France
People of this nationality
Johannes Regis
1425 – 1496
composer
Léon Poirier
1884 – 1968
film director
Abel Niepce de Saint-Victor
1805 – 1870
chemist
Guerschon Yabusele
b. 1995
basketball player
Jean Laherrère
b. 1931
engineer
Robert Duval
1490 – 1567
alchemist
Olivier Lecerf
1929 – 2006
businessperson
Gaston Charlot
1904 – 1994
chemist
Henri Fantin-Latour
1836 – 1904
painter
Henri Kowalski
1841 – 1916
composer
Jean-Baptiste Dubourg
b. 1987
racing automobile driver
Emilienne Galicier
1911 – 2007
politician
Roger Tritz
1914 – 1940
boxer
Yassine Haouari
b. 2003
association football player
Béatrix Beck
1914 – 2008
poet
Pierre Berton
1842 – 1912
composer
François-Xavier Roth
b. 1971
conductor
Valérie Toranian
b. 1962
journalist
Theobald of Étampes
1080 – 1120
theologian
Claude Adrien Helvétius
1715 – 1771
philosopher
Yves Marre
b. 1953
businessperson
Marie-Magdeleine Carbet
1902 – 1996
teacher
François Porché
1877 – 1944
writer
Christian Cabrol
1925 – 2017
politician
Joseph Delattre
1858 – 1912
painter
Juliette
b. 1962
singer-songwriter
Nicolas de Neufville de Villeroy
1598 – 1685
military personnel
Louis Archambault Dorvigny
1742 – 1812
actor
Sir Charles Asgill, 2nd Baronet
1762 – 1823
military personnel
Philippe d'Iribarne
b. 1937
economist
François Boyer
1920 – 2003
screenwriter
Jean-Luc Romero
b. 1959
politician
Pierre Hirsch
1900 – 1942
tennis player
Jean-Claude Faveyrial
1817 – 1893
historian
Charles N. F. Brisout
1822 – 1893
entomologist
Belony Dumas
b. 1989
association football player
Paul Buissonneau
1926 – 2014
actor
Lamine Kante
b. 1987
basketball player
Pauline de Tourzel
1771 – 1839
memoirist
Georges Scelle
1878 – 1961
jurist
André Darrieussecq
1947 – 2020
rugby union player
Béatrice Patrie
b. 1957
politician
Andrew Bentley
b. 1985
rugby league player
Jean-François Bellon
1795 – 1869
violinist
Oswald Watt
1878 – 1921
aircraft pilot
Sophie Hardy
b. 1944
actor
Zazie
b. 1964
recording artist
Christophe Annedouche
1803 – 1866
engraver
Isaac Bitton
b. 1947
singer
François Étienne Victor de Clinchamp
1787 – 1880
painter
Henri II of Navarre
1503 – 1555
king
Anne Jules de Noailles
1650 – 1708
military officer
Jean Gilletta
1856 – 1933
photographer
Louis, Grand Dauphin
1661 – 1711
prelate
Florian Marino
b. 1993
motorcycle racer
Catherine Breillat
b. 1948
film director
Arnulf of Orléans
b. 1150
writer
Antoine Le Picard de Phélippeaux
1767 – 1799
military personnel
Leïla Heurtault
b. 1995
karateka
Michel Verne
1861 – 1925
writer
Stéphane Madeira
b. 1990
association football player
Paul Delecroix
b. 1988
association football player
Kevin Luron
b. 1991
athletics competitor
Marie Delattre
b. 1981
kayaker
Jonathan Learoyd
b. 2000
ski jumper
Prince Ferdinand Philippe, Duke of Orléans
1810 – 1842
politician
Bernard Carayon
b. 1957
politician
Rémy Perrier
1861 – 1936
zoologist
Aglaé de Polignac
1768 – 1803
Aimery Picaud
Catholic priest
Jacques Moliner
b. 1967
rugby league player
Constant Troyon
1810 – 1865
painter
Rose Harlean
b. 1992
film director
Christine Bernardi
1955 – 2018
mathematician
Keen'V
b. 1983
singer
Marcel Capelle
1904 – 1996
association football player
Simon Laks
1901 – 1983
composer
Ritchie Makuma Mpasa
b. 1985
association football player
Georges Fournier
1881 – 1954
astronomer
Gedeon Romandon
1667 – 1697
painter
Charles Angibaud
b. 1650
apothecary
Serge Lehman
b. 1964
writer
Ferdinand Rochet
1889 – 1929
association football player
Corentin Urbain Leissègues
1758 – 1832
naval officer
Maurice Mercery
1902 – 1991
association football player
Léon Bernot
1896 – 1975
weightlifter
Patrick Guillou
b. 1970
association football player
Guy Bernardin
1945 – 2017
writer
Vincent Bru
b. 1955
politician
Morgan Lagravière
b. 1987
navigator
Marcel Bouraine
1886 – 1948
sculptor
Joseph Potier
1768 – 1830
privateer
Victor Bourret
1877 – 1949
military personnel
Anne-Laure Mignerey
b. 1973
biathlete
Vincent Pirès
b. 1995
association football player
Michael Lorenzo-Vera
b. 1985
golfer
Betty Daussmond
1883 – 1957
film actor
Georges Guillain
1876 – 1961
neurologist
Charles, Duke of Brittany
1319 – 1364
politician
Louis Bourgain
1881 – 1970
naval officer