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I'm going to list some in the interests of Anglo/Gallic relations.

1. Jacques Cousteau
2. Antoine de Caunes
3. Jean Paul Satre
4. Michel Gondry
5. Thierry Henry (not into football myself, but he's dead cool)
6. This bloke called Benoit I met in Sydney
7. Asterix

― chap who would dare to thwart the revolution (chap), Sunday, 7 August 2005 15:29 (twenty years ago)

8. David Ginola
9. Dogtanian

― jel -- (jel), Sunday, 7 August 2005 15:38 (twenty years ago)

Anton Careme
Escoffier

― Ed (dali), Sunday, 7 August 2005 15:39 (twenty years ago)

12. Serge Gainsbourg

― Truckdrivin' Buddha (Rock Hardy), Sunday, 7 August 2005 15:41 (twenty years ago)

Evariste Galois

Eric Cantona

The Man in the Iron Mask

― theantmustdance (theantmustdance), Sunday, 7 August 2005 15:41 (twenty years ago)

Tony Parker
Tariq Abdul-Wahad

― milozauckerman (miloaukerman), Sunday, 7 August 2005 15:41 (twenty years ago)

18. Jacques Derrida
19. Michel Foucault
20. Roland Barthes

― Anti-Pope Consortium (noodle vague), Sunday, 7 August 2005 15:45 (twenty years ago)

Celine
Rimbaud
The hunchback
Moliere

― oui oui!, Sunday, 7 August 2005 15:47 (twenty years ago)

25. Jean Reno

― chap who would dare to thwart the revolution (chap), Sunday, 7 August 2005 15:49 (twenty years ago)

26. Voltaire

― Anti-Pope Consortium (noodle vague), Sunday, 7 August 2005 15:50 (twenty years ago)

27. Fermat

― theantmustdance (theantmustdance), Sunday, 7 August 2005 15:51 (twenty years ago)

28. Manu Chao

― chap who would dare to thwart the revolution (chap), Sunday, 7 August 2005 15:53 (twenty years ago)

29. Thomas Bangalter
30. Guy Manuel de Homem-Christo
31. Alan Braxe
32. Fred Falke
33. Etienne De Crecy
34. DJ Falcon
35. Ernest St Laurent
36. Thomas Mars

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Sunday, 7 August 2005 15:54 (twenty years ago)

I don't think Derrida/Foucault/Sartre are going to aid Anglo-Gallic relations.

― milozauckerman (miloaukerman), Sunday, 7 August 2005 15:54 (twenty years ago)

William the Conqueror

― theantmustdance (theantmustdance), Sunday, 7 August 2005 15:57 (twenty years ago)

I think there's more Hume in those fellas than some people recognise. Also, I was thinking of the "Good" bit rather than the Anglo-French thing.

― Anti-Pope Consortium (noodle vague), Sunday, 7 August 2005 15:58 (twenty years ago)

William the Bastard fails on the being French and on the being Good.

― Anti-Pope Consortium (noodle vague), Sunday, 7 August 2005 15:59 (twenty years ago)

We might want delete Celine from the list. Great writer but a real asshole.

― M. White (Miguelito), Sunday, 7 August 2005 16:16 (twenty years ago)

37. the guy who made Belleville Rendezvous

― chap who would dare to thwart the revolution (chap), Sunday, 7 August 2005 16:24 (twenty years ago)

Brillat-Savarin

Daniel Pennac

― Porkpie (porkpie), Sunday, 7 August 2005 16:37 (twenty years ago)

I thought Manu Chao was Portugese? He's rubbish, ethnic clothing wearing, backpacker getting into the local music type crap anyway ;o)

― Porkpie (porkpie), Sunday, 7 August 2005 16:43 (twenty years ago)

40. Michel Houellebecq

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Sunday, 7 August 2005 16:55 (twenty years ago)

Manu Chao is Catalan as far as I know, from the south side of the pyrenees.

― Ed (dali), Sunday, 7 August 2005 16:56 (twenty years ago)

41. Jacques Lacan

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Sunday, 7 August 2005 17:22 (twenty years ago)

Alain Ducasse
CoCo Chanel
Auguste Escoffier

― Orbit (Orbit), Sunday, 7 August 2005 17:44 (twenty years ago)

fucking Jean-Paul Belmondo
Jacques Demy
Marcel Carne

― gypsy mothra (gypsy mothra), Sunday, 7 August 2005 17:51 (twenty years ago)

Manu Chao is ethnically catalonian but grew up in France. He has his fair share of twattish fans, but his music's good.

― chap who would dare to thwart the revolution (chap), Sunday, 7 August 2005 17:52 (twenty years ago)

Including the new Amadou and Mariam album, which he produced is all over.

― gypsy mothra (gypsy mothra), Sunday, 7 August 2005 17:53 (twenty years ago)

...AND is all over.

― gypsy mothra (gypsy mothra), Sunday, 7 August 2005 17:54 (twenty years ago)

Manu Chao sucks. His music is easy listening for hippies, it has no soul or balls whatsoever, he takes influences from everywhere and ends up losing whatever heart he had himself.

― Tuomas (Tuomas), Sunday, 7 August 2005 18:17 (twenty years ago)

But he has a song about a monkey playing the bongos!

― chap who would dare to thwart the revolution (chap), Sunday, 7 August 2005 18:18 (twenty years ago)

How cute.

― Tuomas (Tuomas), Sunday, 7 August 2005 18:21 (twenty years ago)

Also, his cover of "Buen Rollito" (the "Welcome to Tijuana" song) is much worse than the original by Amparanoia.

― Tuomas (Tuomas), Sunday, 7 August 2005 18:22 (twenty years ago)

You're made of stone.

― chap who would dare to thwart the revolution (chap), Sunday, 7 August 2005 18:22 (twenty years ago)

Seriously, listen to the two versions of the song, and tell me which one has more soul in it.

― Tuomas (Tuomas), Sunday, 7 August 2005 18:25 (twenty years ago)

Ok, I'll try downloading it. I'll get back to you.

― chap who would dare to thwart the revolution (chap), Sunday, 7 August 2005 18:26 (twenty years ago)

Cyrano de Bergerac!

― Cathy (Cathy), Sunday, 7 August 2005 19:26 (twenty years ago)

49. Jean-Paul Gaultier

― Anti-Pope Consortium (noodle vague), Sunday, 7 August 2005 19:40 (twenty years ago)

alain delon
benjamin biolay
francois truffaut
laplace
poincare
pascal
mandelbrot
bourbaki :)

― zappi (joni), Sunday, 7 August 2005 19:53 (twenty years ago)

Never had much time for Pascal cos of his fabulously stupid/hypocritical defence of religious belief.

― Anti-Pope Consortium (noodle vague), Sunday, 7 August 2005 20:02 (twenty years ago)

isn't Mandelbrot Belgian?

― DV (dirtyvicar), Sunday, 7 August 2005 20:25 (twenty years ago)

ah, Mandelbrot apparently born in Poland.

Jean-François Champollion, decoder of hieroglyphics

― zappi (joni), Sunday, 7 August 2005 20:46 (twenty years ago)

Eugene Poubelle !

― dar1a g (daria g), Sunday, 7 August 2005 23:38 (twenty years ago)

Jacques Tati!

― retort pouch (retort pouch), Monday, 8 August 2005 04:22 (twenty years ago)

60. jean-luc godard
61. maurice chevalier

― J.D. (Justyn Dillingham), Monday, 8 August 2005 04:52 (twenty years ago)

62. http://www.smr-home-theatre.org/Schneider/images/Pepe_Le_Pew.gif

― J.D. (Justyn Dillingham), Monday, 8 August 2005 04:53 (twenty years ago)

63. alec eiffel

― geoff (gcannon), Monday, 8 August 2005 06:50 (twenty years ago)

64. franz fanon

― geoff (gcannon), Monday, 8 August 2005 06:51 (twenty years ago)

65. mathieu kassovitz

― geoff (gcannon), Monday, 8 August 2005 06:52 (twenty years ago)

66. de tocqueville

― geoff (gcannon), Monday, 8 August 2005 06:54 (twenty years ago)

67. Andre Breton
68. Louis Aragon
69. Catherine Deneuve

― grosvenor lucrece, Monday, 8 August 2005 07:17 (twenty years ago)

67. Goscinny (Asterix)
68. Uderzo (Asterix)
69. Johnny Halliday (Singer)
70. Nicolas Godin (Air)
71. Jean-Benoit Dunckel (Air)

― dog latin (dog latin), Monday, 8 August 2005 07:26 (twenty years ago)

72. Georges Perec
73. F'murrr (creator of the great, great Le Génie des Alpages)

http://bdm.typepad.com/photos/genie_tome1/cover-image-Le_genie_des_alpages_01.jpg

― OleM (OleM), Monday, 8 August 2005 09:17 (twenty years ago)

Antoine Bardou-Jacquet (director of Royksopp's 'Remind Me' video amongst others)
Herve De Crecy (director of his brother Etienne's videos amongst others)
Alex & Martin (directors of White Stripes 'Seven Nation Army' video amongst others)
LAURENT GARNIER
Phillipe Zdar
Hubert Boombass
the dudes at Pleix studios

Zinedine Zidane (perfect archetypal blend of arrogance and charisma), Michel Platini and numerous other French footballers

Gerard Depardieu

S. Desramont (a supremely clever guy I used to work with)

― Sociah T Azzahole (blueski), Monday, 8 August 2005 09:42 (twenty years ago)

Alain Prost.

― haitch (haitch), Monday, 8 August 2005 09:52 (twenty years ago)

Le Petomaine

― NickB (NickB), Monday, 8 August 2005 09:52 (twenty years ago)

olivier assayas
mathieu amalric

― N_RQ, Monday, 8 August 2005 09:55 (twenty years ago)

these guys

― fe zaffe (fezaffe), Monday, 8 August 2005 13:02 (twenty years ago)

TTC, Badiou, Pierre Schaeffer, Debussy, Polanski (on a technicality).

― fields of salmon (fieldsofsalmon), Tuesday, 9 August 2005 04:57 (twenty years ago)

Have there never been any good female frenchmen?

― Leeeeeeee (Leee), Tuesday, 9 August 2005 05:11 (twenty years ago)

France Gall, Brigitte Bardot

― dog latin (dog latin), Tuesday, 9 August 2005 08:53 (twenty years ago)

Audrey Tautou

― dog latin (dog latin), Tuesday, 9 August 2005 08:53 (twenty years ago)

miss mamselle hepzibah in walt kelly's "pogo"

― J.D. (Justyn Dillingham), Tuesday, 9 August 2005 09:04 (twenty years ago)

Guy deBord

― Ian Riese-Moraine: a casualty of social estrangement. (Eastern Mantra), Tuesday, 9 August 2005 11:22 (twenty years ago)

Female frenchmen: George Sand

― jocelyn (Jocelyn), Tuesday, 9 August 2005 13:22 (twenty years ago)

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