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Patrick R | 01 Jan 2018 4:51 a.m. PST |
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Tirailleur corse | 01 Jan 2018 9:36 a.m. PST |
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rmaker | 01 Jan 2018 12:31 p.m. PST |
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atommmm | 02 Jan 2018 8:41 a.m. PST |
related to our hobby: Vercingétorix(Gauls) Clovis (Frank) Henri IV Louis XIV (roi soleil) Lafayette happy new year |
Legion 4 | 02 Jan 2018 8:46 a.m. PST |
Jean Luc Picard Wait Gunfreak beat me to it !!!! Now Ms. Bardot … |
miniMo | 02 Jan 2018 6:05 p.m. PST |
Marie Curie Mireille Mathieu Edith Piaf Cyrano de Bergerac Simone de Beauvoir Jean-Paul Sartre Alexis de Tocqueville Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette |
JimDuncanUK | 03 Jan 2018 4:28 a.m. PST |
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DWilliams | 09 Jan 2018 9:08 a.m. PST |
Why … Charles de Gaulle. of course! |