France
People of this nationality
André Téchiné
b. 1943
screenwriter
Ève de Castro
b. 1961
writer
Alexandre-César-Louis d'Estourmel
1780 – 1852
politician
Izïa
b. 1990
singer-songwriter
Claude Dagens
b. 1940
Catholic priest
Antoine Lefèvre
b. 1966
politician
Eugène Bonnier
1856 – 1894
military personnel
Samten G. Karmay
b. 1936
writer
Jean Tulard
b. 1933
historian
Brice Mach
b. 1986
rugby union player
René Hamel
1902 – 1992
sport cyclist
Romain Rambier
b. 1981
association football player
Frédéric Paul
b. 1959
art critic
Louis Manceaux
1865 – 1943
biologist
Antoine Pellegrina
b. 1933
sport cyclist
Bryan Pelé
b. 1992
association football player
Pauline Levasseur
b. 1991
politician
Jean Lecanuet
1920 – 1993
politician
Gisèle Gautier
b. 1938
politician
Camille Lopez
b. 1989
rugby union player
Nabil Taïder
b. 1983
association football player
Victor Joseph Altmayer
1844 – 1908
military personnel
Théodore Lack
1846 – 1921
pianist
Louis François Clairville
1811 – 1879
chansonnier
Raoul Lévy
1922 – 1966
film director
Anicet Andrianantenaina
b. 1990
association football player
Michel Leblond
1932 – 2009
association football player
Victor Huguenin
1802 – 1860
sculptor
Catherine of Foix, Countess of Candale
1460 – 1490
politician
Gabriel G. Nahas
1920 – 2012
biologist
Gérard Iooss
b. 1944
mathematician
Laurent François
b. 1968
wheelchair fencer
Robert Combas
b. 1957
painter
Didier Bouvet
b. 1961
alpine skier
Victor-Ferdinand Bourgeois
1870 – 1957
painter
Matthieu Pichot
b. 1989
association football player
Albert Palle
1916 – 2007
journalist
Camille Becanne
1913 – 1979
rower
Eric Occansey
b. 1964
basketball player
Pierre Guichot
b. 1963
fencer
Jean Meyer
b. 1942
historian
Louis III of Lorraine, cardinal of Guise
1575 – 1621
Catholic priest
Armand Delille
1906 – 1958
bobsledder
Georges Dagonia
1930 – 2007
politician
Pierre Raffin
1938 – 2024
Catholic priest
Dom Pérignon
1638 – 1715
monk
François Cluzet
b. 1955
stage actor
Marie Le Gendre
b. 1568
philosopher
Paul Barbarin
1855 – 1931
mathematician
Manuel de Lambertye
1884 – 1938
sport shooter
Évariste Jonchère
1892 – 1956
sculptor
Antoine Alphonse Montfort
1802 – 1884
painter
Charles Lanusse
1896 – 1976
track cyclist
Jean Saint-Josse
b. 1944
politician
Claire O'Petit
b. 1949
politician
Jean-Baptiste Delaveyne
1653 – 1719
Catholic priest
Anne-Pierre-Jacques Devismes du Valgay
1745 – 1819
librettist
Mareva Galanter
b. 1979
actor
Mlle Marthe
b. 1750
actor
Jean-François Duclerc
1600 – 1711
privateer
Maëva Djaldi-Tabdi
b. 1998
basketball player
Kevin Pariente
b. 1987
association football player
Daniel Dutuel
b. 1967
association football player
Nicole Maurey
1926 – 2016
film actor
Maria Malibran
1808 – 1836
opera singer
Jaylen Hoard
b. 1999
basketball player
Claude Pacot
architect
Dominique-Alexandre Parodi
1840 – 1901
poet
Maxence Bibié
1891 – 1950
politician
Catherine Corsini
b. 1956
actor
Grichka Bogdanoff
1949 – 2021
television presenter
Ascelina
1121 – 1195
nun
Ferdinand Ducarre
1819 – 1883
politician
Roger Coudroy
1935 – 1968
engineer
Nikos Salingaros
b. 1952
architect
Charles des Nos
1645 – 1701
military personnel
Michel Terrot
b. 1948
politician
Fabien Mercadal
b. 1972
association football player
Charles I de La Vieuville
1583 – 1653
politician
Rolland Lefebvre
1608 – 1677
painter
Jean Raquin
1935 – 2026
politician
Denis Pétau
1583 – 1652
historian
Louis Charles Tillaye
1847 – 1913
politician
Yacouba Sylla
b. 1990
association football player
Auguste Andrade
1793 – 1843
composer
Lise de la Salle
b. 1988
classical pianist
Véronique Rivière
b. 1959
singer
Étienne Capoue
b. 1988
association football player
Victor Adam
1801 – 1866
painter
Helton dos Reis
b. 1988
association football player
Louise Marguerite of Lorraine
1588 – 1631
aristocrat
Georges Bénézé
1888 – 1978
philosopher
Colette Ripert
1930 – 1999
actor
Michael Matthes
b. 1966
organist
Philippe Deroche
b. 1954
athletics competitor
Eugène Vinaver
1899 – 1979
romanist
Christine Jullien-Dubosquelle
b. 1965
rower
Carole Amoric
b. 1960
swimmer
Jean Le Bègue de Germiny
1727 – 1808
Officer of the French Navy
Jean Joseph François de Sahuguet d'Amarzit de Laroche
1756 – 1802
military officer