France
People of this nationality
Louis Boivin
1649 – 1724
writer
Raoul of Merencourt
1101 – 1225
Catholic priest
Echati Maoulida
1934 – 2019
public figure
Jacques Schiffrin
1892 – 1950
publisher
Pierre Berthier
1782 – 1861
geologist
Simon-Max
1847 – 1923
opera singer
Mouss Diouf
1964 – 2012
comedian
Franck Cazalon
b. 1957
basketball player
Juliet Berto
1947 – 1990
actor
Émilie Contat
1770 – 1846
actor
Raymond Besse
1899 – 1969
painter
Françoise Castex
b. 1956
politician
Guillaume Boutheroue
civil engineer
Raphaël Thiéry
b. 1962
musician
Alain Bauer
b. 1962
criminologist
Philippe Lucas
b. 1963
association football player
Maurice Polard
1932 – 2022
writer
Géry Watine
b. 1953
golfer
Olivier Marleix
1971 – 2025
politician
Olivier Dacourt
b. 1974
association football player
Vicedomino de Vicedominis
1210 – 1276
Catholic priest
Henri Nouvel
1621 – 1701
explorer
Guillaume Farinier
1356 – 1361
regular priest
Louis de Verjus
1629 – 1709
diplomat
Frédéric Gracia
b. 1959
painter
Thomas Girod
b. 1983
luger
Alain Bellouis
b. 1947
sport cyclist
Ambroise Rendu
1778 – 1860
linguist
Véronique Boiry
b. 1948
illustrator
Charles-Joseph Christiani
1772 – 1840
military officer
Jean-Luc Tricoire
1953 – 2010
sport shooter
Victor Emmanuel Chapman
1890 – 1916
aircraft pilot
Clara Burel
b. 2001
tennis player
Laura Valette
b. 1997
athletics competitor
Guillaume Bodinier
1795 – 1872
painter
Gaël Sanz
b. 1977
association football player
Régis Bordet
b. 1964
researcher
Pierre Lamond
b. 1930
businessperson
Albert Touraine
1883 – 1961
dermatologist
Dominique Ristori
b. 1952
official
Nicolas Fiévé
b. 1959
historian
Alexandre Bigot
1862 – 1927
ceramicist
Jérémie Rodrigues
b. 1980
association football player
Louis Henri, Duke of Bourbon
1692 – 1740
politician
Jean Teulé
1953 – 2022
writer
Antoine Barthélemy Jean Guillemot
1822 – 1902
local historian
Auguste Allmer
1815 – 1899
epigrapher
Léon Livinhac
1846 – 1922
Catholic priest
Louise de Courville
1860 – 1937
writer
Adrien Manglard
1695 – 1760
painter
Elisa Bonaparte
1777 – 1820
politician
Martin Guerre
b. 1524
artisan
Carl Blasco
b. 1971
triathlete
Henriette de Verninac
1782 – 1827
Cédric Houssaye
b. 1979
athletics competitor
Gustave Rouland
1806 – 1878
politician
Anthony Goelzer
b. 1998
association football player
Abdennour Bidar
b. 1971
philosopher
Aurélien de Sèze
1799 – 1870
politician
Georges Carnus
b. 1940
association football player
Philippe Entremont
b. 1934
classical pianist
David Foenkinos
b. 1974
film director
Thierry Schaffauser
b. 1982
prostitute
Bertrand de Blanchefort
1109 – 1169
Grand Master
Isnart d'Entrevenas
troubadour
Claude de La Trémoille
1566 – 1604
feudatory
Monique Mayère
b. 1944
sculptor
William VII the Young of Auvergne
1130 – 1169
Philippe Poupon
b. 1954
navigator
Amandine Homo
b. 1980
pole vaulter
Jan Willem de Winter
1761 – 1812
politician
Claire Démar
1799 – 1833
journalist
Louis-Numa Baragnon
1835 – 1892
politician
Albert Clément
1883 – 1907
motorcycle racer
Antoine Viquerat
b. 1998
swimmer
Pierre Louis Roederer
1754 – 1835
economist
Adolphe Jadin
1794 – 1867
librettist
Bernardino Drovetti
1776 – 1852
explorer
André Renaux
1882 – 1924
association football player
Gérard Lebovici
1932 – 1984
publisher
Madeleine Malthête-Méliès
1923 – 2018
historian
Yoann Cathline
b. 2002
association football player
Gustave Buchard
1890 – 1977
fencer
Guy Bricout
b. 1944
politician
Jean Nouguès
1875 – 1932
composer
Serge Blisko
b. 1950
politician
Philippe Jeannol
b. 1958
association football player
Sylvie Vermeillet
b. 1967
politician
Jean Georgakarakos
1940 – 2017
music executive
Michaël Abiteboul
b. 1972
actor
Jean-Yves Tadié
b. 1936
writer
Gloria Agblemagnon
b. 1997
Paralympic athlete
René Maran
1887 – 1960
poet
Rainer Rochlitz
1946 – 2002
linguist
Armande Félice de La Porte Mazarin
1691 – 1729
courtier
Hedwig of France, Countess of Mons
970 – 1013
aristocrat
Erza Muqoli
b. 2005
singer
Didier Sandre
b. 1946
actor
Nicolas Flégeau
b. 1985
association football player
Françoise Kayler
1929 – 2010
food critic