France
People of this nationality
Francis d'Allarde
1778 – 1841
playwright
Paul Camboué
1849 – 1929
entomologist
Lucas Laplace-Palette
b. 1996
association football player
Jérôme de Gonnelieu
1640 – 1715
translator
Eugène Lefébure
1838 – 1908
archaeologist
Mikael Mandron
b. 1994
association football player
Pierre Valde
1907 – 1977
film actor
Philip Szanyiel
b. 1960
basketball coach
Bruno Clavet
b. 1989
politician
Armand Joseph Dubernad
1741 – 1799
diplomat
Thierry Watrice
b. 1957
athletics competitor
Robert Mouynet
1930 – 2026
association football player
Morgan Schneiderlin
b. 1989
association football player
Bernard Sarrette
1765 – 1858
musicologist
Eugène François d'Arnauld
1774 – 1854
politician
Françoise Claustre
1937 – 2006
anthropologist
Alix Duchet
b. 1997
basketball player
Clémence de Grandval
1828 – 1907
composer
Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire
b. 1968
film director
Louis Margueritte
b. 1984
politician
André Raffray
1925 – 2010
painter
Ismaël Gace
b. 1986
association football player
Raphaël Jeune
b. 1975
sport cyclist
Éric Dumont-Baltet
b. 1953
horticulturist
Pierre Alexis Ronarc'h
1865 – 1940
military personnel
Johnny Stark
1922 – 1989
impresario
Gustave Halphen
1810 – 1872
wholesaler
Jean-Yves Le Gall
b. 1959
engineer
René Renou
1952 – 2006
winegrower
Adrien Silva
b. 1989
association football player
Jean-Marie Collot d'Herbois
1749 – 1796
politician
Adèle Exarchopoulos
b. 1993
actor
Benjamin Gomel
b. 1998
association football player
Denys Cochin
1851 – 1922
chemist
Raymond Virac
1892 – 1946
painter
Jean-François Roberval
1495 – 1560
explorer
Étienne de La Boétie
1530 – 1563
philosopher
Laurence Boccolini
b. 1963
actor
Véronique Trillet-Lenoir
1957 – 2023
oncologist
Carlos de Beistegui
1895 – 1970
art collector
Philippe Salvan
b. 1965
volleyball player
André Thome
1879 – 1916
politician
Jean Cailleteau
1690 – 1755
architect
Manex Goihenetxe
1942 – 2004
historian
Antoine François Desrues
1744 – 1777
grocer
Marius Giacobbi
1846 – 1919
politician
Louis-Joseph Masquelier
1741 – 1811
draftsperson
Jacques Testu de Belval
1626 – 1706
poet
Olivier Carré
b. 1961
politician
Jean-Marc Schaer
b. 1953
association football player
Henry Plée
1923 – 2014
martial artist
Quentin Deranque
2002 – 2026
student
Véronique Le Guen
1956 – 1990
speleologist
Serge Akakpo
b. 1987
association football player
Régis Le Bris
b. 1975
association football player
Mary Hermina of Jesus
1866 – 1900
nun
Albert Duvaleix
1893 – 1962
film actor
François-Didier Gregh
1906 – 1992
official
William of Tyre
1130 – 1186
historian
Jean-Baptiste Djebbari
b. 1982
politician
Albert Falco
1927 – 2012
explorer
Cyrille Magnier
b. 1969
association football player
Félix Tisserand
1845 – 1896
astronomer
Isaac ben Dorbolo
1101 – 1200
merchant
Pierre Widmer
1912 – 1999
pastor
Frédéric Falcon
b. 1985
politician
Claude Couffon
1926 – 2013
poet
Philippe Gustin
b. 1960
diplomat
Jacques-Pierre-Louis Puthod
1769 – 1837
military personnel
Agathe Rousselle
b. 1988
film actor
Étienne-Joseph Hurault
1873 – 1934
Catholic priest
Henriette Sauret
1890 – 1976
poet
Carlos Schwabe
1866 – 1926
painter
Edmond de Mandat-Grancey
1842 – 1911
journalist
Camille Maurane
1911 – 2010
opera singer
Marie de Villepin
b. 1986
actor
Claude Charles
1661 – 1747
painter
Elizabeth Charlotte of the Palatinate, Duchess of Orléans
1652 – 1721
writer
Désiré André
1840 – 1917
mathematician
Pierre Bochaton
b. 2001
rugby union player
Clovis Vincent
1879 – 1947
neuroscientist
Raymond H. A. Carter
b. 1955
gendarme
Jean-Louis Masson
b. 1947
politician
Philippe Wahl
b. 1956
official
Laurent Weber
b. 1972
association football player
Sarah Richard-Mingas
b. 1998
athletics competitor
Florian Danho
b. 2000
association football player
Cédric Olivar
b. 1995
judoka
Hélène Marie Marguerite Perdriat
1894 – 1969
painter
Bérard de Got
1250 – 1297
diplomat
Imad Faraj
b. 1999
association football player
Geoffrey Lanne-Petit
b. 1989
rugby union player
Gilles Boizard
1933 – 1987
composer
Aymeric Lusine
b. 1995
middle-distance runner
Frédérique Thibault
b. 1954
tennis player
Pierre Dumayet
1923 – 2011
journalist
Catherine Melain
b. 1974
basketball player
André Gaboriaud
1895 – 1969
fencer
Charles Nicolas Lacretelle
1822 – 1891
politician
Jean Baptiste Ternant
1751 – 1833
diplomat