List of French People - Resistance Workers

Resistance Workers

Resistance workers during the German occupation of France in World War II

• Lucie Samuel-Aubrac (1912–2007), human rights activist
• Raymond Aubrac (born 1914), statesman
• Robert Benoist (1895–1944), SOE operative, champion race car driver
• Denise Bloch (1915–1945), SOE operative: King's Commendation for Brave Conduct, Legion of Honor, French Resistance Medal
• Andrée Borrel (1919–1944), SOE operative: Croix de guerre
• Madeleine Damerment (1917–1944), SOE operative: Legion of Honor, Croix de guerre, Médaille combattant volontaire de la Résistance
• Marie Louise Dissard (1880–1957), U.S. Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient
• William Grover-Williams (1903–1945), SOE operative, champion race car driver
• Cecily Lefort (1900–1945), SOE operative: Croix de guerre
• Pierre Mendès France (1907–1982), lawyer, statesman
• Jean Moulin (1899–1943), statesman
• Abbé Pierre (1912–2007), Priest and founder of Emmaus
• Christian Pineau (1904–1995), statesman
• Eliane Plewman (1917–1944), SOE operative: Croix de guerre
• Germaine Ribière (1917–1999), Righteous among the Nations
• Élise Rivet (1890–1945), nun executed by Nazis for aiding the resistance
• Lilian Rolfe (1914–1945), SOE agent executed by the Nazis
• Odette Sansom (1912–1995), SOE operative: George Cross, MBE, Legion of Honor
• Suzanne Spaak, Belgian-born agent: "Red Orchestra" intelligence network; executed 1944
• Violette Szabo (1921–1945), SOE operative: George Cross, Croix de guerre
• Jean-Pierre Wimille (1908–1949), SOE operative, champion race car driver

• See also French Resistance