France
People of this nationality
Mohamed Laqhila
b. 1959
politician
Emmanuel Maquet
b. 1968
politician
Louis Néel
1904 – 2000
physicist
Jean François Bozio
1764 – 1827
painter
Florent Chaigneau
b. 1984
association football player
Alexandre Goüin
1792 – 1872
banker
Alain Glavieux
1949 – 2004
computer scientist
André Lwoff
1902 – 1994
biologist
Pierre Michaux
1813 – 1883
inventor
Théodore Vienne
1864 – 1921
businessperson
Jean-Claude Brialy
1933 – 2007
screenwriter
Emmanuela Potocka
1852 – 1930
salonnière
Dominique Magnan
1731 – 1796
Catholic priest
Daniel Bernard
1941 – 2004
diplomat
Victor Sintès
b. 1980
fencer
Jean Marin
1909 – 1995
journalist
Célia de Lavergne
b. 1979
politician
Elizabeth Burger Monath
1907 – 1986
printmaker
Thievy Bifouma
b. 1992
association football player
Johan Guilbert
b. 1989
poker player
Mohamed Fadhloun
b. 1994
association football player
Paul Guidé
1884 – 1940
actor
Albin Chalandon
1920 – 2020
politician
Fernand de Brinon
1885 – 1947
journalist
Camille Silvy
1834 – 1910
photographer
Henri Robert
1899 – 1987
perfumer
Marie Laforêt
1939 – 2019
singer
Yves Boisset
1939 – 2025
film director
Nadine Delache
b. 1941
swimmer
Alexis-Armand Charost
1860 – 1930
Catholic priest
Mona Achache
b. 1981
film director
Jean-Pierre Dedieu
b. 1948
historian
Maurice Asselin
1882 – 1947
painter
Steven Guinchard
b. 1993
basketball player
Gérard Holtz
b. 1946
sports journalist
Joseph Bethenod
1883 – 1944
engineer
Rolland Courbis
1953 – 2026
association football player
Sarah Troël
b. 1986
kayaker
Livio Nabab
b. 1988
association football player
Charles Bouvard
1572 – 1658
physician
Geilo
850 – 888
politician
Georges Friedland
1910 – 1993
film director
Bernie Bonvoisin
b. 1956
singer
Ernest Bourmauck
1862 – 1944
conductor
Miguel Coimbra
b. 1977
illustrator
André Prévost
1875 – 1951
tennis player
Jean-Jacques Bénetière
1939 – 2024
politician
Henri Dupin
1791 – 1887
librettist
Francine Clark
1876 – 1960
actor
Maxime-Gaël Ngayap Hambou
b. 2001
judoka
Isaac de Caus
1590 – 1648
architect
Gilles Ehrmann
1928 – 2005
photographer
Roger Courtois
1912 – 1972
association football player
Dorian Foulon
b. 1998
cyclist
Jean-Marie Bergeret
1895 – 1956
military personnel
Louis Chatelain
1883 – 1950
teacher
Stéphane Laurent
b. 1966
art historian
Léone-Noëlle Meyer
b. 1939
pediatrician
Jacob Bunel
1558 – 1614
painter
Moustapha Diarra
b. 1987
basketball player
Guillaume Jannez
b. 1989
association football player
Samuel Louis Crommelin
1653 – 1727
textile manufacturer
Nicolas Nemiri
b. 1975
caricaturist
Stéphane Ferrara
b. 1956
actor
Étienne de Joly
1756 – 1837
politician
unknown French boy
b. 1893
coxswain
Marthe Bibesco
1886 – 1973
poet
Juan-Luis Montero
b. 1971
association football player
Romain Ponsart
b. 1992
figure skater
Jacques Barraband
1767 – 1809
painter
Benoît Bernard
b. 1969
canoeist
Suzanne Schmitt
1928 – 2019
tennis player
Jacques Duhan de Jandun
1685 – 1746
educator
Guy Reibel
b. 1936
composer
Tigrane Kazazian
b. 1987
composer
Gérard Granclement
b. 1948
cross-country skier
Maurice Bernachon
1919 – 1999
chocolatier
Roger Géri
1947 – 2019
association football player
Pascal Devoyon
b. 1953
pianist
Loïc Chetout
b. 1992
sport cyclist
Jacques-Louis Lions
1928 – 2001
mathematician
Catherine D'Ovidio
1959 – 2020
bridge player
Roger d'Amécourt
1895 – 1989
gallerist
Fanny Quenot
b. 1990
athletics competitor
Christian Argentin
1893 – 1955
actor
Jean de Léry
1536 – 1613
explorer
Lionel Djebi-Zadi
b. 1982
association football player
Henri Maître
b. 1948
university teacher
Jean-Vincent Placé
b. 1968
politician
Rénald Metelus
b. 1993
association football player
Saint Simon de Valois
1048 – 1082
Catholic priest
Marianne Denicourt
b. 1966
actor
Henri-Louis Roger
1809 – 1891
cardiologist
Laurence de La Ferrière
b. 1957
explorer
Minna Wettstein-Adelt
1869 – 1901
editing staff
Georges Bégué
1911 – 1993
engineer
Marcel Deprez
1843 – 1918
electrical engineer
Charles Isidore Douin
1858 – 1944
botanist
Luc Laventure
1945 – 2022
journalist
Thierry Manoncourt
1917 – 2010
winegrower