France
People of this nationality
Alphonse, Count of Poitiers
1220 – 1271
aristocrat
Elias Neau
1662 – 1722
merchant
Marie Ernestine Lavieille
1852 – 1937
painter
Norbert Hauata
b. 1979
association football referee
Rémi Coulom
b. 1974
computer scientist
Daniel Constantin
b. 1940
official
Armand-Jules de Rohan-Guémené
1695 – 1762
Catholic priest
Frère León
1871 – 1955
botanist
José Corti
1895 – 1984
publisher
Pierrekin de la Coupele
composer
Maximilien Marie
1819 – 1891
mathematician
Stephen of Obazine
1085 – 1159
monk
Charles Pensée
1799 – 1871
illustrator
Alida Rouffe
1874 – 1949
actor
Michel Sordi
b. 1953
politician
Pierre Amable Jean-Baptiste Trannoy
1772 – 1831
physician
Émile Lemoine
1840 – 1912
mathematician
Guarinus of Sitten
1065 – 1150
Catholic priest
Robert of Molesme
1024 – 1111
monk
Jean-David Malat
b. 1975
curator
Gina Palerme
1885 – 1977
actor
Yves Détraigne
b. 1954
politician
Nicolas Morice
1774 – 1848
naval officer
Françoise Lefèvre
b. 1942
writer
Michel Moran
b. 1965
cook
Sylvestre François Lacroix
1765 – 1843
mathematician
Apolline de Malherbe
b. 1980
journalist
Elton Ngwatala
b. 1995
association football player
Édouard Bénédictus
1878 – 1930
chemist
Marie-Hippolyte de Rumigny
1784 – 1871
diplomat
Filipe Azevedo
b. 1975
association football player
Luis de Velasco y Velasco, 2nd Count of Salazar
1559 – 1625
military officer
Éric Halphen
b. 1959
magistrate
George Rodocanachi
1876 – 1944
physician
Sylvie Thiebaux
university teacher
Odet Philippe
1787 – 1869
farmer
Danièle Gilbert
b. 1943
television presenter
Jacques Jorda
b. 1948
rugby union player
Jean Nohain
1900 – 1981
writer
François de Bonne, Duke of Lesdiguières
1543 – 1626
politician
Pierre Vidal
1927 – 2010
organist
Henri de Bourbon, Duke of Verneuil
1601 – 1682
aristocrat
Edouard Mangeot
1835 – 1898
inventor
Jean-Pierre Poly
b. 1941
legal historian
Camille Huyghe
1930 – 2023
sport cyclist
Carmen Pomiès
1900 – 1982
association football player
Jacqueline Porel
1918 – 2012
actor
Noël Le Mire
1724 – 1801
draftsperson
Louis Richeome
1544 – 1625
philosopher
Charles Lefebvre-Desnouettes
1773 – 1822
military officer
Alice Robbe
b. 2000
tennis player
Lenny Joseph
b. 2000
association football player
Johanna Joseph
b. 1992
basketball player
Raoul Giraudo
1932 – 1995
association football player
Clément Novalak
b. 2000
racing driver
Émile Bourquelot
1851 – 1921
chemist
Gabriel Gabrio
1887 – 1946
film actor
Simone Simon
1910 – 2005
stage actor
Robert Fernier
1895 – 1977
painter
Léon Courtejaire
1901 – 1973
athletics competitor
Bulle Ogier
b. 1939
actor
Jonathan Assous
b. 1983
association football player
Marcel Deneux
1928 – 2026
politician
Alexandre Luneau
b. 1988
poker player
Charles Gabet
1821 – 1903
playwright
Jean-Vincent d'Abbadie de Saint-Castin
1652 – 1707
explorer
Jean Maurin
b. 1959
military personnel
Fatou N'Diaye
b. 1962
basketball player
Gaston La Touche
1854 – 1913
painter
Patrice Warrener
b. 1901
artist
Jean-Louis de Boubers
1731 – 1804
book printer
Bérangère Abba
b. 1976
politician
Thierry Aymes
b. 1973
artistic gymnast
Sylvie Guillaume
b. 1962
politician
Guy-André Kieffer
b. 1949
journalist
Michel Che
1941 – 2019
chemist
Jean-Louis Thiériot
b. 1969
lawyer
Nicolas Saudray
b. 1942
writer
Pierre Contant d'Ivry
1698 – 1777
architect
Octave Boudouard
1872 – 1923
chemist
Marie Guévenoux
b. 1976
politician
Orphée Neola
b. 1991
athletics competitor
Catherine Demongeot
b. 1950
actor
Jean-Claude Larréché
b. 1947
economist
Hugh II, Count of Blois
1258 – 1307
aristocrat
Mathilde Julia Frachon
b. 1992
model
Charles Botot Dangeville
1665 – 1743
actor
Jean-François-Joseph de Rochechouart
1708 – 1777
Catholic priest
Goran Jerković
b. 1986
association football player
Michel de Dreux-Brézé
1700 – 1754
military personnel
Christopher Missilou
b. 1992
association football player
Jacques-Pierre Amette
b. 1943
writer
Edouard Beugniot
1822 – 1878
engineer
Maurice Degrelle
1901 – 1987
sprinter
Mathieu Hamel
b. 1972
beach volleyball player
Olivier Weber
b. 1958
journalist
Jérôme Clavier
b. 1983
pole vaulter
Gabriel Tual
b. 1998
athletics competitor
Jean-Michel Guenassia
b. 1950
screenwriter
Pierre Deley
1893 – 1981
aircraft pilot