France
People of this nationality
Hermann Oestrich
1903 – 1973
military flight engineer
Maurice Bernart
1932 – 2025
film producer
Samy Houri
b. 1985
association football player
Georges de Lagarenne
1856 – 1929
equestrian
Bastien Midol
b. 1990
freestyle skier
Laurent Depouilly
b. 1963
figure skater
Eva Husson
b. 1977
film director
Annick Mercier
b. 1964
curler
Noël Ballay
1847 – 1902
explorer
Henri G. Busignies
1905 – 1981
engineer
Paccelis Morlende
b. 1981
basketball player
Pierrick Hiard
b. 1955
association football player
Charles Constantin
1835 – 1891
conductor
Isaac ben Judah HaLevi
rabbi
Clément Joseph Tissot
1747 – 1826
author
Éric Demarsan
b. 1938
composer
Lorenz Bäumer
b. 1965
jeweler
Hélène Ségara
b. 1971
singer
Bernard Preynat
1945 – 2024
Catholic priest
Rose Repetto
1900 – 1984
dancer
Edme Régnier
1751 – 1825
mechanic
Alice Guionnet
b. 1969
mathematician
Christian Gaidet
b. 1963
alpine skier
Stanislas Devaud
1896 – 1963
politician
Jean-Marie Speich
b. 1955
Catholic priest
Lucien Besset
1892 – 1975
politician
Mérédis Houmounou
b. 1988
basketball player
Éric Lalouette
b. 1951
sport cyclist
Irène Monesi
b. 1922
writer
Cecilia of Comminges
1320 – 1384
aristocrat
Jean Cluzel
1923 – 2020
politician
Mike Marshall
1944 – 2005
film actor
Mehdi Courgnaud
b. 1990
association football player
Antoine Lacroix
1863 – 1948
geologist
Tim Mourniac
b. 1998
windsurfer
Christopher Attys
b. 2001
association football player
Charles Filiger
1863 – 1928
painter
Charles Coquelin
1802 – 1852
economist
Marthe Villalonga
b. 1932
film actor
Louis Pujol
1790 – 1855
colonial administrator
Charles Frédéric Gerhardt
1816 – 1856
chemist
Laurent Duplomb
b. 1971
politician
René Leleu
1911 – 1984
sculptor
Norman Paraisy
b. 1986
mixed martial arts fighter
Édouard Duplan
b. 1983
association football player
Henriette Darricarrère
1901 – 1991
art model
Victor Vispré
1727 – 1781
painter
Laura Bouillot
b. 1992
association football player
Guillaume Imbert
1744 – 1803
journalist
Benny Berthet
1910 – 1981
tennis player
Franck Vigroux
b. 1973
guitarist
Luc Lafortune
b. 1958
lighting designer
Raymond Poïvet
1910 – 1999
draftsperson
Jacques Millot
1897 – 1980
arachnologist
Yann Galut
b. 1966
politician
Sabine Toutain
b. 1966
violist
Henri Basnage de Beauval
1656 – 1710
lawyer
Jacques Restout
1650 – 1701
painter
Jean-Baptiste Clauzel
1746 – 1803
politician
Sadou Ntanzi
b. 2000
handball player
Cynthia Vescan
b. 1992
amateur wrestler
Thibaut of Amiens
poet
Larrys Mabiala
b. 1987
association football player
Olivier Malcor
b. 1975
tennis player
José Beyaert
1925 – 2005
sport cyclist
Roland de Mecquenem
1877 – 1957
archaeologist
Philippe-Frédéric de Dietrich
1748 – 1793
mineralogist
Paul Peytral
1842 – 1919
politician
Catherine Procaccia
b. 1949
politician
Philippe Breton
1936 – 2020
Catholic priest
Pierre-Auguste Sarrus
1813 – 1876
musician
Anne Etchegoyen
b. 1980
singer
Auguste-Louis Petiet
1784 – 1858
politician
Philippe Dubourg
1938 – 2021
politician
Régine Chopinot
b. 1952
choreographer
Jean Adhémar
1908 – 1987
art historian
Henri Ferrari
1912 – 1975
weightlifter
Guillaume de Tournemire
1901 – 1970
modern pentathlete
Walter of Sens
Roman Catholic metropolitan archbishop
Joanna Grisez
b. 1996
rugby union player
Caroline Lacroix
1883 – 1948
aristocrat
Jacqueline Kermina
1927 – 1995
tennis player
Natalia Pouzyreff
b. 1961
politician
Anatole-Félix Le Double
1848 – 1913
anatomist
Robert de Blois
b. 1300
poet
André Montagard
1887 – 1963
lyricist
Valérie Petit
b. 1976
politician
Delphine Haidan
b. 2000
opera singer
Éric Hérenguel
b. 1966
comics artist
Félix Vieuille
1872 – 1953
opera singer
Julia Wagret
b. 1999
figure skater
Charles Bayet
1849 – 1918
philologist
William Marçais
1872 – 1956
professor
Alan Marshall
b. 1949
historian
Claude Alphandéry
1922 – 2024
politician
Virginie Mauvais
1797 – 1892
schoolmaster
Françoise Chandernagor
b. 1945
writer
Honoré de Balzac
1799 – 1850
novelist
Renée-Élisabeth Marlié Lépicié
1714 – 1773
engraver
Charles Ferry
1834 – 1909
politician