France
People of this nationality
Bérenger Saunière
1852 – 1917
Catholic priest
Robert Devreesse
1894 – 1978
Latin Catholic priest
Lucien Romier
1885 – 1944
journalist
Luck Zogbé
b. 2005
association football player
Samuel Dumoulin
b. 1980
sport cyclist
Philippe Pélissier
b. 1947
figure skater
François Joseph Herrgott
1814 – 1907
obstetrician
Thibaud Chapelle
b. 1977
rower
Sylvie Borda
b. 1966
athletics competitor
Bernard Dufour
1922 – 2016
painter
Adrien Pagerie
b. 1992
association football player
François de Chennevières
1699 – 1779
poet
Henri Andréani
1877 – 1936
actor
François Bonneau
b. 1953
politician
André Bonnaire
1901 – 1962
politician
Maurice Allais
1911 – 2010
economist
Benoît Malon
1841 – 1893
politician
Martin Provost
b. 1957
film director
Jean-Louis Burnouf
1775 – 1844
linguist
Vincent Malerba
1925 – 2025
Yvonne Daunt
1899 – 1962
ballet dancer
Louis Marie Antoine de Noailles
1756 – 1804
politician
Isabelle Bril
b. 1950
linguist
Julien Garnier
1642 – 1730
missionary
Ina Césaire
1942 – 2025
ethnologist
Jean Astruc
1684 – 1766
physician writer
Jacques de Létin
1597 – 1661
painter
Henriette Brossin de Polanska
1878 – 1954
painter
Delphine Ugalde
1828 – 1910
opera singer
Bastien Vergnes-Taillefer
b. 1997
rugby union player
Delphine Pelletier
b. 1977
triathlete
Francine Christophe
1933 – 2025
writer
Yannick Mamilonne
b. 1992
association football player
Mounaïm El Idrissy
b. 1999
association football player
Henry Prunières
1886 – 1942
musicologist
Eric Hassli
b. 1981
association football player
Simon de Melun
1250 – 1302
politician
Mathilde Doutreluingne
b. 1982
sport cyclist
Moussa Abadi
1907 – 1997
stage actor
Émile Laure
1881 – 1957
military personnel
Baron d'Holbach
1723 – 1789
philosopher
Bertrand du Pouget
1280 – 1352
Catholic priest
Alfred Jeanroy
1859 – 1953
linguist
Pierre Repellini
b. 1950
association football player
Pascal Dombis
b. 1965
installation artist
Adolphe Appian
1818 – 1898
painter
Léon Vandermeersch
1928 – 2021
sinologist
Ladislas Dormandi
1898 – 1967
editor
Marie-José Pérec
b. 1968
sprinter
Michèle Delaunay
b. 1947
politician
Maëlle Guilbaud
b. 1996
windsurfer
Auguste François
1857 – 1935
photographer
Philip, Count of Longueville
1334 – 1363
military personnel
Karl Taillepierre
b. 1976
athletics competitor
Henri Paret
1854 – 1943
sport cyclist
Édouard Louis
b. 1992
writer
Jean-Loup Gervais
1936 – 2020
physicist
Yannick Buffet
b. 1979
ski mountaineer
Arthur Chuquet
1853 – 1925
military historian
Alfred Dambach
1918 – 1960
association football player
Tarrare
1772 – 1798
military personnel
Dan Tepfer
b. 1982
musician
Loïc Le Bourhis
b. 1949
sport cyclist
Pierre Jacquemon
1935 – 2001
painter
Pierre Louis Buor de la Charoulière
1736 – 1803
military personnel
Pierre Olaf
1928 – 1995
actor
Auguste Lahoulle
1891 – 1959
military personnel
Hubert Keller
b. 1954
chef
Marie-Anne Chabin
b. 1959
archivist
Yves Dreyfus
1931 – 2021
fencer
Carmen Tessier
1911 – 1980
journalist
Émile Salvi
b. 1936
skier
Marie de L'Épinay
1801 – 1864
woman of letters
Louis Necker
1730 – 1804
banker
Joseph Antoine Charles Couderc
1810 – 1875
opera singer
Raymond Bellour
b. 1939
film critic
Charles III, Duke of Lorraine
1543 – 1608
monarch
Antoine Sartorio
1885 – 1988
sculptor
Môhan Wijayaratna
b. 1947
anthropologist
Thibaud Mouille
b. 1999
freestyle skier
Kevin Sainte-Luce
b. 1993
association football player
William I, Marquis of Namur
1324 – 1391
sovereign
Gabriel Aghion
b. 1955
film director
Louis Barthas
1879 – 1952
writer
Didier Brunner
b. 1948
film producer
Maurice Gudin de Vallerin
1897 – 1981
equestrian
Paul Demange
1901 – 1983
actor
Sofiane Djeffal
b. 1999
association football player
Louis II
1337 – 1410
military personnel
François Moylin
1690 – 1756
actor
Simone Genevois
1912 – 1995
actor
Jean-René Saulière
1911 – 1999
writer
Antoinette Gabrielle Danton
1762 – 1793
Hugues Roger
b. 1940
sprinter
Karl Joseph Kuwasseg
1802 – 1877
painter
Valérie Issarny
1964 – 2022
computer scientist
Jean-François d'Arros d'Argelos
1726 – 1791
military personnel
Alain Gachet
b. 1951
hydrologist
Gérald Delacroix
b. 1945
canoeist
Jacques Pimpaneau
1934 – 2021
sinologist