Famous People with the Surname French

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1. Bob French, Chief Meterorologist and weeknight weather anchor at KBTX in Texas since 1990. Chart #8.

2. Lawrence Herbert French, played for the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Chicago Cubs, b. 1907 in CA, d. 9 Feb 1987, played between 18 Apr 1929 and 26 Sep 1942.

3. Samuel French, American playwright, b. 1821, d. 1898 NYC.

4. Jesse French, piano manufacturer, b. 1845, d. 1927 in New Castle, IN.

5. David French, Canadian playwright from Bay Roberts, NFLD, Canada. Chart #57.

6. Benjamin Brown French, wrote dairies covering the Civil War period, and was a journalist for White House History, Chart #4. More.

7. Dr. Ronald French, 2007 King of the New Orleans Mardi Gras.

8. Daniel French, “Yankee” Steam Engine Patent, 1809, Chart #4. More. His son Henry French.

9. John Homer French, 1824-1888, NY State Map Coompiler, 1860.

10. American Politicians with the Surname French.

11. Harry Dana French. Our thanks go to Harry Dana French, b. 9 Nov 1895 in Loudon, NH, d. 8 Jun 1971 in Concord, NH. Lifelong French family researcher, whose research is now stored at the New Hampshire Historical Society in Concord, NH, has solved so many mysteries. As of Jan. 1990, we have acquired his material for Charts #1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, and 20. He is a triple descendant of Edward French, Chart #4. This material is not accessible in the stacks. The collection of about 20 boxes is stored in the basement of the library. Right now the format of these thousands of papers is either hand-written or typed and printed from a poor dot-matrix printer. The program that printed these pages is no longer available, plus the dot-matrix characters are monospaced and, for the most part, unreadable by a CRT.

12. Thomas French, Times Staff Writer since 1981, awarded the Pulitzer prize for three projects.

13. Major General Robert P. French, Assistant Adjutant General of the Army at the Pennsylvania Army National Guard, email: french@state.pa.us.

14. Charlotte French, married wealthy businessman Maximilian Carden Despard in 1870; he was the founder of the Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank. Charlotte was the suffragette and Sinn Féin member, Ireland’s oldest political movement. She wrote various books and helped the poor. Her brother was that last French mentioned on Page 1 of Famous Frenches, John Denton Pinkstone French. FFA Chart #IREF. More.

15. Captain Thomas H. French, served in M Co., 7^th US Cavalry with Col. George Custer at the Little Big Horn. He told Marcus Reno, “Major, the Indians are in our rear!” moments before Crazy Horse’s warriers charged.

16. Commander Sir George Arthur French, was pivotal in the formation of what became the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.

17. Elizabeth Crozier French, born in 1851, was the President of the Tennessee Equal Suffrage Association. She was the daughter of an attorney and married into the French family. On 25 aug 1919, Tennessee became the 36^th state and made the 19^th Amendment to the United States Constitution the law of the land giving women the right to vote. More.

18. Charles Calvin French, born 12 Oct 1883 in Indiana, started into baseball at the age of 25 with the Boston Red Sox.

19. James French, actor in Greater London.

20. Jimmy Wales, the founder of Wikipedia, lists many famous people with the surname French.

21. Hollis French, Democratic member of the Alaska Senate and former assistant district attorney. He climbed Mt. McKinley to the summer twice.

22. John Alexander French, was an Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.