Top Celebrity Names Starting With Philippe

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   Philippe Petit

   Age 62 Male
   

   Center, Foot

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   Philippe Petit is a French high-wire artist who gained fame for his high-wire walk between the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York City, New York, on 7 August 1974. For his feat (that he referred to as "le coup"), he used a 450-pound (200 kg) cable and a custom-made 26-foot (8 m) long, 55-pound (25 kg) balancing pole.… read more

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   Philippe Beck

   Age 49 Male
   

   Poet, Writer

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   Philippe Beck, born in Strasbourg on April 21, 1963, is a French poet, writer and professor for Philosophy at University of Nantes, in France and European Graduate School in Saas-Fee, Switzerland.

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   Philippe Douste-Blazy

   Age 61 Male
   

   Politician, Foreign Minister, Cardiologist

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   Philippe Douste-Blazy is a French centre-right politician. He served as Minister for Health (1993–1995 and 2004–2005), Minister of Culture (1995–1997) and Foreign Minister in the cabinet of Dominique de Villepin (2005–2007). Douste-Blazy is also a cardiologist and Christian Democrat politician from Lourdes. Formerly from the UDF party, he joined the Union for a Popular Movement.… read more

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   Philippe Kahn

   Age 50 Male
   

   Entrepreneur, Camera Phone Creator

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   Philippe Pétain

   1856 - 1951 Male
   

   Politician, Marshal, General

   
   

   Henri Philippe Benoni Omer Joseph Pétain, generally known as Philippe Pétain or Marshal Pétain (Maréchal Pétain), was a French general who reached the distinction of Marshal of France, and was later Chief of State of Vichy France (Chef de l'État Français), from 1940 to 1944. Pétain, who was 84 years old in 1940, ranks as France's oldest head of state.… read more

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   Philippe Noiret

   1930 - 2006 Male
   

   Actor

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   Philippe Noiret was a French film actor.

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   Philippe de Villiers

   Age 63 Male
   

   Politician, Campaigner, President

   
   

   Philippe Le Jolis de Villiers de Saintignon, known as Philippe de Villiers, born on 25 March 1949, is a French politician. He was the Mouvement pour la France nominee for the French presidential election of 2007. He received 2.23% of the vote, putting him in sixth place. As only the top two candidates advance to the second round of voting, he was eliminated from the race. Before and after the election, Villiers has been internationally notable for his criticism of Islam in France.… read more

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   Philippe Cuper

   Age 55 Male
   

   Clarinetist, Musician

   
   

   Philippe Cuper is a French clarinetist, born in Lille on April 25, 1957. He is considered to be one of the best representatives of the current French clarinet school.

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   Philippe Pinel

   1745 - 1826 Male
   

   Doctor, Psychiatrist, Scientist

   
   

   Philippe Pinel was a French physician who was instrumental in the development of a more humane psychological approach to the custody and care of psychiatric patients, referred to today as moral therapy. He also made notable contributions to the classification of mental disorders and has been described by some as "the father of modern psychiatry".… read more

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    Philippe de Chérisey

    1923 - 1985 Male
    

    Humorist, Writer, Actor

    
    

    Philippe Louis Henri Marie de Chérisey, 9th marquess de Chérisey was a French writer, radio humorist, surrealist and supporting actor (using the stage name Amédée). He is best known for his creation of fake parchments published in the 1967 book L'Or de Rennes by Gérard de Sède, as part of his involvement in the Priory of Sion hoax between 1962-1983.… read more

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    Philippe Lacoue-Labarthe

    1940 - 2007 Male
    

    Philosopher

    
    

    Philippe Lacoue-Labarthe was a French philosopher. He was also a literary critic and translator. Lacoue-Labarthe was influenced by and wrote extensively on Martin Heidegger, Jacques Derrida, Jacques Lacan, German Romanticism, Paul Celan, and Gérard Granel. He also translated works by Heidegger, Celan, Friedrich Nietzsche, Friedrich Hölderlin, and Walter Benjamin into French.… read more

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    Philippe Hubert Preudhomme de Borre

    1717 - 4712 BC Male
    

    Cavalier, Expert, General Officer

    
    

    Philippe Hubert, Chevalier de Preudhomme de Borre joined the French Army in 1740 and served in the War of the Austrian Succession. During the American Revolutionary War he traveled to America where he was presented as a military expert. Promoted to general officer, his career as a Continental Army officer was brief and undistingished. He resigned under a cloud and returned to France in 1779. His career ended in obscurity.… read more