France
People of this nationality
Stéphane Zagdanski
b. 1963
writer
Tristan Derème
1889 – 1941
poet
Yvon Gattaz
1925 – 2024
business executive
Léna Kandissounon
b. 1998
athletics competitor
Boleslas Gajewski
1850 – 1940
linguist
Odile Hembise Fanton d’Andon
businessperson
Pierre François Joseph Durutte
1767 – 1827
military officer
Pierre Gourrier
b. 1947
weightlifter
Amel Brahim-Djelloul
b. 1975
opera singer
Roger Gougenot des Mousseaux
1805 – 1876
writer
Gustave Albitte
1812 – 1898
playwright
Abel Boyer
1667 – 1729
lexicographer
Eliott Roudil
b. 1996
rugby union player
Étienne Gernelle
b. 1976
journalist
Lothair of France
941 – 986
politician
Virginie Arnold
b. 1979
archer
Jean-Charles de Borda
1733 – 1799
mathematician
Aimé Charles Irvoy
1824 – 1898
sculptor
Claudius de Cap Blanc
1953 – 2022
sculptor
André Sentenac
b. 1939
biologist
Geoffrey Doumeng
b. 1980
association football player
Alexandre Navarro
b. 1974
guitarist
Alphonse Daudet
1840 – 1897
writer
Charles Rabou
1803 – 1871
journalist
Louis II du Bouchet de Sourches
1711 – 1788
military officer
Emmanuel Clérico
b. 1969
racing automobile driver
Jean Dubly
1886 – 1953
association football player
Pierre Masson
1880 – 1959
physician
Charles Parzudaki
1806 – 1889
ornithologist
Louis Bourgeois
1937 – 2022
association football player
Marie-Sophie Lacarrau
b. 1975
television journalist
Sid-Ahmed Bouziane
b. 1983
association football player
Yves Lévy
b. 1957
immunologist
Benjamin de Rothschild
1963 – 2021
banker
Jean-François Lyotard
1924 – 1998
philosopher
Georges Gault
1885 – 1916
tennis player
Claude Chabauty
1910 – 1990
mathematician
Antoine-Gabriel-François Benoist
1715 – 1776
military personnel
Laurent Magnier
1618 – 1700
sculptor
Paul Journoud
1821 – 1882
chess player
Roger Antoine
1929 – 2003
basketball player
Minia Biabiany
b. 1988
visual artist
Pierre Rouvier
1741 – 1818
painter
Jean-Mandé Sigogne
1763 – 1844
Catholic priest
Pierre Bourdelle
1901 – 1966
sculptor
Andrée Belle
1879 – 1920
painter
Charles d'Albert d'Ailly
1625 – 1698
diplomat
François Caron
1931 – 2014
historian
Aboubacar Ali Abdallah
b. 2006
association football player
Laurence Grivot
1843 – 1890
actor
Jean Jaillard
1931 – 2009
artistic gymnast
Axel Michon
b. 1990
tennis player
Marc Grégoire
1906 – 1996
inventor
Léon Pignon
1908 – 1976
diplomat
François-Xavier Ménage
b. 1980
news presenter
Léon Martinaud-Déplat
1899 – 1969
politician
Marie Zéphyrine of France
1750 – 1755
aristocrat
Jacques Marie François Bigot
1818 – 1893
entomologist
Liliane Bettencourt
1922 – 2017
entrepreneur
Pierre Allemane
1882 – 1956
association football player
Delphine Ledoux
b. 1985
rhythmic gymnast
Sophie, Countess of Bar
1018 – 1093
feudatory
Karina Lombard
b. 1969
film actor
Léonard Specht
b. 1954
association football player
Patrick Besson
b. 1956
journalist
Renaud II, Count of Clermont
1075 – 1152
aristocrat
Robert Juvin
1921 – 2005
sculptor
Joseph Thomin
1931 – 2018
sport cyclist
Jean-Pierre Ricard
b. 1944
Catholic priest
Dominique Boeuf
b. 1968
jockey
Charles Vernier
1883 – 1966
politician
Armand Marquiset
1900 – 1981
philanthropist
Paul Carnot
1869 – 1957
physician
François Gernigon
b. 1961
politician
Louise Béguin-Salomon
1831 – 1916
composer
Germaine Perrin de la Boullaye
1875 – 1939
archaeologist
Georges Touquet-Daunis
1879 – 1917
marathon runner
Jean-Pascal Mignot
b. 1981
association football player
Mustapha Badid
b. 1964
athletics competitor
Hugues Cosnier
1573 – 1629
civil engineer
Marine Petit
b. 1992
artistic gymnast
Jacques Viaene
1929 – 1962
water polo player
Emmanuelle Bayamack-Tam
b. 1966
novelist
Christine Boisson
1956 – 2024
stage actor
Gérard Gaudron
1949 – 2024
politician
Lucille Godiveau
b. 1987
rugby union player
Stefan Milosavljevic
b. 1993
association football player
Jean-Baptiste Réveillon
1725 – 1811
entrepreneur
Jean-Pierre Etienne
1754 – 1812
Officer of the French Navy
Alain Feydeau
1934 – 2008
actor
Claude Lemoine
b. 1932
journalist
Adrien Languillat
1808 – 1878
missionary
Béatrice Hibou
b. 1953
political scientist
Andrea Pizzitola
b. 1992
racing automobile driver
Isaure Luzet
1899 – 1995
pharmacist
Pierre Goura
1912 – 1996
politician
Henry Simon
1874 – 1926
politician
Menachem ben Peretz of Hebron
writer
Pierre Milza
1932 – 2018
historian
Mahieu le Juif
composer