France
People of this nationality
Jean Hellot
1685 – 1766
chemist
Auguste-Félix-Charles de Beaupoil, comte de Saint-Aulaire
1866 – 1954
diplomat
Aubert de Villaine
b. 1939
winegrower
Patrick Pizzella
b. 1954
politician
Christian Volckman
b. 1971
film director
Gilbert Poirot
1944 – 2012
ski jumper
Malo Quéméneur
b. 1998
kayaker
Narcisse Parant
1794 – 1842
politician
Jean Marcelin
b. 2000
association football player
Laurent Nottale
b. 1952
astrophysicist
Stéphanie Paulet
musician
Claude Maltret
1621 – 1674
hellenist
Abraham Berline
1894 – 1942
painter
Jérôme Haehnel
b. 1980
tennis player
Paul Rigot
b. 1995
basketball player
Louis Philippe
b. 1959
journalist
Pierre-Paul-Léon Glaize
1842 – 1931
painter
Marie Jules Dupré
1813 – 1881
colonial administrator
Frédéric Nihous
b. 1967
politician
Hugues de Bagratide
1890 – 1960
actor
Stella Blandy
1835 – 1925
women's rights activist
François Taillandier
1955 – 2026
writer
Joseph d'Arbaud
1874 – 1950
writer
Boughera El Ouafi
1903 – 1959
marathon runner
Gérard Berliner
1956 – 2010
singer
Julien Absalon
b. 1980
mountain biker
Pierre des Molins
composer
Jules de Goncourt
1830 – 1870
writer
Frédéric de Pasquale
1931 – 2001
film actor
Olivier Guéguen
b. 1990
association football player
Charles-Alexandre Léon Durand Linois
1761 – 1848
military officer
Hyacinthe-Louis de Quélen
1778 – 1839
politician
Jacques-Philippe Le Sueur
1759 – 1830
sculptor
Jean-Pierre Kalfon
b. 1938
actor
Laurent Giammartini
b. 1967
wheelchair tennis player
Jean Taris
1909 – 1977
swimmer
Océane Zhu
b. 1987
actor
Marine Pervier
b. 1990
association football player
Emmanuel Top
b. 1971
disc jockey
Jeanne Alexandrine Pommery
1819 – 1890
businessperson
Yohan Peter
b. 1988
athlete
Charles-Henri Bertin
1752 – 1822
official
Quentin Fercoq
b. 1999
short-track speed skater
Michel Picard
b. 1954
rower
Stéphane Audeguy
b. 1964
writer
Jacques Champion
1934 – 1990
sport cyclist
Georges d'Esparbès
1863 – 1944
writer
Jacques Sadoul
1934 – 2013
publisher
Bernard Émié
b. 1958
diplomat
Laurent de Premierfait
1380 – 1418
poet
Louis Piochelle
1888 – 1939
boxer
Charles Cotin
1604 – 1682
poet
Raoul Calas
1899 – 1978
politician
Adeline Hazan
b. 1956
politician
Olivier Anquier
b. 1959
baker
Arnaud Simion
b. 1968
politician
Abel Hermant
1861 – 1950
linguist
Chrétien Waydelich
1841 – 1917
croquet player
Michel Tachdjian
b. 1962
rugby union player
Liza Manili
b. 1986
actor
Paul-Albert Besnard
1849 – 1934
painter
Auguste de Schonen
1782 – 1849
politician
Guy Martin
b. 1957
chef
Dame Traoré
b. 1986
association football player
Makan Dioumassi
b. 1972
basketball player
Sonia Haziraj
b. 1980
association football player
Raymond Trouard
1916 – 2008
pianist
Nicholas de la Motte
1755 – 1831
gendarme
Aurelia Dimier
b. 1827
ballet dancer
Léo Valentin
1919 – 1956
skydiver
Jocelyne Labylle
b. 1973
singer
Louis Médard
1768 – 1841
merchant
Jean Arthuis
b. 1944
politician
Jacques Duchesneau de La Doussinière et d'Ambault
1631 – 1696
administrateur
Hugo Lloris
b. 1986
association football player
Charles Burguet
1878 – 1946
film director
Alix of Brittany
1243 – 1288
aristocrat
Robert Meyrat
1907 – 1997
poet
Maurice Le Scouezec
1881 – 1940
painter
Serge Lancen
1922 – 2005
classical composer
Marie-Hélène Sachet
1922 – 1986
botanist
Frank Burty Haviland
1886 – 1971
painter
Nicolas Chédeville
1705 – 1782
composer
Marius Lavet
1894 – 1980
engineer
Sami Matoug
b. 1999
association football player
Cyril Rool
b. 1975
association football player
Michel Sénéchal
1927 – 2018
opera singer
Alice Decaux
b. 1985
athletics competitor
Jules Moriceau
1887 – 1977
racing driver
Magali Mocquery
b. 1983
sport cyclist
Clara Huet
b. 1989
rhythmic gymnast
Robert Louis-Dreyfus
1946 – 2009
businessperson
Ludovico Gonzaga
1481 – 1540
condottiero
André-Jean-Jacques Deshayes
1777 – 1846
choreographer
Isabelle Plancke
1910 – 1997
swimmer
François-Xavier Dumortier
b. 1948
university teacher
Marie Désiré Beaulieu
1791 – 1863
composer
Jules Romains
1885 – 1972
playwright
Pierre Matisse
1900 – 1989
art collector
Saïd Omar Oili
b. 1957
politician