France
People of this nationality
Oriane Bertone
b. 2005
rock climber
Laetitia Dugain
b. 1992
artistic gymnast
Józef Mélèze-Modrzejewski
1930 – 2017
historian of classical antiquity
Rémi Bezançon
b. 1971
film director
Agnès Le Lannic
table tennis player
Clément Mondinat
b. 2003
rugby union player
Kamel the Magician
b. 1980
magician
Romain Weingarten
1926 – 2006
poet
Romain Cazes
1808 – 1881
painter
Claude Nicolas
b. 1941
athletics competitor
René de Knyff
1865 – 1955
racing automobile driver
Philippe Caux
b. 1973
curler
Jean Theodore Cocteau
1798 – 1838
herpetologist
Emmanuel-François Canappe
1849 – 1907
clergyman
Michel Cosson
1931 – 2022
businessperson
Caitlin McFarlane
b. 2002
alpine skier
Jerome Chiotti
b. 1972
sport cyclist
Sabine Paturel
b. 1955
actor
Yves Cochet
b. 1946
politician
Mickaël Ménétrier
b. 1978
association football player
Guillaume du Vair
1556 – 1621
Catholic priest
Stéphan Guérin-Tillié
b. 1972
actor
Christophe Barbier
b. 1967
journalist
Jean Gabriel Marchand
1765 – 1851
politician
René Taton
1915 – 2004
mathematician
Étienne Bally
1923 – 2018
sprinter
Francesco Bigottini
1717 – 1794
actor
Yannick Quesnel
b. 1973
association football player
Marie Laissus
b. 1978
snowboarder
Jorge Beauchef
1787 – 1840
military personnel
Thomas Moutame
b. 1958
civil servant
Alex Türk
b. 1950
politician
Davide Lewton Brain
b. 1998
figure skater
Gaby Casadesus
1901 – 1999
pianist
Paul Merwart
1855 – 1902
painter
Victor Huen
1874 – 1939
painter
Sira Sylla
b. 1980
politician
Antoine Pinoy
artistic gymnast
Élie Lévy
1895 – 1945
spy
Dylan Fabre
b. 2000
ice hockey player
Thierry Guardiola
b. 1971
tennis player
Philippe Horvath
b. 1970
geneticist
Jean-Claude Missiaen
1939 – 2024
film critic
Jacques Gabriel
1667 – 1742
architect
Pierre Vimont
b. 1949
diplomat
Isabelle Rimbaud
1860 – 1917
biographer
Catherine Jourdan
1948 – 2011
film actor
Laure Prouvost
b. 1978
videographer
Daniel Carasso
1905 – 2009
entrepreneur
Éric Eydoux
1940 – 2025
novelist
Fernand Yveton
1926 – 1957
trade unionist
François Barois
1656 – 1726
sculptor
Virginie Guyot
b. 1976
aircraft pilot
Jean-Paul Garnier
1801 – 1869
watchmaker
Alfred Trassy-Paillogues
b. 1950
politician
Gabriel de Lantivy de Kerveno
1792 – 1866
military personnel
Alfred Malherbe
1804 – 1865
botanist
Juliette Armanet
b. 1984
singer-songwriter
Augustin Dupré
1748 – 1833
medalist
Françoise Briand
b. 1951
politician
Simon d'Authie
1185 – 1231
trouvère
Marie Martinod
b. 1984
freestyle skier
Jean-Claude Irvoas
1949 – 2005
Claude Guigue
1832 – 1889
archivist
Bertrand Pacé
b. 1961
skipper
Jérôme Prior
b. 1995
association football player
Nicolas Luton Durival
1713 – 1795
historian
François, marquis de Chasseloup-Laubat
1754 – 1833
military engineer
Florence Seyvos
b. 1967
writer
Tériade
1897 – 1983
publisher
Gustave Eiffel
1832 – 1923
civil engineer
Charles Eugène Leprieur
1815 – 1892
entomologist
Cathérine Mathevon
b. 1963
canoeist
René Moreu
1920 – 2020
painter
Camille Depuiset
b. 1998
handball player
Étienne Crétu
b. 1786
playwright
César Baldaccini
1921 – 1998
sculptor
Henri Blondeau
1841 – 1925
writer
Gérard Murillo
1932 – 2023
rugby union player
Gérard Cenzato
b. 1951
association football player
Pierre de Lauzun
b. 1949
official
Montassar Talbi
b. 1998
association football player
Mounir Obbadi
b. 1983
association football player
Laurent Jacobelli
b. 1969
audiovisual director
Philippe Michel-Kleisbauer
b. 1969
politician
Dranem
1869 – 1935
actor
Sextius Alexandre François de Miollis
1759 – 1828
military officer
Agnes d'Harcourt
1245 – 1291
nun
François Lesage
1929 – 2011
embroiderer
Steeve Elana
b. 1980
association football player
Charles Perrat
1899 – 1976
palaeographer
Jeanne Faivre d'Arcier
b. 1950
writer
Yann Schrub
b. 1996
athletics competitor
Alix Aymé
1894 – 1989
painter
Jérémy Deichelbohrer
b. 1986
association football player
Didier Malige
b. 1948
hairdresser
Claude Debru
b. 1944
philosopher
Loic Mabanza
b. 1990
mixed martial arts fighter
Jules Hardouin-Mansart
1646 – 1708
architect
Frédéric Bulot
b. 1990
association football player