France
People of this nationality
Clément Saunier
b. 1979
trumpeter
André Wogenscky
1916 – 2004
architect
Edith Bonlieu
1934 – 1995
alpine skier
Andy Faustin
b. 1997
association football player
Serge Lenoir
b. 1947
association football player
Adolphe Desbarrolles
1801 – 1886
painter
Alberto Pinto
1944 – 2012
photographer
Nicholas Adam
1716 – 1792
linguist
Étienne Morel de Chédeville
1747 – 1814
librettist
Ana Lelas
b. 1983
basketball player
Mathieu Cossou
b. 1985
karateka
Gustave de Kervern
b. 1962
actor
Nathalie Deruelle
b. 1952
physicist
Louis Godin
1704 – 1760
astronomer
Armand Reclus
1843 – 1927
naval officer
Lola Artôt de Padilla
1876 – 1933
opera singer
Nicolas-Germain Léonard
1744 – 1793
poet
Edme Lesauvage
1778 – 1852
physician
Jacques Thomelin
1640 – 1693
composer
Lucy Krohg
1891 – 1977
art model
Philip Tomalin
1858 – 1940
cricketer
Grégoire Courtine
b. 1975
mathematician
Jean Marsaudon
1946 – 2008
politician
Annette Poivre
1917 – 1988
actor
Anne Brochet
b. 1966
film director
Roger Agache
1926 – 2011
archaeologist
Arnaud du Ferrier
1508 – 1585
diplomat
Christophe Gomart
b. 1960
military officer
Niels Arestrup
1949 – 2024
film director
Marika Moisseeff
b. 1950
anthropologist
René Rillon
1892 – 1956
sport cyclist
Paul Seban
1929 – 2020
film director
Claude Challe
b. 1945
disc jockey
Amadou Samoura
b. 2003
association football player
Felicita Casella
1821 – 1865
singer
Marc Mauillon
b. 1980
opera singer
Henri Leopold Levy
1840 – 1904
painter
Marie Catherine Rogissart
1841 – 1929
communard
Francine Van Hove
1942 – 2025
painter
Philippe Séguin
1943 – 2010
politician
Mehdi Nebbou
b. 1974
actor
Louis Antoine Capdevielle
1849 – 1905
painter
Marius Bianchi
1823 – 1904
politician
Anne-Christine Hladky-Hennion
b. 1965
researcher
Bernard Chenez
b. 1946
editorial cartoonist
Bernard Vernier-Palliez
1918 – 1999
business executive
Francois Fiedler
1921 – 2001
painter
Georges Perros
1923 – 1978
poet
Ramihrdus of Cambrai
presbyter
Louis Deseschaliers
b. 1663
actor
Étienne-François de Lantier
1734 – 1826
military personnel
Maximilien Rubel
1905 – 1996
philosopher
Charles Letourneau
1831 – 1902
anthropologist
Ayman Kari
b. 2004
association football player
Jacky Meindu
b. 1989
association football player
Marie-France Pisier
1944 – 2011
director
Noël Duret
1590 – 1650
astronomer
Patriarch Heraclius of Jerusalem
Catholic priest
Charles-Nicolas Cochin the Elder
1688 – 1754
printmaker
Jess Liaudin
b. 1973
mixed martial arts fighter
Cyril Thomas
b. 1976
boxer
Joseph Le Boubennec
b. 1892
sport cyclist
Alain Zimmermann
b. 1967
businessperson
Jean-Christian Michel
b. 1938
composer
Joseph Vuillemin
1883 – 1963
military personnel
Flavien Tait
b. 1993
association football player
François de Fleury
1749 – 1799
military engineer
Louis-Michel Letort de Lorville
1773 – 1815
military officer
Djamila Debèche
1926 – 2010
women's rights activist
Jean Mitry
1903 – 1988
film critic
Marcel Vandal
1882 – 1965
film producer
Clément Morel
b. 1984
tennis player
Matthias Giraud
b. 1983
skier
The Toxic Avenger
b. 1982
disc jockey
Simon Sollier
1890 – 1955
association football player
Frédérique Bel
b. 1975
actor
René Bénésis
b. 1944
rugby union player
Oliver Maillard
1430 – 1502
preacher
Jean-François de Galaup, comte de La Pérouse
1741 – 1788
explorer
Claire Gibault
b. 1945
conductor
Eric N'Gapeth
b. 1959
volleyball player
Nguyen Van Thinh
1888 – 1946
physician
Pierre Bertholon de Saint-Lazare
1741 – 1800
physicist
Jules Verreaux
1807 – 1873
ornithologist
Raymond Marcellin
1914 – 2004
politician
Jean Pâris de Monmartel
1690 – 1766
banker
Frédérique Battin-Leclerc
b. 1964
researcher
Catherine Fleury-Vachon
b. 1966
judoka
Max Douy
1914 – 2007
artist
Régis Huby
b. 1969
composer
Iseut de Capio
1190 – 1300
trobairitz
Taylor Luvambo
b. 1999
association football player
Richard Dell'Agnola
b. 1949
politician
René Jubeau
1905 – 1976
athletics competitor
Johannes Tapissier
1370 – 1410
composer
Evan Rotundo
b. 2004
association football player
Gabriële Buffet-Picabia
1881 – 1985
musician
Leto
b. 1997
rapper
Pierre Lagaillarde
1931 – 2014
lawyer
François-Joseph Lestiboudois
1759 – 1815
botanist