France
People of this nationality
Christian Nau
1944 – 2022
writer
Olivier Amrane
b. 1978
politician
Jacques Tourneur
1904 – 1977
film director
Simon Sellier
b. 1995
sport cyclist
Pierre Vassiliu
1937 – 2014
singer
Landing Sané
b. 1990
basketball player
Henry Valensi
1883 – 1960
painter
Louis Devoti
1926 – 2020
basketball player
Antoine Jacob
1640 – 1685
actor
Paul-Marie Coûteaux
b. 1956
politician
Michael Woolworth
b. 1960
lithographer
Jean-Baptiste-Louis-Théodore de Tschudi
1734 – 1784
soldier
Safi N'Diaye
b. 1988
rugby union player
Constance Gay
b. 1992
actor
Dominique Perben
b. 1945
politician
Gilles de Gouberville
1521 – 1578
writer
Xavier Chiocci
b. 1990
rugby union player
Henry Gidel
b. 1925
biographer
Antoine Dupont
b. 1996
rugby union player
Irina Gritsenko
b. 1968
badminton player
Sylvain Kastendeuch
b. 1963
association football player
Mathieu Acapandié
b. 2004
association football player
Grégory Vignal
b. 1981
association football player
Arthur Gervais
b. 2000
athletics competitor
François Bourbotte
1913 – 1972
association football player
Antonin Dubost
1844 – 1921
politician
Mamadou Coulibaly
b. 2004
association football player
Valéry Mayet
1839 – 1909
entomologist
Raphaël Toussaint
b. 1937
painter
René Viguier
1880 – 1931
botanist
Jacqueline Caurat
1927 – 2021
journalist
Pascal Lecamp
b. 1958
politician
Jacques Marie
1945 – 1999
association football player
Nic Kerdiles
1994 – 2023
ice hockey player
Michel Duflo
b. 1943
mathematician
Léa Drucker
b. 1972
actor
Jacqueline Lamba
1910 – 1993
painter
Louis Coudouret
1896 – 1929
flying ace
Philippe de Cabassole
1305 – 1372
Catholic priest
Jean M. Muller
1925 – 2005
civil engineer
François-Joseph Sollacaro
b. 1994
association football player
Jean-Claude Coquet
1928 – 2023
linguist
Émile Druz
1891 – 1972
sport cyclist
Léa Champon
b. 2003
rugby union player
Roland Douatte
1921 – 1992
conductor
Michel Blondy
1675 – 1739
choreographer
Jean Lucas-Dubreton
1883 – 1972
historian
René Maire
1878 – 1949
botanist
Henri Fiori
1881 – 1963
politician
Françoise Dupuy
1925 – 2022
dancer
Fabien Ourega
b. 1992
association football player
Aimoin of Fleury
960 – 1010
monk
Gérard Viard
b. 1945
rugby union player
Michel Le Quien
1661 – 1733
religious person
Joseph Zobel
1915 – 2006
writer
Willy Ronis
1910 – 2009
photographer
Alexander Ginzburg
1936 – 2002
journalist
Rama Yade
b. 1976
politician
Marcel Allain
1885 – 1969
writer
André Beaufre
1902 – 1975
military personnel
Marcel Bouteron
1877 – 1962
librarian
Léon Gastinel
1823 – 1906
composer
Paul Goubé
1912 – 1979
choreographer
Alfred Philippe Roll
1845 – 1919
painter
Bernard Stalter
1957 – 2020
entrepreneur
Lazare Rivière
1589 – 1655
physician
Jean Salamé
b. 1958
canoeist
Alphonse Fiquet
1841 – 1916
politician
Grégoire Akcelrod
b. 1982
association football player
Lucien Désiré Joseph Courchet
1851 – 1924
botanist
Jean-Frédéric Edelmann
1749 – 1794
composer
Victor Nicolas
1906 – 1979
sculptor
Gilles Corrozet
1510 – 1568
printer
Patrice Ordas
1951 – 2019
novelist
Tamatoa IV
1797 – 1857
Laure Hayman
1851 – 1940
demi-mondaine
Yves Blondeau
b. 1951
cross-country skier
Bernart de Panassac
troubadour
Térence Atmane
b. 2002
tennis player
Francis Laforgue
b. 1958
rugby league player
Léonore Baulac
b. 1990
ballet dancer
Cécile Jeanson
b. 1972
swimmer
Antoine Le Grand
1629 – 1699
philosopher
Isabelle Olive
b. 1960
ultramarathon runner
Alexandrine-Caroline Branchu
1778 – 1850
opera singer
Jean During
b. 1947
ethnomusicologist
Fabrice Guy
b. 1968
Nordic combined skier
Jean-Paul Poirier
b. 1935
physicist
Adolphe-Édouard Défossé
1855 – 1922
politician
Jean-Christophe Keck
b. 1964
radio producer
Mamadou Konte
talent agent
Jean-Marie Defrance
1771 – 1855
military personnel
Princess Marguerite of Orléans
1846 – 1893
aristocrat
Jean Bollack
1923 – 2012
philosopher
Gaël Morel
b. 1972
screenwriter
Victor Maurel
1848 – 1923
opera singer
Saint Marcouf
490 – 588
Catholic priest
Charles Godefroy
1888 – 1958
aircraft pilot
Charles Blondin
1824 – 1897
tightrope walker
Alain Dister
1941 – 2008
journalist