France
People of this nationality
Yaël Ménaché
b. 1985
politician
Jacques-Désiré Laval
1803 – 1864
missionary
Marie Mendras
b. 1957
political scientist
John Mairai
1945 – 2023
poet
Valérie Derouet
b. 1965
engineer
Henry de Pène
1830 – 1888
journalist
Frédéric Schiffter
b. 1956
philosopher
Charles Brifaut
1781 – 1857
journalist
Pierre Corini
b. 1887
sport cyclist
Étienne Youte Kinkoue
b. 2002
association football player
Mathilde Larrère
b. 1970
historian
Jean Baptiste François de La Villéon
1740 – 1820
military personnel
Patricia Picot
b. 1969
wheelchair fencer
Denis Dubourdieu
1949 – 2016
oenologist
Daniel Tilenus
1563 – 1633
theologian
Dominique Bockelée-Morvan
b. 1957
physicist
Haykeul Chikhaoui
b. 1996
association football player
Émilie Gomis
b. 1983
basketball player
René Foucachon
b. 1966
sport cyclist
Jonathan Ikoné
b. 1998
association football player
Mohamed Bayo
b. 1998
association football player
Georges Bess
b. 1947
comics artist
Sakina Karchaoui
b. 1996
association football player
Paul Jacquier
1879 – 1961
politician
Victor Serventi
1907 – 2000
composer
Aboubakar Sidibé
b. 1996
association football player
Marianne Loir
1715 – 1769
painter
Florence Guédy
b. 1954
tennis player
Frédéric Demontfaucon
b. 1973
judoka
Max Maurey
1866 – 1947
playwright
Gaëtan Roussel
b. 1972
recording artist
Francis Aupiais
1877 – 1945
politician
Pierre Cour
1916 – 1995
songwriter
Elsa Lunghini
b. 1973
singer
Anne Grommerch
1970 – 2016
politician
Paulo Picasso
1921 – 1975
chauffeur
Émile Bergerat
1845 – 1923
poet
Roger Romani
1934 – 2025
politician
Juliette Toutain
1877 – 1948
composer
Gilbert Doucet
1956 – 2020
rugby union player
Jean-Loup Felicioli
b. 1960
film director
Xavier Breton
b. 1962
politician
Nicolas François, Count Mollien
1758 – 1850
politician
Aldo Cosentino
1947 – 2023
boxer
Clément Guillon
1932 – 2010
theologian
Océane Sercien-Ugolin
b. 1997
handball player
Héléna Joséphine Robelet
1817 – 1889
painter
Alexandre Méchin
1772 – 1849
politician
Philippe Bonnecarrère
b. 1955
politician
Fabienne Prieux
b. 1971
association football player
Renée Passeur
1905 – 1975
film actor
François Baroin
b. 1965
politician
Antoine Gautier de Montdorge
1701 – 1768
economist
Guy Poitevin
1927 – 2008
association football player
Georges Voisset
b. 1948
linguist
Jean Bernanos
1648 – 1695
filibuster
Victor Marie du Pont
1767 – 1827
diplomat
Marcel Barrère
1920 – 1996
military flight engineer
Stephen Quemper
b. 1993
association football player
Marie Adrien Lavieille
1852 – 1911
painter
Maurice Meyer
1892 – 1971
association football player
Isabelle Ferron
b. 1967
actor
Lucien Gasser
1897 – 1939
flying ace
Frank Ténot
1925 – 2004
journalist
Dorian Aldegheri
b. 1993
rugby union player
Gustave Cabaret
1866 – 1918
archer
Claude Parfaict
1701 – 1777
translator
Nicolas Léonard Beker
1770 – 1840
politician
Dominique Gardette
b. 1954
kayaker
Adrien Thomasson
b. 1993
association football player
André Manaranche
1927 – 2020
Catholic priest
Frédéric Dufour
b. 1976
rower
David Le Frapper
b. 1971
association football player
Jules Walmée
gymnast
Jean Mouchel
1928 – 2022
politician
Eugène Canseliet
1899 – 1982
writer
Martin Page-Relo
b. 1999
rugby union player
Arthur Atta
b. 2003
association football player
Charles Dechamps
1882 – 1959
film actor
Ludovic Gamboa
b. 1986
association football player
Michelle Grangaud
1941 – 2022
poet
Mathieu Bodmer
b. 1982
association football player
Frédéric Mémin
b. 1979
association football player
Jean-Claude Lozac'hmeur
1940 – 2026
literary critic
Pierre-Luc Périchon
b. 1987
sport cyclist
Ernest Ferroul
1853 – 1921
politician
Yves Billon
1946 – 2021
photographer
Minou Drouet
b. 1947
actor
Henri Wallon
1879 – 1962
psychologist
Jeanne-Hippolyte Devismes
1770 – 1836
composer
Jacques-André Emery
1732 – 1811
Catholic priest
Lenny Nangis
b. 1994
association football player
Ladislas Lozano
b. 1952
association football player
Lucienne Delyle
1913 – 1962
singer
Steeve Joseph-Reinette
b. 1983
association football player
Jessi M'Bengue
b. 1989
actor
Mauvais Djo
b. 1997
Mahaut, Countess of Artois
1269 – 1329
politician
Pierre Bonnard
secretary
Henri-Paul Motte
1846 – 1922
painter