Engdahl announces J. M. G. Le Clézio | Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio winning the Nobel Prize for Literature on October 9, 2008.

Jacques Chirac was reelected in 2002, mainly because his socialist rival Lionel Jospin was defeated by the extreme right wing candidate Jean-Marie Le Pen.

However, a third contender, Jean-Marie Le Pen, unexpectedly obtained slightly more than Jospin in the first round of elections:

* Jean-Marie Le Pen 16. 86 %

Jean-Marie Le Pen, however, was widely recognized as a controversial nationalist candidate, and in the second round a vast majority of the voters rejected him:

* Jean-Marie Le Pen 17. 79 %

* Extreme-right candidate Jean-Marie Le Pen qualifies for second round of French Presidential Elections.

While not being present in the national parliaments of France and the United Kingdom, Jean-Marie Le Pen of the National Front came second in the first round of the 2002 French presidential elections, and in the 2009 European Parliament election, the UK Independence Party came second, beating even the Labour Party, while the British National Party managed to win two seats for the first time.

* April 21 – French presidential election, 2002: The first round results in a runoff between Jacques Chirac and the leader of the main French far-right party, Jean-Marie Le Pen.

He allegedly refused any alliance with Jean-Marie Le Pen's Front National.

It had been expected that he would face incumbent prime minister Lionel Jospin ( PS ) in the second round of elections ; instead, Chirac faced controversial far right politician Jean-Marie Le Pen of National Front ( FN ) who came in 200, 000 votes ahead of Jospin.

He was labelled a far-right populist by his opponents and in the media, but he fiercely rejected this label and explicitly distanced himself from " far-right " politicians such as the Belgian Filip Dewinter, the Austrian Jörg Haider, or Frenchman Jean-Marie Le Pen whenever compared to them.

Fortuyn was compared with the politicians Jörg Haider and Jean-Marie Le Pen in the foreign press.

Jean-Marie Le Bris | Le Bris and his glider, Albatros II, photographed by Nadar ( photographer ) | Nadar, 1868

In 1856, Frenchman Jean-Marie Le Bris made the first powered flight, by having his glider " L ' Albatros artificiel " pulled by a horse on a beach.

Jean-Marie Le Pen, September 2005

On 31 May 1991, Jean-Marie Le Pen married Jeanne-Marie Paschos (" Jany "), of Greek descent.

Jean-Marie Le Pen is also godfather of Alexandre Barbera-Ivanoff, who painted his portrait in 2006.

National advertisement in Marseille, predicting the now unrealised possibility of Jean-Marie Le Pen becoming President in 2007

Jean-Marie Le Pen speaking at the National Front ( France ) | Front National's annual tribute to Joan of Arc in Paris ( 1 May 2007 )

* Jean-Marie Le Pen, biography and the French election in 2002 in French

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Aaron Jean-Marie Lustiger (; 17 September 1926 – 5 August 2007 ) was a French cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church.

Les Visiteurs (; ) is a cult French film directed by Jean-Marie Poiré and released in 1993.

Binoche was born in Paris, the daughter of Jean-Marie Binoche, a director, actor, and sculptor, and Monique Stalens, a teacher, director, and actress.

* Jean-Marie Pfaff, soccer player, played 64 times for the Belgian national football team and was born in Lebbeke.

* Jean-Marie Klinkenberg, linguist ( born 1944 )

Louise actually gave birth to nine children — Bernadette, Jean ( born and died 1845 ), Toinette ( 1846 – 1892 ), Jean-Marie ( 1848 – 1851 ), Jean-Marie ( 1851 – 1919 ), Justin ( 1855 – 1865 ), Pierre ( 1859 – 1931 ), Jean ( born and died 1864 ), and a baby girl named Louise who died soon after her birth ( 1866 ).

Jean-Marie Messier ( born 13 December 1956 ) is a French businessman who was Chairman and Chief Executive of the multinational media conglomerate Vivendi SA ( formerly Vivendi Universal ) until 2002.

The original line-up included singer Helno ( also known as Helno Rota de Lourcqua, born Noël Rota in Paris, December 25, 1963-January 22, 1993 ), Jo Roz ( also known as l ' Ami Ro ; real name Joe Ruffier des Aimes ) ( piano ), Stéfane Mellino ( guitar ), Jean-Marie Paulus ( bass ), Gaby ( drums ), Matthias Canavese ( accordion ), Michel Ochowiak ( trumpet ), Abraham Sirinix ( also known as Abraham Braham ) ( trombone ) and Iza Mellino ( backing vocals ).

* October 22 – Jean-Marie Leclair, composer ( born 1697 )

Jean-Marie Faustin Goedefroid de Havelange ( born May 8, 1916 ), more commonly known as João Havelange (), was the 7th President of FIFA, serving from 1974 to 1998.

Jean-Marie Pfaff ( born 4 December 1953 in Lebbeke ) is a Belgian former football goalkeeper who excelled at the 1986 FIFA World Cup and during his time at FC Bayern Munich.

Professor Jean-Marie Pelt ( born 24 October 1933 ) is a French botanist, specialized in traditional pharmacopeia.

* Jean-Marie Ecay, born 1962 in Saint-Jean-de-Luz, well known guitarist ;

Rohmer was born Maurice Henri Joseph Schérer ( or Jean-Marie Maurice Schérer ) in Tulle in south central France, the son of Mathilde ( née Bucher ) and Lucien Scherer.

Jean-Marie Lehn ( born September 30, 1939 ) is a French chemist.

* Jean-Marie Buchet, author-filmmaker born on February 24, 1938.

Jean-Marie Barandao was born in 1937 in Siou Birgou, Doufelgou District, and educated in Bénin ( at the Ouidah Seminary ) and in Togo.

* Jean-Marie Pelt ( born 1933 ), French botanist

Jean-Marie Beaupuy ( born 28 November 1943 ) is a French politician and Member of the European Parliament for the east of France.

Jean-Marie Cavada ( born 24 February 1940 in Épinal, Vosges ) is a French politician and Member of the European Parliament for the Ile de France.

Jean-Marie Straub ( born 8 January 1933, Metz, France ) and Danièle Huillet ( 1 May 1936, Paris – 9 October 2006, Cholet ) were a duo of filmmakers who made two dozen films between 1963 and 2006.

Jean-Marie Leblanc ( born July 27, 1944 in Nueil-sur-Argent, now Nueil-les-Aubiers, Deux-Sèvres ) is a French retired professional road bicycle racer who was general director of the Tour de France from 1989 to 2005, when he reached pensionable age and was succeeded by Christian Prudhomme.

Jean-Marie Halsdorf ( born 1 February 1957 in Luxembourg City ) is a Luxembourgian politician and the current Minister for Defence of Luxembourg.