France
People of this nationality
Anton Brender
b. 1947
economist
Manon Houette
b. 1992
handball player
Charles, Joseph, Marie, Auguste de Forbin Janson
1785 – 1844
Catholic priest
Roland Marchal
sociologist
Charles Pasqua
1927 – 2015
politician
Claire Berger
b. 1960
physicist
Pierre Gensous
1925 – 2017
politician
Marie Dubois
1937 – 2014
film actor
Nathaniel Méchaly
b. 1972
composer
Étienne-Joseph Floquet
1748 – 1785
composer
Pierre Tarin
1735 – 1761
linguist
Anthony Guise
b. 1985
association football player
Laëtitia Grand
b. 1990
rugby union player
Pierre Rabot
1865 – 1914
sailor
Ernest Monis
1846 – 1929
politician
Guillaume Martin
b. 1993
sport cyclist
Vincent Badie
1902 – 1989
politician
Maryvonne Le Dizès
1940 – 2024
violinist
Nicole Wild
1929 – 2017
musicologist
Henri Simon
1866 – 1956
military personnel
Léonie Duquet
1916 – 1977
religious sister
Henry de Nogaret de La Valette
1591 – 1639
military personnel
Julian Alaphilippe
b. 1992
sport cyclist
Laurent Marqueste
1848 – 1920
sculptor
François Morel
b. 1959
actor
Ernest Jouin
1844 – 1932
Catholic priest
Jacques Serguine
1934 – 2023
writer
George Sand
1804 – 1876
writer
Constance Le Grip
b. 1960
politician
André Billardon
b. 1940
politician
Marie Cuttoli
1879 – 1973
entrepreneur
Franglish
b. 1994
singer
Ibrahim Gary
b. 1985
karateka
Élie Lacoste
1745 – 1806
physician
Paul Jedrasiak
b. 1993
rugby union player
Jean G. Bouyer
1891 – 1926
flying ace
Louis-Jean Guyot
1905 – 1988
Catholic priest
Édouard Thouvenel
1818 – 1866
diplomat
Simon Bachmann
b. 1999
swimmer
Chevalier d’Herbain
1720 – 1769
composer
Fulgence de Bury
1785 – 1845
playwright
Michèle Crouzet
b. 1967
politician
Rémi Taffin
b. 1975
engineer
Sébastien Flochon
b. 1993
association football player
Apollonie Sabatier
1822 – 1890
salonnière
Rafaël Galiana
b. 1960
racing driver
Hervé Della Maggiore
b. 1972
association football player
Renaud Hantson
b. 1963
singer-songwriter
Bernard Casoni
b. 1961
association football player
Claude Hugot
1929 – 1978
chess player
Samuel Petit
1594 – 1653
historian
Sandrine Dusang
b. 1984
association football player
Franck R. Boulin
b. 1952
lawyer
Louis Hayet
1864 – 1940
painter
Adélaïde-Thérèse Feuchère
1768 – 1845
actor
Jean Ueberschlag
b. 1935
politician
Jean-Baptiste Massieu
1743 – 1818
politician
Elena Colas
b. 2010
artistic gymnast
Gabrielle d'Estrées
1573 – 1599
Laurent Cadot
b. 1983
rower
Lionel Teixido
b. 1979
rugby league player
Redouane Kerrouche
b. 1994
association football player
Jean-Marc Loubier
b. 1955
business executive
Aline Valette
1850 – 1899
women's rights activist
Audrey Syren
b. 1983
volleyball player
Marie-Françoise Audollent
1943 – 2008
actor
Maurice Fabre
1861 – 1939
art collector
Auguste-Jean Gaudin
1914 – 1992
draftsperson
Edmond Eugène Valton
1836 – 1910
painter
Jacqueline Aimée Brohon
1731 – 1778
essayist
Ida Gotkovsky
1933 – 2025
composer
Antoine Marie Cerisier
1749 – 1828
journalist
Max Le Verrier
1891 – 1973
sculptor
Sylvain Meslien
b. 1980
association football player
Princess Maria Immacolata of the Two Sicilies
1874 – 1947
aristocrat
Claude Cadart
1927 – 2019
sinologist
Paul Seul
disc jockey
Éric Fombonne
b. 1954
epidemiologist
Jean Althen
1709 – 1774
agronomist
Olivier Pons
b. 1958
rower
Tom Frager
b. 1977
singer
Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux
1636 – 1711
poet
William Lubtchansky
1937 – 2010
cinematographer
Philippe Labro
1936 – 2025
journalist
Jean-Baptiste-Maurice Quinault
1687 – 1745
actor
Nita Rousseau
1944 – 2003
journalist
Dominique Bouet
1964 – 1990
rugby union player
Karim Boukraa
b. 1973
association football player
Gaston Degy
1890 – 1964
sport cyclist
Vincent Chevalier
1770 – 1841
engineer
Isseaga Soumah
b. 1974
association football player
Anaëlle Roulet
b. 1996
swimmer
Victor Prévost
1836 – 1880
butcher
François Russo
b. 1966
fashion designer
Saïd Haddou
1982 – 2026
sport cyclist
Jean, duc Decazes
1864 – 1912
sailor
Philippe Henri, Comte de Grimoard
1753 – 1815
military personnel
Pierre Emile Lelong
1908 – 1984
painter
Hugh VI of Lusignan
1039 – 1102
Naïm Byar
b. 2005
association football player