The main airport in Paris......is named after this Frenchman......who was a general during WW2...

Charles de Gaulle

Former President of France

Description

Charles André Joseph Marie de Gaulle was a French army officer and statesman who led the French Resistance against Nazi Germany in World War II and chaired the Provisional Government of the French Republic from 1944 to 1946 in order to reestablish democracy in France. Wikipedia

Born: November 22, 1890, Birthplace of Charles de Gaulle, Lille, France

Died: November 9, 1970, Colombey-les-Deux-Églises, France

Height: 6′ 5″