Pierre Robert Olivétan
Pierre Robert Olivetan/Olivétan (c. 1506 – 1538), a Waldensian by faith, was the first to translate the Bible into the French language starting from the Hebrew and Greek texts. He was a cousin of John Calvin, who wrote a Latin preface for the translation, often called the . His work was based on that of his teacher Jacques Lefèvre d'Etaples. It was published in 1535 as "La Bible Qui est toute la Saincte scripture" at Neuchâtel. This translation has been considered the first French Protestant Bible.