France
People of this nationality
François-Thomas Le Même
1764 – 1805
privateer
Nicolas Bonet
1280 – 1343
Catholic theologian
Léon Flameng
1877 – 1917
sport cyclist
Guillaume Ballu
1885 – 1968
politician
Jojol
b. 1992
YouTuber
Rémi Garde
b. 1966
association football player
Jean Jaubert de Barrault
1584 – 1643
prelate
Malo-Renault
1870 – 1938
printmaker
Hervé Schneid
b. 1956
film editor
Georgette Lenoir
middle-distance runner
Lionel Estève
b. 1967
visual artist
Laurent Courtois
b. 1978
association football player
Jean-Baptiste Henry Collin de Sussy
1776 – 1837
politician
Yvonne Jourjon
1899 – 1985
aircraft pilot
Achille Campion
b. 1990
association football player
Bruno Wojtinek
b. 1963
sport cyclist
Paul Durrieu
1855 – 1925
art historian
Gustave Olivier Lannes de Montebello
1804 – 1875
politician
Frédéric Pontier
b. 1970
sport cyclist
Luc Perino
b. 1947
physician
Joséphine Marchais
1837 – 1874
day labourer
Maurice Dobigny
b. 1935
field hockey player
Jul
b. 1990
rapper
Caroline Champetier
b. 1954
cinematographer
Georges Martin
1930 – 2017
engineer
Ingrid Levavasseur
b. 1987
unlicensed assistive personnel
Julien Rey
b. 1986
rugby union player
Alfred-Armand-Louis-Marie Velpeau
1795 – 1867
anatomist
Franck Verzy
1961 – 2025
athletics competitor
Danilson da Cruz
b. 1986
association football player
Céleste Boursier-Mougenot
b. 1961
visual artist
Marie-Amélie Le Fur
b. 1988
Paralympic athlete
Anthony Caci
b. 1997
association football player
Mohamed Achi
b. 2002
association football player
René Barbier
1891 – 1966
fencer
Stéphane Barthe
b. 1972
sport cyclist
Jean Duvignaud
1921 – 2007
anthropologist
Malik Joyeux
1980 – 2005
surfer
Dominique Reymond
b. 1957
actor
Sarah Léon
b. 1995
novelist
Lucien-Samir Oulahbib
b. 1956
sociologist
Gérard Verguet
b. 1949
cross-country skier
Sébastien Turgot
b. 1984
sport cyclist
François Déroche
b. 1952
orientalist
Pierre Colin
organist
Catherine Doléans-Dade
1942 – 2004
mathematician
François Bott
1935 – 2022
journalist
Ange Auguste Joseph de Laborde de Boutervilliers
1766 – 1786
explorer
François Hector d'Albert de Rions
1728 – 1802
military personnel
Arnaud Bonnet
b. 1977
politician
Josseline Gaël
1917 – 1995
actor
Pauline Ranvier
b. 1994
fencer
Louis-Gabriel de Gomer
1718 – 1798
politician
Adolphe Braun
1812 – 1877
photographer
Alphonse de Rayneval
1813 – 1858
politician
Hélène Vincent
b. 1943
theatre director
Jules Blanchard
1832 – 1916
sculptor
Antonio Martins
b. 1963
athletics competitor
Serge Piménoff
1895 – 1960
production designer
Adèle Varillat
1769 – 1861
painter
Virginie Rozière
b. 1976
politician
Jean-Baptiste Louvet
1879 – 1953
sport cyclist
Romain Beynié
b. 1987
association football player
Mathieu-François Pidansat de Mairobert
1727 – 1779
journalist
Charles Olivier de Saint-Georges de Vérac
1743 – 1828
diplomat
Joël Batteux
1943 – 2021
politician
Olivier Ramaré
b. 1965
mathematician
Maud Galtier
1913 – 2014
tennis player
John Simon
1675 – 1751
artist
Arnaud Dumond
b. 1950
classical guitarist
Julien Delannoy
b. 1995
rugby union player
Michel Imbert
1935 – 2026
teacher
Pierre Marie de Grave
1755 – 1823
politician
Pascal Touron
b. 1973
rower
Sarah Maldoror
1929 – 2020
film director
André Van Vierst
1904 – 1991
sport cyclist
René Fatoux
1935 – 2022
association football player
Julien Tanguy
1825 – 1894
art collector
Claire Olivier
1892 – 1974
film actor
Jacques Sernas
1925 – 2015
actor
Georges Tourry
1904 – 1991
urban architect
Zainoul Bah
b. 1984
basketball player
Milou Ebb
1934 – 2009
businessperson
René Louis de Voyer de Paulmy d'Argenson
1694 – 1757
writer
Aimé Teisseire
1914 – 2008
military personnel
Rashi
1040 – 1105
rabbi
André Tosel
1941 – 2017
philosopher
Pierre Steinmetz
b. 1943
judge
Amédée Artus
1815 – 1892
composer
Louis-Joseph Charlier
1754 – 1797
politician
Georges-Jean Arnaud
1928 – 2020
writer
Tommy Fallot
1844 – 1904
pastor
Thibault Jaques
b. 1988
association football player
Venance Grumel
1890 – 1967
theologian
Jordan Leborgne
b. 1995
association football player
Jean-Pierre Lacombe-Saint-Michel
1751 – 1812
politician
Albin Haller
1849 – 1925
organic chemist
Pascale Lamche
b. 1960
film director
Usman Mamadou Simbakoli
b. 2001
association football player
Bernard Toublanc-Michel
1927 – 2023
film director