Karin Viard was born on 24 January 1966 in Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France. She is an actress and writer, known for Polisse (2011), The Bélier Family (2014) and Paris (2008).

Anny Duperey was born on 28 June 1947 in Rouen, France. She is an actress and director, known for Pardon Mon Affaire (1976), Le démon dans l'île (1983) and Une famille formidable (1992).

Although François Truffaut has written that the New Wave began "thanks to Rivette," the films of this masterful French director are not well known. Rivette, like his "Cahiers du Cinéma" colleagues Truffaut, Jean-Luc Godard, Claude Chabrol and Éric Rohmer, did graduate to filmmaking but, like Rohmer, was something of a late bloomer as a director. He made two shorts (At the Four Corners (1949) and The Quadrille (1950), starring Jean-Luc Godard); in the mid-1950s he served as an assistant to Jean Renoir and Jacques Becker; and in 1958 he was, along with Chabrol, the first of the five to begin production on a feature-length film. Without the financial benefit of a producer, Rivette took to the streets with his friends, a 16mm camera, and film stock purchased on borrowed money. It was only, however, after the commercial success of Truffaut's The 400 Blows (1959), Resnais' Hiroshima Mon Amour (1959) and Godard's Breathless (1960) that the resulting film, the elusive, intellectual, and somewhat lengthy (135 minutes) Paris Belongs to Us (1961), saw its release in 1960. In retrospect, Rivette's debut sketched out the path which all his subsequent films would follow; PARIS NOUS APPARTIENT was a monumental undertaking for the critic-turned-director, with some 30 actors (including Chabrol, Godard and Jacques Demy), almost as many locations, and an impenetrably labyrinthine narrative. His next film, the considerably more commercial The Nun (1966), was an adaptation of the Diderot novel which Rivette had staged in 1963. The least characteristic of all his features, it was also his first and only commercial success, becoming a succèss de scandal when the government blocked its release for a year. Rivette's true talents first made themselves visible during the fruitful period, 1968-74. During this time he directed the 4-hour Mad Love (1969), the now legendary 13-hour Out 1 (1971) (made for French TV in 1970 but never broadcast; edited to a 4-hour feature and retitled Out 1: Spectre (1972)), and the 3-hour Celine and Julie Go Boating (1974), his most entertaining and widely seen picture. In these three films, Rivette began to construct what has come to be called his "House of Fiction"--an enigmatic filmmaking style influenced by the work of Louis Feuillade and involving improvisation, ellipsis and considerable narrative experimentation. Unfortunately, Rivette seems to have no place in contemporary cinema. On the one hand, his work is considered too inaccessible for theatrical distribution; on the other, although his revolutionary theories have influenced figures such as Jean-Marie Straub & Danièle Huillet and Chantal Akerman, he is deemed too commercial to be accepted by the underground cinema; he still employs a narrative and uses "name" actors such as Jean-Pierre Léaud, Juliet Berto, Anna Karina and Maria Schneider. Since CÉLINE AND JULIE, Rivette's career has been as mysterious as one of his plots. In 1976 he received an offer to make a series of four films, "Les Filles du Feu." Duelle (1976), the first entry, received such negative response that the second, Noroît (1976)--which some critics call his greatest picture--was held from release. The final two installments (one of which was due to star Leslie Caron and Albert Finney) were never filmed. The 1980s proved no kinder. He made five films, but only one of them, Love on the Ground (1984), opened in the US (it received disastrous reviews). Although he continues to be an innovative and challenging artist, Rivette has failed to find the type of audience that has contributed to the commercial success of his New Wave compatriots.

Maxence Danet-Fauvel was born on 27 June 1993 in Rouen, France. He is an actor, known for Anaon, Besoin d'amour (2023) and Skam France (2018).

Jacqueline Pierreux was born on 15 January 1923 in Rouen, Seine-Inférieure [now Seine-Maritime], France. She was an actress, known for Le dindon (1951), Top of the Form (1953) and Cet homme est dangereux (1953). She was married to Pierre Léaud. She died on 10 March 2005 in Salins, Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France, France.

Estelle Lefébure was born on 11 May 1965 in Rouen, France. She is an actress, known for Frontier(s) (2007), Chrysalis (2007) and Crossing Lines (2013). She was previously married to Arthur and David Hallyday.

Arnaud Ducret was born on 6 December 1978 in Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France. He is an actor and writer, known for Fortunes (2011), The Visitor from the Future (2022) and Fortunes (2008).

Cathia Caro was born on 17 December 1943 in Rouen, Seine-Inférieure [now Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie], France. She is an actress, known for Il trionfo di Maciste (1961), Isabelle a peur des hommes (1957) and Violent Summer (1959).

Philippe Torreton was born on 13 October 1965 in Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France. He is an actor and writer, known for District 13: Ultimatum (2009), Captain Conan (1996) and It All Starts Today (1999). He has been married to Elsa Boublil since June 2008. They have one child. He was previously married to Anne-Marie Etienne.

Alexis Nolent was born in 1967 in Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France. Alexis is a writer and director, known for Bullet to the Head (2012), The Killer (2023) and XIII (2003).

Maurice Leblanc was a prolific French author born in Rouen on November 11, 1864. He had studied law, but abandoned that for a career in writing. He initially wrote for various periodicals, with "Une Femme" being his first published work in 1887. He gained fame in France and abroad after starting his Arsène Lupin series of novels. Lupin was a gentleman-thief who was a master of disguise and made his first appearance in 1905 in "L'arrestation d'Arséne Lupin". In 1908 LeBlanc pitted Lupin against Sherlock Holmes in "Arsène Lupin Versus Holmlock Shears". Leblanc would eventually produce 20 volumes worth of Lupin's adventures. On November 6, 1941, Leblanc died in Perpignan, France, at the age of 76.

Edouard Philippe was born on 28 November 1970 in Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France. He is a writer, known for Dans l'Ombre (2024), Le journal de 20 heures (1956) and 20 heures le journal (1981).

Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont was born on 26 April 1711 in Rouen, France. Jeanne-Marie Leprince was a writer, known for Beauty and the Beast (1946), Beauty and the Beast (2014) and Shirley Temple's Storybook (1958). Jeanne-Marie Leprince died on 8 September 1780 in Chavanod, Haute-Savoie, France.

Nathalie Péchalat was born on 22 December 1983 in Rouen, France. She is known for Capitain Marleau (2014), Fort Boyard (1990) and Danse avec les stars (2011). She has been married to Jean Dujardin since 19 May 2018. They have two children.

Gustave Flaubert was born on December 12, 1821, in Rouen, Seine-Inférieure, France. His father was a Medical Doctor and practiced surgery in Rouen, in Hôtel-Dieu (where Flaubert was born). His mother was from an aristocratic Norman family. Young Flaubert received a good private education with emphasis on literature. In 1840 he went to Law School in Paris. There he met Victor Hugo and made his plan of becoming a writer. In 1846 he abandoned Paris and the study of law, after a probably nervous disease. From 1846-1854 he had an affair with the poet Louise Colet, which was his only relationship, and he never married. Flaubert traveled about several countries in Europe and in Africa. His travel experiences, especially those in Greece, Egypt, and Tunisia, gave him material for his writings.

Flaubert's first masterpiece, 'The Temptation of St. Anthony' (1849), was at first rejected by his friends Louis Bouilhet and Maxime du Camp and its publication was postponed. From 1850-1856 he was writing 'Madame Bovary', which was published in 1856. Flaubert and his publisher were charged of immorality in a law suit brought by the French government in 1957, but both were acquitted. In 1862 he published 'Salammbo', which became material for the eponymous opera by 'Modest Mussorgsky'. In 1870, during the Franco-Prussian War, Flaubert's home was occupied by Prussian soldiers, and he suffered from a nervous breakdown. In 1872 his mother died, which caused him a depression. At that time he was supported by his close friend Ivan Turgenev, a Russian writer of decent means, who lived in Europe. Flaubert also enjoyed a friendship by correspondence with George Sand. After the traumatic events of war and the death of is mother, Flaubert lived a life of an ascetic monk for the rest of his life. He rarely visited Paris, and his health deteriorated rapidly. He died on May 8, 1880, in his mother's home in Croisset, and was laid to rest in the Flaubert family vault in the cemetery of Rouen, France.

Flaubert's comprehensive biography by Jean-Paul Sartre is considered definitive. Flaubert's correspondence with George Sand and Ivan Turgenev has been studied ever since as an immensely valuable historic and literary material. His books has been translated in many languages and sold millions of copies around the world. Flaubert's classic novel 'Madame Bovary' was adapted for film and television more that ten times. The 1991 adaptation, starring Isabelle Huppert, was nominated for Oscar.

Pierre Gasly (French pronunciation: is a French racing driver, competes in Formula One under the French flag, racing for Scuderia AlphaTauri. He is the 2016 GP2 Series champion, and the runner-up in the 2014 Formula Renault 3.5 Series and the 2017 Super Formula Championship. He made his Formula One debut with Toro Rosso at the 2017 Malaysian Grand Prix. He moved to Red Bull Racing in 2019, before moving back after trading with Alexander Albon from Toro Rosso between the Hungarian and Belgian rounds to partner Daniil Kvyat. Gasly took his maiden, and, as of July 2022, only Formula One victory at the 2020 Italian Grand Prix while driving for AlphaTauri.

François Hollande was born on 12 August 1954 in Rouen, Seine-Inférieure [now Seine-Maritime, Normandy], France. He is an actor, known for Silex and the City, le film (2024), Au nom de la grèce and Trump Takes on the World (2021). He has been married to Julie Gayet since 4 June 2022.

Roger Roger was born on 5 August 1911 in Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France. He was a composer and actor, known for SLC Punk! (1998), The Stepford Wives (2004) and Blood Father (2016). He died on 12 June 1995 in Deauville, Calvados, France.

Was gravely wounded in 1985 in a car accident, was in a coma for 40 days and was left handicapped. The car was driven by Sacha Distel, a french singer who was just slightly hurt and who received a suspended sentence of one year following the accident. Chantal Nobel retired from public life following the accident.

Armand Salacrou was born on 9 August 1899 in Rouen, Seine-Inférieure [now Seine-Maritime], France. He was a writer and assistant director, known for Monte Cristo (1929), Beauty and the Devil (1950) and Il fu Mattia Pascal (1937). He was married to Lucienne Jeandet. He died on 23 November 1989 in Le Havre, Seine-Maritime, France.

Thomas Jolly was born on 1 February 1982 in Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France. He is a director and actor, known for Roméo et Juliette à l'Opéra Bastille (2024), Paris 2024 Paralympic Opening Ceremony (2024) and Paris 2024: XVII Summer Paralympic Games (2024).

Alexis Desseaux was born on 24 November 1961 in Rouen, France. He is an actor, known for Julie Lescaut (1992), Amontillado (2015) and Fear City: A Family-Style Comedy (1994).

Pierre Corneille was a French tragedian. He is generally considered one of the three great seventeenth-century French dramatists, along with Molière and Racine.

As a young man, he earned the valuable patrionate of Cardinal Richelieu, who was trying to promote classical tragedy along formal lines, but later quarrelled with him, especially over his best-known play, Le Cid, about a medieval Spanish warrior, which was denounced by the newly formed Académie française for breaching the unities. He continued to write well-received tragedies for nearly forty years.

Théodore Géricault was born on 26 September 1791 in Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France. He was an actor, known for Romantic Versus Classical Art (1973) and Bir Resim Bir Hikaye (2019). He died on 26 January 1824 in Paris, Île-de-France, France.

Georgette Leblanc was born on 8 February 1869 in Rouen, Seine-Inférieure [now Seine-Maritime], France. She was an actress and writer, known for L'inhumaine (1924) and Macbeth (1915). She was married to Maurice Maeterlinck. She died on 28 October 1941 in Le Cannet, Alpes-Maritimes, France.