France
People of this nationality
Antoine Volodine
b. 1949
translator
Charles Piroye
1670 – 1720
organist
Erwin Creed
b. 1980
racing driver
Christophe Sirodeau
b. 1970
pianist
Louis Jourdan
1921 – 2015
stage actor
Fabien Merciris
b. 1977
sport cyclist
Mathieu Bouyer
b. 1987
association football player
Laurent Belissen
1693 – 1762
composer
Sereine Mauborgne
b. 1972
politician
André Beucler
1898 – 1985
journalist
Pierre Béchu
1959 – 1988
figure skater
Frédéric Soyez
b. 1978
field hockey player
Raymond Destin
1946 – 2025
association football coach
Alexandre Poncet
1884 – 1973
Catholic priest
Dominique Malonga
b. 2005
basketball player
Agnès Hurstel
comedian
Renée Nicoux
b. 1951
politician
Isidore Loeb
1839 – 1892
rabbi
Khéphren Thuram
b. 2001
association football player
Arnaud Clément
b. 1977
tennis player
Hélène de Montgeroult
1764 – 1836
pianist
Stéphane Boudin
1888 – 1967
interior designer
Louis-Gaspard-Gustave-Adolphe Yvelin de Béville
1806 – 1885
soldier
René Lefèvre
1898 – 1991
actor
Freddy Head
b. 1947
horse trainer
Maurice Le Glay
1868 – 1936
writer
Omer Demeuldre
1892 – 1918
flying ace
Jeanne Jugan
1792 – 1879
religious sister
Benjamin Du Plan
1688 – 1763
military personnel
Gilles Martin
b. 1963
engineer
Marie Bennigsen-Broxup
1944 – 2012
historian
Paul Mathaux
1888 – 1966
association football player
Claude Dallemagne
1754 – 1813
politician
Allan Kimbaloula
b. 1992
association football player
Erick Mombaerts
b. 1955
association football player
Lucas Rey
b. 1997
rugby union player
Marie de' Medici
1575 – 1642
salonnière
Léonce Corne
1894 – 1977
actor
Michel Wibault
1897 – 1963
entrepreneur
Pierre Bourgarit
b. 1997
rugby union player
Francesca Petitjean
b. 1962
pornographic film actor
Constant-Joseph Brochart
1816 – 1899
painter
Jean-Luc Deganis
b. 1959
basketball player
François Richier
b. 1963
diplomat
Joseph Liouville
1809 – 1882
mathematician
Amir Abdou
b. 1972
association football coach
Karim Zaghib
b. 1963
researcher
Julie-Angélique Scio
1768 – 1807
opera singer
Cyril Benoit
b. 1974
business executive
Isabelle Aubret
b. 1938
singer
Jeanne Selmersheim-Desgrange
1877 – 1958
painter
René Olmeta
1934 – 2023
politician
Charles Braibant
1889 – 1976
archivist
Kévin Bodin
b. 1987
association football player
François Maistre
1925 – 2016
stage actor
Jean Giraudoux
1882 – 1944
playwright
Marie-Thérèse Gauley
1903 – 1992
opera singer
Louis Antériou
1887 – 1931
politician
Marie-Joseph Bissonnier
1940 – 2023
politician
Emmy Lynn
1889 – 1978
actor
Fayçal Karoui
b. 1971
conductor
Emmanuel Straschnov
b. 1983
businessperson
Hafez Pakzaad
b. 1955
painter
Marcel Proust
1871 – 1922
novelist
Louis Cler
1905 – 1950
association football player
Ebles I of Roucy
feudatory
Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orléans
1747 – 1793
politician
Jacques Boulanger
1927 – 1956
athletics competitor
Émile Gentil
1866 – 1914
explorer
Paul Langevin
1872 – 1946
physicist
Taki Saito
b. 2000
actor
Anthony Rech
b. 1992
ice hockey player
Alphonse Georger
b. 1936
Catholic priest
Johnny Schuth
1941 – 2026
association football player
Yvon Mougel
b. 1955
biathlete
Steve Missillier
b. 1984
alpine skier
Jean-Marc Mazzonetto
1983 – 2018
rugby union player
Maurice Baudechon
1890 – 1963
rower
Christophe Richer
1513 – 1553
diplomat
Guillaume Franc
1505 – 1570
composer
Étienne La Font de Saint-Yenne
1688 – 1771
art critic
Suzanne Voilquin
1801 – 1876
journalist
Émile Servan-Schreiber
1888 – 1967
journalist
Li-Cam
b. 1970
writer
Dupré Barbancourt
businessperson
Augustin Mouterde
b. 1991
rower
Robert Abdesselam
1920 – 2006
tennis player
Nicolas Batum
b. 1988
basketball player
Christophe Crénel
b. 1964
radio personality
Pérotin
1155 – 1230
composer
Edith Bernardin
1903 – 1994
librarian
Geneviève de Gramont
1751 – 1794
Dame d'atours
Nicole-Claude Mathieu
1937 – 2014
anthropologist
Léon Kreutzer
1817 – 1868
composer
Hervé Budes de Guébriant
1880 – 1972
agricultural engineer
Gilbert Sardier
1897 – 1976
flying ace
André Couteaux
1925 – 1986
screenwriter
Johann Zarco
b. 1990
motorcycle road racer
Jacques de Bascher
1951 – 1989
dandy
François Dumont
b. 1985
pianist