France
People of this nationality
Franck Bonnamour
b. 1995
sport cyclist
Roland Ansieau
1901 – 1987
printmaker
Robert de Nervo
1842 – 1909
industrialist
Hugo Duminil-Copin
b. 1985
mathematician
François Christophe de Kellermann
1735 – 1820
politician
Jean Dubois
1920 – 2015
linguist
Charles Richet
1850 – 1935
physician
Henriette Rath
1773 – 1856
portraitist
Frank Darcel
1958 – 2024
guitarist
Germaine Delapierre
1897 – 1939
athletics competitor
Philippe Sence
b. 1962
association football player
Benjamin Agnel
b. 1973
ice hockey player
Frédéric Descrozaille
b. 1967
politician
Mehdi Mostefa
b. 1983
association football player
Raoul Combes
1883 – 1964
botanist
Melaine
401 – 501
Catholic priest
François du Plessis de Richelieu
1548 – 1590
diplomat
Alphonse Magnien
1837 – 1902
Catholic priest
Philippe Pollet-Villard
b. 1960
actor
Édouard Aynard
1837 – 1913
banker
Charles de Sainte-Marthe
1512 – 1555
poet
Dominique Pifarély
b. 1957
jazz musician
Joseph Villevieille
1829 – 1916
painter
Marie Anne Barbier
1670 – 1742
playwright
Jean-Baptiste-Sauveur Gavaudan
1772 – 1840
opera singer
Rudy Mater
b. 1980
association football player
Cyril Pons
b. 1963
rugby league player
Marie-Antoine Carême
1784 – 1833
chef
Jean-Baptiste Urrutia
1901 – 1979
missionary
Jean Castaing
engineer
Clotilde Ngouabi
1940 – 2019
waiter
Édouard Collignon
1831 – 1913
engineer
Cyrille Schott
1950 – 2026
official
Jean-François Steiner
b. 1938
writer
Isabelle Guillot
b. 1961
long-distance runner
Luc Illusie
b. 1940
mathematician
Pierre-Chaumont Liadières
1792 – 1858
politician
Francisque de Corcelle
1802 – 1892
politician
Jean Chardin
1643 – 1713
traveler
Barthélemy Boganda
1910 – 1959
politician
Paul Steck
1866 – 1924
painter
Pierre Marc Gaston de Lévis, Duke of Lévis
1764 – 1830
politician
Jean-François Poron
1936 – 2020
film actor
François-Marie-Benjamin Richard
1819 – 1908
Catholic priest
Sacha Sperling
b. 1990
writer
Pierre Roussel
1881 – 1945
epigrapher
Jean Esmonin
1937 – 2025
politician
Marine
b. 2000
singer
Sylvie Gaudin
1950 – 1994
stained-glass artist
Nara Kollery
1930 – 2015
audio engineer
Salomon de Caus
1576 – 1626
architect
Thomas Ramos
b. 1995
rugby union player
Nicolas Jaeger
1946 – 1980
mountain guide
Patrick Bonnet
b. 1957
sport cyclist
Franck Touron
b. 1970
association football player
Pierre Auguste Cot
1837 – 1883
painter
Jacques Champion de Chambonnières
1602 – 1672
composer
Mickaël Latour
b. 1995
association football player
Pierre Rehov
b. 1952
writer
Pierre Moscovici
b. 1957
politician
Fernand Mermoud
1913 – 1940
cross-country skier
Éric Bernard
b. 1982
actor
Bruno Podalydès
b. 1961
film director
Jean-Marie Pirot
1926 – 2018
painter
Louis Clichy
b. 1977
film director
François Thual
1944 – 2024
geopolitical analyst
Jean-Pierre Moumon
1947 – 2020
writer
Eugène Le Moult
1882 – 1967
lepidopterist
Armand Couaillet
1865 – 1954
watchmaker
Ulysse Adjagba
b. 1993
basketball player
Sabine Desvallières
1891 – 1935
artist
Jean-Martial Bineau
1805 – 1855
politician
Mouhammadou Jaiteh
b. 1994
basketball player
Christophe Kempé
b. 1975
handball player
Patrice Carpentier
b. 1950
journalist
Antoine-François Brisson
1728 – 1796
jurist
Guesch Patti
1946 – 2026
actor
Julien Masson
b. 1998
association football player
Frédéric Gaëtan, marquis de La Rochefoucauld-Liancourt
1779 – 1863
politician
Jean Androuet du Cerceau
1585 – 1649
architect
Jean-Jacques Henner
1829 – 1905
painter
Thierno Barry
b. 2002
association football player
Pierre Ferri
1904 – 1993
politician
Luc Alphand
b. 1965
rally driver
Robert Lamartine
1935 – 1990
association football player
Lucien Birgé
b. 1950
mathematician
Gauthier Gallon
b. 1993
association football player
Arthur Le Moyne de La Borderie
1827 – 1901
politician
Maxime Du Camp
1822 – 1894
writer
Édouard Ernest Prillieux
1829 – 1915
botanist
Brice Catherin
b. 1981
composer
Donatien Schauly
b. 1985
jockey
Jean Boyer
1599 – 1648
composer
Evan Furness
b. 1998
tennis player
Patrick Ouart
b. 1959
magistrate
Dominique Schnapper
b. 1934
sociologist
Anh Duong
b. 1960
actor
Jean-Luc Fugit
b. 1969
politician
Samir Bertin d'Avesnes
b. 1986
association football player
Valentine Goby
b. 1974
writer