France
People of this nationality
Julia Vignali
b. 1975
actor
Louis Cane
1943 – 2024
painter
Georges Ginesta
b. 1942
politician
Pierre Magnol
1638 – 1715
botanist
Paul-Marie Pons
1904 – 1966
engineer
Bartolomé Lenoir
b. 1991
politician
Étienne Daille
b. 1989
kayaker
Franck Bernhard
b. 1976
association football player
Jules-François Paré
1755 – 1819
politician
Gabriel Yacoub
1952 – 2025
singer
Théodore Monbeig
1875 – 1914
botanist
Jean-Guillaume, baron Hyde de Neuville
1776 – 1858
diplomat
Edmond Desbonnet
1868 – 1953
lecturer
Paul-Marcel Dammann
1885 – 1939
medalist
Henry Elliot
b. 1946
high jumper
Olivia Époupa
b. 1994
basketball player
Marie-Thérèse Maurette
1890 – 1989
pedagogue
Carel Hendrik Ver Huell
1764 – 1845
politician
Marie-Théophile Griffon du Bellay
1829 – 1908
physician
Isabelle Sadoyan
1928 – 2017
actor
Auguste Laugel
1830 – 1914
historian
Maurice Ravel
1875 – 1937
conductor
Gabriel Viratelle
1910 – 1971
sport cyclist
Lorenzo Rajot
b. 1997
association football player
Henri Meschonnic
1932 – 2009
linguist
David Guiraud
b. 1992
politician
Sophie Brasselet
b. 1971
physicist
Enock Kwateng
b. 1997
association football player
Timothé Vergiat
b. 1998
basketball player
Olivier Delaître
b. 1967
tennis player
Joseph Boulnois
1884 – 1918
organist
Jean-Claude Walter
1940 – 2025
writer
Margaux Chauvet
b. 2002
association football player
Louis, Dauphin of France, Duke of Burgundy
1682 – 1712
politician
Turold
1050 – 1150
writer
Jean-Pierre de Peretti Della Rocca
1930 – 2001
politician
Jordy Makengo
b. 2001
association football player
Henri Jules, Prince of Condé
1643 – 1709
military personnel
Noël du Fail
1520 – 1591
writer
Hubert Rouger
1875 – 1958
politician
Eugène Flotard
1821 – 1910
economist
Camille Pelletan
1846 – 1915
politician
Sophie Berthelot
1837 – 1907
chemist
Vannina Santoni
b. 1987
opera singer
Louis Didier Jousselin
1776 – 1858
politician
Thierry Carcenac
b. 1950
politician
Paul Felix Armand-Delille
1874 – 1963
bacteriologist
Roscellinus
1050 – 1121
philosopher
Bernard Fresson
1931 – 2002
actor
Philippe Gaulier
1943 – 2026
clown
Edmond Albius
1829 – 1880
horticulturist
Nicolas Lenglet du Fresnoy
1674 – 1755
translator
David Bortolussi
b. 1981
rugby union player
Romain Vadeleux
b. 1983
volleyball player
Claude Chauchetière
1645 – 1709
missionary
Hannibal Mejbri
b. 2003
association football player
Guillaume Cerutti
b. 1966
business executive
Rachid Meziane
b. 1980
basketball coach
Raymond Lindon
1901 – 1992
magistrate
Billel Omrani
b. 1993
association football player
Romain Roussel
1898 – 1973
writer
Jean Pradel
1933 – 2021
jurist
Jean Ville
1910 – 1989
mathematician
Chadli Bendjedid
1929 – 2012
politician
Clémence Lefeuvre
1860 – 1932
restaurateur
Antoine François Brenier de Montmorand
1767 – 1832
politician
Maurice Janet
1888 – 1983
mathematician
Esther Benbassa
b. 1950
historian
Lucien Gaudin
1886 – 1934
fencer
Ramon Berenguer II, Count of Provence
1136 – 1166
aristocrat
Pierre Salviac
b. 1946
journalist
Claude de Mesmes, comte d'Avaux
1595 – 1650
diplomat
Nilusi
b. 2000
singer
Charles-Antoine Coypel
1694 – 1752
painter
Lionel Rouxel
b. 1970
association football player
Alfred-Marie Liénard
1869 – 1958
physicist
Kev Adams
b. 1991
cabaret performer
Isabelle Pasquet
b. 1962
politician
Jules Henri de Sibour
1872 – 1938
architect
Louis Mapou
b. 1958
politician
Marco Di Costanzo
b. 1973
association football player
Manuel Jover
b. 1960
journalist
Mustapha Ourrad
1954 – 2015
proofreader
Stephen Girard
1750 – 1831
sailor
Andrée Rosier
b. 1978
cook
Joseph Uchard
1809 – 1891
architect
Robert Crépeaux
1900 – 1994
chess player
Corinne Lepage
b. 1951
politician
Francis Hours
1921 – 1987
anthropologist
David Papillon
1581 – 1655
architect
Bernard-René Jourdan de Launay
1740 – 1789
military personnel
François Noël
1756 – 1841
linguist
Charles-François Racot de Grandval
1710 – 1784
actor
Alain van Lancker
b. 1947
track cyclist
Clément Dunikowski
b. 1991
motorcycle racer
Krzysztof Gawedzki
1947 – 2022
theoretical physicist
Jean Frydman
1925 – 2021
politician
Théodore Beck
1839 – 1936
pastor
Auguste de Marmont
1774 – 1852
politician
Pierre Petit
b. 1957
racing automobile driver