France
People of this nationality
Michel Bourgeois
1940 – 2022
politician
Alexandre Bompard
b. 1972
business executive
Aline Gouget
b. 1977
mathematician
Sébastien Berthet
b. 1978
ice hockey player
Christian Matras
1903 – 1977
cinematographer
Ludovic Tézier
b. 1968
opera singer
Ernest Chausson
1855 – 1899
conductor
Raoul Petouille
1894 – 1978
sport cyclist
Sylvain Barrier
b. 1988
motorcycle racer
Mathilde Comont
1886 – 1938
actor
Jean-Michel Dubernard
1941 – 2021
politician
Gilbert Gil
1913 – 1988
actor
Adrien Trebel
b. 1991
association football player
Sylvana Lorenz
1953 – 2026
art dealer
Madeleine Thétu
b. 1937
athletics competitor
Pierre Villiers
1760 – 1849
journalist
Denis Buican
1934 – 2025
geneticist
Jacques Cardoze
b. 1969
journalist
Moussa Diarra
b. 2000
association football player
Pierre Montaz
1924 – 2021
businessperson
Jacques-Pierre Orillard de Villemanzy
1751 – 1830
politician
Jérôme Foulon
b. 1971
association football player
Dana Ciocarlie
b. 1968
pianist
Auguste Carli
1868 – 1930
sculptor
Serge Andolenko
1907 – 1973
military officer
Annick Pouquet
b. 1946
physicist
Richard Breton
1524 – 1571
bookbinder
Pierre Dubreuil
1872 – 1944
photographer
Dorothée de Talleyrand-Périgord
1862 – 1948
salonnière
Cyrille Thouvenin
b. 1976
actor
Benjamin Bourdon
1860 – 1943
university teacher
Nicolas Conte
b. 1973
snowboarder
Jean-Pierre Cubertafon
b. 1948
politician
Pothin Poma
b. 1997
association football player
Rodulfus Glaber
985 – 1047
hagiographer
Roger Viry-Babel
1945 – 2006
film director
Claude Pierre Pajol
1772 – 1844
politician
Samuel ibn Tibbon
1150 – 1230
rabbi
Olivier Manchion
b. 1971
musician
Frédéric Boilet
b. 1960
draftsperson
André Navarra
1911 – 1988
cellist
Bernard Ruiz-Picasso
b. 1959
art collector
Christiane Minazzoli
1931 – 2014
stage actor
Geneviève Serreau
1915 – 1981
actor
Benjamin Valz
1787 – 1867
astronomer
Eugène Appert
1814 – 1867
painter
Jean Prestet
1648 – 1690
Catholic priest
Jacques Filippini
b. 1950
rower
Pierre Guitton
1944 – 2021
painter
René Cardaliaguet
1875 – 1950
journalist
Jean-Michel Monin
b. 1967
sport cyclist
Jean-Yves Girard
b. 1947
mathematician
Evangelia Adamou
b. 1976
linguist
Philippe Avril
1654 – 1698
explorer
Jean Strunc
b. 1911
athletics competitor
Albert Husson
1912 – 1978
playwright
Charles d'Agar
1669 – 1723
painter
Jean Schalit
1936 – 2020
journalist
Nathacha Appanah
b. 1973
journalist
Steeve Falgayrettes
association football player
Alfred A. Foucher
1865 – 1952
Indologist
Marc Péna
b. 1960
legal historian
François Mautin
1907 – 2003
ice hockey player
Gaëtan Arib
b. 1999
association football player
Nicole Antibe
b. 1974
basketball player
Leila Aïchi
b. 1970
politician
Yann Goudy
b. 1975
racing driver
Olivier Bochu
b. 1971
association football player
Bertrand Barère
1755 – 1841
politician
Henri Caïn
1857 – 1937
painter
Bertrand Bontoux
b. 1967
opera singer
André Pascal
1932 – 2001
composer
Henry Malherbe
1887 – 1958
writer
Benoît Coquart
b. 1973
entrepreneur
Hervé Lemonnier
b. 1947
racing automobile driver
I.J. Berthe Hess
1925 – 1996
painter
Nicolas-Alexandre, marquis de Ségur
1697 – 1755
winegrower
Cantyn Chastang
b. 1998
association football player
Théodore Simon
1873 – 1961
psychologist
Claude Marie Meunier
1770 – 1846
military officer
Mathieu Kassovitz
b. 1967
actor
Guy Bourdin
1928 – 1991
photographer
Patrick Vignal
b. 1958
politician
Joseph Fourier
1768 – 1830
mathematician
Henri de Peyerimhoff de Fontenelle
1871 – 1953
official
Alain Pointet
1959 – 2002
sailor
Jean-Marc Bory
1934 – 2001
film actor
Pierre Collet
1914 – 1977
dub actor
François-Cornil Bart
1677 – 1755
military personnel
Claude Marumo
1928 – 2017
gallerist
Louis Bigot
1927 – 2021
entomologist
Jean Thorailler
1888 – 1957
water polo player
Jean-Baptiste de Poussin
diplomat
Lucien Muratore
1876 – 1954
opera singer
Louis Marie, Duke of Rambouillet
1746 – 1749
Lucien Villa
1922 – 2018
politician
Ian Scott
b. 1973
pornographic film actor
Léon Choubrac
1847 – 1885
poster artist
Fabrice Moreau
b. 1967
association football player
Garance Doré
b. 1975
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