France
People of this nationality
Daniel Keita-Ruel
b. 1989
association football player
Henri Metzger
1912 – 2007
archaeologist
Maurice Lévy
b. 1942
entrepreneur
Janine Monterrain
1942 – 2025
alpine skier
Lilian Bochet
b. 1991
association football player
Chantal Conand
b. 1943
marine biologist
Sander Rang
1793 – 1844
naval officer
Boris Vian
1920 – 1959
poet
Serge Klarsfeld
b. 1935
historian
Pierre Bouby
b. 1983
association football player
Catherine Quéré
b. 1948
politician
Angélique Berthenet
b. 1976
amateur wrestler
Henri, Duke of Joyeuse
1563 – 1608
Catholic priest
Louis Althusser
1918 – 1990
philosopher
Paul Révoil
1856 – 1914
diplomat
Christophe Urios
b. 1965
rugby union player
Emmanuel Coquelet
b. 1975
association football player
Germain Casse
1837 – 1900
politician
Marianna Walewska
1823 – 1912
lady-in-waiting
Yohan Le Bourhis
b. 1994
rugby union player
Dominique Bussereau
b. 1952
politician
André Marcon
b. 1948
actor
Paul Le Drogo
1905 – 1966
sport cyclist
François-Nicolas-Vincent Campenon
1772 – 1843
poet
Adrien Hardy
b. 1978
rower
Dagpo Rinpoche
b. 1932
Lama
Florian Ayé
b. 1997
association football player
Theobald I, Duke of Lorraine
1191 – 1220
feudatory
René Rémond
1918 – 2007
historian
Maurice Tranchant de Lunel
1869 – 1932
architect
Bruno Bayen
1950 – 2016
playwright
Louise Élisabeth of France
1727 – 1759
etcher
Jean Gruault
1924 – 2015
actor
Joseph Paganon
1880 – 1937
politician
Jean-Baptiste Chautard
1858 – 1935
Catholic priest
Michèle Bokanowski
b. 1943
composer
Antoine Goléa
1906 – 1980
musicologist
Arnaud Courlet de Vregille
b. 1958
painter
Émile Mauchamp
1870 – 1907
physician
François Ruffin
b. 1975
journalist
Daniel Dugué
1912 – 1987
statistician
Flora Groult
1924 – 2001
journalist
Jeanne Du Londel
1706 – 1772
actor
Paul Baize
1901 – 1995
amateur astronomer
Serge Haroche
b. 1944
physicist
Bernard Attali
b. 1943
official
Alex Moscovitch
1911 – 1998
politician
Édouard Wick
sport cyclist
Albert
1787 – 1865
choreographer
Baptiste Mischler
b. 1997
athletics competitor
Alphonse Fleuriot de Langle
1809 – 1881
Officer of the French Navy
Roland Gaucher
1919 – 2007
politician
Sandrine Rousseau
b. 1972
politician
Jules Lair
1836 – 1907
business executive
Jacques Marinelli
1925 – 2025
politician
Charlotte Tiedemann
1919 – 1979
actor
Eugène Gaillard
1862 – 1933
architect
Mahdi Camara
b. 1998
association football player
Gérard Diffloth
1939 – 2023
linguist
Marie-Louise Giraud
1903 – 1942
abortion provider
Lyes Hoël
b. 2007
association football player
Louis-Toussaint Milandre
composer
Pierre-Nicolas Tourgueneff
1853 – 1912
sculptor
Moerani Frébault
b. 1988
politician
Jean-Louis Benoît
b. 1947
actor
Jean-Claude Chamboredon
1938 – 2020
sociologist
Henri Louis Habert de Montmor
1600 – 1679
poet
Gérard Letast
b. 1949
swimmer
Robert Party
1924 – 2011
stage actor
Jean D'Espagnet
1564 – 1637
politician
Louis Chauvel
b. 1967
sociologist
Richard de Prémare
1936 – 2026
painter
Anne Benoît
b. 1959
actor
Pierre Mollier
b. 1961
librarian
Didier Boulaud
b. 1950
politician
Maurice Lelubre
1916 – 2005
geologist
Georges Lefebvre
1874 – 1959
historian
Yann Queffélec
b. 1949
writer
Alizé Lim
b. 1990
tennis player
Rébecca Dautremer
b. 1971
illustrator
Charles Blondelet
1820 – 1888
actor
Nicolas Milan
b. 1980
racing automobile driver
Jules Robert Auguste
1789 – 1850
painter
Charles du Houx de Vioménil
1734 – 1827
politician
Georges Anderla
1921 – 2005
economist
Jean Boussière
1882 – 1915
marathon runner
René Cavalero
1917 – 2008
swimmer
Gaëlle Solal
classical guitarist
Gilles Veissière
b. 1959
association football referee
Élodie Le Bescond
b. 1980
tennis player
Léo Herrmann
1853 – 1927
painter
Marthe Hanau
1886 – 1935
businessperson
Ricaut Bonomel
troubadour
François Joyaux
b. 1938
historian
André Simonyi
1914 – 2002
association football player
Romane Bernies
b. 1993
basketball player
Brice Jovial
b. 1984
association football player
Geoffrey II, Count of Gâtinais
1000 – 1046
aristocrat
Raymond Tripier
1838 – 1916
pathologist
Olivier François
b. 1961
manager