France
People of this nationality
Jeanne Baret
1740 – 1807
botanist
Maurice Baudier
1897 – 1932
association football player
Awa Sissoko
b. 1994
basketball player
Pierre d'Aubusson
1423 – 1503
warrior monk
Hugo Cianci
b. 1989
association football player
Paulette Delachat-Sulpice
b. 1940
curler
Jean-Luc Domenach
1945 – 2026
sinologist
Anthony da Silva
b. 1980
association football player
Armande de La Tour d'Auvergne
1697 – 1717
Gerard Cholley
b. 1945
rugby union player
Achille René-Boisneuf
1873 – 1927
politician
Jimmy Philémond-Montout
b. 1986
film director
Pierrette Caillol
1898 – 1991
actor
Robert Guillin
1926 – 2013
basketball player
Albert Caquot
1881 – 1976
university teacher
Jean-Patrick Lescarboura
b. 1961
rugby union player
Christine Tasin
b. 1955
Bernard Blondeau
b. 1944
sport shooter
Geoffroy Messina
b. 1982
rugby union player
Pierre Frédéric Sarrus
1798 – 1861
mathematician
Jacques-Philippe Caresme
1734 – 1796
painter
Mireille Perrey
1904 – 1991
film actor
Gabrielle Bossis
1874 – 1950
stage actor
Jean-Pierre Mocky
1929 – 2019
film editor
Max Régnier
1907 – 1993
actor
Victor Baptistin Sénès
1857 – 1915
military personnel
René Dumesnil
1879 – 1967
physician
Mat Camison
b. 1941
record producer
Sophie Desmarets
1922 – 2012
actor
Alice de Lencquesaing
b. 1991
actor
Roland Fréart de Chambray
1606 – 1676
writer
Marthe Simard
1901 – 1993
politician
Charles-François-Siméon Saint-Simon Sandricourt
1727 – 1794
Catholic priest
Andreanne Nouyrigat
b. 1990
actor
Sidi Cissé
b. 2003
association football player
Pierre Jodlowski
b. 1971
musician
Henri Blanc-Fontaine
1819 – 1897
painter
Claude Corbineau
1772 – 1807
military officer
Jacques Legendre
b. 1941
politician
Henri Monnot
1866 – 1933
skipper
Pavel Kovalev
b. 1992
figure skater
Jacques Pfister
1903 – 1968
sport cyclist
Édouard Schuré
1841 – 1929
philosopher
Jean-François Lemaresquier
1767 – 1811
Officer of the French Navy
Benoît de Sainte-Maure
poet
Letot
b. 1882
sailor
Isabelle Hausser
b. 1953
writer
Albert Joseph Penot
1862 – 1930
painter
Jean-Jacques Guillet
b. 1946
politician
Philippe Lauraire
b. 1961
sport cyclist
Teki Latex
b. 1978
disc jockey
André Lancelot
1900 – 1992
rower
Oriane Lassus
b. 1987
comics artist
Philippe of Alençon
1338 – 1397
Catholic priest
Marie Heurtin
1885 – 1921
teacher
Emmanuel de Martonne
1873 – 1955
geographer
Jacqueline Beer
b. 1932
actor
Solange Schwarz
1910 – 2000
ballet dancer
Charles Cousin-Montauban
1796 – 1878
politician
Slobodan Pajic
b. 1943
installation artist
Antoine Mérindol
1570 – 1624
physician
Maurice Faure
1927 – 2013
athlete
Michaël Rossi
b. 1988
racing driver
Josephine Sainte-Claire
b. 1793
ballet dancer
Yves Vidal
b. 1946
politician
Jules Bouyer
b. 2002
competitive diver
Mariusz Sordyl
b. 1969
volleyball player
Philippe Turlure
b. 1953
production designer
Chloé Briot
b. 1987
performing artist
Arnauld de Oihenart
1592 – 1667
poet
Pierre-Désiré Guillemet
1827 – 1878
painter
Boris Carène
b. 1985
sport cyclist
Simon Lefebvre
b. 1997
association football player
T. Trilby
1875 – 1962
writer
Louise Janin
1893 – 1997
painter
Jean Sainte Fare Garnot
1908 – 1963
Egyptologist
Auguste Veuillet
1910 – 1980
racing automobile driver
Michel Winock
b. 1937
historian
Charles-Henri-Louis d'Arsac de Ternay
1723 – 1780
naval officer
Jack Diéval
1920 – 2012
jazz musician
Gabriel Montcharmont
1940 – 2019
politician
Gaël da Silva
1984 – 2026
artistic gymnast
Claude Ballif
1924 – 2004
composer
Henri Bellechose
painter
Véronique Joumard
b. 1964
artist
Toussaint Dubreuil
1561 – 1602
painter
Jeanne Bernard Dabos
1765 – 1842
painter
André Valmy
1919 – 2015
film actor
Valérie Jean-Charles
b. 1969
athletics competitor
Henriette Browne
1829 – 1901
painter
Lucie Nguyen Tan
b. 2003
tennis player
Cédric Paty
b. 1981
handball player
Claude Gasnal
1949 – 2025
basketball player
Antoine Pol
1888 – 1971
poet
Dominique Lafont
b. 1961
businessperson
Guillaume Gouix
b. 1983
actor
Michel Thellier
1933 – 2026
physiologist
Camille Chautemps
1885 – 1963
politician
Bonaventure des Périers
1510 – 1544
poet
Catherine Louveau
sociologist