France
People of this nationality
Gabrielle Petit
1860 – 1952
women's rights activist
Émile Hamonic
1861 – 1943
photographer
Jean Vilar
1912 – 1971
theatre director
Émile Picot
1844 – 1918
writer
Diana Starkova
b. 1994
model
Gilles Martin
b. 1956
photographer
Georges Claude
1870 – 1960
chemist
Abdellatif Meftah
b. 1982
marathon runner
Philippe Baptiste
b. 1972
engineer
Georges Jean Marie Darrieus
1888 – 1979
military flight engineer
Jean-Yves Le Déaut
b. 1945
politician
Joost van Vollenhoven
1877 – 1918
colonial administrator
Sandrine Domain
b. 1971
athletics competitor
Georges Perrot
1832 – 1914
historian of classical antiquity
Paul Arma
1905 – 1987
composer
Jean Armand Charlemagne
1753 – 1838
writer
Laurent Voiron
b. 1975
sailor
Joseph Brousseau
1730 – 1797
architect
Jean Boiteux
1933 – 2010
swimmer
Laurence Coriat
b. 1901
screenwriter
François-Xavier Ortoli
1925 – 2007
politician
Bastien Ader
b. 1991
rugby league player
Ludwig Francillette
b. 1999
association football player
Michel Beaune
1933 – 1990
stage actor
Vincent Castell
b. 1992
bobsledder
Philippe Raschke
b. 1967
association football player
Charles Boyer
1899 – 1978
film actor
Henri, Dauphin of Viennois
1296 – 1328
Catholic bishop
Sarah Naudi
actor
Henry Harrisse
1829 – 1910
writer
Dragan Cvetković
b. 1961
association football player
Marie Jacquot
b. 1990
conductor
Virgile Reset
b. 1985
association football player
Marguerite Deval
1866 – 1955
actor
Jean Royère
1902 – 1981
designer
Jean Rondeau
1946 – 1985
racing automobile driver
Claire Burger
b. 1978
film director
Jean-Marie Le Guen
b. 1953
politician
sOAZ
b. 1994
professional gamer
Gabriel Taborin
1799 – 1864
theologian
Pagan the Butler
1100 – 1149
Hugues Dufourt
b. 1943
composer
Claire Jacob
b. 1996
association football player
Vincent Tulli
b. 1966
actor
Patrick Proisy
b. 1949
tennis player
Madeleine of Valois
1520 – 1537
Claudius Rey
1817 – 1895
entomologist
Philip V of Spain
1683 – 1746
ruler
Noël Brûlart de Sillery
1577 – 1640
diplomat
Guy Stéphan
b. 1956
association football player
Louise Noëlle Malclès
1899 – 1977
bibliographer
Pichancourt
inventor
Yannick Bru
b. 1973
rugby union player
Claude Michy
b. 1949
sports executive
Alain Convard
1947 – 1974
archer
Arthur Fallot
1850 – 1911
physician
François Fillon
b. 1954
politician
Krazy Baldhead
b. 1974
record producer
Patrick Le Quément
b. 1945
designer
Madame Saqui
1786 – 1866
circus performer
Jules Segers
b. 2002
alpine skier
Mireille Balin
1909 – 1968
film actor
Ferdinand Hérold
1791 – 1833
composer
Laurent Schwartz
1915 – 2002
mathematician
Jean-François Heurtier
1739 – 1822
architect
Sébastien Agius
b. 1983
singer
Lucien Lauk
1911 – 2001
sport cyclist
Emmanuel Strosser
b. 1965
pianist
Caroline La Villa
b. 1992
association football player
Christiane Ziegler
b. 1942
archaeologist
István Lukács
1912 – 1960
association football player
Marcel Lesieur
1945 – 2022
physicist
Claude Gallimard
1914 – 1991
publisher
Théodore Salomé
1834 – 1896
organist
Jean-Baptiste Robineau-Desvoidy
1799 – 1857
entomologist
Sabrina Labiod
b. 1986
association football player
Rhena Schweitzer Miller
1919 – 2009
humanitarian
Pierre Scribante
1931 – 2013
sport cyclist
Gennadius of Massilia
historian
Cristobal Huet
b. 1975
ice hockey player
Léon de Berluc-Pérussis
1835 – 1902
poet
Laurent Dauthuille
1924 – 1971
boxer
Fanny Tenret
b. 1990
association football player
Bruno della Chiesa
b. 1962
linguist
Georges Chelon
b. 1943
singer
Blanche d'Orléans
1857 – 1932
Inès de Bourgoing
1862 – 1953
nurse
Régine Crespin
1927 – 2007
opera singer
Raoul of Clermont
1255 – 1302
military personnel
Azalaïs de Porcairagues
1141 – 1177
trobairitz
Michel Mathieu
1944 – 2010
official
Little Sister Magdeleine of Jesus
1898 – 1989
missionary
Franck Perque
b. 1974
sport cyclist
Benoit Ramognino
b. 1968
art dealer
Jacques Anquetil
1934 – 1987
sport cyclist
Paul Cocuet
b. 1900
rower
Roger Arnaldez
1911 – 2006
Islamicist
Jérôme Chappellaz
b. 1964
researcher
Benjamin Afgour
b. 1991
handball player
Henri Lesur
1892 – 1971
association football player