France
People of this nationality
Henri Hérouin
1876 – 1926
archer
Gustave Worms
1836 – 1910
actor
Johann Duhaup
b. 1981
boxer
Christian Gourieroux
b. 1949
economist
François de Troy
1645 – 1730
painter
Maurice Kallert
1920 – 2000
sport cyclist
Albert Jean Baptiste Marie Vayssière
1854 – 1942
entomologist
Elisa Mercœur
1809 – 1835
writer
Henri Parisot
1881 – 1963
military personnel
Yvon Berland
b. 1951
physician
Stacia Napierkowska
1891 – 1945
ballet dancer
Jean Silvandre
1896 – 1960
politician
Michel Breitman
1926 – 2009
translator
Guillaume Faye
1949 – 2019
philosopher
Henri Louis Edouard Le Rond
1864 – 1949
military personnel
Loleh Bellon
1925 – 1999
actor
Olivier Masurel
1980 – 2024
aircraft pilot
Ismaël Kandouss
b. 1997
association football player
Fabien Toulmé
b. 1980
graphic novelist
René Fontayne
1891 – 1952
painter
Yamina Benguigui
b. 1957
film director
Guy Chambefort
b. 1944
politician
Daniel Pennac
b. 1944
screenwriter
Marcel André
1885 – 1974
film actor
Guy Buchaille
1932 – 2025
sport cyclist
Cyrille Diabaté
b. 1973
mixed martial arts fighter
Albert Zoller
military officer
Othello Radou
1910 – 2006
painter
Yassine Ben Hamed
b. 2003
association football player
Clément-Emile Roques
1880 – 1964
theologian
William of Nangis
monk
Catherine Hessling
1900 – 1979
art model
Jules Gros
1829 – 1891
journalist
Olivier Sadran
b. 1969
businessperson
Hippolyte Le Roux
1801 – 1860
actor
Chocolat
1865 – 1917
clown
Dominique Dussault
b. 1954
singer
Sofyan Chader
b. 2000
association football player
Eugène Imbert
1821 – 1898
writer
Georges Lacombe
1902 – 1990
film director
Maurice Benayoun
b. 1957
researcher
Gaia Weiss
b. 1991
model
Louis Rustin
1880 – 1954
inventor
Bruno Salomone
1970 – 2026
actor
Henry Anglade
1933 – 2022
sport cyclist
William II, Count of Nevers
1083 – 1148
military personnel
Naji Hakim
b. 1955
organist
Mme de Beaumer
1720 – 1766
writer
Gaspard III de Coligny
1584 – 1646
military officer
Olivier Saladin
b. 1952
actor
Morice Benin
1947 – 2021
singer-songwriter
Nicolette Hennique
1882 – 1956
poet
Simone Berriau
1896 – 1984
actor
Marcelle Semmer
1895 – 1944
resistance fighter
Princess Marie of Denmark
b. 1976
aristocrat
Julien Tomas
b. 1985
rugby union player
Léa Murie
b. 1998
rugby union player
Maurice d'Hulst
1841 – 1896
politician
Tsuneko Taniuchi
1946 – 2026
artist
Charles Aubras
archer
Christian Ivaldi
b. 1938
pianist
Martin de Barcos
1600 – 1678
Catholic priest
Nicolas Priet
b. 1983
association football player
Jean-François Champollion
1790 – 1832
Egyptologist
Georges Dard
1918 – 2001
association football player
Benjamin Aubert
b. 1997
squash player
Henri Cueco
1929 – 2017
painter
Ramona Bădescu
b. 1980
writer
Marguerite Long
1874 – 1966
pianist
Dominique Yvon
b. 1968
figure skater
Léopold Louis Joubert
1842 – 1927
missionary
Bertha, Duchess of Brittany
1114 – 1156
politician
Georges Fenech
b. 1954
politician
Pierre Mahé
1833 – 1913
printer
Pierre Jean Launay
1900 – 1982
writer
Jean Madiran
1920 – 2013
journalist
Miguel Comminges
b. 1982
association football player
Sainte-Anne Auguste Louzier
1848 – 1925
architect
Ernest Denormandie
1821 – 1902
politician
Mère Saint-Louis
1763 – 1825
religious sister
Janine Chasseguet-Smirgel
1928 – 2006
psychologist
Emile Dorvilliers
1890 – 1970
sport cyclist
Laurent Pillon
b. 1964
sport cyclist
Jeanne Vanoverloop
artistic gymnast
Christine Mallo
b. 1966
athletics competitor
Imbert de Bartanay
1438 – 1523
diplomat
Jean Aicardi
1926 – 2015
physician
Philippe Jamet
b. 1961
engineer
Alexandre-Achille Souques
1860 – 1944
hospitalist physician
André Neher
1914 – 1988
theologian
Stéphane Darbion
b. 1984
association football player
Pascal Thomas
b. 1945
director
Claude Bardos
1940 – 2026
mathematician
Henry Jacques Le Même
1897 – 1997
architect
Amand-Joseph Fava
1826 – 1899
Catholic priest
Angèle Hug
b. 2000
canoeist
Geoffroy Velten
1831 – 1915
politician
Anne de Laval
1505 – 1554
feudatory
Jean-Pierre Talatini
b. 1976
athletics competitor
Albert Carré
1852 – 1938
actor