France

This page lists 70,338 biographies of frances, covering lives from 80 BC to 2014. Featuring Adrien-Marie Legendre, Alain Aspect and Alain Bombard. Each profile gives life dates, nationality, education, positions held and a sourced, attributed account of the person's life.

People of this nationality

Mathieu Baumel

b. 1976

co-driver

Pedro José Amadeo Pissis

1812 – 1889

cartographer

Charles Monselet

1825 – 1888

journalist

Grégory Paisley

b. 1977

association football player

Marcelle Engelen

1923 – 2023

resistance fighter

Abbé Delille

1738 – 1813

linguist

Édouard Grimaux

1835 – 1900

chemist

Henry Roujon

1853 – 1914

official

Emmanuel Marie Louis de Noailles

1743 – 1822

diplomat

Benoît Dauga

1942 – 2022

rugby union player

Charles-Georges Le Roy

1723 – 1789

encyclopédistes

Maxime Dorigo

b. 1936

basketball coach

Jacques Delamain

1874 – 1953

ornithologist

François Rabelais

1494 – 1553

writer

Pierre Boucher

1622 – 1717

explorer

Corinne Hermès

b. 1961

singer

James Louis Sobieski

1667 – 1737

politician

Henri Dehérain

1867 – 1941

historian

Philippe Giusiano

b. 1973

pianist

Fabio Sticotti

1676 – 1741

actor

Mariette Sineau

political scientist

Alphonse Halimi

1932 – 2006

boxer

Victor Contamin

1840 – 1893

engineer

Émile Colliot

1824 – 1881

playwright

Maurice Leloir

1853 – 1940

painter

Paul Argney

b. 2006

association football player

Emmanuel Jouanne

1960 – 2008

writer

Jean-Baptiste Boisot

1638 – 1694

Catholic priest

Étienne Charlet

1756 – 1795

military officer

Sangita Tripathi

b. 1968

fencer

Bertrand Croset

1941 – 2002

bobsledder

Enak Gavaggio

b. 1976

freestyle skier

Thierry Bricaud

b. 1969

sport cyclist

Élisabeth Tardy

b. 1972

athlete

Claude Spanghero

b. 1948

rugby union player

Axel Clerget

b. 1987

judoka

Edouard Petre

1895 – 1936

sport cyclist

Sébastien Deleigne

b. 1967

modern pentathlete

Josef Cukierman

1900 – 1941

chess player

Jean-Michel Bismut

b. 1948

mathematician

Louis Anselme Longa

1809 – 1869

painter

Pierre Trimouillat

1858 – 1929

chansonnier

Albert Thomas

1878 – 1932

politician

Élie Bayol

1914 – 1995

racing automobile driver

Félix Mora

1926 – 1995

soldier

Pieter de Coninck

1240 – 1333

weaver

Charles Gombault

1907 – 1983

journalist

Lionel Tournier

b. 1967

curler

Béatrice Bellay

b. 1975

politician

Jérémie Zimmermann

b. 1978

computer scientist

Édouard Muller

1919 – 1997

sport cyclist

Françoise Lasserre

b. 1955

conductor

Mamoudou Sy

b. 1983

basketball player

Eustache Du Caurroy

1549 – 1609

composer

Pierre-Sylvain Régis

1632 – 1707

philosopher

René Margotton

1915 – 2009

painter

Jean-Marc Degraeve

b. 1971

chess player

Victor Bohain

1804 – 1856

journalist

Johnny Servoz-Gavin

1942 – 2006

Formula One driver

Jean Cortot

1925 – 2018

painter

Jean Serra

b. 1940

mathematician

Jean-Charles Cornay

1809 – 1837

Catholic priest

Henri de Montaut

1829 – 1889

copper engraver

Julie Pomagalski

1980 – 2021

snowboarder

Alessandro Farnese

1520 – 1589

diplomat

Laurent Strzelczak

b. 1971

association football player

Laurent Lucas

b. 1965

stage actor

Maurice Poli

1933 – 2020

actor

Danielle Hacquard

b. 1961

ski mountaineer

DJ Kayz

b. 1979

disc jockey

Pascal Rogé

b. 1951

pianist

Laurent Elie Badessi

b. 1964

photographer

Christophe Arciero

motorcycle racer

Laury Perez

b. 2003

sport cyclist

John Baptist Miège

1815 – 1884

Catholic priest

Jérôme Bernard

b. 1971

sport cyclist

Emmanuel Desgrées du Loû

1867 – 1933

lawyer

Claude Tissendier

b. 1952

clarinetist

Lubin Baugin

1612 – 1663

painter

Matthieu Courtecuisse

b. 1973

business executive

Jacques Dalbon, Seigneur de Saint Andre

1512 – 1562

diplomat

Laurent Chirio

b. 1957

herpetologist

Jérôme Christ

1938 – 2023

basketball player

François Truffaut

1932 – 1984

film director

Cyril Paglino

b. 1986

dancer

Elsa Devassoigne

b. 1969

athletics competitor

Chloé Paquet

b. 1994

tennis player

Maurice Darney

1882 – 1958

astronomer

Robert Beaulieu

1896 – 1977

sport cyclist

Antonio Watripon

1822 – 1864

journalist

Lisa Richaud

b. 1994

synchronized swimmer

Claude Jaupart

b. 1953

geophysicist

Christian Merlin

b. 1964

journalist

Mistinguett

1875 – 1956

actor

Guy-Pierre Baumann

1940 – 2022

cook

François Fayt

b. 1946

composer

Frédérique Massat

b. 1964

politician

Alain Gautier

b. 1962

navigator

Jacques Maigne

1951 – 2020

writer

Louis Bancel

1926 – 1978

sculptor