France
People of this nationality
Eric Leblacher
b. 1978
sport cyclist
Louis de Funès
1914 – 1983
comedian
Claude Cahen
1909 – 1991
medievalist
Bruno Barbey
1941 – 2020
photographer
Damien Cler
b. 1983
rugby union player
Arthur O'Connor
1763 – 1852
military officer
Georges Yatridès
1931 – 2019
painter
Edgar Grospiron
b. 1969
freestyle skier
De Lafontaine
1655 – 1738
ballet dancer
Louis Charles d'Hervilly
1756 – 1795
military personnel
Jacky Novi
b. 1946
association football player
Oscar Londono
b. 1971
association football player
Lucas Perrin
b. 1998
association football player
Sylviane Telchid
1941 – 2023
writer
Leny Escudero
1932 – 2015
actor
Arnauld Pontier
b. 1957
writer
Hiam Abbass
b. 1960
stage actor
Charles Delestraint
1879 – 1945
military personnel
Alex Descas
b. 1958
actor
François Picard
1921 – 1996
Formula One driver
Charles Dauphin
1615 – 1677
painter
Charles Charlemont
1862 – 1944
fencing master
Chrétien-Louis-Joseph de Guignes
1759 – 1845
diplomat
Lydie Dubedat-Briero
b. 1962
rower
Charles Baudin
1784 – 1854
explorer
Gerard Basset
1957 – 2019
sommelier
Marie-Pierre de La Gontrie
b. 1958
politician
Damien Tokatlian
b. 1970
fencer
Nicolas Henri Jeaurat de Bertry
1728 – 1803
painter
Éric Despezelle
b. 1974
judoka
Marion Bunel
b. 2004
sport cyclist
Loïck Lespinasse
b. 2000
association football player
René Frégni
b. 1947
writer
Henri Manuel
1874 – 1947
photographer
Hugh of Italy
880 – 947
Adrien Rouquette
1813 – 1887
missionary
Benjamin Dieude-Fauvel
b. 1986
ice hockey player
Jacques Mallet du Pan
1749 – 1800
journalist
Nicolas Coustou
1658 – 1733
sculptor
Renaud Van Ruymbeke
1952 – 2024
magistrate
Yves Lecoq
b. 1946
radio personality
Roger Tessier
b. 1939
composer
Henri Leconte
b. 1963
tennis player
Françoise Sagan
1935 – 2004
playwright
Sarah Knafo
b. 1993
official
Jean-Marie Letellier
1767 – 1830
Officer of the French Navy
Thomas Aupic
b. 1985
association football player
Jean Baillairgé
1726 – 1805
architect
Yann Richard
b. 1948
iranologist
Alexandra Rochelle
b. 1983
volleyball player
Janine Bailly-Herzberg
1920 – 2005
art historian
Pierre Jean Henri Didelot
1870 – 1941
politician
Nicolas Marx
b. 1974
association football player
Sophie Daumier
1934 – 2004
film actor
Sébastien Chabbert
b. 1978
association football player
César Vichard de Saint-Réal
1639 – 1692
historian
Alphonse Georges
1875 – 1951
military personnel
Fernand Legrand
b. 1898
bobsledder
Cyrille Isaac-Sibille
b. 1958
politician
Anne Guéret
1760 – 1805
painter
Renaud Roussel
b. 1973
actor
Laure Duthilleul
b. 1959
actor
Rita Kassabian
composer
Georges Henri Manzana Pissarro
1871 – 1961
painter
Zacharie Boucher
b. 1992
association football player
Jules Mascaron
1634 – 1703
Catholic priest
Louis-Philippe Morency
b. 1977
artificial intelligence researcher
Jean-Baptiste Troppmann
1849 – 1870
murderer
Michel Callon
1945 – 2025
sociologist
Audrey Dana
b. 1979
film director
Camille Dareste de la Chavanne
1822 – 1899
zoologist
Raymond Depardon
b. 1942
photographer
Zenaida Yanowsky
b. 1975
ballet dancer
Antoine Mornable
composer
Maud Gatel
b. 1979
politician
Frédéric Delcourt
b. 1964
swimmer
Ingrid Chauvin
b. 1973
actor
Monic Cecconi-Botella
1936 – 2025
composer
Michel Mathiot
1926 – 1999
artistic gymnast
Jimy Soudril
b. 1998
sprinter
Ugo Martin
b. 1998
rugby league player
Michel de Brunhoff
1892 – 1958
journalist
Jérôme Bellay
b. 1942
journalist
Edmond-Charles Genêt
1763 – 1834
diplomat
Annette Soubrier
1865 – 1951
tailor
Sylvain Francisco
b. 1997
basketball player
Luc Etienne Périn
1908 – 1984
writer
Jérémy De Magalhaes
b. 1983
association football player
Annick Chartreux
1942 – 2026
composer
Morvan Marchal
1900 – 1963
architect
Julien Tournut
b. 1982
association football player
Marcel Manoël
b. 1945
pastor
Xavier Gravelaine
b. 1968
association football player
Jérôme Daille
b. 1965
canoeist
Christophe Fouquet
b. 1970
bobsledder
René Etiemble
1909 – 2002
orientalist
André Dhôtel
1900 – 1991
writer
Jean-Michel Savéant
1933 – 2020
chemist
Michel Strauss
b. 1951
cellist
Olivier Guillot
1932 – 2023
historian