France
People of this nationality
François Chollet
b. 1989
data scientist
Alexis Manenti
b. 1982
actor
Louis d'Aurelle de Paladines
1804 – 1877
politician
Georges Arvanitas
1931 – 2005
jazz musician
Pierre Stagnara
1917 – 1995
spine surgeon
Cécile Prunier
b. 1969
swimmer
Frances Higgins
1912 – 2004
artist
Denis Comtet
b. 1970
conductor
Mélanie Bonis
1858 – 1937
composer
Georges Fontenis
1920 – 2010
teacher
Karen Leibovici
b. 1971
sailor
Roger Druine
1921 – 1958
engineer
Mickaël Nelson
b. 1990
association football player
Georges Fragerolle
1855 – 1920
composer
Perrine Clauzel
b. 1994
sport cyclist
François Gouges
1941 – 2025
pétanque player
Patrick Baucelin
b. 1957
film director
Jean-Pierre Aumont
1911 – 2001
actor
Jérôme Hanquez
1974 – 2020
tennis player
Séverine Vandenhende
b. 1974
judoka
Antoinette Béfort
1788 – 1868
painter
Jean-Claude Perrot
1928 – 2021
historian
Benoît Salmon
b. 1974
sport cyclist
Jean-Roger Milo
1957 – 2023
actor
Claude Arnaud
b. 1955
writer
Pierre Granier-Deferre
1927 – 2007
film director
Hugues Aufray
b. 1929
singer
Pierre Siniac
1928 – 2002
writer
Léon Théry
1879 – 1909
racing automobile driver
Yann Demange
b. 1977
film director
Firmin Gillot
1820 – 1872
engineer
François-Philippe Charpentier
1734 – 1817
printmaker
Théo Le Normand
b. 2000
association football player
Clément Champoussin
b. 1998
sport cyclist
André Robin
1922 – 2007
bobsledder
Georges Laugée
1853 – 1937
painter
Wissam Ben Yedder
b. 1990
association football player
Alain Ipiélé
b. 1997
association football player
André Seznec
b. 1959
computer scientist
Jean-Pierre Teisseire
b. 1940
association football player
Henri Blowitz
1825 – 1903
journalist
Jean Hubert
1902 – 1994
art historian
Tom Hudson
b. 1994
actor
Bernard Boissier
b. 1952
association football player
Michel Boisrond
1921 – 2002
film director
Cédric Moukouri
b. 1979
association football player
Karim Rouani
b. 1982
association football player
Charles Abraham Chasselat
1782 – 1843
painter
Domitille Degalle
b. 2000
keyboardist
Philippe Guillemard
b. 1975
politician
Patricia Reynaud-Bouret
b. 1978
mathematician
Fernand Thesmar
1843 – 1912
enameler
Michel Oliver et Stéphanie Oliver
b. 1932
cook
Nicolas de Plattemontagne
1631 – 1706
painter
Richard Chanlaire
1896 – 1973
painter
Louis Penverne
b. 2003
rugby union player
Zina Weygand
b. 1945
historian
Pierre Laureys
1919 – 2004
military personnel
Frédéric Lodéon
b. 1952
conductor
Jean de Sponde
1557 – 1595
poet
Aristophane
1967 – 2004
comics artist
Lia Athanassoula
b. 1948
astrophysicist
Anthony Taugourdeau
b. 1989
association football player
Anna-Sofie Lavoyne
b. 1981
rhythmic gymnast
Marc Crousillat
1960 – 2022
water polo player
Jean de Grégorio
1935 – 2021
rugby union player
Audrey Spiry
b. 1983
animator
Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens
1704 – 1771
writer
Sophie Camard
b. 1972
political scientist
Loudmilla Bencheikh
b. 2001
tennis player
Alphonse Kirchhoffer
1873 – 1913
fencer
Élise Fajgeles
b. 1970
politician
Maurice Le Lannou
1906 – 1992
geographer
Damien Da Silva
b. 1988
association football player
René Navarre
1877 – 1968
film director
Stéphane Mbia
b. 1986
association football player
Georges Miquelle
1896 – 1977
cellist
David Mokwa
b. 2004
association football player
Roland Simounet
1927 – 1996
architect
Gaspard Pécou de Cherville
1819 – 1898
writer
Florine of Burgundy
1083 – 1097
crusader
Léon Barnaud
1845 – 1909
naval officer
Jean-Roch Coignet
1776 – 1865
military personnel
Robert Castel
1933 – 2013
sociologist
Pampi Laduche
1955 – 2021
player of Basque pelota
Louis Amédée Mante
1826 – 1913
photographer
Jean Charbonneaux
1895 – 1969
archaeologist
Frantz Brunet
1879 – 1965
teacher
Yohan Betsch
b. 1987
association football player
Ines Pitarch-Granel
b. 2006
basketball player
Gilles Simon
b. 1984
tennis player
Léon de Beylié
1849 – 1910
military personnel
Cyprien Iov
b. 1989
vlogger
François Perrier
1833 – 1888
military officer
Piotr Słonimski
1922 – 2009
geneticist
Claude Gensac
1927 – 2016
actor
Paul Raynal
1885 – 1971
writer
Henri Ribul
b. 1941
association football player
Virginie Morel-du Verger
1799 – 1870
composer
Louis Noguères
1881 – 1956
politician