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21st-century French women

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French politician (1927–2017)

Gisèle Pelicot

Gisèle Pelicot is a French woman who became a feminist icon in 2024, when she waived her right to anonymity as the victim in a multiple rape case.

French architect (born 1955)

French philologist and philosopher (1947-)

Catherine Destivelle

French rock climber and mountaineer

Catherine Fleury-Vachon

Jacqueline Beer

French environmentalist

French politician (1947-2017)

Valérie Masson-Delmotte

French engineer and climatologist

French tennis player

French architect and academic

Laury Thilleman

Miss France 2011, contestant in Miss Universe 2011 and Miss World 2011

Catherine Malabou

French philosopher

Élodie Gossuin

French beauty queen and politician

Chantal Jouanno

French politician

French actress and singer

Marilyn Douala Bell

Cameroonian economist

French journalist and writer

French imam (born 1979)

Floriane Chinsky

Hélène Cortin

Christine Gossé

Princess Béatrice of the Two Sicilies

eldest daughter of Prince Ferdinand, Duke of Castro, and Chantal de Chevron-Villette

Marie-José Denys

French politician

French composer

French professional ski instructor, competitive ski mountaineer and long distance runner

Manuelle Gautrand

French architect

French TV journalist and presenter

French ski mountaineer

Elizabeth de Portzamparc

French architect

Carmen Lydia Đurić (17 April 1936 – 9 October 2017), known by her artist name Hessie, was a Cuban textile artist who lived in France from 1962 until her death. Her creative work was mainly focused on embroidery using fabrics, although she also used the technique of collage with waste materials.

French investigative journalist and television host

French communist activist (1929–2022)

Françoise-Hélène Jourda

French actor and choreographer

Fabienne Ficher

French sprinter

Sophie Pétronin

French aid worker

French journalist and activist

French curator and archivist

Delphine Minoui

French journalist

French comedian

Véronique de Viguerie

French photojournalist

Swiss-French-Canadian mountaineer

French conductor

Iwona Buczkowska

French architect and urban planner

Sonia Wieder-Atherton

American musician and cellist

Corinne Vezzoni

French architect (born 1964)

Claudie Titty Dimbeng

Ivorian visual artist and painter

Axelle Mollaret

Genevieve Gilles

Adèle Van Reeth

French philosopher, radio producer and television columnist

French journalist

Marie-Sophie Lacarrau

French journalist and TV presenter (born 1975)

former artistic gymnast

French musician