France
People of this nationality
Jean Tabaud
1914 – 1996
painter
Délphine Maréchal
b. 1972
synchronized swimmer
Jules-René Bourguignat
1829 – 1892
naturalist
Bertrand Burgalat
b. 1963
composer
Pierre Gaudin
1908 – 1973
stained-glass artist
Pierre Lescure
b. 1945
journalist
Marthe Mercadier
1928 – 2021
stage actor
Sébastien Enjolras
1976 – 1997
racing automobile driver
Rémi Laurent
1957 – 1989
film actor
Pascal Vasselon
b. 1963
engineer
Francis Richard
b. 1948
orientalist
Jean-Luc Sandoz
b. 1960
engineer
Francis Jeanson
1922 – 2009
philosopher
Denys Strekalin
b. 1999
figure skater
Alcide Legrand
b. 1962
amateur wrestler
Madeleine Vernet
1878 – 1949
writer
Philippe Vercruysse
b. 1962
association football player
Léon Laya
1810 – 1872
playwright
Daniel Caux
1935 – 2008
radio producer
Charles-Marie de Féletz
1767 – 1850
journalist
Cédric Berrest
b. 1985
rower
Fernande Olivier
1881 – 1966
model
Michel Richard
1948 – 2016
chef
Edmond Jacquelin
1875 – 1928
sport cyclist
Michel Santier
b. 1947
Catholic priest
Salima Yenbou
b. 1971
politician
Eugène Sadoux
1841 – 1906
painter
Ophélia Kolb
b. 1982
actor
Maurice Guigue
1912 – 2011
association football referee
André Malet
1862 – 1936
theologian
Jean-François Cesarini
1970 – 2020
politician
Elias Gaucher
1854 – 1922
publisher
Alexandre Rignault
1901 – 1985
stage actor
Jacques Defermon
1752 – 1831
politician
René Fontès
1941 – 2019
politician
Alain Perrin
b. 1956
association football player
Usman Abd'Allah
b. 1974
association football coach
Ed Gagnier
1882 – 1946
baseball player
Patrice M'Bock
b. 1983
association football player
Cyril Houri
b. 1969
engineer
Roger Pierre
1923 – 2010
stage actor
Gabriel Sagard
1590 – 1640
ethnologist
Adelelmus of Flanders
monk
Annet de Clermont-Gessant
1587 – 1660
warrior monk
Floc'h
b. 1953
comics artist
Jeanne d’Autremont
1899 – 1979
chess player
Bernard Villemot
1911 – 1989
poster artist
Samuel Maresius
1599 – 1673
Protestant theologian
Auguste Serrurier
1857 – 1924
archer
Gilbert Allart
1902 – 1989
athletics competitor
Julie de Châteaubriant
1668 – 1723
royal mistress
Annie Sartre-Fauriat
b. 1947
historian
Pierre Cary
1793 – 1857
politician
Eugène Scribe
1791 – 1861
playwright
Pierre-Marie Le Bozec
1769 – 1830
naval officer
Jean-Louis Hue
b. 1949
journalist
Pierre César Charles de Sercey
1753 – 1836
politician
Élisabeth Soligny
b. 1749
choreographer
Bernard-Claude Savy
1922 – 1997
politician
Danièle Dupré
1938 – 2013
singer
Marie-Rose Carême
b. 1953
association football player
Marion Guillou
b. 1954
agronomist
Roger Pohon
1940 – 2025
association football player
Bernard Combes
b. 1960
politician
Anatole de Baudot
1834 – 1915
architect
Eilika Duchess of Oldenburg
b. 1972
aristocrat
Nicolas de Nicolay
1517 – 1583
geographer
Louis Carré
1663 – 1711
mathematician
Coline-Marie Orliac
b. 1989
harpist
Raymond Orteig
1870 – 1939
entrepreneur
Albert of Aix
1060 – 1150
chronicler
Charles-Édouard Russo
b. 1980
golfer
Hélène Fargier
researcher
Henri Pouctal
1860 – 1922
film director
Nemo Sandman
b. 1966
film director
Georges Weill
1934 – 2022
archivist
Rémi Gounelle
b. 1967
theologian
Amateur-Jérôme Le Bras des Forges de Boishardy
1762 – 1795
military officer
Serge Lebovici
1915 – 2000
psychiatrist
André Lallemand
1904 – 1978
astronomer
Charlotte Lorgeré
b. 1994
association football player
Fiona Ferro
b. 1997
tennis player
Pierre Bardinon
1931 – 2012
businessperson
Louis Philippe de Bombelles
1780 – 1843
diplomat
Jean Henri Naderman
1734 – 1799
composer
Juliette Mayniel
1936 – 2023
film actor
Louis-Auguste Desmarres
1810 – 1882
ophthalmologist
Jean-Louis Brunaux
1953 – 2026
archaeologist
Tidjane Thiam
b. 1962
businessperson
Jean-Bernard Zuber
b. 2000
physicist
Patrice Martin-Lalande
b. 1947
politician
Marie-Joseph Chénier
1764 – 1811
politician
Colinet de Lannoy
1401 – 1497
composer
Jacqueline Bloch
b. 1967
physicist
Paul Christophe
b. 1971
politician
François Mauriceau
1637 – 1709
physician
Martin le Franc
1410 – 1461
poet
Marie-Félicité Brosset
1802 – 1880
historian
Cyril Dubroca
b. 1981
association football player
Inès Jaurena
b. 1991
association football player