France
People of this nationality
Joseph Malègue
1876 – 1940
writer
Philippe Forest
b. 1962
writer
Adolphe Dureau de la Malle
1777 – 1857
geographer
Patrick Juzeau
1950 – 2004
conductor
Robert Pierre Sarrabère
1926 – 2017
Catholic priest
Henri Braquenié
1896 – 1980
cryptographer
Frédéric Leturque
b. 1968
politician
Victoria Wright
b. 1974
badminton player
Garin lo Brun
1150 – 1156
troubadour
Béatrice Saubin
1959 – 2007
writer
Tanguy Zenon
b. 2002
rugby league player
Teheivarii Ludivion
b. 1989
association football player
Gerard of Clairvaux
1101 – 1138
military personnel
Rémi Sergio
b. 1987
association football player
Daniel Xuereb
b. 1959
association football player
Louis-François Aubry
1767 – 1851
painter
Léontine Lippmann
1844 – 1910
salonnière
Jean Starcky
1909 – 1988
Catholic priest
Louis Orvoën
1919 – 1994
politician
Jacques Delarüe-Caron de Beaumarchais
1913 – 1979
diplomat
Kevin Mayer
b. 1992
athletics competitor
Charles Tollé
b. 1965
athletics competitor
Michel Gondry
b. 1963
film director
Gilles Biron
b. 1995
athletics competitor
Harold Moukoudi
b. 1997
association football player
Louis-Pierre Norblin
1781 – 1854
cellist
Antoine Richard du Cantal
1802 – 1891
politician
Mireille Johnston
1935 – 2000
chef
Joseph-Jean Lagarde
1755 – 1839
jurist
Jean-Philippe Tanguy
b. 1986
politician
Roseline Bacou
1923 – 2013
art historian
Gwendoline Gendarme
b. 1991
ice hockey player
Philippe Villiers de L'Isle-Adam
1464 – 1534
warrior monk
Henri Parot
b. 1958
Éloi Machoro
1946 – 1985
politician
Laurence Piquet
b. 1965
journalist
Roger Rivière
1936 – 1976
sport cyclist
Marcel Merkès
1920 – 2007
opera singer
Joseph M. X. de Sévin
1894 – 1963
flying ace
François Guillemot de Villebois
1681 – 1760
memoirist
Jérôme Rodrigues
b. 1979
plumber
André Fabre
b. 1945
horse trainer
Roger Laporte
1925 – 2001
writer
Daniel-Rops
1901 – 1965
church historian
Noé Delpech
b. 1986
skipper
Guigues V of Albon
1125 – 1162
aristocrat
Amélie Rivat
b. 1989
sport cyclist
Roland Bertranne
1949 – 2025
rugby union player
Eunice Barber
b. 1974
athletics competitor
Louis Gautier
field hockey player
Joseph Rozier
1924 – 1994
Catholic priest
Philippe Auboyneau
1899 – 1961
Officer of the French Navy
Guy Demel
b. 1981
association football player
Eugène Gautier
1822 – 1878
composer
Alfred de Glehn
1848 – 1936
engineer
Loïc Lumbilla
b. 1987
association football player
Tavana Salmon
1920 – 2024
tattoo artist
Louise de Clermont
1504 – 1596
lady-in-waiting
Paul Meilhat
b. 1982
skipper
Philippe Morenvillier
b. 1965
politician
Benjamin Desroches
b. 1989
rugby union player
Laëtitia Choux
b. 1979
swimmer
Gilbert, Duke of Lorraine
890 – 939
feudatory
Laure Pigeon
1882 – 1965
painter
Paul Augé
1881 – 1951
lexicographer
Yann Couvreur
b. 1983
pastry chef
Jean Pouilloux
1917 – 1996
anthropologist
Jean-Baptiste Maille
b. 1993
basketball player
Armand Maloumian
1928 – 2007
writer
Charles Le Quintrec
1926 – 2008
poet
Boris Bergmann
b. 1992
writer
Marie Marvingt
1875 – 1963
speed skater
Nicolas Jalabert
b. 1973
sport cyclist
Suzanne Césaire
1915 – 1966
writer
Fabrice Guzel
b. 1990
association football player
Jean Ristat
1943 – 2023
publisher
Nora Gubisch
b. 1971
opera singer
Raimondo Guglielmo des Fargues
1250 – 1346
Catholic priest
Étienne Binet
1569 – 1639
Catholic priest
Marcel Marcilloux
b. 1980
fencer
Annie Belle
1956 – 2024
actor
Clara Copponi
b. 1999
sport cyclist
Philippe Cousteau Jr.
b. 1980
explorer
Émile Vallin
1833 – 1924
physician
Princess Victoire of France
1733 – 1799
aristocrat
Jean Antoine Letronne
1787 – 1848
anthropologist
Lou Berthomieu
b. 2001
sailor
Jacques Lopez
b. 1961
association football player
Francis Vial
1850 – 1916
association football player
Hermangard d'Asp
warrior monk
Fabien Lamatina
b. 1985
association football player
Paul Wormser
1905 – 1944
fencer
Fernand Goux
1899 – 2008
farmer
Élisée Reclus
1830 – 1905
geographer
Nicolas Ritz
b. 1992
ice hockey player
Laurent Vimont
1961 – 2022
business executive
Hervé Le Roux
1958 – 2017
film director
Barmak Akram
b. 1966
film director
Pierre-Ange Vieillard
1778 – 1862
librarian
Bernard Poyet
1742 – 1824
architect