France
People of this nationality
Abdoulkader Thiam
b. 1998
association football player
Rudy Bourguignon
b. 1979
athletics competitor
Jean Ferré
1929 – 2006
essayist
Hugo Ekitike
b. 2002
association football player
Frédéric Lecanu
b. 1979
judoka
Laurent Barbiéri
b. 1960
artistic gymnast
Auguste Luchet
1806 – 1872
playwright
Serge Poudrier
b. 1966
ice hockey player
Zoé Chatzidakis
1955 – 2025
mathematician
Joseph Denis Odevaere
1775 – 1830
painter
Alain Pompidou
1942 – 2024
politician
Pierre Rabhi
1938 – 2021
essayist
Louis-Victor-Léon de Rochechouart
1788 – 1858
historian
Félix Dupanloup
1802 – 1878
politician
Armand Renaud
1836 – 1895
poet
Jehanne d'Orliac
1883 – 1974
writer
Langlois de Sézanne
1757 – 1845
painter
Christine Ott
b. 1963
pianist
Charles-Marie de La Grandière
1729 – 1812
Officer of the French Navy
Perla Serfaty
b. 1944
sociologist
René de Obaldia
1918 – 2022
playwright
Pierre Lorin
1912 – 1970
ice hockey player
Patricia Gallerneau
1954 – 2019
politician
Daniel Savary
1743 – 1808
naval officer
Laure Pantalacci
b. 1955
Egyptologist
François de Suarez d'Aulan
1931 – 2025
businessperson
Édouard Estaunié
1862 – 1942
engineer
Eugénie Fiocre
1845 – 1908
ballet dancer
Jérôme Roussillon
b. 1993
association football player
Jacques Rabelais
1547 – 1622
writer
Christophe Gamard
1590 – 1649
architect
Lise Magnier
b. 1984
politician
Emmanuel de Rougé
1811 – 1872
professor
Madame Ulrich
b. 1665
writer
Emile Bourgeois
1857 – 1934
historian
Madeleine Braun
1907 – 1980
politician
Christelle Ribault
b. 1978
sport cyclist
Jacques Maillot
b. 1962
film director
Maurice Vandendriessche
1887 – 1959
association football player
Pierre Jannet
1820 – 1870
bibliographer
Lydie Koch
1931 – 2023
physicist
Marie Sauvet
b. 1953
singer
Yannick Chenevard
b. 1959
politician
Suzanne Schreiber
1895 – 1976
politician
Gaston Millochau
1866 – 1922
astronomer
Julia Ducournau
b. 1983
screenwriter
Nicolas Bucher
b. 1975
organist
Lorella Cravotta
b. 1958
actor
Marie-José Denys
1950 – 2022
politician
Jean-Marc Germain
b. 1966
politician
Claude Gillot
1673 – 1722
painter
Pierre Voizard
1896 – 1982
civil servant
Roselene Khezami
b. 2001
association football player
Bertrand Lacaste
1897 – 1994
Catholic priest
Diedie Traore
b. 1999
association football player
Hamé
b. 1975
film director
Pierre Piérade
1884 – 1937
actor
Jacques Le Lavasseur
1861 – 1939
skipper
Mickaël Firmin
b. 1990
association football player
Louis of Toulouse
1274 – 1297
Catholic priest
Berthe Erza
opera singer
Marie Barsacq
b. 1973
politician
Philippe Charles Tronson du Coudray
1738 – 1777
military officer
André Pinçon
1931 – 2019
politician
Isabelle of France
1225 – 1270
nun
Éric Delaunay
b. 1987
sport shooter
Jean-Paul Mauriès
myriapodologist
Armand Jean Le Bouthillier Rancé
1626 – 1700
canon
Ferdinand Berthier
1803 – 1886
teacher
Barbara Butch
b. 1981
LGBTQ rights activist
Jérémy Grain
b. 1994
association football player
Louis de Bouillé
1769 – 1850
military officer
Émile Gilbert
1793 – 1874
architect
Manuel Ferrara
b. 1975
pornographic film actor
Arlette Farge
b. 1941
historian
Charles-Théodore Millot
1829 – 1889
military officer
Eugène Vallin
1856 – 1922
architect
Jean Darcante
1910 – 1990
actor
Willy Rozenbaum
b. 1945
physician
Dominic Michaelis
1938 – 2015
architect
Benoît Costaz
1761 – 1842
presbyter
Catherine d'Etchéa
1920 – 2007
writer
Robert Giffard de Moncel
1587 – 1668
surgeon
Jehan Cousin the Younger
1522 – 1594
painter
Raymond Poulidor
1936 – 2019
sport cyclist
Pierre-Joseph Proudhon
1809 – 1865
economist
Auxanius
500 – 600
presbyter
Victor Place
1818 – 1875
archaeologist
Alexandre Gonsse de Rougeville
1761 – 1814
conspirator
Louis-Jean-François Lagrenée
1725 – 1805
painter
Alain Roux
b. 1968
chef
Jacques Jouet
b. 1947
poet
Christian de La Mazière
1922 – 2006
journalist
Jonathan Millieras
b. 1993
association football player
Félix Nzouango
b. 2003
association football player
Jean-François, comte de Durat
1736 – 1830
military personnel
Felix von Wimpffen
1744 – 1814
politician
Michèle Alfa
1911 – 1987
actor
Franck Lepage
b. 1954
activist
Maurice Garçon
1889 – 1967
historian