France
People of this nationality
Pierre de Guingand
1885 – 1964
actor
Jean Dieudonné
1906 – 1992
mathematician
Claude Le Tonnelier de Breteuil
1644 – 1698
Catholic priest
Claude-Thomas Dupuy
1678 – 1738
politician
Jules Girardet
1856 – 1938
painter
Patrick Vallençant
1946 – 1989
mountaineer
Gustave Arosa
1818 – 1883
art collector
André Mourlon
1903 – 1970
sprinter
David Azéma
b. 1960
businessperson
Serge Perrault
1920 – 2014
choreographer
Nicolas Pol
b. 1977
painter
Claude Baux
b. 1945
canoeist
Antoine Redin
1934 – 2012
association football player
Clotilde Dusoulier
b. 1979
writer
Yves Pons
b. 1999
basketball player
Louis-Luc Godey
1813 – 1873
mycologist
Antonietta d'Orléans-Longueville
1572 – 1618
religious
Francine Hérail
1929 – 2024
historian
Michel Kaplan
b. 1946
historian
Jean Badré
1913 – 2001
Catholic priest
Jacques Claude Demogeot
1808 – 1894
writer
Tariq Krim
b. 1972
entrepreneur
Pierre Douville
1745 – 1794
naval officer
Isabelle Vauglin
b. 1961
astrophysicist
Charlotte Vignon
1639 – 1700
painter
Moussa Konaté
b. 1978
kickboxer
Joseph Marchand
1803 – 1835
missionary
Henri Maurice Berteaux
1852 – 1911
politician
Marie-Adrienne Chameroy
1779 – 1802
dancer
Jean Reynaud
1806 – 1863
philosopher
Victor Thébault
1882 – 1960
mathematician
Jean II de Brosse
1423 – 1482
aristocrat
Henri Valois
1603 – 1676
linguist
Yves Lacoste
1929 – 2026
geographer
Philippe Sautet
b. 1961
chemist
Junior Nzila
b. 2001
association football player
Jennifer Digbeu
b. 1987
basketball player
Adam Pérelle
1640 – 1695
painter
Julie Laernoes
b. 1982
politician
André Paris
1925 – 2016
long-distance runner
Peirol
1101 – 1300
troubadour
Richard Isanove
b. 1968
draftsperson
Jim Gérald
1889 – 1958
actor
Roger Rossinelli
1927 – 2005
sport cyclist
Léonce Perret
1880 – 1935
actor
Vincent Chalvon-Demersay
b. 1964
television producer
Champfleury
1821 – 1889
writer
Michael Fitzpatrick
b. 1970
musician
Mylaine Tarrieu
b. 1995
association football player
Frank Thomas
1936 – 2017
music executive
Jean-Michel Boris
1933 – 2020
artistic director
Joan, Lady of Wales
1191 – 1237
aristocrat
Antoinette de Saliès
1639 – 1730
writer
Jean-Marc Audemar
b. 1971
association football player
Marthe Brandès
1862 – 1930
stage actor
Maxence Langlois-Berthelot
b. 1972
official
Georges Rousseau-Decelle
1878 – 1965
lepidopterist
Paul Barril
b. 1946
gendarme officer
Kungs
b. 1996
disc jockey
Jean Roudaut
b. 1929
writer
Amédée Jacques
1813 – 1865
philosopher
Joséphine Pagnier
b. 2002
ski jumper
Jean François Georgel
1731 – 1813
diplomat
Raoul Boucher
b. 1891
sport cyclist
Jean Morzadec
1953 – 2020
singer-songwriter
Inès Longevial
b. 1990
painter
Jean Bertaut
1552 – 1611
poet
Jeanine Assani-Issouf
b. 1992
athletics competitor
Elena Groposila
b. 1977
handball coach
Stéphanie Le Quellec
b. 1981
chef
Louis Lamothe
1822 – 1869
painter
Pierre George
1909 – 2006
geographer
Maurice Nivat
1937 – 2017
computer scientist
Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux
1943 – 2025
actor
Pauline Astier
b. 2002
basketball player
Charles Lécrivain
1860 – 1942
historian
Eugène Bertrand
1834 – 1899
actor
Henri Lombard
1855 – 1929
sculptor
Olivier Sorin
b. 1981
association football player
Jean Burger
1907 – 1945
politician
Alfred Delilia
1844 – 1916
playwright
Pierre Maillard-Verger
1910 – 1968
pianist
Jean-François Ducis
1733 – 1816
poet
Gustave Ravier
1850 – 1918
politician
Jean-Michel Iribarren
b. 1958
writer
Pierre Bazzo
b. 1954
sport cyclist
Gérard Roland
b. 1981
association football player
André Velter
b. 1945
poet
Erwan Manac'h
b. 1971
association football player
Roger Chaussabel
1932 – 2023
sport cyclist
Astrid Guyart
b. 1983
fencer
Marcel-Auguste Dieulafoy
1844 – 1920
anthropologist
Pascal of Bollywood
b. 1963
singer
Guy Bouriat
1902 – 1933
motorcycle racer
Christelle Wahnawe
b. 1983
association football player
Claude de Savoie
1507 – 1566
aristocrat
François Sonkin
1922 – 2010
writer
Marc Sarreau
b. 1993
sport cyclist
Caroline Loir
b. 1988
kayaker
Bernard Soustrot
b. 1954
trumpeter