France
People of this nationality
Jacques Nikonoff
b. 1952
economist
Michel d'Herbigny
1880 – 1957
Catholic priest
Jean-Gabriel Ganascia
b. 1955
computer scientist
Watriquet de Couvin
1300 – 1400
poet
Charles de Foucauld
1858 – 1916
Catholic priest
Jean I Le Meingre
1350 – 1367
military personnel
Habib Habibou
b. 1987
association football player
Henri de Verninac-Saint-Maur
1841 – 1901
politician
Alain Laurier
1944 – 2023
association football player
Louis Rosoor
1883 – 1969
cellist
Jack Guittet
1930 – 2025
fencer
Jérémy Aicardi
b. 1988
rugby union player
Anny-Chantal Levasseur-Regourd
1945 – 2022
astronomer
Claude-Joseph Dorat
1734 – 1780
writer
Maxime Maufra
1861 – 1918
painter
Antoine de Loménie
1560 – 1638
diplomat
Chantal Sébire
1955 – 2008
teacher
Georges Biscot
1886 – 1945
actor
Olivier Ayache-Vidal
b. 1965
comics artist
Joseph Krawzyck
1926 – 2010
rugby league player
Pierre Zimmer
1927 – 2010
actor
François Marie Casimir de Négrier
1788 – 1848
politician
Louis Tromelin
1786 – 1867
explorer
Sacha Kolin
1911 – 1981
painter
Jean Philippe de Bela
1709 – 1796
writer
Henri Lafont
1902 – 1944
torturer
Stanislas Dombeck
1931 – 2013
association football player
Jeanne de La Saulcée
1450 – 1559
bookseller
Philippe Christory
b. 1958
prelate
Guy Texereau
1935 – 2001
long-distance runner
Marie-Louise Ledru
b. 1895
marathon runner
Charles Kuwasseg
1833 – 1904
painter
Princess Louise of Savoy
1627 – 1689
ruler
Louis-Michel van Loo
1707 – 1771
painter
Léon Levavasseur
1863 – 1922
aerospace engineer
Louis-Urbain Aubert de Tourny
1695 – 1760
administrateur
Bruno Vanryb
1957 – 2019
engineer
François Fauché
b. 2000
singer
Philippe Aghion
b. 1956
economist
Camille Choquier
b. 1941
association football player
François Pierre Barry
1813 – 1905
painter
Jean-Baptiste Dumas
1800 – 1884
chemist
Louis-Mathieu Verdilhan
1875 – 1928
painter
Pierre Clavier
b. 1980
association football player
Alexandrine Fanier
1745 – 1821
stage actor
Éric Jean-Jean
b. 1967
radio personality
Clément Chéroux
b. 1970
publisher
Roxanne Frank
b. 1998
handball player
Jean-Françoìs de Dompierre de Jonquières
1775 – 1820
painter
Eugène Bonnemère
1813 – 1893
journalist
Gwenaëlle Aubry
b. 1971
philosopher
Gérard Berry
b. 1948
computer scientist
Annie Bélis
b. 1951
university teacher
Éric Coquerel
b. 1958
politician
Anthony Geslin
b. 1980
sport cyclist
Octave Féré
1815 – 1875
writer
Auguste Hilarion, comte de Kératry
1769 – 1859
politician
Madame de Montespan
1640 – 1707
lady-in-waiting
Lucienne Rouet
1901 – 1943
swimmer
Michel Lethiec
b. 1946
clarinetist
Zakia Madi
1944 – 1969
political activist
Joseph Frédéric Bérard
1789 – 1828
physician
Patrick Le Roux
b. 1943
historian of classical antiquity
Bertille Noël-Bruneau
b. 1996
film actor
Alex Jeannin
b. 1977
association football player
Francette Lazard
1937 – 2023
politician
Jean-Marie Balestre
1921 – 2008
writer
Pierre Caque
b. 1909
basketball player
Aurélien Pradié
b. 1986
politician
François Joseph Clozel
1860 – 1918
colonial administrator
Victor Sieg
1837 – 1899
composer
Pascal Rophé
b. 1960
conductor
Peter Fourier
1565 – 1640
writer
Marius Ambrogi
1896 – 1971
flying ace
Murielle Magellan
b. 1967
theatre director
Philousport
1971 – 2021
influencer
Pierre Polinière
1671 – 1734
physicist
Georges Fath
1818 – 1900
playwright
Gerard Locardi
1915 – 1998
painter
Willie Huck
b. 1979
association football player
Gabriel Revault d'Allonnes
1872 – 1949
psychologist
Jean-Siméon Domon
1774 – 1830
military officer
Paul Colin
1892 – 1985
poster artist
André Lassagne
1911 – 1953
politician
Émile Laurens
1884 – 1940
politician
Marie Stephan
b. 1996
squash player
Henri Boutet
1851 – 1919
lithographer
Charles-François Delacroix
1741 – 1805
politician
Charles-François Plantade
1787 – 1870
composer
Baptiste Addis
b. 2006
archer
Maurice Quentin
1920 – 2013
sport cyclist
Hugues Portelli
b. 1947
politician
Farès Bahlouli
b. 1995
association football player
Berenguier de Poizrengier
troubadour
Pierre Maurice Julien de Quérangal
1758 – 1840
military personnel
Jason Tesson
b. 1998
sport cyclist
Paul Ricard
1909 – 1997
film producer
Androin de la Roche
1300 – 1369
religious
Albert Camus
1913 – 1960
writer
Eustace of Luxeuil
560 – 629
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