France
People of this nationality
Théophane Vénard
1829 – 1861
missionary
Errol Parker
1930 – 1998
pianist
Michel-Marie Pacthod
1764 – 1830
military personnel
Pierre Dumont
1650 – 1737
sculptor
Yakhouba Diawara
b. 1982
basketball player
Marcelle Lafont
1905 – 1982
chemist
Calixte Delmas
1906 – 1927
amateur wrestler
Gab Sorère
1877 – 1962
visual artist
Renaud Laplanche
b. 1970
entrepreneur
Sylvain Templier
b. 1971
politician
Jacques Bedout
1751 – 1818
naval officer
Louis Quempe
1883 – 1961
artistic gymnast
René Didi Duprat
1926 – 1996
jazz musician
Georges Hilbert
1900 – 1982
sculptor
Hayne van Ghizeghem
1445 – 1476
composer
Albert Cohen
b. 1965
mathematician
Venceslas Kruta
1939 – 2026
archaeologist
Henri Butel
1929 – 2013
rower
Emile Gsell
1838 – 1879
explorer
Jacques Rémy
1936 – 2024
field hockey player
Jul' Maroh
b. 1985
comics artist
Claire Parnet
b. 1953
journalist
J.-H. Rosny jeune
1859 – 1948
writer
Henri Elby
1918 – 1986
politician
Charles Kunstler
1887 – 1977
art critic
Lucien Rault
b. 1936
athletics competitor
Monique Loudières
b. 1956
choreographer
Apollon
1862 – 1928
circus performer
Madoussou Fall
b. 1998
rugby union player
François Guillemot
researcher
Marie Souvestre
1835 – 1905
educator
Gilles Frechingues
b. 1971
association football player
François Heisbourg
b. 1949
diplomat
André Gérardin
1879 – 1953
mathematician
Alexandre-François Caminade
1783 – 1862
painter
Édoard Creuzé
1883 – 1967
sport shooter
Emmanuel Frémiet
1824 – 1910
sculptor
Pierre-Paul Schweitzer
1912 – 1994
official
Marcel L'Herbier
1888 – 1979
film director
Jean-Claude Varanne
1928 – 2008
journalist
André Wilhelm
b. 1943
sport cyclist
John V
1389 – 1442
military personnel
Pierre Paul de Méredieu, baron de Naillac
1737 – 1804
politician
Charles Pomaret
1897 – 1984
politician
Louis-Claude de Saint-Martin
1743 – 1803
philosopher
Antoine-François Marmontel
1816 – 1898
pianist
Georges Nicolas Jeannet-Oudin
1762 – 1828
politician
Jean Senelle
1605 – 1671
painter
Lecointre
sailor
Kassim M'Dahoma
b. 1997
association football player
Ludovic Henry
b. 1968
dressage rider
Edme Bouchardon
1698 – 1762
sculptor
Alassane N'Diaye
b. 1991
association football player
Louis Belanger
1756 – 1816
painter
Louis Joseph, Prince of Condé
1736 – 1818
politician
Jacques Paul Migne
1800 – 1875
publisher
Noëlle Boisson
b. 1944
film editor
Pierre Wantzel
1814 – 1848
mathematician
Jean-Marie Loret
1918 – 1985
railway worker
Henri Callot
1875 – 1956
fencer
Michel Bettane
b. 1952
journalist
Benjamin Chabanet
b. 1988
rower
Piero Strozzi
1510 – 1558
condottiero
Jacques Aumont
b. 1942
university teacher
Christian Manon
b. 1950
stage actor
Henry Martin
1888 – 1984
military personnel
Gabrielle Réval
1869 – 1938
writer
Maurice Buffière
1934 – 2021
basketball coach
Benoît Audran the Younger
1698 – 1772
printmaker
André Jacowski
1922 – 2002
association football player
Edmond Auger
1530 – 1591
philologist
Guigues Guiffrey
1492 – 1545
military personnel
Geoffrey Bouchard
b. 1992
sport cyclist
Omar Sissoko
b. 2006
association football player
Olivier Giacomotto
b. 1976
musician
Auguste Vaillant
1861 – 1894
anarchist
Antoine de Jussieu
1686 – 1758
botanist
Martial Solal
1927 – 2024
conductor
David Trotman
1951 – 2025
mathematician
Pierre Zaccone
1818 – 1895
novelist
Septimanie d'Egmont
1740 – 1773
salonnière
Alain Calmat
b. 1940
figure skater
Nadège Bobillier
b. 1988
figure skater
Daniel Goa
b. 1953
politician
Louis-Emmanuel de Valois
1596 – 1653
prelate
Bernard Bultel
1930 – 2009
sport cyclist
Albert Gazier
1908 – 1997
politician
Henri Duvillard
b. 1947
alpine skier
Sandrine Testud
b. 1972
tennis player
Joseph-Anne-Marie de Moyriac de Mailla
1669 – 1748
linguist
Léon Bazin
1900 – 1976
architect
Lucien Andriot
1892 – 1979
cinematographer
Philippe I, Duke of Orléans
1640 – 1701
art collector
André Abadie
1934 – 2020
rugby union player
Louis XV of France
1710 – 1774
art collector
Brice Maubleu
b. 1989
association football player
Ilan Bacha
b. 2005
association football player
Charles Rampelberg
1909 – 1982
sport cyclist
Charlotte Lysès
1877 – 1956
stage actor
Geoffroy Lejeune
b. 1988
journalist