France
People of this nationality
Éric Laurent
b. 1966
writer
Patrick Lancereau
b. 1966
canoeist
Caroline Machoro
b. 1952
politician
Louis I, Duke of Orléans
1372 – 1407
military personnel
Robert Bouvier
1886 – 1978
philosopher
Benoît Bachelet
b. 1974
ice hockey player
Hubert Velud
b. 1959
association football player
Marina Carrère d'Encausse
b. 1961
physician
Paul Lacroix
1806 – 1884
writer
Benjamin Osberger
b. 2001
artistic gymnast
Dominique Gaigne
b. 1961
sport cyclist
Aurore Bergé
b. 1986
politician
Valérie Soudères
1914 – 1995
classical pianist
Émile Oustalet
1844 – 1905
zoologist
Mathilde Auguez
1868 – 1955
opera singer
André Senik
b. 1938
philosopher
Max Orville
b. 1962
politician
Andrée Esposito
b. 1934
opera singer
Sébastien Jumel
b. 1971
politician
Jean Lemaire de Belges
1473 – 1524
poet
Pierre Charron
1541 – 1603
philosopher
Camille Jordan
1771 – 1821
politician
Serge Mogno
racing driver
Géraldine Le Meur
b. 1972
business executive
Josselin Garnier
b. 1971
mathematician
Émile Signol
1804 – 1892
painter
Angelique Brulon
1772 – 1859
military personnel
Allan Lagui
b. 1999
athlete
Arsène Lacarrière-Latour
1778 – 1837
architect
Augustin-Joseph Sépinski
1900 – 1978
Catholic priest
Alexandrine Rose „Liberté“ Barreau
1771 – 1843
military personnel
Martine Aurillac
b. 1939
politician
Alexandre Reza
1922 – 2016
jeweler
Louis, Marquis of Brancas and Prince of Nisaro
1672 – 1750
diplomat
Godfrey IV, Lord of Joinville
1145 – 1190
feudatory
Nicolas de Rivière
b. 1963
diplomat
Charles-Émile-Callande de Champmartin
1797 – 1883
painter
Luc Benoist
1893 – 1980
art historian
Colette Guillaumin
1934 – 2017
sociologist
Francis Apesteguy
1952 – 2022
photographer
Dominique Dubarle
1907 – 1987
Catholic priest
Marin le Roy de Gomberville
1600 – 1674
poet
François Alabrune
b. 1962
diplomat
Simone Courvoisier
1938 – 2018
pharmacologist
Geneviève Thibault de Chambure
1902 – 1975
musicologist
Louis Nourrit
1780 – 1831
opera singer
Karine Deshayes
b. 1972
opera singer
Jean-Baptiste Robinet
1735 – 1820
philosopher
Jean Focas
1909 – 1969
astronomer
Charles Degeorge
1837 – 1888
sculptor
Charles Auffray
b. 1973
tennis player
Guy André Pierre de Montmorency-Laval
1723 – 1798
military officer
Nicolas Charles Seringe
1776 – 1858
botanist
Patrice Dominguez
1950 – 2015
tennis player
Didier François
b. 1960
journalist
Marie Vermeulin
b. 1983
pianist
Dominique Provost
b. 1961
association football player
Jean-Baptiste Henri Durand-Brager
1814 – 1879
painter
Rachel Arié
1924 – 2018
historian
Bénédicte Haas
b. 1976
mathematician
Nathalie Ballet
b. 1967
tennis player
Clément Pinault
1985 – 2009
association football player
Margaux Bueno
b. 1995
association football player
Charles Pictet de Rochemont
1755 – 1824
diplomat
Stanislas du Lac
1835 – 1909
Catholic priest
Suzanne Sarroca
1927 – 2023
opera singer
Natacha Polony
b. 1975
journalist
Constant Marie
1838 – 1910
chansonnier
Antoine Joseph Santerre
1752 – 1809
brewer
Jérôme Guisset
b. 1978
rugby league player
Ninot le Petit
1401 – 1502
composer
Clairemarie Osta
b. 1970
ballet dancer
Auguste-François Perrinon
1812 – 1861
politician
Guilhabert de Castres
1165 – 1236
presbyter
Frédéric Saldmann
b. 1953
physician
Emmanuel Flipo
b. 1958
artist
Eugénie Gruyer-Brielman
1837 – 1921
painter
Mommolin of Fleury
monk
Georges Tourreil
1894 – 1960
actor
Jean Auscher
1896 – 1980
painter
Henri Le More
1941 – 2025
publisher
Alexandre Lévy
b. 1990
golfer
Brahim Asloum
b. 1979
boxer
Julien Mandel
1893 – 1961
photographer
André Dupont-Sommer
1900 – 1983
professeur des universités
Benjamin Baillaud
1848 – 1934
astronomer
Philippe Ramos
b. 1964
film director
André Le Goupil
1931 – 2023
equestrian
Jacques-Émile Blanche
1861 – 1942
painter
Aurélien Saintoul
b. 1988
politician
Élisabeth Chaud
b. 1960
alpine skier
Hélène Karbanov
b. 2004
rhythmic gymnast
Anne-Marie Dupuy
1920 – 2008
politician
André Caquot
1923 – 2004
university teacher
Henriette Caillaux
1874 – 1943
art historian
Pierre Pica
b. 1951
linguist
Anne Emmanuel de Croÿ
1743 – 1803
politician
Aurelie Thiele
computer scientist
Nicolas Lopez
b. 1980
fencer
Marie-Ernestine Serret
1812 – 1883
painter