France
People of this nationality
Nicolas de Herberay des Essarts
1500 – 1557
translator
Frédéric Bourguet
1889 – 1978
politician
Rita Cadillac
1936 – 1995
dancer
Rachid Aït-Atmane
b. 1993
association football player
Olivier Klein
b. 1967
politician
Pierre Desprairies
1921 – 2019
official
Paul Sauvage
1897 – 1917
flying ace
Hyacinthe Marie de Lalande de Calan
1802 – 1850
colonial administrator
Charles Gravier, comte de Vergennes
1719 – 1787
diplomat
Thibault Campanini
b. 1998
association football player
Marguerite Béclard d'Harcourt
1884 – 1964
composer
Antoine Duc-Quercy
1856 – 1934
politician
Henri Marquet
1908 – 1980
screenwriter
Bonne de Pons d'Heudicourt
1641 – 1709
lady-in-waiting
Benoît Paire
b. 1989
tennis player
Jean Donneau de Visé
1638 – 1710
journalist
André-Paul Antoine
1892 – 1982
film director
Thomas Thévenoud
b. 1974
politician
Louis-Anne La Virotte
1725 – 1759
physician
Claude-Désiré Barodet
1823 – 1906
politician
Jean Mauger
1648 – 1722
medalist
Philippe Marocco
b. 1960
rugby union player
Emmanuel Blairy
b. 1986
politician
André Rivoire
1872 – 1930
poet
Joseph Justus Scaliger
1540 – 1609
historian
Joseph-Balthazard Siméon
1781 – 1846
diplomat
Alexandra Ledermann
b. 1969
show jumper
Adrien Prévost de Longpérier
1816 – 1882
numismatist
Pierre-Louis Duclos
1783 – 1853
malacologist
François Fournier-Sarlovèze
1773 – 1827
military officer
Camille Rolland
1875 – 1964
politician
Louise Swanton-Belloc
1796 – 1881
translator
Emma Vecla
1877 – 1972
opera singer
Didier Pillet
1948 – 2026
journalist
Gerard van Spaendonck
1746 – 1822
botanical illustrator
Alexandre Bioussa
1901 – 1966
rugby union player
François Hapipi
b. 1999
association football player
Constance Nantier-Didiée
1831 – 1867
opera singer
Henri Ozenne
1909 – 1991
association football player
Renée Doria
1921 – 2021
opera singer
Joëlle Aubron
1959 – 2006
terrorist
Louis Roos
b. 1957
chess player
Antoine Guichenot
1783 – 1867
explorer
René Vierne
1878 – 1918
composer
Alain Chabaud
1923 – 2013
naturalist
Aleksa Kolaković
b. 1997
handball player
Randolph Gohi
b. 1969
association football player
Léon Fleuriot
1923 – 1987
linguist
Pierre Grivolas
1823 – 1906
painter
Charles Le Gendre
1830 – 1899
diplomat
Charles François Dumouriez
1739 – 1823
military officer
Angélique Delahaye
b. 1963
politician
Jean-Baptiste Bécœur
1718 – 1777
ornithologist
Lamine Sakho
b. 1977
association football player
Théo Tobiasse
1927 – 2012
painter
Gilles Rondy
b. 1981
swimmer
Mohamed Bencheneb
1869 – 1929
writer
Hubert Dupont
b. 1980
sport cyclist
Charles d'Aiguebelle
painter
Raymond Devos
1922 – 2006
comedian
David Raynal
1840 – 1903
politician
Ferdinand-Jean Darier
1856 – 1938
physician
Henri Leclerc
1934 – 2024
jurist
Perrette Pradier
1938 – 2013
voice actor
Guillaume Barthez de Marmorières
1707 – 1799
engineer
Julien Andlauer
b. 1999
racing driver
Jean Proal
1904 – 1969
writer
Claire Bertrand
1890 – 1969
painter
Mehdi Baki
b. 1988
choreographer
Michel Tibon-Cornillot
1936 – 2020
anthropologist
Maxime Pauty
b. 1993
fencer
Louis Seigner
1903 – 1991
actor
Alain Peyrefitte
1925 – 1999
politician
Pierre Dominique
1889 – 1973
journalist
Jean-Luc Carbuccia
1808 – 1854
military officer
Dominique Parodi
1870 – 1955
philosopher
Louis de Corlieu
1888 – 1967
naval officer
Blaise de Vigenère
1523 – 1596
cryptographer
Jules Auguste Lemire
1853 – 1928
politician
Florence Hérouin-Léautey
b. 1972
cadres de la fonction publique
Antoine Joux
b. 1967
mathematician
Elénor-François-Elie, Comte de Moustier
1751 – 1817
diplomat
Christine Bravo
b. 1956
presenter
Carlo Andrea Pozzo di Borgo
1764 – 1842
politician
Sylvie Cuvilly
b. 1965
canoeist
Michel Roos
1932 – 2002
chess player
Ginette Jany-Sendral
b. 1932
swimmer
Alain Bancquart
1934 – 2022
organist
Bertrand Tavernier
1941 – 2021
film director
Christiane Longère
b. 1953
politician
Francisque Millet
1642 – 1679
painter
François Labrousse
1878 – 1951
politician
Hippolyte Triat
1812 – 1881
businessperson
Victor Sergent
1886 – 1925
association football player
Ambroise Roux
1921 – 1999
businessperson
Georges Charpak
1924 – 2010
physicist
Cyril Benzaquen
b. 1989
Philip the Chancellor
1165 – 1236
theologian
Georges Azenstarck
1934 – 2020
photographer
Pierre Peinaud
1890 – 1962
sport cyclist