Curated category
French emigrants to the United States
- Roman PolanskiRoman Polanski was born on the 18th of August 1933 in Paris. His family moved back to Kraków, Poland, in early 1937. Two years later, Nazi Germany invaded…
- Marcel DuchampHenri-Robert-Marcel Duchamp was born on the 28th of July 1887 in Rouen, France. He grew up in a household where art was not merely a hobby but a family…
- Tony ParkerWilliam Anthony Parker Jr. arrived in the world on the 17th of May 1982, inside a hospital in Bruges, Belgium. His father Tony Parker Sr.
- Michel GondryMichel Gondry grew up in Versailles, France. He was the grandson of inventor Constant Martin. This family history of invention likely influenced his later…
- Esther DufloEsther Duflo was born on the 25th of October 1972 at the Port Royal Hospital in Paris, France. Her father taught mathematics while her mother worked as a…
- Marc Isambard BrunelMarc Isambard Brunel arrived into the world on the 25th of April 1769. He was born on a family farm in Hacqueville, Normandy.
- Vladimir NabokovVladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov entered the world on the 22nd of April 1899 in Saint Petersburg. His family belonged to an ancient Russian nobility granted a…
- Joseph BonaparteGiuseppe di Buonaparte entered the world on the 7th of January 1768 in Corte, the capital of the Corsican Republic. His parents were Carlo Buonaparte and…
- Yann LeCunYann André Le Cun was born on the 8th of July 1960 in Soisy-sous-Montmorency, a suburb of Paris. His family name traces back to the old Breton form Le Cunff…
- George SteinerFrancis George Steiner was born on the 23rd of April 1929 in Neuilly-sur-Seine near Paris. His right arm withered from birth yet his mother insisted he use…