France
People of this nationality
Desireless
b. 1952
singer
Cécile Decugis
1930 – 2017
film director
Jean Bourgoin
1913 – 1991
cinematographer
Méline Nocandy
b. 1998
handball player
Damien Couturier
b. 1984
rugby league player
Jean de Morvillier
1506 – 1577
politician
Charly Bérard
b. 1955
sport cyclist
Jean-Baptiste Bory de Saint-Vincent
1778 – 1846
explorer
Frédéric Martens
1806 – 1875
photographer
Jules Haime
1824 – 1856
paleontologist
Marina Kaye
b. 1998
musician
Marie Joséphine Nicolas
1845 – 1903
painter
Jean-Louis Guignabodet
b. 1956
motorcycle racer
Mathilde Ollivier
b. 1994
politician
Ignace Morgenstern
1900 – 1961
film producer
Christian Clavier
b. 1952
film actor
Nicolas Louis de Lacaille
1713 – 1762
astronomer
Georges Pottier
skipper
Guy Fallot
1927 – 2018
cellist
Leone Strozzi
1515 – 1554
condottiero
David Dellepiane
1866 – 1932
poster artist
Monique Mélinand
1916 – 2012
dub actor
Marcel Lambert
b. 1876
association football player
Naomie Feller
b. 2001
association football player
Gaston Fessard
1897 – 1978
French resistance fighter
Jack Lang
b. 1939
politician
Nicolas de Montreux
1561 – 1608
poet
Arthur Coville
b. 1998
rugby union player
Laurent Bénézech
b. 1966
rugby union player
Pierre Ferret
1908 – 1978
songwriter
André Demetz
1902 – 1977
military officer
Eugène Dufriche
1848 – 2000
opera singer
Rellys
1905 – 1991
stage actor
Jacky Duguépéroux
b. 1948
association football player
Mathieu Justafre
b. 1980
snowboarder
Arié Alimi
b. 1976
lawyer
Jean Renaudie
1925 – 1981
architect
Jean Baptiste Marie Jaubert
1826 – 1884
physician
Franck Saunier
b. 1966
ice hockey player
Patrice Gerges
b. 1966
athletics competitor
Enki Bilal
b. 1951
comics artist
Francis Rapp
1926 – 2020
historian
Raphaël Elig
b. 1970
composer
Nodjialem Myaro
b. 1976
handball player
Felice Romano
1894 – 1971
association football player
Xavier Fernique
1934 – 2020
statistician
Denise Pumain
b. 1946
geographer
Maryam Pougetoux
b. 1998
trade unionist
Cédric Perrin
b. 1974
politician
Philippe Rebbot
b. 1964
actor
David Alagna
b. 1975
composer
Robert Foquet
1905 – 1949
boxer
François Jaubert de Passa
1785 – 1856
engineer
Antoine Magnan
1881 – 1938
entomologist
Yes-Gerard Illovz
1929 – 2015
physician
Yohan Demoncy
b. 1996
association football player
Jean-Louis Bruguière
b. 1943
politician
Geneviève Levy
b. 1948
politician
Charles Joseph Lambert
1804 – 1864
engineer
Angélique Adrianna Govy
1981 – 2023
artist
René-Émile Godfroy
1885 – 1981
military personnel
Rayane Boukemia
b. 1992
association football player
Hoel, Count of Nantes
aristocrat
Pierre Pierlot
1921 – 2007
oboist
Philippe Karsenty
b. 1966
media critic
Jean-Luc Bitton
b. 1959
journalist
Éric Lutten
1904 – 1975
employee
René Mayer
1895 – 1972
politician
Raymond Salles
1920 – 1996
rower
Désiré Nisard
1806 – 1888
politician
Raoul du Gardier
1871 – 1952
painter
Jean-Joseph-Xavier Bidauld
1758 – 1846
painter
André Hunebelle
1896 – 1985
film director
Paul Emile Chappuis
1816 – 1887
photographer
Marie Yvonne Laur
1879 – 1944
painter
Christelle Daunay
b. 1974
marathon runner
Jérôme Gout
b. 1986
rugby league player
Hugh V of Lusignan
Cyril Carrillo
b. 1990
motorcycle racer
Angèle Chevrin-Giovoni
1911 – 1998
politician
Alain Macle
1944 – 2020
ski jumper
Jean-Philippe Faure
b. 1966
association football player
Jean-Pierre Granval
1923 – 1998
film actor
Pierre de Frasnay
1676 – 1753
writer
Marcel Mazeyrat
1906 – 1980
sport cyclist
Marie-Nicole Vestier
1767 – 1846
painter
Fatima Besnaci-Lancou
b. 1954
essayist
André Martin
1908 – 1991
sport shooter
Jérôme Le Banner
b. 1972
boxer
Michel Laclotte
1929 – 2021
curator
Joseph-Henri Guiguet
1891 – 1979
aircraft pilot
Nassi
b. 1986
singer
François Joseph Marie Henri La Perrière de Viry
1766 – 1820
politician
Monique Dartonne
b. 1949
sound editor
Didier Martin
b. 1956
politician
Nicolas Levasseur
1791 – 1871
opera singer
Antoine Godeau
1605 – 1672
writer
Robert De Coucy
1250 – 1311
architect
André Roanne
1896 – 1959
actor
Jean Mairet
1604 – 1686
playwright