Paris, France

French physicist and astronomer who invented the Foucault pendulum, measured the speed of light, discovered eddy currents, and named the gyroscope

German-born French composer, cellist, and impresario known for his influential operettas and the opera The Tales of Hoffmann

French statesman who served King Louis XIV and developed Colbertism, a variant of mercantilism that organized the country's politics and markets

Italian and naturalized French mathematician, physicist, and astronomer known for significant contributions to analysis, number theory, and mechanics

French physicist, engineer, and military officer known for Coulomb's law, describing electrostatic attraction and repulsion, and for pioneering work in friction and soil mechanics

French chemist, physicist, and Nobel laureate who, with her husband, discovered induced radioactivity and advanced nuclear physics

Physician, politician, and radical journalist during the French Revolution, known for his publication L'Ami du peuple and defense of the sans-culottes

French chemist and Nobel laureate known for isolating fluorine, discovering moissanite, and developing the electric arc furnace

French playwright and political activist, renowned for her Declaration of the Rights of Woman and other writings on women's rights and abolitionism

French physician who won the 1907 Nobel Prize for discovering that protozoan parasites cause malaria and trypanosomiasis

Iconic French comic actor, singer, and director who charmed audiences for decades with his distinctive humor and vocal talents

French poet and dramatist, best known for his neo-romantic play Cyrano de Bergerac, whose works contrasted with naturalistic theatre