France
People of this nationality
Lucien Dolquès
1905 – 1977
athletics competitor
Alain Cayzac
b. 1941
businessperson
Benjamin Hennequin
b. 1984
weightlifter
Daniel Octobre
1903 – 1995
painter
Nicolas Verdier
b. 1987
association football player
Ovidie
b. 1980
pornographic film actor
Claude Capperonnier
1671 – 1744
professor
Bernard Blancan
b. 1958
actor
Jean Daniel
1920 – 2020
war correspondent
Julien Martini
b. 1992
poker player
Paul-Hippolyte de Beauvilliers, duke of Saint-Aignan
1684 – 1776
diplomat
Naweal Ouinekh
b. 1997
association football player
René Malbrant
1903 – 1961
veterinarian
Ablaï Baldé
b. 1986
association football player
Marcel Fitoussi
1898 – 1992
sport shooter
Robert Perrier
1898 – 1987
businessperson
Jean Palaprat
1650 – 1721
playwright
Isaac de Beausobre
1659 – 1738
theologian
Sabine Haudepin
b. 1955
film actor
Marie Anne Victoire Pigeon
1724 – 1765
mathematician
Jérôme Garcès
b. 1973
rugby union match official
Deiva Zivarattinam
1894 – 1975
politician
Claude Abbes
1927 – 2008
association football player
Jean Todt
b. 1946
co-driver
Sebastian Amigorena
b. 1960
immunologist
Toafa Takaniko
b. 1985
volleyball player
Marc Vignal
b. 1933
radio producer
Antonin Idrac
1849 – 1884
sculptor
Jean-Philippe Mateta
b. 1997
association football player
Jacques Hébrard
1841 – 1917
politician
Marie Sallé
1707 – 1756
choreographer
Louis-Gui de Guérapin de Vauréal
1687 – 1760
Catholic priest
Anaïs Tellenne
b. 1987
actor
Ron Dyens
b. 1970
film producer
Bernard-Roger, Count of Bigorre
980 – 1034
aristocrat
Paul Jules Tillaux
1834 – 1904
anatomist
Thierry Arbogast
b. 1957
cinematographer
Robert Lortat
1885 – 1938
pianist
Guy David
b. 1957
mathematician
Jacques Ploncard d'Assac
1910 – 2005
journalist
Laurent Robuschi
b. 1935
association football player
Marianne Devaux
b. 1962
politician
François Ozon
b. 1967
film director
Juliette Dubufe
1819 – 1855
sculptor
Martine Vassal
b. 1962
politician
Virginie Demont-Breton
1859 – 1935
painter
Pierre Pousse
b. 1966
ice hockey player
Mathilde Valdenaire
b. 1998
kayaker
Louis Milon
1766 – 1849
choreographer
Mohamed Hassaïne
1945 – 1994
columnist
Antoine Anselme
1652 – 1737
preacher
Madame Carette
1839 – 1926
writer
Étienne Mulsant
1797 – 1880
ornithologist
Marisol Touraine
b. 1959
politician
Antoine Roux
1765 – 1835
painter
Antoine-François Andréossy
1761 – 1828
politician
Eddy Le Huitouze
b. 2003
sport cyclist
Émile Lemonnier
1893 – 1945
military officer
Josué Casimir
b. 2001
association football player
Gérard Macé
b. 1953
sport cyclist
Mathieu Castagnet
b. 1986
squash player
Alix André
1909 – 2000
novelist
Francisque Joseph Duret
1804 – 1865
sculptor
Rachida Dati
b. 1965
politician
Kevin Malpon
b. 1996
association football player
Mario Prassinos
1916 – 1985
painter
Régis Voyron
1838 – 1921
military officer
Daniel Ouezzin Coulibaly
1909 – 1958
politician
Katell Quillévéré
b. 1980
film director
Jules Suriray
b. 1801
engineer
Jean-Pierre Cortot
1787 – 1843
sculptor
Wladimir d'Ormesson
1888 – 1973
journalist
Johann Chapuis
b. 1975
association football player
Louis-Joseph de Montcalm
1712 – 1759
military personnel
Philippe Moreau Defarges
1943 – 2025
diplomat
Lucas de Montigny
1747 – 1810
sculptor
Pierre Castel
b. 1926
businessperson
Michel Guérard
1933 – 2024
chef
Farida Belghoul
b. 1958
teacher
Pierre Larivière
1883 – 1932
painter
Jean Desmaison
1931 – 1991
metallurgist
Émile Janvion
1866 – 1927
activist
Matthias Verschave
b. 1977
association football player
Jean Fontenay
1911 – 1975
sport cyclist
Ienissei Ramic
b. 1990
pianist
Augustin Lesieux
1877 – 1964
sculptor
Loïc Pietri
b. 1990
judoka
Gérald Sibleyras
b. 1961
playwright
Jean Garel
1852 – 1931
physician
Jeanne Labourbe
1877 – 1919
politician
Jean Vuillemin
1947 – 2026
computer scientist
Kévin Labèque
b. 1991
sport cyclist
Philippe Charlier
b. 1977
medical examiner
Luiz Eduardo de Oliveira
b. 1944
comics artist
Louis Lebègue Duportail
1743 – 1802
military officer
André Guimbretière
1923 – 2014
poet
Adrien Greslon
1618 – 1697
sinologist
Patrick Quivrin
b. 1952
fencer
André Morellet
1728 – 1820
politician
Gustave Deloye
1838 – 1899
sculptor