France
People of this nationality
Annette Haas
1912 – 2002
pianist
Bernard d'Ascoli
b. 1958
pianist
Jacques-Jean Barre
1793 – 1855
printmaker
Nicolas Mas
b. 1980
rugby union player
Jean Josipovici
1914 – 1992
writer
René Vietto
1914 – 1988
sport cyclist
Jacques Pradon
1632 – 1698
playwright
Gabriel Vahanian
1927 – 2012
university teacher
Bruno Comparetti
b. 1973
opera singer
Jean Martinelli
1910 – 1983
actor
Barthélémy Thomas Strafforello
1764 – 1845
politician
Yvonne Deslandres
1923 – 1986
curator
Alain Le Léap
1905 – 1986
politician
Vincent Seatelli
b. 1971
association football player
Claire Starozinski
b. 1952
activist
Pierre Chaplais
1920 – 2006
historian
Marcel Dalio
1900 – 1983
actor
Eugène Soubeiran
1797 – 1858
hospital administrator
Luc Tangorre
b. 1959
serial rapist
Giovanni de Macque
1550 – 1614
composer
Mehdi El Glaoui
b. 1956
actor
Irena Pavlovic
b. 1988
tennis player
François-Joseph Bélanger
1744 – 1818
architect
Napole Polutele
b. 1964
politician
Louis Despréaux de Saint-Sauveur
1794 – 1843
botanist
Julien Lorthioir
b. 1983
association football player
Stéphane Brizé
b. 1966
actor
Marcelle Auclair
1899 – 1983
journalist
Elizabeth of Nevers
1439 – 1483
aristocrat
Daniel Pauly
b. 1946
biologist
André Pottier
1882 – 1976
sport cyclist
Auguste Sallé
1820 – 1896
entomologist
Jean-François Le Gonidec
1775 – 1838
lexicographer
Albert Charpin
1842 – 1924
painter
Destin Damachoua
b. 1986
basketball player
François de Ripert-Monclar
1711 – 1773
magistrate
Sylvaine Deltour
b. 1953
kayaker
Camille Polonceau
1813 – 1859
inventor
Lénaïck Adam
b. 1992
politician
Bernard Baudoux
1928 – 2024
fencer
Laure Sainclair
b. 1972
model
Bertran d'Alamanon
1200 – 1270
troubadour
Jean-Luc Bennahmias
b. 1954
politician
Elias Cairel
1200 – 1222
troubadour
Bernard Lutic
1943 – 2000
cinematographer
Pierre Ramadier
1902 – 1983
pole vaulter
Claude Audran III
1658 – 1734
painter
Augustine Brohan
1824 – 1893
actor
Éric Berthou
b. 1980
sport cyclist
Roger-Arnould Rivière
1930 – 1959
poet
Jacques Louis Robert Villeneuve
1865 – 1933
sculptor
Toussaint Louverture
1743 – 1803
politician
Alexandre Roubtzoff
1884 – 1949
painter
Hubertine Auclert
1848 – 1914
journalist
Patrick Berhault
1957 – 2004
rock climber
Ippolito II d'Este
1509 – 1572
Catholic priest
Lyne Catherine Jeanne Chardonnet
1943 – 1980
actor
Pascal Moragues
b. 1963
clarinetist
Cyprien Renaudin
1757 – 1836
Officer of the French Navy
Charles Dantzig
b. 1961
poet
Claude Judde
1661 – 1735
Catholic priest
Paul Bouque
1896 – 1979
Catholic priest
Candide Thovex
b. 1982
freestyle skier
Mario Roques
1875 – 1961
romanist
Louis Amable Crapelet
1822 – 1867
painter
Marcel Loncle
1936 – 2026
association football player
Jean Dornal de Guy
1771 – 1855
Officer of the French Navy
Madeleine Gans
1920 – 2018
geneticist
Alain Jouffroy
1928 – 2015
film director
Gustave Charpentier
1860 – 1956
composer
Mathis Lachuer
b. 2000
association football player
Patrice Killoffer
b. 1966
cartoonist
Armand David
1826 – 1900
botanist
Thomas Levet
b. 1968
golfer
Philippe Sella
b. 1962
rugby union player
Paul Faivre
1886 – 1973
actor
Henri Jean Baptiste Anatole Leroy-Beaulieu
1842 – 1912
historian
Armand Kaliz
1887 – 1941
actor
Killian Sanson
b. 1997
association football player
Thierry Deuve
b. 1956
entomologist
Georges Rohault de Fleury
1835 – 1904
art historian
Raymond Péricat
1873 – 1958
trade unionist
Gérard Garouste
b. 1946
painter
Jean-François Joly de Fleury
1718 – 1802
politician
Jean Guéhenno
1890 – 1978
literary critic
Jacqueline de Bueil
1588 – 1651
mistress
Jules Vallès
1832 – 1885
journalist
Alexandre Stassievitch
b. 1950
association football player
Marcelle Chantal
1898 – 1960
actor
Léonice Huet
b. 2000
badminton player
Paul Barroilhet
1810 – 1871
opera singer
Claude Flagel
1932 – 2020
musician
Hakim Abdallah
b. 1998
association football player
Michel Dens
1911 – 2000
opera singer
Alexandre Debelle
1805 – 1897
lithographer
Jean-Baptiste Morin
1677 – 1745
composer
Xavier Jaravel
b. 1989
economist
Léo Malet
1909 – 1996
writer
Florence Arthaud
1957 – 2015
skipper
Jean-Joseph Vinache
1696 – 1754
sculptor