List of French Americans

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A French American or Franco-American is a citizen of the United States of America 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 to the United States later on (see Quebec emigration and Great Upheaval). About thirteen million U.S. residents are of French descent, and about 1.5 million of them speak the French language at home.

The following is a list of notable French Americans:

Contents

[edit] Entertainment

[edit] Historical figures

[edit] Law and politics

[edit] Literature

[edit] Military

  • P.G.T. Beauregard General for the Confederate Army during the American Civil War, was also a writer, civil servant, and inventor.
  • 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[2]
  • 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[2]

[edit] Miscellaneous

[edit] See also

[edit] Footnotes

  1. ^ [1] "Half French-Canadian and half Armenian, she grew up in California during the 1950s."
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Noted as a French American at [2]
  3. ^ [3] "From stage performer to singer to painter, the French actor..."
  4. ^ [4] "Born September 13, 1903 in Paris as Claudette Lily Chauchoin, Claudette moved with her family to the United States when she was only three."
  5. ^ [5] "Half Irish, half French-Canadian, half English."
  6. ^ [6] "French icon Joe Dassin"
  7. ^ [7] "Julie Delpy is one of the most popular French actresses..." [8] "She became a U.S. citizen three years ago, while retaining her French citizenship."
  8. ^ [9] "The story of French actress Arielle Dombasle’s life is like something from another era, a time that exists in old movies and Harlequin romances"
  9. ^ [10] "French-born fixture of Andy Warhol's Factory"
  10. ^ [11] "Famous French-Canadian author Robert Goulet..."
  11. ^ [12] [13]
  12. ^ [14] "I am only French, Dutch and German. I get my skin color from the French side of my family."
  13. ^ [15] "Francophiles will be pleasantly surprised to learn that despite the unmistakably Celtic ring to her name, May Playmate Maria McBane is every bit as French as croissants and the cancan. Born in Avignon, in the heart of the French wine region of Provence, our 19-year-old May miss was reared in the traditions of the provincial petite francaise until the age of ten, when her family sold their small vineyard and came to America."
  14. ^ [16] "Meloni, who is half-Italian and half-French Canadian, says that he was surprised to find similarities between the Carbone family and his own."
  15. ^ [17] "French-born American coloratura soprano"
  16. ^ [18] "Sanchez, who is half Puerto Rican and half French..."
  17. ^ [19] "Did Leelee know much about Joan, who was canonized a saint, before portraying her? "Even though I'm half-French, not terribly much""
  18. ^ [20] "That sort of reaction is typical of the French-American actor..." [21] "Do you hate when interviewers get excited because you're French? The funny thing is I'm actually a Polish Jew who happens to be born in France. My mom is Polish and my dad is Bulgarian. I don't have an ounce of French blood. But I work it."
  19. ^ [22] describes him as French American; both parents were French; he was raised in Nantes, France [23]"
  20. ^ [24] born in Paris
  21. ^ [25] "The Boudinots were French Huguenots who fled France and then England after the revocation of the Edict of Nantes"; both of Boudinot's paternal grandparents were French; his mother was of Welsh and Anglo descent [26]
  22. ^ [27] born in Saint-Brice-sous-Forêt, France
  23. ^ described as "French" at [28]; born in US to French immigrants
  24. ^ Described as French-Canadian at [29]; parents were French Canadian immigrants to US [30]
  25. ^ Born in Paris, France to George L'Enfant and Frances Ragond; immigrated to US
  26. ^ Described as "French-Indian" at [31]; maternal grandfather, Jean Baptiste Louis DeCourtel Marchand, was French
  27. ^ [32] "André Meyer, the French financier who transformed Lazard into a dealmaking powerhouse from the 1950s to the 1970s"
  28. ^ Described as "French-Canadian" at [33]; both parents, Medore Moisant and Josephine Fortier, were French Canadian immigrants to the U.S.
  29. ^ [34] noted that she was proud of her French ancestry, which was distant [35]
  30. ^ Described as "French American" at [36] His father, Apollos Rivoire, was a French Huguenot refugee from Wallonia who had anglicized his name to Paul Revere. His mother, Deborah Hitchbourn, was of English descent[37]
  31. ^ Described as "French American" at [38]; His father, Isaac Roberdeau, was a French Huguenot immigrant and his mother Mary Cunningham was Scottish
  32. ^ Described as "French Hugenot" at [39]; his paternal grandfather was French, while the rest of his ancestors were of English origin[40]
  33. ^ Described as a "French Acadian" at [41]
  34. ^ [42] ""I trust that you do know Mr. DeLay is French," she said."
  35. ^ Gravel - [43] "GRAVEL: God no. Mahoney...or it was an Irish name. I'm French-Canadian; I'm American but my parents are French Canadian."
  36. ^ According to [44], his great-grandfather was born in France, most of his other ancestry was English and American
  37. ^ Described as "French Catholic" at [45]; her maternal grandmother, Athena'ise Charleville, was of French descent; the rest of her ancestry was Irish and English[46]
  38. ^ From an interview with Dufresne: [47] "Nathan Leslie: John, do you think your French Canadian background has influenced your writing? If so, how? John Dufresne: It is this primal landscape that shapes us as it shapes the characters in our stories. "You write from where you are," William Stafford said. I write from being a French Canadian/American who grew up on what had been called French Hill until the Irish and Italians muscled us out. And then it was Grafton Hill. Novelist David Plante, author of novels about growing up French Canadian not far from my home, says: "Franco-American culture is gone, and perhaps the only way to have written about it was to believe it was over even while it was being written about. Les vrais paradis sont les paradis perdus might have been said by Proust about an entirely different world, but it applies--with the difference that the Franco past was never a paradise." Grafton Hill was in the fifties and sixties as exclusively Catholic and blue collar as neighborhoods get. Jobs ran to the trades, factories, and public service. There were no dancers or brain surgeons, actors, or professors among the French Canadians on the Hill."
  39. ^ [48] "French economist..."
  40. ^ [49] "Will Durant was French-Canadian and a Roman Catholic who had become skeptical of religion."
  41. ^ [50] "Jack Kerouac was born Jean-Louis Kerouac, a French-Canadian child on March 12, 1922 in working-class Lowell, Massachusetts."
  42. ^ [51] His French ancestors immigrated to England in the 16th century
  43. ^ [52] "When it was released in 1956, PEYTON PLACE, the debut novel by French Canadian Grace Metalious..."
  44. ^ [53] "French-born novelist, passionate eroticist and short story writer"
  45. ^ His paternal grandfather was from the Isle of Jersey; his other ancestry was English - American [54]
  46. ^ Library.com "The Story of Frank W. Abagnale Jr. from www.Crime Library.com."
  47. ^ [55] "French figure skating champion Surya Bonaly has become a US citizen during a ceremony Friday in Las Vegas."
  48. ^ [56] "Detractors of his French born, quotidian jockey said that if Jean Cruguet"
  49. ^ [57] "Kahn, French-born, but a US resident since 1982"
  50. ^ [58] "World's Richest: #43 Pierre Omidyar, Net Worth: $10.1 billion French émigré"
  51. ^ [59] "French-American David Regis earned a starter¿s spot on the 1998 U.S. World Cup squad"
  52. ^ [60] ""the French guy" in World Championship Wrestling"
  53. ^ [61] "Could you talk a little about what being both French and American has meant for your soccer development?... Actually, I really think that if I'm a professional today, it's because of my development both in France and in the US. I always try to take what's best for me as an athlete and a keeper from both cultures and honestly think that if I hadn't made the choice of playing internationally for the US youth teams, I wouldn't be in my situation today and wouldn't have developed as quickly."
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