France
People of this nationality
Claire Chazal
b. 1956
journalist
Jean-Louis Ferrary
1948 – 2020
classical scholar
Louise de Prie de La Mothe-Houdancourt
1624 – 1709
aristocrat
Charles-Edgar de Mornay
1803 – 1878
politician
Matthias Rolland
b. 1979
rugby union player
Jehanne Rousseau
b. 1976
business executive
May Picqueray
1898 – 1983
journalist
Jawad El Hajri
b. 1979
association football player
Claude Lagarde
1895 – 1983
sport shooter
Jean Schneitzhoeffer
1785 – 1852
composer
René Ghil
1862 – 1925
poet
Balthazar Pierret
b. 2000
association football player
André Roosevelt
1879 – 1962
rugby union player
Angela Behelle
b. 1971
novelist
Jean Bernard Duseigneur
1808 – 1866
sculptor
Gilles Leroy
b. 1958
writer
Jody
b. 1982
singer
Jean-Marie Pallardy
1940 – 2024
actor
André-Gaston Prételat
1874 – 1969
military personnel
Hoshi
b. 1996
singer-songwriter
Nadia Tagrine
1917 – 2003
pianist
Marcel Lalu
1882 – 1951
artistic gymnast
Marguerite Genès
1868 – 1955
woman of letters
Arthur Duray
1882 – 1954
racing automobile driver
Albert Kahn
1860 – 1940
banker
Jacques Cartier
1884 – 1941
jeweler
François Sudre
1844 – 1912
inventor
Paul Biva
1851 – 1900
painter
Luca Van Assche
b. 2004
tennis player
Louis Martin
1875 – 1957
water polo player
Louis Odier
1748 – 1817
physician
Emmanuel Robe
b. 2002
association football player
Vincent Zouaoui-Dandrieux
b. 1980
athletics competitor
Henri Laurent
1881 – 1954
fencer
Françoise Choay
1925 – 2025
landscape architect
Marie-Pauline Martin
1861 – 1951
nun
Francis Delaisi
1873 – 1947
economist
Louise Boitard
1907 – 2001
politician
Pierre-Adrien Pâris
1745 – 1819
architect
Margot Yerolymos
b. 1997
tennis player
Yvan Mendy
b. 1985
boxer
Philippe de Crèvecœur d'Esquerdes
1418 – 1494
military personnel
Ernest Christophe Bonjean
1823 – 1892
Catholic priest
Philippe Martin
b. 1953
politician
Christian Liaigre
1943 – 2020
architect
Ernest Guérin
1887 – 1952
painter
Arnaud Donckele
b. 1977
chef
Christian Coffinet
1923 – 2011
journalist
Raymond Pannier
b. 1961
athletics competitor
Henri Théophile Hildibrand
1824 – 1897
wood engraver
Ange-Jean-Robert Eustache Angel
1813 – 1861
playwright
Auguste Arnould
1803 – 1854
playwright
Henri de Coignac
b. 1935
diplomat
Étienne Bonnes
1894 – 1941
rugby union player
Jean-de-Dieu Soult
1769 – 1851
politician
Joseph Garbaccio
b. 1998
skateboarder
Matthieu Messagier
1949 – 2021
poet
Kenji-Van Boto
b. 1996
association football player
Richard, Count of Étampes
1395 – 1438
aristocrat
Antony Choudens
1849 – 1902
composer
Sophia Zaïkowska
1874 – 1939
women's rights activist
Catherine Collard
1947 – 1993
pianist
Adam of Perseigne
1145 – 1221
Catholic priest
Eugène Vincent Vidal
1844 – 1907
painter
François Coulet
1906 – 1984
military officer
Georges Rayet
1839 – 1906
astronomer
Louis Désiré Blanquart-Evrard
1802 – 1872
photographer
Agnès Guillemot
1931 – 2005
film editor
Chloé Valentini
b. 1995
handball player
Kilian Patour
b. 1982
sport cyclist
Philippe Richert
b. 1953
politician
Touchatout
1835 – 1910
journalist
Céline Beigbeder
b. 1975
tennis player
Shirine Boukli
b. 1999
judoka
Edgar Bérillon
1859 – 1948
physician
Joséphine Japy
b. 1994
actor
Virginie Grimaldi
b. 1977
writer
Edson Lemaire
b. 1990
association football player
Albert Dauchez
b. 1850
archer
Christophe Kern
b. 1981
sport cyclist
Armindo Fonseca
b. 1989
sport cyclist
André Marie
1897 – 1974
politician
Yolande Laffon
1895 – 1992
actor
Pierre Alfred Déséglise
1823 – 1883
botanist
Vincent Seitlinger
b. 1987
politician
Christophe Dumolin
b. 1973
association football player
Gomes Freire de Andrade
1757 – 1817
military officer
Jonathan Lambert
b. 1973
actor
Lucie Bertaud
b. 1985
boxer
Rachel Devirys
1890 – 1983
actor
Roger Pires
b. 1940
skier
Madeleine Zillhardt
1863 – 1950
painter
Ernest Renaud
1799 – 1827
dramaturge
Raymond Vergès
1882 – 1957
politician
Théophile Lavallée
1804 – 1867
historian
Raymond Chomel
1897 – 1989
military personnel
Léon-Joseph Chavalliaud
1858 – 1919
sculptor
Auguste Édouard Cerfberr
1811 – 1858
writer
Jean Messagier
1920 – 1999
sculptor
Sebe Coulibaly
b. 1994
association football player