France
People of this nationality
Cécile Pozzo di Borgo
b. 1952
diplomat
Georges Yvetot
1868 – 1942
typographer
Joseph-Étienne Giraud
1808 – 1877
entomologist
Christophe Taine
b. 1973
association football player
Paul Lagarde
1891 – 1964
athletics competitor
Jeanne Bérangère
1864 – 1928
actor
Fabrice Asensio
1966 – 2016
association football player
Jean Mauriac
1924 – 2020
journalist
Jean-Claude Bouillaud
1927 – 2008
actor
Axel Williams
b. 1983
association football player
Jean de Poltrot
1537 – 1563
Edward Bouygues
b. 1984
businessperson
Jean-Jacques Behm
b. 1942
athletics competitor
Jean Richardot
1573 – 1614
Catholic priest
Paul Couderc
1899 – 1981
astronomer
Christophe Robert
b. 1964
association football player
Joseph Félix Blanc
1872 – 1962
missionary
Cécile Chaminade
1857 – 1944
pianist
Maurice Dormann
1881 – 1947
politician
Charles-Louis-Achille Lucas
1838 – 1905
architect
David Ancillon
1617 – 1692
theologian
Aurore de la Morinerie
b. 1962
fashion designer
Augustin Joseph Caron
1774 – 1822
soldier
Clémence Lassalas
b. 1995
television actor
Pierre-Nicolas André-Murville
1754 – 1815
poet
Lucien Stanzione
b. 1950
politician
Patrick Valduriez
b. 1955
computer scientist
Reynald Secher
b. 1955
historian
Roger Blaizot
1891 – 1981
military personnel
Edgar Le Bastard
1836 – 1892
politician
Francis Spitzer
b. 1947
official
Jean de Gassion
1609 – 1647
politician
Philippe Daverio
1949 – 2020
art critic
Anatole Loquin
1834 – 1903
musicologist
Eugénie Luce
1804 – 1882
educator
Thom Gicquel
b. 1999
badminton player
Maurice Macaire
b. 1881
association football player
Caroline Delemer
b. 1965
modern pentathlete
Steven Thicot
b. 1987
association football player
François Roquebert
1744 – 1811
Officer of the French Navy
Jean-Bertrand Pégot-Ogier
1877 – 1915
painter
Jean-Baptiste Monnot
b. 1984
organist
Jean-Claude Méry
1942 – 1999
politician
Alfred Gaulier
1829 – 1898
journalist
Étienne Polverel
1738 – 1795
lawyer
Jean-Jacques Lafaye
b. 1958
journalist
Pierre Albert-Birot
1876 – 1967
poet
Gilles Néret
1933 – 2005
art historian
Abel Lefranc
1863 – 1952
librarian
Henri de Genouillac
1881 – 1940
Catholic priest
Guy Magenta
1927 – 1967
composer
Fabienne Colboc
b. 1971
politician
Dimitri Kirsanoff
1899 – 1957
film director
Elrick Irastorza
b. 1950
military officer
Gustave de Clausade
1815 – 1888
politician
Hégésippe Légitimus
1868 – 1944
politician
Charly Trussardi
b. 1997
rugby union player
Berthe Hirsch
1907 – 1943
René Risser
1869 – 1958
statistician
Claire Dautherives
b. 1982
alpine skier
Marie Dubas
1894 – 1972
singer
Georges Panisset
1929 – 2006
alpine skier
Rosemonde Gérard
1866 – 1953
poet
Louise Guillet
b. 1986
water polo player
Philippe Achille Bédier
1791 – 1865
Camille Fauré
1874 – 1956
artist
François Vavasseur
1605 – 1681
writer
Louis Mermaz
1931 – 2024
politician
Gregory VIII
1100 – 1137
diplomat
Jean Tubéry
b. 1964
cornetist
Jacques Andreani
1929 – 2015
diplomat
Mohamed Diawara
b. 2005
basketball player
Paul Lafargue
b. 1988
racing driver
Mamadou Fofana
b. 2000
association football player
Victoria Muntean
b. 1997
tennis player
Françoise Vimeux
climatologist
Léon Deyron
1874 – 1947
politician
Yvonne Artaud
1924 – 2009
psychologist
Gilles Cohen
b. 1963
actor
Daniel Ducreux
b. 1947
sport cyclist
Catherine Dammartin
1500 – 1553
nun
Johann Chrysostom Magnenus
1590 – 1679
philosopher
Geneviève Laureau
b. 1941
athletics competitor
André Roussin
1911 – 1987
playwright
Annick Gendron
1939 – 2008
painter
Dylan Besseau
b. 1997
director
Emmanuel Héré de Corny
1705 – 1763
architect
Georges Parent
1885 – 1918
sport cyclist
Egon Sendler
1923 – 2014
art historian
Eddy Gronfier
b. 1970
radio producer
Étienne Clavier
1762 – 1817
magistrate
Claire Bazy-Malaurie
b. 1949
official
Georges Péclet
1897 – 1974
actor
Henri Barda
b. 1941
pianist
Philippe Klein
b. 1957
businessperson
Anita de St. Quentin
b. 1901
figure skater
Patiens of Lyon
450 – 490
Catholic bishop
Pierre Meurin
b. 1989
politician
Lou Bogaert
b. 2004
association football player
Marie-Louise Bousquet
1885 – 1975
journalist