France
People of this nationality
Madeleine Bayon
b. 1997
acrobatic gymnast
Jean-Paul Benzécri
1932 – 2019
statistician
Étienne Marcel
1315 – 1358
merchant
Pauline Bebe
b. 1965
rabbi
Yannick Neuder
b. 1969
politician
Maurice Cossmann
1850 – 1924
paleontologist
Joseph Maffioli
1904 – 1965
ski jumper
Étienne Radet
1762 – 1825
military personnel
Shan Sa
b. 1972
writer
Adèle Daminois
1785 – 1876
playwright
Elias d'Ussel
b. 1200
troubadour
Philippe Tuitoga
b. 1990
volleyball player
Jean Hotman, Marquis de Villers-St-Paul
1552 – 1636
diplomat
Patrick Seguin
b. 1954
art dealer
Bill Deraime
b. 1947
singer-songwriter
Henri Masson
1872 – 1963
fencer
Michel Lejeune
1907 – 2000
linguist
Serge Buttet
1954 – 2021
swimmer
Jean Goguel
1908 – 1987
geologist
Laurent Beauvais
b. 1952
politician
Michel Kazatchkine
b. 1946
physician
Joseph Pain
1773 – 1830
playwright
Alphonse Aria
1902 – 1968
amateur wrestler
Georges Galinat
1904 – 1976
boxer
Rudy Jomby
b. 1988
basketball player
Jean Pithou
1524 – 1602
writer
Jean François Mayor de Montricher
1810 – 1858
engineer
François Magendie
1783 – 1855
physiologist
Adil Hermach
b. 1986
association football player
Émile Pierre Metzmacher
1815 – 1890
painter
Francis Camerini
b. 1948
association football player
Sébastien Lespès
1828 – 1897
Officer of the French Navy
Cendrine Wolf
b. 1965
writer
Gabrielle Dorziat
1880 – 1979
stage actor
Jacques-Melchior Saint-Laurent, Comte de Barras
1720 – 1792
military personnel
Guilda
1924 – 2012
actor
Jean-François Senault
1599 – 1672
philosopher
Ginette Moulin
1927 – 2025
businessperson
Ambroise-Marguerite Bardin
1768 – 1842
painter
Christiane Guhel
1932 – 2023
figure skater
François Augiéras
1925 – 1971
writer
André Malinet
1877 – 1956
figure skater
Jean-Joseph-Léandre Bargès
1810 – 1896
Catholic priest
Lazare Bruandet
1755 – 1804
painter
Georges Grain
b. 1948
field hockey player
Jean Dumont
1923 – 2001
editor
Jean-Claude Roy
1933 – 2018
actor
Elisabeth de Vaudey
1773 – 1863
lady-in-waiting
André Grétry
1741 – 1813
composer
Aurélien Wiik
b. 1980
actor
Geneviève de Malboissière
1746 – 1766
writer
Alain Roche
b. 1967
association football player
Timothée Clément
b. 2000
field hockey player
Xavier Jan
b. 1970
sport cyclist
Noelle Sabbe
sport cyclist
Louis Gabriel de Contades
1759 – 1825
military personnel
François Zourabichvili
1965 – 2006
philosopher
Claude Roy
1915 – 1997
journalist
Claude d'Annebault
1495 – 1552
diplomat
Pierre Baillot
1771 – 1842
composer
Claude-Max Lochu
b. 1951
painter
Joseph-Charles Lefebvre
1892 – 1973
Catholic priest
Louis Gabriel Montigny
1784 – 1846
playwright
Dominique Benicheti
1943 – 2011
film producer
Nicolas-Marie Songis des Courbons
1761 – 1810
military personnel
Sébastien Josse
b. 1975
skipper
Dry
b. 1977
rapper
Louis Gerverot
1747 – 1829
ceramicist
César Malan
1787 – 1864
pastor
Étienne de Marsay
b. 1150
archbishop
Gérard Lecomte
1926 – 1997
linguist
Sewrin
1771 – 1853
chansonnier
Nicolas-Auguste Leisnier
1787 – 1858
engraver
Cyril Baille
b. 1993
rugby union player
Auguste Marie Taunay
1768 – 1824
sculptor
Marie Möör
b. 1953
singer
Alain Sailhac
1936 – 2022
chef
Arnaut de Tintinhac
troubadour
Sadalberga
650 – 655
abbess
Théo Christine
b. 1996
actor
Charles Clermont-Ganneau
1846 – 1923
archaeologist
Antoine-Léandre Sardou
1803 – 1894
linguist
Marie-Hélène Huet
b. 1944
academic
Louis Pelâtre
1940 – 2026
Catholic priest
Gaston Palewski
1901 – 1984
politician
Sidney Toledano
b. 1951
businessperson
Louis-Antoine-Cyprien Infernet
1757 – 1815
Officer of the French Navy
Catherine Cusset
b. 1963
non-fiction writer
Jean-Bernard Gauthier de Murnan
1748 – 1796
military officer
Georges Meunier
1925 – 2015
sport cyclist
Didier Domi
b. 1978
association football player
Nathalie Bouvier
b. 1969
alpine skier
Joseph Arago
1796 – 1860
soldier
Georges Lebret
1853 – 1927
politician
Aimé-Joseph Escudié
1927 – 2015
boxer
Gaspard Eberlé
1764 – 1837
military personnel
Jacques Marcault
1883 – 1979
sport cyclist
Henri Babinski
1855 – 1931
mining engineer
Nora Arnezeder
b. 1989
actor
Charles, Count of Charolais
1700 – 1760
aristocrat