France
People of this nationality
Louis Beaulieu
1840 – 1866
missionary
Saifedine Alekma
b. 1994
amateur wrestler
Wanda Kosakiewicz
1917 – 1989
actor
Ferdinand Humbert
1842 – 1934
painter
Gilbert Breschet
1784 – 1845
physician
Lola Lafon
b. 1974
writer
Martin Desjardins
1637 – 1694
painter
Adrien-Nicolas Piédefer, marquis de La Salle
1735 – 1818
writer
Étienne Beudant
1863 – 1949
military officer
Jean Lorrain
1855 – 1906
poet
Louis Bastien
1869 – 1961
Esperantist
Souf
b. 1991
singer
Jean-Joseph Sue
1760 – 1830
surgeon
Lucien Descaves
1861 – 1949
writer
Henriette Anne Louise d'Aguesseau
1737 – 1794
salonnière
Stéphane Cauterman
b. 1968
artistic gymnast
Sophie de Condorcet
1764 – 1822
translator
Stéphane Mifsud
b. 1971
freediver
Alexandre Dréan
1884 – 1977
actor
Joël Bettin
b. 1966
canoeist
Georges Clément
b. 1850
athletics competitor
Aïssatou Kouyaté
b. 1995
handball player
Henri Arnauld
1597 – 1692
Catholic priest
William of Blois
1130 – 1204
writer
Mohamed Mara
b. 1996
association football player
Jacques Drevet
1832 – 1900
architect
François Dyrek
1933 – 1999
stage actor
Gérard Condé
b. 1947
composer
Charles Lucas
1803 – 1889
jurist
Aravane Rezaï
b. 1987
tennis player
Patrick Tuifua
b. 2004
rugby union player
Jean Gagé
1902 – 1986
historian
Jean Oberlé
1900 – 1961
painter
Patrick Duprat
b. 1960
official
Camille Guérini
1900 – 1963
film actor
Jean-Pierre Gilson
b. 1948
photographer
Jean-François Du Bellay du Resnel
1692 – 1761
translator
Michel Duchaussoy
1938 – 2012
stage actor
Marc Bouissou
1931 – 2018
rower
Jules Pasquier
1774 – 1858
official
Alain Dufaut
b. 1944
politician
Achille Eugène Finet
1863 – 1913
botanist
Claude-François Ménestrier
1631 – 1705
choreographer
Charles Montier
1879 – 1952
racing automobile driver
Henry Bertrand
artist
Léon Potier de Gesvres
1656 – 1744
scholar
Bernart de Venzac
1101 – 1300
troubadour
William Bertrand Busnach
1832 – 1907
librettist
Claude Niépce
1763 – 1828
engineer
Gaspard de Prony
1755 – 1839
mathematician
Fava of Manosque
1300 – 1400
physician
Alexandre Tharaud
b. 1968
pianist
Elias Raymond
Catholic priest
Mayka Zima
b. 1992
tennis player
Benjamin Dambielle
b. 1985
rugby union player
Alfred Hardy
1811 – 1893
dermatologist
Louis Salou
1902 – 1948
film actor
Lucette Desvignes
1926 – 2024
writer
Henri Amand
1873 – 1967
rugby union player
Gilles Dowek
1966 – 2025
computer scientist
India Grangier
b. 2000
sport cyclist
Charles Acolatse
b. 1995
association football player
Cédric Pioline
b. 1969
tennis player
Valentin Clastrier
b. 1947
musician
Géry Leuliet
1910 – 2015
theologian
Aimé, duc de Clermont-Tonnerre
1779 – 1865
politician
Marc Audineau
b. 1971
sailor
Bun Hay Mean
1981 – 2025
actor
Danièle Sicot-Coulon
1935 – 2026
artistic gymnast
Luc Albert Moreau
1882 – 1948
painter
Jean Minjoz
1904 – 1987
politician
Mereana Reid Arbelot
b. 1970
air traffic controller
Hugues Renson
b. 1978
politician
Bourgot
b. 1400
illuminator
Lambert Daneau
1535 – 1595
theologian
Jacques de Mahieu
1915 – 1990
anthropologist
Julien Giovannetti
1914 – 1966
opera singer
Édouard Niermans
b. 1943
film director
Lison Frandin
1859 – 1911
maestro
France Quéré
1936 – 1995
Protestant theologian
Anthony Morin
b. 1974
sport cyclist
Adrien-Robert Toussaint
1895 – 1951
sport cyclist
Jean-François Coulomme
b. 1966
politician
Charles Alexandre de Calonne
1734 – 1802
magistrate
Inga Sempé
b. 1968
designer
Melody Julien
b. 1999
long-distance runner
Charles Edouard Frère
1837 – 1894
painter
Anne Piquereau
b. 1964
athletics competitor
Michael Zenezini
b. 1980
ice dancer
Odo, Viscount of Porhoet
regent
Marie Durand
1711 – 1776
Antoine Samuel Adam-Salomon
1818 – 1881
sculptor
Abyale
b. 1950
singer
Jean-Yves Clément
b. 1959
writer
Jean-Paul Elkann
1921 – 1996
banker
Georges Lacombe
1868 – 1916
painter
Alain Gest
b. 1950
politician
Arthur Sadoun
b. 1971
businessperson
Benoit Mozin
1769 – 1857
composer
Antoine Francisque
1570 – 1605
composer