French Americans are U.S. citizens or nationals of French descent and heritage. The majority of Franco-American families did not arrive directly from France, but rather settled French territories in the New World (primarily in the 17th and 18th centuries) before moving or being forced to move to the United States later on (see Quebec diaspora and Great Upheaval). Also, the largest French territory in North America was sold to the U.S., absorbing their French citizens (see Louisiana Purchase). About thirteen million U.S. residents are of French descent, and about 1.5 million of them speak the French language at home. Being isolated, mixed with different cultures, or ignored, the French-Americans developed particular cultures that reflect varying degrees of adaptation of their environments. This gave birth to streams of French-Americans like the Acadians, the Cajuns (an Anglicization of the autonym Cadien, from the French word for Acadian, Acadien), Louisiana Créoles and many others.
The following is a list of notable French Americans by occupation, including both original immigrants who obtained American citizenship and their American descendants.
To be included in this list, the person must have a Wikipedia article showing they are French American or must have references showing they are French American and are notable.
Governors and presidents
Armand Beauvais (1783–1843), Governor of Louisiana
Newton C. Blanchard (1849–1922), United States Representative, Senator, and Governor of Louisiana
Kathleen Blanco, Governor of Louisiana
Pierre Derbigny (1769–1829), Governor of Louisiana
Jacques Dupre, Louisiana State Representative, State Senator and Governor of Louisiana
William Pope Duval (1784–1854), first Governor of Florida
Edwin Edwards (born 1927), Louisiana Governor for four terms
Paul Octave Hébert (1818–1880), Governor of Louisiana from 1853–56 and a General in the Confederate Army
John Jay, second Governor of New York and first Chief Justice of the United States
Richard W. Leche (1898–1965), Democratic governor of Louisiana from 1936 until 1939
Earl Long (1895–1960), three-time Democratic governor of Louisiana
Huey Long (1893–1935), Louisiana Governor and a U.S. senator
Alexander Mouton (1804–1885), United States Senator and Governor of Louisiana
James A. Noe (1890–1976), Democratic Governor of Louisiana
Pierre S. du Pont, IV, Governor of Delaware, U.S. Representative
Aram J. Pothier, twice Governor of Rhode Island; of French Canadian descent
Andre B. Roman (1795–1866), Speaker of the Louisiana House of Representatives and twice elected Governor of Louisiana
Franklin D. Roosevelt, 32nd President of the United States
John Sevier, Governor of Tennessee until his death; house representative
Henry S. Thibodaux (1769–1827), Governor of Louisiana; father-in-law of Alexander Hamilton
Jacques Villeré (1761–1830), second Governor of Louisiana
Congressmen and senators
Les AuCoin, former Democratic congressman from Oregon
Kelly Ayotte (born 1968), New Hampshire former U.S. Senator
Daniel Moreau Barringer, Whig U.S. Congressman from North Carolina between 1843 and 1849
Joe Biden, U.S. Senator and Vice President of the United States.
James Blanchard, Governor of Michigan, House of Representatives, Ambassador to Canada
Elias Boudinot (1740–1821), early American statesman
James Carville, French-American (Cajun) from Louisiana; outspoken Democrat and served in the Clinton administration; has been a political commentator for many years
Hillary Clinton (born 1947), United States Secretary of State, former Democratic member of the United States Senate from New York; wife of William Jefferson Clinton; former first lady of the US
Davy Crockett (1786–1836), folk hero, frontiersman, soldier and Congressman from Tennessee
Tom DeLay (born 1947), former Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from Sugar Land, Texas, the former House Majority Leader, prominent member of the Republican Party
Al Gore, environmental activist, author, businessperson, former politician, and former journalist; served as the forty-fifth Vice President of the United States from 1993 to 2001 under President Bill Clinton and Senator from 1985 to 1993; mother's name is LaFon and can trace back her ancestry in northern France
Mike Gravel (born 1930), Alaska former U.S. senator and candidate for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination
F. Edward Hebert, former Congressman, Chairman of Armed Services Committee
Hiram Johnson, Governor of California, Congressman and U.S. Senator.
Philip La Follette, Governor of Wisconsin two separate terms
Robert M. La Follette, Sr. (1855–1925), politician who served as a U.S. Congressman, the 20th Governor of Wisconsin from 1901–1906, and Senator from Wisconsin from 1905–1925 as a member of the Republican Party
Jay Le Fevre (1893–1970), New York Republican to the Seventy-eighth and to the three succeeding Congresses, holding office from January 3, 1943 to January 3, 1951
Gary LeBeau, Senator since 1996
John Baptiste Charles Lucas, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
Bernard de Marigny, early President of the Louisiana Senate
Charlie Melancon, U.S. Congressman
Michael Michaud (born 1955), Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Millinocket, Maine, first elected in 2002
Wilmer Mizell (1930–1999), Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives for North Carolina, 1969–1975
Julien de Lallande Poydras (1740–1824), represented the Territory of Orleans in the U.S. House of Representatives, 1809-1811; a self-made businessman, philanthropist, poet, and educator
Daniel Roberdeau (1727–1795), represented Pennsylvania from 1777 to 1779 in the Continental Congress and served as a brigadier general in the state militia during the Revolutionary War
Joseph Rosier, Senator
John Sevier (1745–1815), served four years as the only governor of the State of Franklin and twelve years as governor of Tennessee, and as a US Representative from Tennessee from 1811 until his death
Prudent Beaudry mayor of Los Angeles
Paul Bertus, mayor of New Orleans
Etienne de Boré, first Mayor of New Orleans
Jack Breaux, former Republican mayor of Zachary, Louisiana
Paul Capdevielle, Confederate army officer, then mayor of New Orleans
Joey Durel, mayor of Lafayette, Louisiana
Barry E. DuVal, mayor of Newport News, Virginia, 1990
Peter Force (1790–1868), mayor of Washington D.C., and archivist
William Freret, thirteenth mayor of New Orleans
Charles Genois (1793–1866), mayor of New Orleans
Nicholas Girod, mayor of New Orleans
John Brennan Hussey, former mayor of Shreveport, Louisiana
Moon Landrieu, judge, former mayor of New Orleans, and former United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
Dud Lastrapes, former mayor of Lafayette, Louisiana
Damien Marchessault, mayor of Los Angeles
Joseph Edgard Montegut, mayor of New Orleans
Ashton J. Mouton, former mayor of Lafayette, Louisiana
James Pitot, second mayor of New Orleans
Louis Philippe de Roffignac, mayor of New Orleans
Jacques Roy, former mayor of Alexandria, Louisiana
J. A. D. Rozier, mayor of New Orleans
Roy R. Theriot, former Louisiana comptroller and Mayor of Abbeville, Louisiana
Charles Trudeau, fifth mayor of New Orleans
Joanne Verger, mayor of Coos Bay, serving four terms; served in the Oregon House of Representatives from 2001–2004; elected to the Oregon State Senate in 2004
P. G. T. Beauregard, civil servant, politician, inventor, author, and the first prominent general for the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War
Jonathan Blanchard, lawyer, statesman; delegate for New Hampshire to the Continental Congress in 1784
Charles Joseph Bonaparte, Secretary of the Navy (1905) and US Attorney General (1906) in the Theodore Roosevelt Administration; founder of the Bureau of Investigation in 1908, renamed in 1935 the Federal Bureau of Investigation
Merle Boucher, North Dakota House of Representatives, representing the 9th district since 1991
Richard Boucher, Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs
James Carville, political consultant
Todd Chretien, activist
Eugene Debs, union organizer
F.O. "Potch" Didier, Louisiana sheriff
Cat Doucet, Louisiana sheriff
George H. Durand, politician, jurist, and attorney
Henry Durant, first President of the University of California
Henry Fowle Durant, founder of Wellesley College
Michael Raoul Duval, investment banker and lawyer; had Senior White House positions while serving under Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford, where he rose to the position of Special Counsel to the President
Pierre (Peter) Charles L'Enfant, architect and urban planner
John C. Frémont, military officer, explorer and the first candidate of the Republican Party for the office of President of the United States
Edmond-Charles Genêt, French Ambassador to the U.S. during the American Revolution
John Lewis Gervais, American statesman from South Carolina; delegate to the Continental Congress from 1782 to 1783
Izabel Goulart (born 1984), Brazilian model of French and Italian ancestry; Victoria's Secret Angel
John Grenier, one of the figures responsible for the rise of the Republican Party in Alabama
Alexander Hamilton (1755–1804), American founding father, army officer, lawyer, politician, leading statesman, financier, and political theorist
Russel L. Honoré, retired Lieutenant General who served as the 33rd commanding general of the U.S. First Army
Caroline Kennedy (born 1957), daughter of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and John F. Kennedy
Donald Ray Kennard, former educator and a politician in the Louisiana House of Representatives
John F. Kennedy, Jr. (1960–1999), son of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and John F. Kennedy
Eric LaFleur, Louisiana House of Representatives
Raymond "Lala" Lalonde, former Democratic Louisiana state representative
Lyndon LaRouche, American political figure
Dudley J. LeBlanc, popular member of Democratic Party
Edwin O. LeGrand, one of the fifty-seven men who signed the Texas Declaration of Independence
William Lenoir, American Revolutionary War officer and prominent statesman
Charlton Lyons, pioneer of the Republican Party in Louisiana
Nathaniel Macon, spokesman for the Old Republican faction of the Democratic-Republican Party
Robert B. Macon, representative
Alexander McGillivray, leader of the Creek Indians
Ernest Nathan Morial, American political, legal, and civil rights leader
Libby Pataki, former First Lady of New York
Joel Roberts Poinsett, physician, botanist and American statesman
Pierre S. du Pont, IV, member of the Republican Party; served three terms as U. S. Representative from Delaware and two terms as Governor of Delaware
Hope Portocarrero (1929–1991), former First Lady of Nicaragua
Julien de Lallande Poydras (1740–1824), French-American politician who served as Delegate from the Territory of Orleans to the United States House of Representatives
Pierre Salinger, press secretary
Pierre Soulé, U.S. politician and diplomat during the mid-19th century, best known for writing the Ostend Manifesto in 1854 as part of an attempt to annex Cuba to the United States
Billy Tauzin, politician
Joanne Verger, Mayor of Coos Bay, serving four terms; served in the Oregon House of Representatives from 2001–2004; elected to the Oregon State Senate in 2004
David Vitter, politician
Authors and writers
Laura Albert, better known under her pen-name JT LeRoy, writer and publisher
Louis L'Amour, author
P. G. T. Beauregard, author, civil servant, politician, inventor, and the first prominent general for the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War
Stephen Vincent Benét (1898–1943), author, poet, short story writer and novelist
Bryan Bergeron, author
Edd Cartier, pulp magazine illustrator
Kate Chopin (1851–1904), author of short stories and novels
Ève Curie, French author and writer, married an American and worked for the UNICEF
John Dufresne, American author
Will Durant (1885–1981), philosopher, historian, and writer
John Crittenden Duval, author
Kelly Le Fave (born 1959), poet
Richard Le Gallienne, man of letters
Robert Grenier, contemporary American poet who is often associated with the Language School
Jack Kerouac (1922–1969), novelist, writer, poet, artist, and part of the Beat Generation
Theodore de Laguna, American philosopher; early feminist
Sidney Lanier (1842–1881), musician and poet
Steve Lavigne, comic book illustrator best known for his lettering and coloring on Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles comics
Jonathan Littell, French-American author
Grace Metalious (1924–1964), author, best known for Peyton Place
Alice Miel, author
Anaïs Nin (1903–1977), known for published diaries
William Pène du Bois, author, illustrator and publicist
Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours (1739–1817), writer, economist and statesman
Annie Proulx
Paul Theroux
Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862), author of many articles and essays, development critic, naturalist, transcendentalist, pacifist, tax resister and philosopher; known for Walden, Civil Disobedience, Resistance to Civil Government
Gerald Vizenor (born 1934), poet, novelist and literary theorist;t known as an Anishinaabe writer, but he has written extensively about his French ancestors in texts such as Wordarrows (the narrative persona, "Clement Beaulieu", was the name of his uncle)
Marguerite Yourcenar, author and first woman to be elected to the Académie Française, in 1980
Jonathan Blanchard, pastor, educator, social reformer, abolitionist and the first president of Wheaton College
Richard Grenier, neoconservative cultural columnist for The Washington Times; film critic for Commentary and The New York Times
Vladimir Lefebvre, mathematical psychologist at the University of California, Irvine
Jean Mayer (1920–1993), French-American nutritionist; tenth president of Tufts University from 1976 to 1992
Eric H. du Plessis, professor
Jeffrey Vitter, Frederick L. Hovde Dean of Science at Purdue University
Abbie Boudreau, CNN investigative journalist
Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis (1929–1994), former journalist and First Lady of the United States
Ric Bucher, NBA analyst for ESPN
Steven Goldman, sports writer on baseball and a commentator on the New York Yankees and at times on the New York Mets
Richard Grenier, neoconservative cultural columnist for The Washington Times; film critic for Commentary and The New York Times
Adras LaBorde (1912–1993), Louisiana-based reporter, editor, and columnist
Adrian Nicole LeBlanc, journalist
Connie LeGrand, television journalist; served in broadcasting in South Carolina; host of Speed News (now The Speed Report)
John R. MacArthur, reporter for The Wall Street Journal (1977), the Washington Star (1978), The Bergen Record (1978–1979), Chicago Sun-Times (1979–1982); assistant foreign editor at United Press International (1982)
Suzanne Malveaux, CNN correspondent, of French Creole ancestry
E. Annie Proulx, American journalist and author
Pierre Salinger (1925-2004), news correspondent and presidential press secretary for John F. Kennedy
Augustin de La Balme, General of Cavalry during the American Revolution
P. G. T. Beauregard, general for the Confederate Army during the American Civil War, writer, civil servant and inventor
Albert Gallatin Blanchard, Civil War General in the Confederate Army
Joseph Blanchard, Lieutenant during the French-Indian War
Benjamin Bonneville, French-born officer in the United States Army, fur trapper, and explorer in the American West
Mitch Bouyer (1837–1876), interpreter/guide in the Old West following the American Civil War, killed at the Battle of the Little Bighorn on June 25, 1876
Claire Lee Chennault, World War II aviator and founder of the Flying Tigers
Claudius Crozet, French-born educator and civil engineer
Stephen Decatur (1779–1820), naval officer notable for his heroism in actions at Tripoli, Libya in the Barbary Wars and in the War of 1812
Lewis DuBois, American Revolutionary War commander
Michael Durant, Army pilot officer
William G. Fournier, Army soldier and a recipient of the military's highest decoration—the Medal of Honor—for his actions in World War II.
Rene Gagnon (1925–1979), one of the U.S. Marines immortalized in the famous World War II photograph (by Joe Rosenthal) of the raising of the flag on Iwo Jima
Richard Grenier, lieutenant in the Naval Academy
Robert Grenier, longtime CIA officer who served as the CIA's top counter-terrorism official in 2005
Florent Groberg, a Medal of Honor recipient. Born in France to French mother and American father
Jean Joseph Amable Humbert, a figure in New France's military who settled in New Orleans in 1808
Papa Jack Laine, bandleader
Leon J. LaPorte, four-star general
William Lenoir, American Revolutionary War officer and prominent statesman in late 18th-century and early 19th-century North Carolina
Andrew Lewis, pioneer, surveyor, and soldier from Virginia
Robert C. Macon, Army General during World War II; commanded the 83rd Infantry Division during the drive across Europe and served as military attaché in Moscow
Francis Marion (1732–1795), Brigadier-General during American Revolutionary War; known as "Swamp Fox"; one of the fathers of modern guerilla warfare
Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de La Fayette (1757–1834), aristocrat, considered a national hero in both France and the United States for his participation in the French and American revolutions, for which he became an honorary citizen of the United States
Alfred Mouton, Confederate general in the American Civil War
Prince Achille Murat, former colonel who settled in New France
Eugene Roe, World War II medic in the famed Easy Company
Frederick Rosier, Royal Air Force commander
Antoine Blanc, fourth Bishop and first Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New Orleans
Roy Bourgeois, American priest in the Maryknoll order of the Roman Catholic Church and founder of the human rights group SOA Watch
Charles J. Chaput, 9th and current Archbishop of Philadelphia
Anton Docher (1852–1928), Padre of Isleta, New Mexico
Claude Marie Dubuis, second Roman Catholic bishop of Texas
Peter L'Huillier, retired archbishop of the Orthodox Church in America's Diocese of New York and New Jersey
Jean-Baptiste Lamy (1814–1888), first Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Santa Fe, New Mexico
Mathias Loras (1792–1858), priest who later became the first Bishop of the Dubuque Diocese in what would become the state of Iowa
Tammy Faye Messner
Michael Portier (1795–1859), Roman Catholic bishop and the first Bishop of Mobile
Paul André Albert (1926 - ), metallurgist and technology pioneer
John James Audubon (1785–1851), ornithologist, naturalist, and painter
Daniel Barringer, geologist and son of Daniel Moreau Barringer, congressman
William Beaumont, surgeon in the Army; known as the "father of gastric physiology"
P. G. T. Beauregard, inventor, author, civil servant, politician, and the first prominent general for the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War
Jonathan Betts-LaCroix, chief technical officer of OQO
Thomas Blanchard, inventor, awarded over 25 patents for his creations
Octave Chanute, railway engineer and aviation pioneer hailed as the father of aviation
Louis Chevrolet, co-founder of the Chevrolet brand cars with William C. Durant
Philippe Cousteau Jr., environmentalist
René Dubos (1901–1982), microbiologist, experimental pathologist, environmentalist, humanist, and Pulitzer Prize-winning author
William C. Durant, a leading pioneer of the United States automobile industry, co-founder of Chevrolet cars with Louis Chevrolet
William F. Durand, forerunner of NASA, first civilian chair of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, naval officer and pioneer mechanical engineer
Karl Guthe Jansky, physicist.
Pierre Charles L'Enfant (1754–1825), architect and urban planner
Napoleon LeBrun, architect of several notable Philadelphia churches
William B. Lenoir, former NASA astronaut
John Bevins Moisant (1868–1910), American aviator
Matilde E. Moisant (1878–1964), American pioneer aviator and sister of John Bevins Moisant
Paco Nathan, computer scientist, author, and performance art show producer
Norbert Rilleaux, inventor, engineer
Michel (Michael) Ter-Pogossian (1925–1996), physicist; the father of positron emission tomography
Edward Livingston Trudeau (1848–1915), physician who established the Adirondack Cottage Sanitorium at Saranac Lake for treatment of tuberculosis
Vincent du Vigneaud, American biochemist and Nobel Prize winner
Danny Ardoin, baseball player (catcher)
Peter Bergeron, player, currently free agent
Brett Bochy, baseball pitcher
Bruce Bochy, baseball manager
Lou Boudreau, Hall of Fame baseball player
Mike DeJean, baseball player
Jim Duquette, current vice president of baseball operations for the Baltimore Orioles
Leo Durocher, Brooklyn Dodgers player and Manager and Hall of Famer
Andre Ethier, baseball player, French father
Mike Fontenot (born 1980), Louisiana State University and Major League Baseball infielder
Ray Fontenot (born 1957), former Major League pitcher
Jeff Francoeur, baseball player
Chad Gaudin, baseball player
Tom Glavine, baseball pitcher
Ron Guidry, former baseball player
Cal Hubbard, former baseball umpire
Nap Lajoie, Hall of Fame former second baseman in Major League Baseball
Gene Lamont, former catcher and who managed the Chicago White Sox (1992–1995) and Pittsburgh Pirates (1997–2000)
Jim Lefebvre, former second baseman, third baseman and manager in Major League Baseball
Edward LeRoux, club owner
Max Macon, Major League Baseball player and manager
John Maine, current New York Mets pitcher
Charlie Manuel, manager of the Philadelphia Phillies
Rabbit Maranville, Major League Baseball Hall of Famer
Jason Marquis, pitcher for the Chicago Cubs
Wilmer Mizell, Major League Baseball player for the Pittsburgh Pirates and the St. Louis Cardinals
Bill Monbouquette, baseball player, member of Red Sox Hall of Fame
Andy Pettitte, starting pitcher for the NY Yankees
Jerry Remy, Red Sox second baseman; later TV presenter
Edd Roush, center field baseball player and Hall of Famer
Scott Servais, manager of the Seattle Mariners
Ryan Theriot, second baseman for the Chicago Cubs; born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Paul Arizin, former basketball player and Hall-of-Famer
Bob Cousy, former NBA player and Hall-of-Famer
Pat Durham, American former professional basketball
Dave Fergerson, basketball player who mostly plays in Europe
Edwin Jackson, basketball player for Unicaja Malaga
Zach LaVine, NBA basketball player (Minnesota Timberwolves)
Joakim Noah, NBA basketball player (Chicago Bulls)
Tony Parker, NBA basketball player (San Antonio Spurs)
Robert Sacre, Canadian-American basketball player, son of Greg LaFleur
Dominique Wilkins, former NBA basketball player
George Andrie, player for the Dallas Cowboys
David Bergeron, player, with Carolina Panthers
Steve Broussard, former punter for the Green Bay Packers
Steve Broussard, former NFL running back; played for Atlanta Falcons, Seattle Seahawks, and the Cincinnati Bengals
Chris DeFrance, wide receiver for the Washington Redskins
Joe DeLamielleure, former American football offensive lineman
Jake Delhomme, NFL quarterback
Greg DeLong, former NFL tight end
Keith DeLong, former linebacker for the San Francisco 49ers
Billy Joe DuPree, Cowboys player of French Creole descent
Brett Favre (born 1667), NFL quarterback, descended from Jean Faure / Favre; born in Royan, Poitou-Charentes, France
Jerry Fontenot, NFL offensive center for the Bears, Saints and Packers
Gus Frerotte, NFL quarterback
Mitch Frerotte (died 2008), NFL lineman; cousin of Gus Frerrote
Mark Gastineau, former New York Jets
Joe Germaine, NFL player, originally drafted by the St. Louis Rams in 1999
Ray Guy, former punter for the Oakland Raiders
Dorial Green-Beckham, NFL wide receiver, Tennessee Titans
Bobby Hebert, former NFL quarterback
Brock Huard, Seattle Seahawks former quarterback
Damon Huard, former quarterback for the Kansas City Chiefs, New England Patriots, Miami Dolphins, Cincinnati Bengals, and San Francisco 49ers
Dick Jauron, Buffalo Bills head coach
Charlie Joiner, San Diego Chargers player
David LaFleur, player in heart of Dallas Cowboys
Greg LaFleur, former player; now the athletic director at Southern University; father of Robert Sacre
Curly Lambeau, player, coach, and founder of the Green Bay Packers
Jack Lambert, NFL Hall of Famer and one of the Steelers' greatest players
Greg Landry, former Detroit Lions quarterback
Tom Landry, coach, Dallas Cowboys
Steve Largent, NFL Hall of Famer
Chad Lavalais, NFL player
Dick LeBeau, Pittsburgh Steelers defensive coordinator; former football player
Roger LeClerc, former player for the Denver Broncos and Chicago Bears
Stefan LeFors, football quarterback
Frank LeMaster, former linebacker for the Philadelphia Eagles
Josh LeRibeus, guard for Washington Redskins
Billy Lyon, former defensive tackle for the Green Bay Packers and Minnesota Vikings
Tyrann Mathieu, Arizona Cardinals player, French Creole
Tom Michel, former Oakland Raiders player
Tommy Mont, former Washington Redskins quarterback
Luke Petitgout, NFL defender on the New York Giants team
Noel Prefontaine, CFL kicker with the Edmonton Eskimos
Darrell Royal, winningest football coach in University of Texas Longhorn history; College Football Hall of Fame member
Bob St. Clair, NFL Hall of Famer; player for the 49ers
Brian St. Pierre, quarterback originally drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers
Jim Thorpe (1888–1953), Hall of Fame football player; 1/2 Native American, 1/4 Irish, and 1/4 French; also a star baseball, basketball, and an Olympic star
Mike Tolbert, player for the Carolina Panthers
Dick Vermeil, former NFL player
Christian Yount, American football long snapper for the Cleveland Browns
Brian Boucher, professional ice hockey goaltender for the San Jose Sharks
Francis Bouillon, professional ice hockey player currently playing for the Montreal Canadiens
Guy Hebert, former professional ice hockey goaltender
John LeClair, former professional ice hockey player
Paul Martin, hockey player
Zach Parise, professional ice hockey player currently playing for the Minnesota Wild
Philippe Sauvé, professional ice hockey goaltender currently playing for the Boston Bruins
Greg Biffle, NASCAR driver
Brett Bodine, NASCAR driver
Geoff Bodine, NASCAR driver
Todd Bodine, NASCAR driver
Bill France, Sr. (1909–1992), co-founder of NASCAR
Bobby Labonte, NASCAR driver and brother of Terry Labonte
Terry Labonte, NASCAR driver and brother of Bobby Labonte
Randy LaJoie, NASCAR driver
Jack Roush, NASCAR team owner
Davy Arnaud, current striker for the Montreal Impact
Roger Levesque, midfielder for the Seattle Sounders
Brian Maisonneuve, former soccer player
Bert Patenaude, Hall-of-Famer and first player to score a hat-trick in a FIFA World Cup
David Regis (born 1968), former soccer defender
Quentin Westberg (born 1986), football (soccer) goalkeeper, playing for Troyes AC in France's Ligue 1
Laila Ali (born 1977), professional boxer; daughter of Muhammad Ali and his Louisiana Creole wife
Surya Bonaly (born 1973), professional figure skater
Walter Cartier, boxer
Jim Courier (born 1970), professional tennis player
Randy Couture, mixed martial arts champion
Jean Cruguet (born 1939), thoroughbred horse racing jockey who won the United States Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing
Bryson DeChambeau, professional golfer
Eddie Delahoussaye, former quarter-horse jockey
Kent Desormeaux, Hall of Fame jockey
Bob Duval, professional golfer; known for being the father of David Duval, formerly the top-ranked player in the world
David Duval, professional golfer and former World No. 1 who competes on the PGA Tour
Eric Guerin, Hall of Fame jockey
Hulk Hogan, professional wrestler; French on his maternal side
Philip Lafond, professional wrestler
Jack LaLanne, fitness, exercise and nutritional expert
Jason Lamy-Chappuis, French Nordic combined athlete who has been competing since 2002
Edward LeMaire, pro figure skater
Greg LeMond, cyclist and three-time winner of the Tour de France
Lash LeRoux, professional wrestler
Robert LeRoy, professional tennis player
Louis Meyer (1904–1995), American Hall of Fame race car driver best known as the first three-time winner of the Indianapolis 500
Melanie Oudin, professional tennis player
Francis Ouimet, golf player
Mary Pierce, tennis player who won multiple Grand Slam titles
Allaire du Pont, American sportswoman and a member of the prominent French-American Du Pont family
Steve Prefontaine, legendary middle and long-distance runner and first athlete to represent the Nike brand
Nicolas Rossolimo (1910–1975), Chess Grandmaster, chess champion of France and U.S. Open champion
Régis Sénac, fencer and instructor
Craig Titus, IFBB professional bodybuilder
Triple H (born 1969), professional wrestler
Benny Valger, nicknamed "The French Flash", American professional featherweight boxer who fought from the late 1910s until the 1930s
Jack E. Boucher, photographer
Joe Doucet, artist and designer
Xavier Fourcade, art dealer
Steve Lavigne, American comic book illustrator best known for his lettering and coloring on Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles comics
Raymond Loewy, designer
Richard Marquis, glass artist
Daniel Wildenstein, art dealer
Anthony Bourdain, author and the "Chef-at-Large" of Brasserie Les Halles
Wylie Dufresne, chef and owner of WD~50 restaurant in Manhattan
Nathalie Dupree, chef, cookbook author, and cooking show host
Emeril Lagasse, celebrity chef, restaurateur, television personality, and cookbook author
Jacques Pépin, chef
Paul Prudhomme, chef
Justin Wilson, chef
Frank Abagnale (born 1948), impostor
Mary Katherine Campbell (1905–1990), Miss America titleholder, 1922 and 1923; first runner-up 1924; of Cajun ancestry
Hillary Clinton (born 1947), United States Secretary of State, former democratic member of the United States Senate from New York, as the wife of Wiliam Jefferson Clinton she is a former first lady of the United States
Simon Favre, 18th-century interpreter of Muscogean languages; ancestor of Brett Favre
Charles Guiteau, assassin of U.S. President James Garfield
Alice Heine, American-born Princess of Monaco
Jean Lafitte, sometimes spelled Laffite (c. 1780–c. 1826), Gulf of Mexico pirate, who provided critical support and expert artillery gunners to the American forces under Gen. Andrew Jackson in January 1815, at the Battle of New Orleans
Marie Laveau, voodoo queen
Ervil LeBaron, Mormon fundamentalist prophet; ordered the killings of many of his opponents
Carlene LeFevre, competitive eater; wife of Rich LeFevre
Rich LeFevre, nicknamed "The Locust"; competitive eater; husband of Carlene LeFevre
Nadia McCaffrey, humanitarian
Georges de Paris, French-American tailor of the United States presidents
Elmo Patrick Sonnier, convicted murderer and rapist executed
Virginie de Ternant (1818–1887), owner and manager of Parlange Plantation
List of French Americans Wikipedia (Text) CC BY-SA
