France
People of this nationality
Arkane Mohamed
b. 1993
association football player
Marius Zwiller
1905 – 2000
swimmer
Aminata Koné
jurist
Noël Peri
1865 – 1922
translator
Jalil Lespert
b. 1976
actor
Joseph Paul Gaimard
1793 – 1858
explorer
Jacques Sauvageot
1943 – 2017
politician
Jacques Deny
1916 – 2016
mathematician
Louis Marie Cordonnier
1854 – 1940
architect
Anne Gabriel Meusnier de Querlon
1702 – 1780
journalist
Wenceslas Lauret
b. 1989
rugby union player
Sébastien Planas
b. 1984
rugby league player
Joséphine de La Baume
b. 1984
singer
Jean-Victor Bertin
1767 – 1842
painter
Hugues Duboscq
b. 1981
swimmer
Jacques Charon
1920 – 1975
film actor
Joan of Valois
Patrick de Cambourg
b. 1949
businessperson
Rod Paradot
b. 1996
actor
Jacques Gaillard
1948 – 2026
latinist
Bilel Agueni
b. 1995
association football player
Christophe Ville
b. 1963
ice hockey player
Jean Baptiste Antoine Guillemin
1796 – 1842
botanist
Agnès Chiquet
b. 1984
weightlifter
Rodrigue Boisfer
b. 1981
association football player
François Werlé
1763 – 1811
military officer
Marie Dupouy
b. 2002
rugby union player
Younoussa Bamana
1935 – 2007
politician
Gaspard Duché de Vancy
1756 – 1788
painter
Corinne Maîtrejean
b. 1979
fencer
Oscar Méténier
1859 – 1913
writer
Roger Sommer
1877 – 1965
aircraft pilot
Alain Feutrier
b. 1968
alpine skier
Henry of Marcy
1136 – 1188
Catholic priest
Joël Soudron
b. 1979
Gilles Poux
b. 1957
politician
Patrice Contamine de Latour
1867 – 1926
poet
Claude Moët
1683 – 1760
winegrower
Claude Ponsard
1927 – 1990
economist
Perla Denéchère
b. 2010
artistic gymnast
Daniel Thuayre
1924 – 1980
sport cyclist
Gilles Miralles
1966 – 2022
chess player
Alfred Leroy
1837 – 1901
politician
Auguste Cornu
1888 – 1981
historian of Modern Age
Seïd Khiter
b. 1985
association football player
Joseph Spiess
1838 – 1917
engineer
Louis-Joseph Daumas
1801 – 1887
sculptor
François-Louis Henry
1786 – 1855
opera singer
René de Cornulier
1811 – 1886
politician
Geneviève Clot
b. 1964
table tennis player
Bernard Gregory
1919 – 1977
physicist
Jacques Blamont
1926 – 2020
astrophysicist
José Oubrerie
1932 – 2024
architect
Frédéric Bolley
b. 1974
motorcycle racer
Willy Taofifénua
b. 1963
rugby union player
Christophe Lestrade
b. 1969
association football player
Alexander Placide
1750 – 1812
circus performer
Gatien Le Rousseau
b. 2002
sport cyclist
Étienne Guibel
1905 – 1989
field hockey player
Marcel Tournier
1879 – 1951
composer
Mireille Corbier
b. 1943
historian of classical antiquity
Sébastien Tellier
b. 1975
club DJ
Enzo Boulom
b. 1997
motorcycle racer
André Lévy
1925 – 2017
linguist
Marielle Berger Sabbatel
b. 1990
alpine skier
Paul Durieu
1830 – 1899
Catholic priest
Galon
1060 – 1116
Catholic priest
Thierry Garnier
b. 1966
businessperson
Henry Sheehy Keating
1775 – 1847
colonial administrator
Florent Charpentier
b. 1982
clarinetist
Louis-Marie Pilet
1815 – 1877
cellist
Robert Christophe
1938 – 2016
swimmer
Antoine Aucagne
b. 2000
rugby union player
Alex Nalpas
1887 – 1944
film producer
Paul-Frédéric Rollet
1875 – 1941
military personnel
Jacob Maximilien Villain
1567 – 1645
Catholic priest
Marc Detton
1901 – 1977
rower
Achille Giroux
1816 – 1854
painter
Bernard Palissy
1510 – 1589
chemist
Jonathan Marc
b. 1988
kayaker
Jacques Veneruso
b. 1959
musician
Ronan Le Gleut
b. 1976
politician
René de Girardin
1735 – 1808
military personnel
Genevieve Hafner
b. 1961
photographer
Mouloud Achour
b. 1980
actor
Pierre Verger
1902 – 1996
anthropologist
Eugène Belgrand
1810 – 1878
civil engineer
Fabien Cool
b. 1972
association football player
Ernestine Chassebœuf
1910 – 2005
writer
René de Segonzac
1867 – 1962
explorer
Hervé Djamel Loiseau
1973 – 2001
Maximin Coia
b. 1983
figure skater
Yannick Bourseaux
b. 1975
biathlete
Edouard Levé
1965 – 2007
photographer
Carlos Payan
1963 – 2024
pastor
Lydie Auvray
b. 1956
singer
Pierre-François Corosine
b. 1901
athletics competitor
Pierre-Marie Delfieux
1934 – 2013
monk
Émilie Caen
b. 1970
actor
Dylan Saint-Louis
b. 1995
association football player