France
People of this nationality
Hyacinthe
singer
Joseph Baudichon
1812 – 1882
Catholic priest
Jacques Pelletier du Mans
1517 – 1583
mathematician
Pierre Guenancia
b. 1949
philosopher
Gilles de Souvré, Marquis de Courtanvaux, Baron de Lezines
1540 – 1626
military personnel
Joseph Mariani
b. 1950
computer scientist
René Dagron
1819 – 1900
chemist
Ernest-Aimé Feydeau
1821 – 1873
writer
Régine Mismacq
b. 1965
association football player
André le Breton
1708 – 1779
publisher
Nanette le Besnerais
1896 – 1981
tennis player
Pierre d'Amboise
1408 – 1473
politician
Jean-Baptiste Boucho
1797 – 1871
Catholic priest
Roger Bielle
1928 – 2014
amateur wrestler
Jérôme Cohen-Olivar
b. 1964
film director
Edmond Canaple
1797 – 1876
politician
Gabriel Jouveau-Dubreuil
1885 – 1945
archaeologist
Étienne Baluze
1630 – 1718
librarian
Jean Ignace Isidore Gérard Grandville
1803 – 1847
caricaturist
Joseph Legros
1739 – 1793
opera singer
Aimée-Olympe Desclée
1836 – 1874
actor
Frédéric Boniface
b. 1971
association football player
Jeanne Cressanges
1929 – 2024
novelist
Claude François Bidal d'Asfeld
1665 – 1743
military personnel
Christian Larièpe
1959 – 2023
association football player
Adolphe-Edmond Blanc
1799 – 1850
politician
Jacques Doucet
1853 – 1929
sailor
Marc Elder
1884 – 1933
art historian
Delphine Bernard
b. 1986
fencer
Victor Papon
b. 2001
sport cyclist
Agnès II, Countess of Nevers
1205 – 1225
Simon, Count of Ponthieu
1180 – 1239
Madeleine Malraux
1914 – 2014
pianist
Jean-Claude Billong
b. 1993
association football player
Philippe Lot
b. 1967
rower
Georges Roffavier
1775 – 1866
botanist
François de Saint-Just
1896 – 1989
politician
Alejandro Próspero Reverend
1796 – 1881
physician
Jacques de Lacretelle
1888 – 1985
writer
Marie-Catherine Conti
b. 1953
actor
Mickaël Buzaré
b. 1976
association football player
Jean-Charles Trouabal
b. 1965
sprinter
Baudime Jam
b. 1972
teacher
Pierre Huyghe
b. 1962
visual artist
Lionel Vuibert
b. 1968
politician
Olivier Maire
1960 – 2021
Catholic priest
Hélène Picard
1873 – 1945
poet
Mickaël Poté
b. 1984
association football player
Pierre Léon
1926 – 2013
anthropologist
Henri Guernut
1876 – 1943
politician
Paul Sédir
1871 – 1926
journalist
Nélia Barbosa
b. 1998
kayaker
Marc Coppey
b. 1969
cellist
Ronan Huon
1922 – 2003
writer
Robert Hue
b. 1946
politician
Benjamin Lecomte
b. 1991
association football player
Gilbert Melki
b. 1958
actor
John Lewis Brown
1829 – 1890
painter
Jean-Baptiste Billot
1828 – 1907
politician
François de Nicolay
1919 – 1963
politician
Kévin Anin
b. 1986
association football player
Charles Hernu
1923 – 1990
politician
Henri Bonnefoy
1887 – 1914
sport shooter
Amandine Bouillot
b. 1984
archer
Thierry Mariani
b. 1958
politician
Jean-Louis Fiszman
1960 – 2021
caricaturist
Guillaume Poitevin
1646 – 1706
composer
Amadou Alassane
b. 1983
association football player
Jean-Louis Fetjaine
b. 1956
publisher
Pierre Dumoulin-Borie
1808 – 1838
Catholic priest
Alain Grée
1936 – 2025
journalist
Gauthier Diafutua
b. 1985
association football player
Pierre Boillot
1918 – 1994
aircraft pilot
Tristan Crama
b. 2001
association football player
Marc Duval
1530 – 1581
painter
Paul Brousse
1844 – 1912
politician
Aderald
Catholic priest
Jean Terlier
b. 1977
politician
Henry Boisseaux
1821 – 1863
playwright
Anne-Marie-Francoise de Sainte-Hermine
1670 – 1734
Dame d'atours
Mehdi Guerrouad
b. 1981
association football player
Pierre Pélissier
1814 – 1863
poet
Paola Zanetti
b. 1976
politician
Henry IV of France
1553 – 1610
politician
Théo Klein
1920 – 2020
non-fiction writer
Emmanuel Pinda
b. 1961
karateka
Louis Julien
1968 – 2023
actor
Janelle Salaün
b. 2001
basketball player
Corentin Le Clezio
b. 1999
athletics competitor
Guy-Elphège Anouman
b. 1994
athletics competitor
Arthur Steele
1921 – 1944
spy
Michel Drach
1930 – 1990
film director
Zizi Jeanmaire
1924 – 2020
actor
Tony Kurbos
b. 1960
association football player
Victor Nehlig
1830 – 1909
painter
Claude Delay
b. 1934
screenwriter
Anthony Schuster
b. 1990
association football player
Tristan Gommendy
b. 1979
racing automobile driver
Mademoiselle Parisot
b. 1770
singer
Michel Droit
1923 – 2000
writer