France
People of this nationality
Laurence Elloy
b. 1959
athletics competitor
Ferdinand Zecca
1864 – 1947
actor
Christian Montcouquiol
1954 – 1991
matador
Jacques Audiberti
1899 – 1965
writer
Pierre de Chambrun
1865 – 1954
politician
Louis Mazetier
b. 1960
composer
Rose Bertin
1747 – 1813
Marchandes de modes
Jacques-Arsène d'Arsonval
1851 – 1940
physicist
Sandra Citte
b. 1976
athletics competitor
Serge Roy
1932 – 2025
association football player
Samy Masselot
b. 1989
rugby league player
Marie-Pierre Gatel
b. 1968
alpine skier
Jacques Cousseau
1925 – 2017
actor
Antoine Tisné
1932 – 1998
composer
Bernard Meynadier
b. 1938
rower
Anas Namri
b. 2001
association football player
Camille Bahl
b. 1999
artistic gymnast
Jacques-François Courtin
1672 – 1752
painter
Marie-Thérèse Goutmann
1933 – 2016
politician
Alexia Landeau
b. 1975
actor
Claude Dufourmentel
1915 – 2012
plastic surgeon
Nathalie Obadia
b. 1962
gallerist
Pierre-Justin Ouvrié
1806 – 1879
painter
Jean-Marc Decrop
b. 1955
art collector
Jean-Pierre Bourtayre
1942 – 2024
composer
Hubert Graignic
b. 1957
sport cyclist
Marc-Gilbert Sauvajon
1909 – 1985
journalist
Adèle Chavassieu d'Audebert
b. 1788
painter
Germaine Tambour
1903 – 1945
French resistance fighter
Chantal Ladesou
b. 1948
actor
Emmanuel Bonami
dub actor
Francis Kerbiriou
b. 1951
athletics competitor
Pierre Gadonneix
b. 1943
business executive
Berengar of Tours
990 – 1088
theologian
Alain Moineau
1928 – 1986
sport cyclist
Thibaut Jacquel
b. 1997
association football player
Matis Louvel
b. 1999
sport cyclist
Paul Rémy
1923 – 2001
tennis player
René Verriet de Litardière
1888 – 1957
botanist
Hugo Leroux
b. 1992
association football player
Jean Maurice Paul Jules de Noailles
1893 – 1945
French resistance fighter
Louis Gantois
1929 – 2011
kayaker
Colette Revenu
b. 1944
fencer
Stanislas Champein
1753 – 1830
composer
Jean-Nicolas Marrigues
1757 – 1834
composer
Robert Burnier
1897 – 1974
actor
Jean-Louis Schneiter
1933 – 2016
politician
Germaine Mitti
1898 – 1979
dancer
Gérard Jaquet
1916 – 2013
politician
Renée Camu
b. 1936
rower
Stéphane Delaprée
b. 1956
painter
Eugène Constant
1901 – 1970
rower
Eric Cantona
b. 1966
association football player
Frédéric Pham
b. 1938
mathematician
Jean Pierron
1631 – 1700
missionary
Roger Mannhard
b. 1932
amateur wrestler
Léon Amédée François Raffenel
1856 – 1914
military officer
Cédric Bétrémieux
b. 1982
association football player
Victorin Duguet
1905 – 1989
miner
René Pottier
1879 – 1907
sport cyclist
François Périnet
1805 – 1861
musical instrument maker
Marie-Louise Cloarec
1917 – 1945
nurse
Philippe Louis de Noailles
1752 – 1819
politician
Honoré Jacquinot
1815 – 1887
botanist
Marc Gasparoni
b. 1959
athletics competitor
Jean Sarkozy
b. 1986
financier
Rémy Weil
1899 – 1943
swimmer
Armand-Benjamin Caillau
1794 – 1850
Catholic priest
Pierre Henri Hélène Marie Lebrun-Tondu
1754 – 1793
journalist
Frédéric Pierucci
b. 1968
businessperson
Catherine Bonnet
1965 – 2023
tennis player
Nicola Rosini Di Santi
b. 1959
painter
Alex Rodríguez
b. 1971
film editor
Gaston Raynaud
1850 – 1911
historian
Louise Amélie Landré
1852 – 1934
painter
Prince Henri d'Orléans
1908 – 1999
military personnel
François de Dinteville
1498 – 1530
Catholic priest
Henri Larrivée
1737 – 1802
opera singer
Baboye Traoré
b. 1990
association football player
Michel Koeniguer
1971 – 2021
comics artist
Jean Cornilleau
printer
Aisseta Diawara
b. 1989
hurdler
Léon Fatous
1926 – 2023
politician
Franck Dja Djédjé
b. 1986
association football player
Anne de Montmorency
1493 – 1567
diplomat
Geneviève Viollet-le-Duc
1909 – 2011
writer
Pierre Amidieu du Clos
1881 – 1955
politician
Guy Claude Roland de Laval-Montmorency
1677 – 1751
military personnel
Pierre Lacoste
1924 – 2020
military personnel
Émile Basly
1854 – 1928
politician
Charles Riotteau
1875 – 1954
sport shooter
Romane Ménager
b. 1996
rugby union player
Firmin Viry
b. 1935
singer-songwriter
Christophe Pierre
b. 1946
Catholic priest
Darry Cowl
1925 – 2006
comedian
Christian Bassila
b. 1977
association football player
Victorie Guilman
b. 1996
sport cyclist
Émilie de Turckheim
b. 1980
writer
Philip I, Prince of Taranto
1278 – 1331
aristocrat
Gilles Sacksick
1942 – 2025
painter