France
People of this nationality
Jean-Yves Cousin
b. 1949
politician
Pierre Louis-Calixte
1967 – 2025
actor
Patrick Bourdais
b. 1954
racing automobile driver
Laurent Leflamand
b. 1968
rugby union player
Pierre Laigle
b. 1970
association football player
Jean-Hervé Lorenzi
b. 1947
economist
Bastien Bernard
b. 1976
association football player
Étienne Hubert
1567 – 1614
physician
Mark McGivern
b. 1983
volleyball player
Charles Lory
1823 – 1889
geologist
Artus de Lionne
1655 – 1713
Catholic priest
Émile Maggi
1908 – 1986
racewalker
William Delaune
1530 – 1611
Christian minister
Jean Jo Marmouyet
b. 1984
rugby union player
Mathis Azzaro
b. 2000
mountain biker
Paul-Henri Cugnenc
1946 – 2007
politician
Jean Métezeau
1528 – 1600
architect
Bruno Nuytten
b. 1945
film director
Nicolas Brusque
b. 1976
rugby union player
Frédéric Cicchirillo
b. 1972
association football player
François-Hyacinthe Choquet
1580 – 1645
hagiographer
Gauthier de Costes, seigneur de la Calprenède
1609 – 1663
writer
Antoine Pâris
1668 – 1733
financier
Amélie Boudet
1795 – 1883
educator
Louis Béchereau
1880 – 1970
aerospace engineer
Alexis Bachelay
b. 1973
politician
Antonin Drapier
1891 – 1967
Catholic priest
Albert Foulcher
1951 – 2001
insurer
Anthony Belmonte
b. 1995
association football player
Guy Marchand
1943 – 2015
athlete
Christo Popov
b. 2002
badminton player
Jean-Baptiste Mills
1749 – 1806
politician
Jean-Marie Elie
b. 1950
association football player
Pierre Banel
1766 – 1796
military officer
Pierre-Jean Mariette
1694 – 1774
art collector
Firmin Didot
1764 – 1836
type designer
Laurent Dabos
1761 – 1835
painter
Robert Vicot
1931 – 2026
association football player
Pascaline Crêvecoeur
b. 1982
actor
Pietro Denis
1720 – 1790
composer
Guillaume Durand
b. 1952
journalist
Vincent Landais
b. 1991
co-driver
François Pierre Rodier
1854 – 1913
diplomat
Janie Marèse
1908 – 1931
actor
Louis Bernier
1845 – 1919
architect
Thibault Colard
b. 1992
rower
Pierre Brigot
1713 – 1791
missionary
Louise Laffon
1828 – 1899
photographer
Ana Pieri Brignole Sale
1765 – 1815
salonnière
Bernard Madrelle
1944 – 2020
politician
Géraldine Grangier
b. 1975
politician
Raoul de Soissons
1210 – 1270
composer
Ousmane Dembélé
b. 1997
association football player
Émile Cottin
1896 – 1936
cabinetmaker
Christophe Léonard
b. 1990
basketball player
Sophie Gengembre Anderson
1823 – 1903
painter
Fabien Baussart
b. 1973
businessperson
François Rotger
b. 1973
film director
André Grillon
1921 – 2003
association football player
René Hérent
1897 – 1966
opera singer
Guilhem de Montanhagol
1200 – 1268
troubadour
Béatrice Romand
b. 1952
actor
Marie Epstein
1899 – 1995
film director
Henri Teyssedou
1889 – 1967
marathon runner
Michel Dagbert
b. 1962
politician
Henri Fursy
1866 – 1929
chansonnier
Yuval Pick
b. 1970
choreographer
Arkadiusz Ryś
b. 1988
association football player
Maurice de Conninck
1897 – 1987
athletics competitor
Olympe
b. 1989
singer
Teheiura Teahui
b. 1978
cook
Étienne Mignot de Montigny
1714 – 1782
engineer
Peter Cantor
1101 – 1197
theologian
Gérard Marx
b. 1953
film director
Enzo Paleni
b. 2002
sport cyclist
Albert Darcq
1848 – 1895
sculptor
Pascal Lamy
b. 1947
economist
Lucien Tostain
1909 – 1992
athletics competitor
Benoît Jarrier
b. 1989
sport cyclist
Jean-Joseph Surin
1600 – 1665
philosopher
Jean Boisard
1650 – 1725
numismatist
Jacques Martin de Bourgon
1742 – 1820
colonial administrator
Rémi Maréval
b. 1983
association football player
Blanche d'Antigny
1840 – 1874
actor
Olivier Bohuon
b. 1959
entrepreneur
Lucile Randon
1904 – 2023
nurse
Ahmad Abousamra
1981 – 2017
Max Dalban
1908 – 1958
film actor
Colin Dagba
b. 1998
association football player
Robert Boutigny
1927 – 2022
canoeist
Jeanette Abadie
1590 – 1601
Ben l'Oncle Soul
b. 1984
singer
Marcel Rozier
b. 1936
show jumper
Ange Mancini
b. 1944
police officer
Jean-Claude Arifon
1926 – 2005
athletics competitor
Vincent Ramaël
b. 1988
association football player
Jean-Paul Delahaye
b. 1952
mathematician
Gustave-Henri Jossot
1866 – 1951
caricaturist
Georges Martin
1915 – 2010
sport cyclist
Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord
1754 – 1839
politician