France
People of this nationality
Jacques Plumain
b. 1973
serial killer
Luc Marquet
b. 1970
coach
Raymond Vanier
1895 – 1965
aircraft pilot
Claude Lepelley
1934 – 2015
classical scholar
Léon Pourtau
1868 – 1898
painter
Pierre Sterlé
1905 – 1978
jeweler
Jeanne Dortzal
1878 – 1943
actor
Gilbert Delahaye
1923 – 1997
children's writer
Virginie Ghesquière
1786 – 1867
military personnel
André d'Arbelles
1767 – 1825
journalist
Kendra Dacher
b. 1999
amateur wrestler
René Gainville
1931 – 2014
actor
Arnaud Hauchard
b. 1971
chess player
Marie Balmary
b. 1939
psychoanalyst
Claire Julie de Nanteuil
1843 – 1902
writer
Colette Richarme
1904 – 1991
painter
Jacques Cotton
clergyman
Gilles Châtelet
1944 – 1999
mathematician
Mandy François-Elie
b. 1989
Paralympic athlete
Pierre Michon
b. 1945
writer
David Labarre
b. 1988
association football player
Justin Goudot
1802 – 1847
explorer
Pierre Villon
1901 – 1980
architect
Jean-Baptiste Brulo
b. 1746
choreographer
Pierre Séguier
1588 – 1672
jurist
Libertaire Rutigliano
1921 – 1945
resistance fighter
Honoré Muraire
1750 – 1837
politician
Jacques Robert
1890 – 1928
actor
Emmanuel Roudolff-Levisse
b. 1995
athletics competitor
Émilie Menuet
b. 1991
athletics competitor
Jean Nicolas Pierre Hachette
1769 – 1834
mathematician
Jean Bontemps
1550 – 1572
pirate
Michel Lamarche
1947 – 2019
amateur wrestler
Roux de Marsilly
1623 – 1669
politician
André Salardaine
1908 – 1985
politician
Benjamin Marqué
b. 2000
field hockey player
Paul Gervais
1859 – 1936
painter
Robert Bibal
1900 – 1973
screenwriter
Henri Guédon
1944 – 2006
painter
Martial Caillebotte
1853 – 1910
photographer
Jean Sauvage
1455 – 1518
politician
Élie Kakou
1960 – 1999
actor
Godfrey of Amiens
1066 – 1115
Catholic priest
Florimond de Raemond
1540 – 1601
historian
Jean-Louis Boisselot
1782 – 1847
piano maker
Jonas Devouassoux
b. 1989
freestyle skier
Joachim Eickmayer
b. 1993
association football player
Patrick Berger
b. 1947
architect
Roger Lumont
1934 – 2025
actor
David Grellier
b. 1979
musician
Adolphe Dupeuty
1828 – 1884
dramaturge
Claude Dufau
1946 – 2021
rugby union player
Suzanne Manet
1829 – 1906
pianist
Tom Donnenwirth
b. 1998
sport cyclist
Jean-Marie Villot
1905 – 1979
diplomat
Benjamin Plu
b. 1994
American football player
Sophie Hecquet
1944 – 2012
radio personality
Benjamin Lapeyre
b. 1986
rugby union player
Frédéric Valabrègue
b. 1952
writer
John Teariki
1914 – 1983
politician
Robert de Bracquemont
1340 – 1419
military personnel
Louis Jacques Thénard
1777 – 1857
chemist
Jacques I Androuet du Cerceau
1510 – 1585
architect
Romain Buffet
b. 1985
judoka
Lucien Cossou
b. 1936
association football player
Pascale Criton
b. 1954
composer
Henri Brémond
1865 – 1933
literary critic
Gilbert Achcar
b. 1951
journalist
Prince Pierre, Duke of Penthièvre
1845 – 1919
explorer
Jean-Pierre Tagliaferri
1948 – 2026
actor
Amy Zongo
b. 1980
athletics competitor
Gérard Zingg
1942 – 2021
painter
Younous Oumouri
b. 1975
association football player
Selim Ilgaz
b. 1995
association football player
Sidonie Vaillant
1883 – 1966
anarchist
Viktor Nessler
1841 – 1890
composer
William Corbet
1779 – 1842
military officer
André Kabile
1938 – 2026
association football player
Yvette Horner
1922 – 2018
musician
Frédéric Cottier
b. 1954
show jumper
Gérard César
1934 – 2024
politician
Philippe Paul
b. 1965
politician
Jennifer Flay
b. 1959
art dealer
Pierre Papillaud
1935 – 2017
businessperson
Georges Chevalier
1854 – 1938
military personnel
Dylan Beaulieu
b. 1997
association football player
Abd al Malik
b. 1974
rapper
Sébastien Trape
zoologist
Michel Hénon
1931 – 2013
mathematician
Yann Cucherat
b. 1979
artistic gymnast
Hans-Georg Pflaum
1902 – 1979
historian
Nadia Sibirskaïa
1900 – 1980
actor
Maurice Zilber
1920 – 2008
horse trainer
Léon Charpentier
1859 – 1945
politician
Jean-Claude Michéa
b. 1950
philosopher
Magdeleine-Marie Desgarcins
1769 – 1797
stage actor
Jacqueline Pirenne
1918 – 1990
archaeologist
Marie-Josèphe Yoyotte
1929 – 2017
film editor
Ségolène Royal
b. 1953
politician
Jean-François Verdier
clarinetist