I lack a lot of cultural context here but, France has a long history. You can trace the current country to the first Frankish kingdoms in 496. And that's exclud

I lack a lot of cultural context here but, France has a long history. You can trace the current country to the first Frankish kingdoms in 496. And that's excluding the Roman period and the Gaul before it. That's a lot of historical figures over centuries of existence. At some point, you can't celebrate them all.