France
People of this nationality
Christine Delaroche
b. 1944
singer
Thierry Herzog
b. 1955
legal advocate in France
Ann Scott
b. 1965
novelist
Marjorie Mayans
b. 1990
rugby union player
François Tajan
1962 – 2020
auctioneer
Jean-Pierre Clément
1809 – 1870
historian
Frédéric Boulanger
1777 – 1844
cellist
Jean Écalle
b. 1950
mathematician
Roger Seydoux
1908 – 1985
diplomat
Allan Nyom
b. 1988
association football player
Dominique Malonga
b. 1989
association football player
Sylvie Selig
b. 1941
plastic artist
Robert Dollfus
1887 – 1976
zoologist
Rémy Bonne
b. 1989
association football player
Gilbert Grellet
b. 1946
journalist
Alain Jaubert
1940 – 2025
journalist
Jean-Paul Berjeau
1953 – 2013
swimmer
Adrián Woll
1795 – 1875
mercenary
Arnold Abelinti
b. 1991
association football player
Adrien Payn
1800 – 1855
novelist
Serge Legrand
1937 – 2022
biathlete
Antoine Dalibard
b. 1983
sport cyclist
Colette Reynaud
1872 – 1965
journalist
Jérôme Daval
b. 1950
canoeist
Georges Buisson
1878 – 1946
politician
Francine Lefebvre
1908 – 1979
politician
Gennadi Henkin
1942 – 2016
mathematician
François d'Espinay de Saint-Luc
1554 – 1597
military personnel
Félicia Mallet
1860 – 1923
singer
Henri Martin
1927 – 2015
politician
Niccolò dell'Abbate
1512 – 1571
painter
Christine Phung
b. 1978
personal stylist
Simon Sabiani
1888 – 1956
politician
Nicolas About
b. 1947
politician
Christelle Petex-Levet
b. 1980
politician
Alfred Grandidier
1836 – 1921
explorer
Luc-Arthur Vebobe
b. 1980
basketball player
Emmanuel-Charles Bénézit
1887 – 1975
painter
Jean Paul Rouanet
1894 – 1979
sailor
Louis-Léon de Brancas
1733 – 1824
military personnel
Victor Grignard
1871 – 1935
chemist
Jessy Moulin
b. 1986
association football player
Lucien Gélas
1873 – 1944
luthier
Jean-Baptiste Pellissier
1788 – 1856
playwright
Jean-Baptiste Delettrez
1816 – 1887
clockmaker
Christian Amalvi
b. 1954
historian
Philippe Charles, Duke of Anjou
1668 – 1671
aristocrat
Jacques Witkowski
b. 1963
military officer
Maurice Privat
1889 – 1949
astrologer
Vincent Luis
b. 1989
triathlete
Henry-Clément Sanson
1799 – 1889
executioner
Reynaldo Hahn
1874 – 1947
conductor
François Jeanneau
b. 1935
saxophonist
Jean-Laurent Le Cerf de La Viéville
1674 – 1707
magistrate
Anatole Abragam
1914 – 2011
physicist
Claudine Lepage
b. 1949
politician
Sacha Guitry
1885 – 1957
screenwriter
Céline Deville
b. 1982
association football player
Denis Vidal
b. 1954
anthropologist
Adolphe Perraud
1828 – 1906
Catholic priest
Joel Ferri
b. 1959
researcher
Stéphane Cordinier
b. 1970
coach
Axel Bourlon
b. 1991
powerlifter
Aleksandar Nikolic
b. 1986
politician
Jacqueline Rouvier
b. 1949
alpine skier
Émile-Louis Burnouf
1821 – 1907
philologist
Olivier Leclercq
b. 1964
businessperson
Marcel Aboulker
1905 – 1952
film director
Charles Lecocq
1832 – 1918
composer
Tearii Alpha
b. 1971
politician
Louis Mexandeau
1931 – 2023
politician
Emmanuel Dorado
b. 1973
association football player
Élias Robert
1819 – 1874
sculptor
Christine de Veyrac
b. 1959
politician
Aymar Hennequin
1543 – 1596
prelate
Jean Parédès
1914 – 1998
stage actor
Hugh Primas
1095 – 1160
poet
Khensur Lungri Namgyel
1927 – 2025
Fabrice Jeannet
b. 1980
fencer
Driss Benhima
b. 1954
engineer
Jimmy Coco
b. 1972
athletics competitor
Martin Rossignol
b. 2003
association football player
Adrien Lemaire
1852 – 1902
botanist
Sami Nair
b. 1946
politician
Katty Piejos
b. 1981
handball player
Louis Guy Henri de Valori
1692 – 1774
diplomat
Pierre Marec
1759 – 1828
politician
Michel Leiris
1901 – 1990
anthropologist
Kamel Chaaouane
b. 1984
association football player
Henri Alphonse Barnoin
1882 – 1940
painter
Jean Danican Philidor
1620 – 1679
oboist
Omar Berrada
b. 1978
businessperson
Valentin Atangana Edoa
b. 2005
association football player
François Dupeyron
1950 – 2016
film director
Frédéric Boyer
b. 1961
writer
Madame de Sévigné
1626 – 1696
correspondent
Louis Bruyas
1738 – 1807
linguist
Eva Nguyen Binh
b. 1970
diplomat
Jean Frémon
b. 1946
writer
Claire Franek
1966 – 2016
children's writer