France
People of this nationality
Étienne Moreau-Nélaton
1859 – 1927
art collector
David Fraisse
b. 1968
rugby league player
Pascale Audret
1936 – 2000
stage actor
Hippolyte Mireur
1841 – 1914
physician
Jean Bertin
1917 – 1975
military flight engineer
Daniel Mercier
1892 – 1914
association football player
René Schiermeyer
b. 1938
amateur wrestler
Cyprien Katsaris
b. 1951
pianist
Corinne Vanier
b. 1963
tennis player
Charles-Pierre Denonvilliers
1808 – 1872
physician
Anne-Geneviève de Bourbon
1619 – 1679
aristocrat
Émile Labussière
1853 – 1924
politician
Jean Lefebvre
1919 – 2004
film actor
Henry II
1207 – 1248
politician
Jacqueline Gourault
b. 1950
politician
Charles Laubry
1872 – 1960
cardiologist
Catherine Jeandel
b. 1957
oceanographer
René Thom
1923 – 2002
mathematician
Pierre Rodocanachi
b. 1938
fencer
Thérèse Clerc
1927 – 2016
women's rights activist
Octavian
b. 1996
rapper
Rudy Ricciotti
b. 1952
architect
Mickael Lebout
b. 1987
mixed martial arts fighter
Loïc Costerg
b. 1987
bobsledder
Dominique Papety
1815 – 1849
painter
André Dewavrin
1911 – 1998
engineer
John Halgren of Abbeville
1180 – 1233
diplomat
Eric Bocat
b. 1999
association football player
Michèle Peyron
b. 1961
politician
Delphine Regease
b. 1984
artistic gymnast
André Geneste
1930 – 2015
sport cyclist
Célestin Hennion
1862 – 1915
police officer
Edouard Utudjian
1905 – 1975
master builder
Jean-Paul Roy
b. 1964
musician
Prince Oniangue
b. 1988
association football player
Yann Kitala
b. 1998
association football player
Jean-Joseph Benjamin-Constant
1845 – 1902
painter
Jean-Marie Barat
1892 – 1956
association football player
Cheick Traoré
b. 1995
association football player
Karen Chan
b. 1984
researcher
Benjamin Compaoré
b. 1987
athletics competitor
Léonor Mérimée
1757 – 1836
painter
Laurent Spinosi
b. 1969
association football player
CloZee
b. 1992
DJ producer
Jean Joseph Pierre Vigoureux
1784 – 1857
engineer of the French Corps of Bridges and Roads
Marius Matheron
1893 – 1980
sport cyclist
Patrick Sawyerr
1947 – 2025
ice hockey player
Cyril Gaillard
b. 1986
cross-country skier
Étienne Félix d'Henin de Cuvillers
1755 – 1841
military officer
Denis Langlois
b. 1968
athletics competitor
Lamine Ghezali
b. 1999
association football player
Jean Zay
1904 – 1944
politician
Gaëtan Charbonnier
b. 1988
association football player
Alain Ducellier
1934 – 2018
historian
Louis Aubert
1877 – 1968
composer
Alphonse Lemonnier
1842 – 1907
journalist
DJ Dirty Harry
b. 1976
disc jockey
Brigitte de Prémont
1935 – 2024
politician
Antonin Carlès
1851 – 1919
sculptor
Nicolas Puillandre
malacologist
Jacques Guyard
b. 1937
politician
Jean-Marie Allenou
1818 – 1880
politician
Charles Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua and Montferrat
1580 – 1637
aristocrat
Pierre Gauthier
1879 – 2000
skipper
Arnold Mortier
1843 – 1885
journalist
Julien Martinelli
b. 1980
association football player
Denis Gavini
1820 – 1916
politician
Marc Gricourt
b. 1961
nurse
Adolphe Garnier
1801 – 1864
lawyer
Alexandre Allegret-Pilot
b. 1989
politician
Stéphane Cassard
b. 1972
association football player
Charles-Eugène de Veauce
1868 – 1934
equestrian
George Ortiz
1927 – 2013
art collector
Patrice Jeener
1944 – 2026
printmaker
Nicolas Hennel
designer
Arthur Quentin de Gromard
1821 – 1896
musician
Blandine Rouille
b. 1980
sailor
Alexandre-Émile Béguyer de Chancourtois
1821 – 1886
geologist
Geneviève Comte-Bellot
b. 1929
physicist
Camille Pin
b. 1981
tennis player
Charles Pieri
b. 1950
political activist
Alain Mion
b. 1947
jazz musician
Jean-Sébastien Jaurès
b. 1977
association football player
Pierre Lemoine
1927 – 2023
architect
Gabriel Ferry
1809 – 1852
writer
Didier Decoin
1945 – 2026
screenwriter
Guillaume Lamberty
1754 – 1794
revolutionary
Alexis Hubert Jaillot
1632 – 1712
publisher
Daniel Greysolon, Sieur du Lhut
1639 – 1710
explorer
Arthur Gomes
b. 1969
rugby union player
Patrick Henry
1953 – 2017
drug trafficker
Dominique Gillot
b. 1949
politician
Alphonse de Gisors
1796 – 1866
architect
Albèrt Arnavièlha
1844 – 1927
poet
Louis de Montfort
1673 – 1716
Catholic priest
Daniel Guérin
1904 – 1988
politician
Jacques Veyrat
b. 1962
business executive
Jacques Varennes
1894 – 1958
actor
Tony Delsham
1946 – 2024
journalist
Maximin de Bompart
1698 – 1773
military personnel