France
People of this nationality
Damien Top
b. 1963
conductor
Paul Valentino
1902 – 1988
politician
Jean Demozay
1915 – 1945
aircraft pilot
Yann Rocherieux
b. 1983
sailor
Michel Mimran
b. 1954
architect
Janine Lieffrig
b. 1938
tennis player
Jean-Charles-Joseph Rémond
1795 – 1875
painter
Aimé Maeght
1906 – 1981
art collector
Yoann Martelat
b. 1997
association football player
Honoré V, Prince of Monaco
1778 – 1841
politician
Claude de Ramezay
1659 – 1724
colonial administrator
Élie Wollman
1917 – 2008
geneticist
Nicolas Jenson
1420 – 1480
type designer
Paul Joly
b. 2000
association football player
Stéphane Collet
b. 1972
association football player
Hélène Grimaud
b. 1969
pianist
Dimitri Delibes
b. 1999
rugby union player
Ken Vuagnoux
b. 1995
snowboarder
Marie-Françoise Perroton
1796 – 1873
nun
Marie Louise Mignot
1712 – 1790
musician
Maël Illien
b. 1990
association football player
Michel Bouquet
1925 – 2022
actor
Auguste Berthault
1878 – 1958
sport cyclist
André Lapize
sport cyclist
Jean Palméro
1912 – 1999
politician
Mati Diop
b. 1982
actor
Marie de Régnier
1875 – 1963
writer
Michèle Vergne
b. 1943
mathematician
Lucien Raimbourg
1903 – 1973
actor
Charles-Emmanuel Sédillot
1804 – 1883
military physician
Paul Petit
1914 – 1981
historian of classical antiquity
François Duval
1903 – 1984
politician
Marie Kubiak
b. 1981
association football player
Nathalie Arthaud
b. 1970
school teacher
Balthasar de Beaujoyeulx
1535 – 1587
choreographer
Francis Ducreux
1945 – 2021
sport cyclist
Jérôme Hennequin
1547 – 1619
prelate
Fatiha Keloua Hachi
b. 1971
politician
Bernard Goupil
1925 – 2013
military personnel
Thomas Lam
b. 1981
politician
Bernard VIII, Count of Comminges
1285 – 1336
feudatory
André Jorrand
1921 – 2007
organist
Vaiere Mara
1936 – 2005
sculptor
Jean-Baptiste Lacoste
1756 – 1821
politician
Aurelie Groizeleau
b. 1989
rugby union match official
Jany Holt
1909 – 2005
actor
Yohann Lacroix
b. 1985
association football player
Thierry Toutain
b. 1962
athletics competitor
Louis Aubert
1878 – 1944
film producer
Ludovic Asuar
b. 1976
association football player
André Frédéric Hartmann
1772 – 1861
politician
Maurice Martin
1878 – 1952
military personnel
Savielly Tartakower
1887 – 1956
chess player
Pierre Mingand
1900 – 1982
actor
Pierre Grimod du Fort
1692 – 1748
financier
Claudine Guérin de Tencin
1682 – 1749
salonnière
Didier Barra
1590 – 1656
painter
Georges Delerue
1925 – 1992
composer
Mathilde de Kerangat
b. 1991
sailor
Édouard Pichon
1890 – 1940
physician
Marius Hasdenteufel
1894 – 1918
flying ace
Gaël Duval
b. 1973
computer scientist
François Brient
1901 – 1979
sport cyclist
Florian Bague
b. 1984
association football player
Louis Dio
1908 – 1994
military personnel
Gaspard Grégoire
1751 – 1846
draftsperson
Louis de Wecker
1832 – 1906
ophthalmologist
Gaël Leforestier
b. 1975
television presenter
Paul Bontemps
1902 – 1981
athletics competitor
Claude Piel
1921 – 1982
military flight engineer
Jeanne de Tramcourt
1875 – 1952
actor
Pierre de Saintignon
1948 – 2019
politician
Gaston Dufresne
1898 – 1998
musician
Georges Aillères
1934 – 2024
rugby league player
Benny Vasseur
1926 – 2015
jazz trombonist
Jean Glénisson
1921 – 2010
historian
Réginald Bernut
1937 – 2021
politician
Laurent Frayssinous
b. 1977
rugby league player
Yves Saint Laurent
1936 – 2008
grand couturier
Charly Dutournier
b. 1994
association football player
Pierre Cureau de La Chambre
1640 – 1693
Catholic priest
Mathieu Peybernes
b. 1990
association football player
Anne Gravoin
b. 1965
violinist
Jean Paulhan
1884 – 1968
publisher
Pierre Le Baud
1458 – 1505
historian
Bénédict Morel
1809 – 1873
psychiatrist
Marius Audier
1905 – 1990
physician
Nicolas Colibert
1750 – 1806
painter
Marc-Olivier Strauss-Kahn
b. 1954
economist
Sarah Boudaoud
b. 1996
association football player
Alexandre Thierry
1646 – 1699
organ builder
Olivier Olibeau
b. 1977
rugby union player
Benoît Rolland
b. 1954
musical instrument maker
Lionel Salem
1937 – 2024
theoretical chemist
François Marie Savina
1876 – 1941
anthropologist
Noël Chabanel
1613 – 1649
Catholic priest
Émile Gaboriau
1832 – 1873
writer
Jean-Jacques Boissard
1528 – 1602
poet
Jean-Louis Roumégas
b. 1962
politician
Vincent Facquet
b. 1968
pool player