American expatriates in France

American author and journalist (1899–1961)

German and American actress and singer (1901–1992)

US-British poet (1888–1965)

American singer and poet; lead vocalist of The Doors (1943–1971)

Gwyneth Kate Paltrow is an American actress and businesswoman. The daughter of filmmaker Bruce Paltrow and actress Blythe Danner, she established herself as a leading lady appearing in primarily mid-budget and period films during the 1990s and early 2000s, before transitioning to blockbusters and franchises. Her accolades include an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Primetime Emmy Award.

George Timothy Clooney is an American actor and filmmaker. Known for his leading man roles on screen in both blockbuster and independent films, Clooney has received numerous accolades, including two Academy Awards, a BAFTA Award and four Golden Globe Awards as well as nominations for three Primetime Emmy Awards and a Tony Award. His honors include the Cecil B. DeMille Award in 2015, the Honorary César in 2017, the AFI Life Achievement Award in 2018, and the Kennedy Center Honor in 2022.

Russian-born American anarchist (1869–1940)

American writer (1896–1940)

American poet and critic (1885–1972)

American inventor and painter (1791–1872)

Timothy Walter Burton is an American filmmaker and animator. He is known for pioneering goth subculture in Hollywood, with his films employing a distinctive style that blends gothic horror and dark fantasy aesthetics with whimsical and surreal elements. He has received numerous accolades, including one Emmy Award and nominations for two Academy Awards, a Golden Globe Award, and three BAFTA Awards. He was honored with the Venice International Film Festival's Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement in 2007 and France's Order of Arts and Letters in 2010.

American poet and writer (1926–1997)

American novelist (1891–1980)

American writer and filmmaker, professor, and activist (1933–2004)

American actress

American writer (1789–1851)

American painter and printmaker (1844—1926)

American writer and designer (1862–1937)

American writer and social activist (1901–1967)

American political activist, scholar, and author (born 1944)

American singer, songwriter and pianist and civil rights activist (1933–2003)

American writer (1924–1987)

American novelist, poet, essayist, screenwriter (1947-2024)

American novelist, short story writer, essayist, painter, and spoken word performer (1914–1997)

Edward Moore Kennedy was an American lawyer and politician who represented Massachusetts in the United States Senate from 1962 until his death in 2009. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the second-most-senior member of the Senate when he died. He is ranked fifth in U.S. history for length of continuous service as a senator. Kennedy was the younger brother of President John F. Kennedy and U.S. attorney general and U.S. senator Robert F. Kennedy, and the father of U.S. representative Patrick J. Kennedy.

American record producer and composer (1933–2024)

American rock musician

American actress (1934–2022)

American and French visual artist (1890–1976)

American chef

American poet and physician (1809–1894)

American novelist (1896–1970)

American filmmaker (born 1969)

American journalist, historian, academic, novelist (1838-1918)

American mythologist, writer and lecturer (1904–1987)

American painter (1856–1925)

American composer, composition teacher, writer, and conductor (1900-1990)

American medical researcher

American composer and songwriter (1891–1964)

Mary-Louise Parker is an American actress. After making her Broadway debut as Rita in Craig Lucas's Prelude to a Kiss in 1990, Parker came to prominence for film roles in Grand Canyon (1991), Fried Green Tomatoes (1991), The Client (1994), Bullets Over Broadway (1994), A Place for Annie (1994), Boys on the Side (1995), The Portrait of a Lady (1996), and The Maker (1997). Among stage and independent film appearances thereafter, Parker received the 2001 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for her portrayal of Catherine Llewellyn in David Auburn's Proof, among other accolades. Between 2001 and 2006, she recurred as Amy Gardner in the NBC television series The West Wing, for which she was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series in 2002. She received both a Golden Globe and a Primetime Emmy Award for her portrayal of Harper Pitt in the acclaimed HBO television miniseries Angels in America in 2003.

British-American actress

Russian-American anarchist and writer (1870–1936)

American painter (1844–1916)

American writer who hosted a literary salon at her home in Paris (1876-1972)

American actress

American Modernist writer, poet and artist (1892-1982)

American novelist and poet (1908–1960)

American film director (1911–2008)

American actress and writer (born 1968)

American jazz saxophonist (1923–1990)

Canadian singer and actress (1921-2013)

journalist from the United States (1908–1998)

American artist, writer and activist (1919–2021)

French-American photographer (1926–2009)

American cartoonist, author, journalist, playwright (1894–1961)

American documentarian and filmmaker (born 1953)

American writer (1918–2007)

American basketball player

American-French writer

journalist, humorist, United States Marine (1925–2007)