France
People of this nationality
André-Joseph Panckoucke
1703 – 1753
writer
Charles Zidler
1832 – 1897
impresario
Marcel Fernandez
1929 – 2024
sport cyclist
Nadège Douroux
b. 1981
sailor
George Boba
1540 – 1599
painter
Lucien Tesnière
1893 – 1954
linguist
Robin Previtali
b. 1987
association football player
Luce Eekman
1933 – 2025
architect
Guy de Cointet
1934 – 1983
sculptor
Jean-Noël Jeanneney
b. 1942
historian
Pierre Sancan
1916 – 2008
classical pianist
Jean-Michel Charbonnel
b. 1952
athletics competitor
Hervé Juvin
b. 1956
essayist
Fabien Libiszewski
b. 1984
chess player
Jean Bailhache
1911 – 1986
writer
Buzy
1957 – 2023
singer
Jacqueline Moreau
1926 – 2018
dancer
Jean-Claude Bourlès
b. 1937
writer
Claude Bakadal
b. 1976
association football player
René Faure
1928 – 2005
sport cyclist
Halinard
990 – 1052
Catholic priest
Charles Annibal Fabrot
1580 – 1659
legal counselor
Thomas Voeckler
b. 1979
sport cyclist
Martin Ekani
b. 1984
association football player
Fabrice Aurieng
b. 1981
kickboxer
Ernest Doudart de Lagrée
1823 – 1868
explorer
Pierre Benoît Dumas
1668 – 1745
colonial administrator
Antoine Lacassagne
1884 – 1971
physician
Guy de la Chapelle
1868 – 1923
tennis player
Francesco Frangialli
b. 1947
official
Francis Lévy
1930 – 2009
rugby league player
Élisabeth Roudinesco
b. 1944
historian
Kevin Larroyer
b. 1989
rugby league player
Antoine Duclaux
1783 – 1868
painter
Henri Pontoy
1888 – 1968
painter
Thomas-Louis Bourgeois
1676 – 1750
composer
Eva Serrano
b. 1978
rhythmic gymnast
Georges Douay
1840 – 1919
composer
Thomas Herier
composer
Tom Digbeu
b. 2001
basketball player
Thierry Junquet
b. 1956
kayaker
Christine Bardelle
b. 1974
athletics competitor
Jean-Louis-Alexandre Herrenschneider
1760 – 1843
astronomer
Noël-Antoine Pluche
1688 – 1761
writer
Denise Vernac
1916 – 1984
actor
Michel Lacroix
1921 – 1974
field hockey player
Laurence Boisson de Chazournes
b. 1958
jurist
Jean Delahaye
1929 – 2017
sport cyclist
René Flèche
canoeist
Michèle Morgan
1920 – 2016
film actor
Eugène-Louis Millet
1819 – 1879
architect
Marius Gervasoni
1904 – 1984
rower
Naouirou Ahamada
b. 2002
association football player
Henri Fournier
1871 – 1919
sport cyclist
André Borel d'Hauterive
1812 – 1896
librarian
Jacques Dacqmine
1924 – 2010
film actor
De Cottignon
1868 – 1937
sailor
Léo Berdeu
b. 1998
rugby union player
Patrick Rajoelina
b. 1954
official
Anatole Bailly
1833 – 1911
hellenist
Pierre Pucheu
1899 – 1944
politician
Hervé Hagard
b. 1971
association football player
Corentin Louakima
b. 2003
association football player
Benoît Salviat
b. 1978
association football player
Jean-Marc Zulesi
b. 1988
politician
Gilbert Bouchet
1947 – 2025
politician
Rémi Feuillet
b. 1992
judoka
Brahim Traoré
b. 2004
association football player
Maurice Chabas
1862 – 1947
painter
Gustave Foëx
1844 – 1906
botanist
Charles Barrois
1851 – 1939
paleontologist
Ridgway B. Knight
1911 – 2001
diplomat
Jacques Arago
1790 – 1855
writer
Fred Goldbeck
1902 – 1981
conductor
Aimé-Victor-François Guilbert
1812 – 1889
Catholic priest
Christian Escoudé
1947 – 2024
composer
André Honnorat
1868 – 1950
politician
Michel Peyramaure
1922 – 2023
writer
Jeff Erius
b. 2004
sprinter
Blanche-Augustine Camus
1884 – 1968
painter
Émile Coulaudon
1907 – 1977
military personnel
René Mouchotte
1914 – 1943
diarist
Mademoiselle Judith
1827 – 1912
actor
Angélique Roujas
b. 1974
association football player
Robert Monier
1885 – 1944
sailor
Marco Randriana
b. 1983
association football player
Ateef Konaté
b. 2001
association football player
Geneviève Page
1927 – 2025
actor
Pierre Mosca
b. 1945
association football player
Albert Dhulst
1909 – 1984
association football player
Eugène Narbonne
1885 – 1973
painter
Lucas Mazur
b. 1997
para badminton player
Maurice Escande
1892 – 1973
stage actor
Guillaume Rouet
b. 1988
rugby union player
Marie-Louise Monnet
1902 – 1988
educator
Léon-Alexandre Delhomme
1841 – 1895
sculptor
Arlette Testyler
1933 – 2026
Auguste-Barthélemy Glaize
1807 – 1893
painter
Valérie Mangin
b. 1973
screenwriter
Christian Sarron
b. 1955
motorcycle racer