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SOCIETY / PEOPLE
List: Top Ten Greatest Frenchmen (Persons)
Date: 2005
Source: Poll by France 2 television channel.
Base: No data on number of votes cast.
Notes: 'Le Plus Grand Français de tous les temps' (The Greatest Frenchman of all Time) was a TV show based on a BBC TV series called 'Great Britons'. The show asked the French viewers who they thought was the Greatest Frenchman or Frenchwoman. It was presented by Michel Drucker and Thierry Ardisson, and the final episode was broadcast from the French Senate.
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Rank
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Name
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Notes
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1
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Charles de Gaulle
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Politician and President
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2
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Louis Pasteur
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Microbiologist and chemist
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3
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Abbé Pierre
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Priest and charity worker
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4
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Marie Curie
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Chemist and nobel laureate
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5
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Coluche
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Comedian / Actor
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6
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Victor Hugo
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Writer
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7
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Bourvil
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Actor and Singer
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8
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Molière
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Playwright and director
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9
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Jacques-Yves Cousteau
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Explorer and marine scientist
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10
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Edith Piaf
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Chanteuse
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