France
People of this nationality
Christophe Tiozzo
b. 1963
boxer
Léolia Jeanjean
b. 1995
tennis player
Elie Konki
b. 1992
boxer
Élie Grekoff
1914 – 1985
painter
Guy Dupré
1925 – 2018
writer
Barbara Bessot-Ballot
b. 1972
politician
Pascaline Freiher
b. 1966
alpine skier
Maurice Leblanc
1864 – 1941
writer
Iñaki Plaza Murga
b. 1976
musician
Darius Khondji
b. 1955
cinematographer
Héloïse Colin
1819 – 1873
draftsperson
Dylan Bahamboula
b. 1995
association football player
Coralie Bertrand
b. 1994
rugby union player
Michel Philibert Genod
1795 – 1862
painter
David Fray
b. 1981
pianist
Jean Lesieur
1904 – 1943
sailor
Thomas Vancaeyezeele
b. 1994
association football player
Hughes de Beaumont
1874 – 1947
painter
John II, Count of Armagnac
1333 – 1384
feudatory
Sophie Fedorova
1879 – 1963
choreographer
Germain Celestin Edouard Fournie
1833 – 1886
physician
Nathalie Charpak
b. 1955
researcher
Séverine Desbouys
b. 1974
sport cyclist
Jean Wettstein
b. 1933
association football player
Henry Meige
1866 – 1940
physician
Simon Basinger
b. 1957
musicologist
Judith Gautier
1845 – 1917
writer
Raoul Ploquin
1900 – 1992
film director
Margot Blanche
b. 1983
singer-songwriter
Thomas Secchi
b. 1997
association football player
Agathe Gérin
b. 1995
rugby union player
Pierre Cabaré
b. 1957
politician
Marguerite Lamour
1956 – 2026
politician
Nicolas Ruwet
1932 – 2001
linguist
Anne Dejean-Assémat
b. 1957
biologist
Bernard Bienvenu
1920 – 1993
association football player
Charles I of Naples
1226 – 1285
politician
Huguette Béolet
b. 1919
table tennis player
Xavier de Villepin
1926 – 2014
politician
Yves Tronc
b. 1960
sport shooter
Eric Skora
b. 1981
association football player
Gautier Capuçon
b. 1981
cellist
Patrick Périon
b. 1967
association football coach
Raphaël Personnaz
b. 1981
actor
Yaniv Edery
b. 2003
association football player
Louis François Peyre
1760 – 1828
politician
Éric Valli
b. 1952
film director
Valérie Leclerc
b. 1961
kayaker
Gérard Rancinan
b. 1953
photographer
Florent Joseph Duquesnoy
1761 – 1801
military personnel
Conrad Mouren
1731 – 1795
secretary
Elvis Vermeulen
b. 1979
rugby union player
Hafida Gadi
b. 1974
athletics competitor
Michael Lonsdale
1931 – 2020
actor
Jean Robin
1946 – 2024
writer
François de Neufville, duc de Villeroi
1644 – 1730
military leader
Pierre Maguelon
1933 – 2010
actor
Claude Riveline
1936 – 2024
economist
Lucie Cadiès
b. 1898
athletics competitor
Cardinal Mazarin
1602 – 1661
diplomat
Éléonore-Jean-Nicolas Soleil
1767 – 1824
Officer of the French Navy
Jean-Pierre Étienne Vaucher
1763 – 1841
botanist
Gil de Ferran
1967 – 2023
racing automobile driver
Josef Šíma
1891 – 1971
painter
Laurent Casanova
1906 – 1972
politician
Nicolas Chamfort
1740 – 1794
journalist
Jules Develle
1845 – 1919
politician
Symphorien Boittelle
1813 – 1897
politician
Robert Salarnier
1890 – 1967
field hockey player
Louis Justin Laurent Icart
1888 – 1950
painter
Jean Dubois de Gennes
1895 – 1929
flying ace
Marine Dafeur
b. 1994
association football player
Pierre Aidenbaum
b. 1942
politician
Jean Elichagaray
1886 – 1987
rower
Nicole Viloteau
1946 – 2026
photographer
Henri Grange
b. 1934
basketball player
Gisèle Vallerey
1930 – 2010
swimmer
Yann Kerboriou
b. 1988
association football player
Henri Royer
1869 – 1938
painter
Bernart d'Auriac
b. 1250
troubadour
Raphaël Guerreiro
b. 1993
association football player
Maakan Tounkara
b. 1983
handball player
Pierre Sprey
1937 – 2021
record producer
Louis-Philippe de Vaudreuil
1724 – 1802
Officer of the French Navy
Jean Claude Mimran
b. 1945
businessperson
Charles Kuentz
1895 – 1978
Egyptologist
René Mouterde
1880 – 1961
archaeologist
Severine Goulois
b. 1982
association football player
Louis-Henri d'Aquin
1602 – 1673
physician
Louis Quételart
1888 – 1950
architect
Hippolyte de Sade
1710 – 1780
Officer of the French Navy
Nhoa Sangui
b. 2006
association football player
Andreas Capellanus
1150 – 1220
philosopher
Philippe Bonnardel
1899 – 1953
association football player
Ernest Ricaux
1886 – 1972
sport cyclist
Onésime-Joachim Troude
1807 – 1886
Officer of the French Navy
Nicholas Donin
religious person
Duro Raapoto
1948 – 2014
linguist
Marthe Flandrin
1904 – 1987
painter
Étienne Hirsch
1901 – 1994
civil engineer