France
People of this nationality
Émile Gautier
1853 – 1937
journalist
Brigitte Gapais-Dumont
1944 – 2018
fencer
Thierry Gilardi
1958 – 2008
journalist
Lionel Plumenail
b. 1967
fencer
Robert Antelme
1917 – 1990
poet
Bertrand d'Eschaud
1556 – 1641
Catholic priest
Robert Prévost
1893 – 1967
watercolorist
Lucien Nonguet
1869 – 1920
screenwriter
Paul de Ladmirault
1808 – 1898
politician
Nicolas Florian
1969 – 2025
politician
Victor Lanoux
1936 – 2017
stage actor
Célestin Lainé
1908 – 1983
engineer
Roland Étienne
b. 1944
archaeologist
Huguette Bello
b. 1950
politician
Julien Romain
b. 1996
association football player
André Perchicot
1888 – 1950
track cyclist
Quentin Cornette
b. 1994
association football player
Marquis de Rays
1832 – 1893
businessperson
Étienne Serres
1786 – 1868
physician
Walter V, Count of Brienne
1278 – 1311
feudatory
Colette Rossant
1932 – 2023
restaurateur
Félix Arnaudin
1844 – 1921
photographer
Pierre Sue
1739 – 1816
librarian
JSX
b. 1993
rapper
Lamya Matoub
b. 1992
karateka
Tijany Atallah
b. 2003
association football player
Claire Renard
b. 1944
composer
Damien Meslot
b. 1964
politician
Jean Touitou
b. 1951
creative director
Robert Clary
1926 – 2022
actor
Michaël Llodra
b. 1980
tennis player
François Joseph Bouvet
1753 – 1832
naval officer
Yoël Armougom
b. 1998
association football player
Liliane Bert
1922 – 2015
actor
Gaston Méry
1866 – 1909
journalist
Roland C. Wagner
1960 – 2012
writer
Claude Sabbah
b. 1954
mathematician
Sébastien Rale
1657 – 1724
missionary
Jérémy Sopalski
b. 1981
association football player
Mathieu Faivre
b. 1992
alpine skier
Tancrède Dumas
1830 – 1905
photographer
Jérémy Beccu
b. 1990
boxer
Machir ben Judah
lexicographer
Louis Armary
b. 1963
rugby union player
Laura Weissbecker
b. 1984
actor
Benjamin Lariche
b. 1987
racing automobile driver
Jean Fourton
b. 1934
writer
Pascal Fabre
b. 1960
engineer
Charles Rigoulot
1903 – 1962
weightlifter
Pierre Garsau
1961 – 1997
water polo player
Jocelino Suta
b. 1982
rugby union player
Jean-Baptiste Masse
1700 – 1757
composer
Charles-Marie-Esprit Espinasse
1815 – 1859
politician
Eugène Disdéri
1819 – 1889
photographer
Rachel Lardière
b. 1970
swimmer
Antoine Forqueray
1671 – 1745
composer
Guy de La Brosse
1586 – 1641
botanist
Gabriel-Marie Nicolas
1462 – 1532
Catholic priest
Jean-Bernard Lévy
1897 – 1940
businessperson
Myriam Fox-Jerusalmi
b. 1961
kayaker
Rilès
b. 1996
rapper
André Dunoyer de Segonzac
1884 – 1974
painter
Hendrik Scheffer
1798 – 1862
painter
Adilson Malanda
b. 2001
association football player
Franck Schott
b. 1970
swimmer
Daniel Auteuil
b. 1950
film director
Ponce Denis Écouchard Lebrun
1729 – 1807
poet
Pierre Jean François Turpin
1775 – 1840
botanical illustrator
Claire Mathieu
b. 1965
mathematician
Chris Marker
1921 – 2012
film producer
Jean-Gilles Malliarakis
1944 – 2025
publisher
Aldo Bettini
1886 – 1929
sport cyclist
André Malet
1920 – 1989
philosopher
Ludovic Badey
b. 1980
racing automobile driver
Jérôme Coppel
b. 1986
sport cyclist
Malo'
b. 1994
singer
Henri Nayrou
b. 1944
politician
Michel Bensoussan
b. 1954
association football player
Pierre Gaudot
1928 – 2023
sport cyclist
Michaël Jeremiasz
b. 1981
wheelchair tennis player
Jonathan Roufosse
b. 1985
association football player
Véronique Silver
1931 – 2010
film actor
Louis Engelbert, 6th Duke of Arenberg
1750 – 1820
politician
Jean Barthe
1932 – 2017
rugby league player
Soria Zeroual
b. 1970
film actor
François Roguet
1770 – 1846
politician
Allan Grapard
1944 – 2025
historian
François Ouimet
b. 1951
ice hockey player
Dinh Gilly
1877 – 1940
opera singer
François de Chabaud-Latour
1804 – 1885
politician
Armand Cassagne
1823 – 1907
painter
Salim Diakite
b. 2000
association football player
Rai Chaze
b. 1950
writer
Yves Lorion
b. 2000
athlete
Julien Morice
b. 1991
sport cyclist
Alexandre Fabre
b. 1955
actor
Charles Amberger
1882 – 1901
sport cyclist
Léo Walter
b. 1972
politician
André Suréda
1872 – 1930
painter
Hélène Lipietz
b. 1958
politician