France
People of this nationality
Pierre-Alain Parot
1950 – 2023
stained-glass artist
Kilien Stengel
b. 1972
writer
Gérard Pélisson
1932 – 2023
businessperson
Benoît Campion
b. 1998
middle-distance runner
Mélanie Lipinska
1865 – 1933
physician
Leïla Sy
b. 1977
film director
Olivier Hussenot
1913 – 1978
film actor
Paul Dungler
1902 – 1974
industrialist
Edmond Louis Alexis Dubois-Crancé
1747 – 1814
politician
Xavier Moreau
b. 1971
businessperson
Philippe Ballard
b. 1960
journalist
Kenza Chapelle
b. 2002
association football player
Christophe Moyon
b. 1963
ice hockey player
Claude Gervaise
1510 – 1558
composer
Paul Dussaussoy
1860 – 1909
politician
Jean Prosper Guivier
1814 – 1862
musician
Julien Carette
1897 – 1966
film actor
Jean Jacques Conilh de Beyssac
1890 – 1918
rugby union player
Pierre Bismuth
b. 1963
screenwriter
Bernard Pierre Magnan
1791 – 1865
politician
Denis Devaux
1939 – 2025
association football player
Roger Guesnerie
1943 – 2026
economist
Pierre Chaillet
1900 – 1972
Catholic priest
Arthur Legrand
1833 – 1916
politician
Mikkel Borch-Jacobsen
b. 1951
philosopher
Conrad von Rosen
1628 – 1715
military officer
Sacha Opinel
b. 1977
association football player
Jean-Pierre Bataille
b. 1963
politician
Christopher Six
b. 1985
equestrian
Sébastien Renouard
b. 1984
association football player
Jean-Louis Berlandier
1803 – 1851
anthropologist
Gérard Piouffre
1946 – 2020
writer
Henri Rinck
1870 – 1952
chess composer
Amaury de Sévérac
1350 – 1427
military personnel
François Zimeray
b. 1961
politician
Boris Zaborov
1935 – 2021
painter
Fabrice Apruzesse
b. 1985
association football player
Pierre Charles Fournier de Saint-Amant
1800 – 1872
chess player
Henri César Auguste Schwiter
1768 – 1839
military officer
Joris Jehan
b. 1989
association football player
Émile Camut
1849 – 1905
architect
Bénigne de Bacilly
1621 – 1690
musicologist
Néko Hnepeune
b. 1954
politician
Aglaé Auguié
1782 – 1854
lady-in-waiting
Eugène Sauzay
1809 – 1901
violinist
Max Pugh
b. 1977
film director
Louis Thauron
b. 1995
ice dancer
François de L'Hospital
1583 – 1660
soldier
Marc Francina
1948 – 2018
politician
Henri Dorra
1924 – 2002
art historian
Pierre Audouin
1768 – 1822
printmaker
David Olère
1902 – 1985
sculptor
Isabelle Attard
b. 1969
research fellow
Maurice Luiset
1871 – 1935
financier
Martine Tabeaud
b. 1951
geographer
Jacques Benoit-Gonnin
b. 1952
Catholic priest
Marie-Laure Tardieu-Blot
1902 – 1998
botanist
Jean-Christian Lang
b. 1950
association football player
Gilles Simon
b. 1958
engineer
Léon Roches
1809 – 1900
diplomat
Lucas Michal
b. 2005
association football player
Loïc Corbery
b. 1976
actor
Kévin Lejeune
b. 1985
association football player
Laurent Nardol
b. 1985
association football player
Thibault Verny
b. 1965
Catholic priest
Jacques Bretel
1210 – 1272
composer
Georges Gilles de la Tourette
1857 – 1904
physician writer
Rotrou IV, Count of Perche
1135 – 1191
aristocrat
Camille Lellouche
b. 1986
actor
Charles Semblat
1897 – 1972
horse trainer
Thomas Boissy
b. 1950
singer
Henri Burin des Roziers
1930 – 2017
lawyer
Emmanuel Giroux
b. 1961
mathematician
Marguerite Belèze
1851 – 1913
botanist
Jean André
1662 – 1753
painter
Gary Coulibaly
b. 1986
association football player
Stéphane Rossi
b. 1964
association football player
Auguste Imbert
1791 – 1840
historian
Eugène Charpentier
1811 – 1890
painter
Loïc Mbe Soh
b. 2001
association football player
Emmanuel Trenque
b. 1953
choir director
Isabelle Ohlen
b. 1960
politician
Marie-France Hirigoyen
b. 1949
psychiatrist
Thierry de Montbrial
b. 1943
economist
Paul Hervieu
1857 – 1915
journalist
Kayra Özdemir
b. 1988
judoka
Maurice Thiriet
1906 – 1972
composer
Enzo Philibert
b. 2002
association football player
Gisela, Abbess of Chelles
757 – 810
nun
Marcel Dassault
1892 – 1986
aerospace engineer
P. Baigneres
b. 1850
tennis player
Simone Téry
1897 – 1967
journalist
Nicolas Bergier
1567 – 1623
jurist
Patrick Solal
b. 1961
rugby league player
Georges Buchard
1893 – 1987
fencer
Claude Bez
1940 – 1999
Chartered Certified Accountant
Charles Pierre Claret de Fleurieu
1738 – 1810
explorer
Xavier Patier
b. 1958
writer
Étienne Fessard
1714 – 1777
printmaker
Eugène Revillout
1843 – 1913
legal historian