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Question: What are some famous people in French Guiana!?
i need at leats two famous ppl in french guianaWww@QuestionHome@Com


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Notable Natives and Residents

* Florent Malouda, French international football player who plays for Chelsea Football Club
* Henri Charrière, an escaped French convict, imprisoned in and around French Guiana from 1933 to 1945!.
* Christiane Taubira, Politician of Parti Radical de Gauche (France)
* Malia Metella, French swimmer, SC European Championships 2004: 1st 100m free!.
* Bernard Lama, former French international football player!.
* Cyrille Regis, former West Bromwich Albion and England player!.
* Léon Damas, Francophone poet widely notated for his influence on the literary movement known as la négritude
* Henri Salvador, famous singer, one of the inspiration sources for the Bossa nova movement!.
* Jean-Claude Darcheville, football striker who joined Rangers from FC Girondins de Bordeaux in the summer of 2007!.
* Marc-Antoine Fortuné, football striker who joined AS Nancy in the winter of 2006Www@QuestionHome@Com

According to lazer in http://answers!.yahoo!.com/question/index!?!.!.!. this is what he said:
The only one I know off the top of my head, and it may not count, is Henri Charrière, who wrote the famouns novel Papillion, about his experiences in a penal colony!. It was made into a hit movie starring dustin hoffman and steve mcqueen!.

The other four come from notable people on Wikipedia:
Florent Malouda, French international football player!.

Malia Metella, French swimmer, SC European Championships 2004: 1st 100m free!.

Bernard Lama, former French international football player!.||
Cyrille Regis, former West Bromwich Albion and England player!.

http://en!.wikipedia!.org/wiki/French_guia!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com