France
People of this nationality
Anthony Mahoungou
b. 1994
gridiron football player
Eric Westhof
b. 1948
biochemist
Jules Coutan
1848 – 1939
sculptor
Alexandre Schaumasse
1882 – 1958
astronomer
Renaud de Vichiers
1198 – 1256
Patrick Baco
b. 1953
rugby league player
Yassin Fekir
b. 1997
association football player
Feder
b. 1987
disc jockey
Jean-Paul Réti
b. 1946
sculptor
Nicolas Cazalé
b. 1977
actor
Messi Yangala
b. 2009
basketball player
Roger Holeindre
1929 – 2020
journalist
Jacques Lefèvre
1928 – 2024
fencer
Étienne Hastrel de Rivedoux
1766 – 1846
military officer
Jacques Ignace Hittorff
1792 – 1867
architect
Mickaël Solvi
b. 1987
association football player
Georges William Thornley
1857 – 1935
lithographer
Alain Guiraudie
b. 1964
actor
Auguste Himly
1823 – 1906
historian
France Gall
1947 – 2018
singer
Louis Crucy
1756 – 1837
architect
Jacques Ferran
1920 – 2019
sports journalist
Michel de La Vigne
1588 – 1648
physician
Germaine Tillion
1907 – 2008
ethnologist
Pierre-François Jamet
1762 – 1843
presbyter
Henri Tisot
1937 – 2011
actor
Jean-Pierre Jorris
1925 – 2017
actor
Jean-Pierre de Beaumarchais
b. 1944
bibliographer
Augustin Daniel Belliard
1769 – 1832
diplomat
Joseph Brugère
1841 – 1918
military officer
Claude de Boutroue d'Aubigny
1620 – 1680
jurist
Marc Filloux
1944 – 1974
journalist
Valérie Deloge
b. 1966
politician
Hugo Biso
b. 1988
canoeist
Jean Liebault
1535 – 1596
physician
Fabrice Soulier
b. 1969
poker player
Bruno Sevaistre
b. 1966
art director
Delphine Diallo
b. 1977
photographer
Rudi Hiden
1909 – 1973
association football player
Olivier Girault
b. 1973
handball player
Clément Cogitore
b. 1983
artist
Daniel Delaveau
b. 1952
politician
Mickaël Wolski
b. 1979
association football player
Étienne Tardif de Pommeroux de Bordesoulle
1771 – 1837
politician
Joseph Carré
1870 – 1941
architect
Léo Barré
b. 2002
rugby union player
Youenn Drezen
1899 – 1972
journalist
Joseph-Henri baron de Jessé
1746 – 1794
politician
Anne Azéma
b. 1957
opera singer
Lucie Blanquies
chemist
René Bianchi
b. 1934
sport cyclist
Henry Cheffer
1880 – 1957
painter
Louis Hillairaud
1849 – 1936
saddler
André Rouxel
b. 1946
politician
Goéry Delacôte
1939 – 2025
physicist
Bernard Huguet
b. 1933
chess player
Bruno Peinado
b. 1970
artist
Théo Sainte-Luce
b. 1998
association football player
Guillaume Rambourg
b. 1971
manager
Jean-Charles Bouloc
1930 – 2014
Louis Cappel
1585 – 1658
theologian
Renan Luce
b. 1980
singer-songwriter
Lucie Malchirand
b. 2003
golfer
Melvin Adrien
b. 1993
association football player
Chantal Robin-Rodrigo
b. 1948
politician
Antonin Berval
1891 – 1966
actor
Pierre Morpain
1686 – 1749
privateer
Philippe Robert
b. 1953
photographer
Georges Grignard
1905 – 1977
engineer
Georges Chenet
1881 – 1951
archaeologist
Grégoire Marche
b. 1990
squash player
Aurélien Capoue
b. 1982
association football player
Jean-Louis Bruguès
b. 1943
librarian
Valérie Durier
b. 1966
journalist
Jean-Marie Tarascon
b. 1953
chemist
Henri Taverna
1903 – 1987
film editor
Matthieu Orphelin
b. 1972
politician
Carole Bureau-Bonnard
b. 1965
politician
Jean-Philippe Ardouin
b. 1964
politician
Frédéric Dumas
1913 – 1991
diver
Jérémie Gillmann
b. 1976
sport cyclist
Jean Baptiste Le Roy
1720 – 1800
physicist
Pierre Joseph Étienne Finck
1797 – 1870
mathematician
Ayda Hadizadeh
b. 1982
politician
Antoine Léon Morel-Fatio
1810 – 1871
painter
Anne Bignan
1795 – 1861
linguist
André Robert de Nerciat
1739 – 1800
writer
Emmanuelle Ménard
b. 1968
politician
Albert Cohen
b. 1953
radio personality
Jean-Loup Trassard
1933 – 2026
photographer
Raymond Janot
1917 – 2000
politician
René Foucher
modern pentathlete
Nadir El Fassi
b. 1983
athletics competitor
Marcel Communeau
1885 – 1971
rugby union player
Dominique Bona
b. 1953
journalist
Augustin Schoeffler
1822 – 1851
Catholic priest
Maryse Hilsz
1901 – 1946
aircraft pilot
Dany Brillant
b. 1965
actor
Michel Jobert
1921 – 2002
diplomat
Matti Hietanen
b. 1983
volleyball player