France
People of this nationality
Yohann Rangdet
b. 1980
association football player
Jean-Claude Éloy
1938 – 2025
composer
Léon de Laborde
1807 – 1869
politician
Édith Cresson
b. 1934
politician
Roger Bignon
b. 1935
field hockey player
Guillaume de Montmorency
1453 – 1531
politician
Jacqueline Auriol
1917 – 2000
aircraft pilot
Gaston II de Foix, Count of Candale
1448 – 1500
chamberlain
Myriam Benraad
b. 1981
political scientist
Chérif Sid Cara
1902 – 1999
politician
Charles David
1906 – 1999
film producer
Bernard de Tremelay
1100 – 1153
Jérôme Frédéric Paul David
1823 – 1882
politician
Paul Malliavin
1925 – 2010
mathematician
Jean Carzou
1907 – 2000
painter
Marie Léopold-Lacour
1859 – 1942
women's rights activist
Michel Becquet
b. 1954
musicologist
François Roberday
1624 – 1680
composer
Laurence Badie
1928 – 2024
film actor
Bertrand Moulinet
b. 1987
athletics competitor
Jonathan Collomb-Patton
b. 1979
snowboarder
Pierre Minet
1909 – 1975
poet
Dominique Meyer
b. 1955
economist
Michel Houellebecq
b. 1956
poet
Henri Gilardoni
1876 – 1937
skipper
Henri Menard
b. 1902
rower
Edmond Charlot
1915 – 2004
publisher
Stanislas de Laboulaye
b. 1946
diplomat
Henri Evrard, marquis de Dreux-Brézé
1762 – 1829
politician
Gauthier Hein
b. 1996
association football player
Étienne Didot
b. 1983
association football player
Xavier Bertrand
b. 1965
politician
Louis Ponet
1776 – 1845
playwright
François Perrot
1924 – 2019
actor
Mohamed Fofana
b. 1985
association football player
Serge Lairle
b. 1956
rugby union player
Wladimir Troubetzkoy
1942 – 2009
historian
Robert Cazala
1934 – 2023
sport cyclist
François Grudé
1552 – 1592
writer
Bernard Guetta
b. 1951
journalist
Peirrick Chavatte
b. 1974
swimmer
Tippi Degré
b. 1990
writer
Valentin Magnan
1835 – 1916
psychiatrist
Ninon Lemarchand
b. 2003
squash player
Jean-Jacques Olier
1608 – 1657
Catholic priest
Judith Revel
b. 1966
philosopher
Alexandre Léontieff
1948 – 2009
politician
Omar M'Dahoma
b. 1987
association football player
Frédéric Luz
b. 1964
essayist
Marie-Christine Arnautu
b. 1952
politician
Étienne Garcin
1784 – 1859
journalist
Didier Le Guillou
b. 1960
athletics competitor
Daniel Gluckstein
b. 1953
politician
Brahim Hemdani
b. 1978
association football player
Pierre-Chéri Lafont
1797 – 1873
stage actor
Jean-Claude Moussé
b. 1971
motorcycle racer
Augustin Filon
1841 – 1916
writer
Alphonse Henri d'Hautpoul
1789 – 1865
politician
Jérémy Frarier
b. 1981
curler
Henri Cochet
1901 – 1987
tennis player
Marie-Françoise Giffard
1634 – 1657
Auguste de Franquetot de Coigny
1788 – 1865
politician
Hélène Rollès
b. 1966
actor
François Blanc
1806 – 1877
mathematician
Alphonsine
1825 – 1883
actor
Agnès Carel
b. 1968
politician
Marie-France van Helden
b. 1959
speed skater
Guy Dollé
b. 1942
businessperson
Henry Robert Nicollon des Abbayes
1898 – 1974
botanist
Benjamin Petit
1811 – 1839
missionary
Ousmane Touré
b. 2005
association football player
Adel Anzimati-Aboudou
b. 2001
association football player
Pascal Demurger
b. 1964
business executive
Paul Reynard
1927 – 2005
painter
Vanessa Quinones
b. 1975
singer
Mezian Mesloub
b. 2009
association football player
Roger Vadim
1928 – 2000
actor
Édouard Colbert de Villacerf
1628 – 1699
politician
André Liabel
1871 – 1942
actor
Chahir Belghazouani
b. 1986
association football player
Savalette de Langes
1745 – 1797
aristocrat
Marc Antoine
b. 1963
jazz musician
Françoise Landowski-Caillet
1917 – 2007
painter
Mehdi Abeid
b. 1992
association football player
Serge Babary
b. 1946
entrepreneur
Bernard Koura
1923 – 2018
visual artist
Ophélie Meilleroux
b. 1984
association football player
Munir Bilhamiti
b. 1985
administrator
Céline Goberville
b. 1986
sport shooter
Serge Bozon
b. 1972
film director
André Maginot
1877 – 1932
politician
Pascal Coste
1787 – 1879
architect
Antoine-Laurent Castellan
1772 – 1838
painter
Adolphe Gérard
1844 – 1900
domestic worker cook
Sylvie Paycha
b. 1960
mathematician
Anthony Boulogne
b. 1993
politician
François Dominique Barreau de Chefdeville
1725 – 1765
architect
Jacques Rennes
1875 – 1970
trade unionist
Octave Penguilly L'Haridon
1811 – 1870
painter
Nicolas Osseland
b. 1978
figure skater