However, West's 2007 single " Stronger " used a prominent sample from a song by the French dance-oriented electronic act Daft Punk, whose work in the 1990s and early 2000s was also becoming highly sampled and influential on the musical aesthetic of acts in other genres such as indie rock and indie dance.

* The Dø, a French / Finish indie pop band

In more recent years, indie rock, indie pop and indie electronic artists such as LCD Soundsystem, Antony and the Johnsons, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Vampire Weekend, The Drums, Yeasayer, French Kicks, Vivian Girls, High Places, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, Animal Collective, Battles, Dirty Projectors, Grizzly Bear, Gang Gang Dance, TV on the Radio, Matt and Kim.

Renée Fleming ( born February 14, 1959 ) is an American soprano whose repertoire encompasses Richard Strauss, Mozart, Handel, bel canto, lieder, French opera and chansons, jazz and indie rock.

In recent years many Pointer Sisters songs have been covered by contemporary artists, such as " Jump ( for My Love )" by Girls Aloud, which reached number two at the UK singles chart in 2003, " Dare Me " was turned into the dance smash " Stupidisco " by Belgian DJ Junior Jack, indie band Le Tigre covered in 2004 " I'm So Excited " on their third album This Island, and French DJ Muttonheads sampled " Back In My Arms " on his 2005 club hit " I'll Be There ".

Strongly influenced by the New Wave sound of 1980s bands XTC, The Clash, and Elvis Costello and the Attractions, the new lineup, with Steve on vocals, quickly released a series of 7 " singles and toured extensively in Canada and the American Pacific Northwest, joining up with similarly-styled indie rock bands such as Les Savy Fav, The French Kicks, Radio 4, Ima Robot, and Pretty Girls Make Graves, and opening for established Canadian rockers Sloan on a national tour.

In 2005 the label acquired New York City indie label Startime International, with whom they co-released albums from The French Kicks and The Futureheads.

Their influences are varied and include 60s film soundtracks (' Sunny Spot ' from Gardenesque contains portions of Les Caids from French composer Francois de Roubaix ) and French pop, indie rock and krautrock.

These programs play alternative, indie rock, French, Italian, German, punk rock, blues, folk and a vast array of different genres.

* Rock & Roll, a French indie rock band

Cassius is a French musical duo that records and releases music in the house music, indie dance and synthpop genres.

French Kicks are an indie rock group from New York City, USA.

In 1982, Gainsbourg wrote an album for French rocker Alain Bashung, Play blessures.

In 1961 Eddie offered Sylvie to record the song " Panne d ' essence " with the French rocker Frankie Jordan.

In 1994, he played on four songs of the album Chatterton by French rocker Alain Bashung, who is regarded as one of the greatest artist of all time in France.

In 2012 she wrote with French punk rocker Eric Debris, Metal Urbain: a good hippie is a dead one.

* 1973 – Julie Depardieu, French actress

* 1966 – Julie Manet, French painter ( b. 1878 )

* 1732 – Julie de Lespinasse, French aristocrat, hostess and writer ( d. 1776 )

** Julie Delpy, French actress

* July 14 – Julie Manet, French painter ( b. 1878 )

** Julie Manet, French painter ( d. 1966 )

* Jeanne Françoise Julie Adélaïde Récamier ( 1777 – 1849 ), French literary and political figure

He was nominated for a Tony Award for his work opposite Julie Harris in The Lark, by the French playwright Jean Anouilh about Joan of Arc, which was also reprised on Hallmark Hall of Fame.

August was the son of Antoine Bournonville, a dancer and choreographer trained under the French choreographer, Jean Georges Noverre, and the nephew of Julie Alix de la Fay, née Bournonville, of the Royal Swedish Ballet.

* Julie ( English ), ( French ), ( Czech )

* Julie Manet ( 1878-1966 ), French painter, niece of Édouard Manet

The immigrant Karol, despite his difficulty in understanding French, is made to understand that his wife Dominique ( Julie Delpy ) does not love him.

The film follows a young American ( Hawke ) and a young French woman ( Julie Delpy ), who meet on a train and disembark in Vienna, spending the night exploring the city and getting to know one another.

She then won her eighth German Open, but there were signs that her form was worsening as she almost lost to Julie Halard in a quarterfinal. Back-to-back losses followed ; Graf lost to Mary Pierce in a French Open semifinal, 6 – 2, 6 – 2, and followed that with a first-round straight-sets loss at Wimbledon to Lori McNeil, her first loss in a first round Grand Slam tournament in ten years.

On 15 July 1645, he married " the incomparable Julie ," thus terminating a fourteen-year courtship famous in the annals of French literature because of the Guirlande de Julie, a garland of verses consisting of madrigals by Montausier, Claude de Malleville, Georges de Scudéry, Pierre Corneille ( if Octave Uzanne is correct in the attribution of three of the six poems signed M. C.

Many actors appeared as KAOS agents, including Tom Bosley, John Byner, Victor French, Alice Ghostley, Ted Knight, Pat Paulsen, Tom Poston, Robert Middleton, Barry Newman, Julie Newmar, Vincent Price, William Schallert ( who also had a recurring role as The Admiral, the first Chief of Control ), Larry Storch.

* Francis Dreyfus ( 1940 – 2010 ), French record producer, father of Julie Dreyfus

* Julie Dreyfus ( born 1966 ), French actress ( Kill Bill )

The young, beautiful and witty marquise found the coarseness and intrigues of the French court little to her taste and, after the birth of her eldest daughter, Julie Lucine d ' Angennes, in 1607, she began to gather around her the circle that gave its renown to her salon.

Friel was born in Rochdale the daughter of Julie, a special needs teacher, and Des Friel, a former teacher of French and owner of a web design company .< ref >

French also undertook translations of Miss Julie ( August Strindberg ), The Forest ( Alexander Ostrovsky ), and of Anton Chekhov ’ s The Seagull, a version of which was produced on Broadway starring Laura Linney, Ethan Hawke, Jon Voight, and Tyne Daley.

In 1797, she went to live with her sister Julie and her brother-in-law Joseph, who was the French ambassador to Rome.

Current longtime residents of Gstaad include: Alinghi yachting syndicate boss Ernesto Bertarelli and actress Julie Andrews, Formula One Holdings owner Bernie Ecclestone, French actress Jeanne Moreau, French singer Johnny Hallyday, and columnist Taki Theodoracopulos.

Despite recording a second Peel Session in March 1975 RCA dropped the band, so they were reduced to issuing an EP, Jumpin on the French label Skydog.

* Andrée Peel ( 1905 – 2010 ), member of the French Resistance during the Second World War

* Andrée Peel ( Agent Rose ) World War II French resistance heroine

He formed the electro-rock band Petrol with French musician Julie Peel, although they failed to progress far ; nonetheless, this was Peel's first entry into music, and she enjoyed working with someone who was " kind of famous " in Ireland, although they, " never actually played a gig-only did studio work and rehearsed ".