Given Name
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IPA
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English version
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Some Famous People
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Alexandre
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alɛksɑ͂dʁ
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Alexander
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[AUTHOR]
Alexandre Dumas: The Three Musketeers,
the Count of Monte Cristo
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Alphonse
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alfo͂s
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André
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ɑ͂dʁe
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Andrew
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Antoine
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ɑ͂twan
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Anthony
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[AUTHOR]
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry: Le Petit Prince
[CHEMIST]
Antoine Lavoisier: Oxygen
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Arthur
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aʁtyʁ
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Arthur
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Auguste
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ogyst
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Benjamin
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bε̃ʒamε̃
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Benjamin
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Le
benjamin de la famille = the youngest of several brothers
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Benoît
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bənwa
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Benedict
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Bernard
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bɛʁnaʁ
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Bernard
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Could
also be a family name
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Bertrand
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bɛʁtʁɑ͂
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Bertrand
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Bruno
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bʁyno
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Could
also be a family name
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Charles
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ʃaʁl
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Charles
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Christian
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kʁistjɑ͂
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[FASHION
DESIGNER] Christian Dior (Dior)
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Christophe
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kʁistɔf
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Christopher
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Daniel
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danjɛl
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Daniel
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Could
also be a family name
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David
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david
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David
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Didier
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didje
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Édouard
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edwaʁ
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Edward
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[PAINTER]
Édouard Manet
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Émile
|
emil
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Emile
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Éric
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eʁik
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Eric
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Étienne
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etjɛn
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Steven
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Eugène
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øʒɛn
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Eugene
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François
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fʁɑ͂swa
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Francis
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Frédéric
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fʁedeʁik
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Frederick
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Gaston
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gasto͂
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Georges
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ʒɔʁʒ
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George
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Gérard
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ʒeʁaʁ
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Gerald
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[ACTOR]
Gérard Depardieu
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Gilbert
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ʒilbɛʁ
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Gilbert
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Gilles
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ʒil
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Giles
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Grégoire
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gʁegwaʁ
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Gregory
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Guillaume
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gijom
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William
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Gustave
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gystav
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[ENGINEER]
Gustave Eiffel: the Eiffel Tower, the Statue of Liberty
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Henri
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ɑ͂ʁi
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Henry
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Honoré
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ɔnɔʁe
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Hugues
|
yg
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Hugo
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Jacques
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ʒɑk
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James
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Could
also be a family name
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Jean
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ʒɑ͂
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John
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Bible name (New Testament)
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Jérôme
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ʒeʁom
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Jerome
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Joseph
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ʒozεf
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Joseph
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Jules
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ʒyl
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Julius
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[AUTHOR]
Jules Verne: Around the World in Eighty
Days
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Julien
|
ʒyljε̃
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Julian
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Laurent
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lɔʁa͂
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Laurence
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[FASHION
DESIGNER] Yves Saint Laurent (YSL)
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Léon
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leo͂
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Leon
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Louis
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lwi
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Louis
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[SCIENTIST]
Louis Pasteur: pasteurization, the germ theory of disease
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Luc
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lyk
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Luke
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Bible name (New Testament)
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Marc
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maʁk
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Mark
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Bible name (New Testament)
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Marcel
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maʁsɛl
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Marcel
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Martin
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maʁtε̃
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Martin
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Matthieu
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matjø
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Matthew
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Bible name (New Testament)
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Maurice
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mɔʁis
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Morris
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Michel
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miʃɛl
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Michael
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Nicolas
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nikɔla
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Nicholas
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Noël
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nɔεl
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= Christmas
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Olivier
|
ɔlivje
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Oliver
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Pascal
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paskal
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[MATHEMATICIAN]
Blaise Pascal
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Patrick
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patʁik
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Patrick
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Paul
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pɔl
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Paul
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Philippe
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filip
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Philip
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Pierre
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pjεʁ
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Peter
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Raymond
|
ʁemo͂
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Raymond
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Rémy
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ʁemi
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René
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ʁəne
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[MATHEMATICIAN]
René Descartes
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Richard
|
ʁiʃaʁ
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Richard
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Robert
|
ʁɔbɛʁ
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Robert
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Roger
|
ʁɔʒe
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Roger
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Roland
|
ʁɔlɑ͂
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Roland
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Sébastien
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sebastjɛ͂
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Sebastian
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Stéphane
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stefan
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Stephen
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Théodore
|
teodɔʁ
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Theodore
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Thierry
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tjeʁi
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Terry
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Victor
|
viktɔʁ
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Victor
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[AUTHOR]
Victor Hugo
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Vincent
|
vɛ͂sɑ͂
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Vincent
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Yves
|
iv
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Ives
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[EXPLORER]
Jacques-Yves Cousteau
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There are many famous French people. The names above are only a small sample. Which famous French people do you know? Please leave a comment.
