France
People of this nationality
Michel Bulteau
b. 1949
poet
Jules Lavirotte
1864 – 1924
architect
Édouard Ménétries
1802 – 1861
naturalist
Véronique Besse
b. 1963
politician
Océane Toussaint
b. 2004
association football player
Herve Ebanda
b. 1979
association football player
Vitaa
b. 1983
singer-songwriter
Bertrade of Montfort
1060 – 1117
aristocrat
Michel Michaud
b. 1946
chef
Gabrielle-Marie Niel
1831 – 1919
etcher
Georges Zvunka
1937 – 2022
association football player
Marie-Louise Marchand-Thébault
1921 – 2007
archivist
Jean Philippe Boulch
b. 1991
archer
Jean-Marie Maury
1907 – 1994
Catholic priest
Jack Leconte
b. 1959
racing driver
Pierre Caziot
1876 – 1953
politician
François Mauriac
1885 – 1970
writer
Yvan Muller
b. 1969
racing automobile driver
Jean-Marc Théolleyre
1924 – 2001
journalist
Liza del Sierra
b. 1985
pornographic film actor
Raymond Escholier
1882 – 1971
art historian
Claude Hochet
1772 – 1857
jurist
Léger Marie Deschamps
1716 – 1774
philosopher
Elly Lefort
b. 1987
bobsledder
Laurence Gavron
1955 – 2023
filmmaker
Jonah Ranaivo
1908 – 1988
politician
Elisabeth Labrousse
1914 – 2000
philosophy historian
Gil de Kermadec
1922 – 2011
tennis player
Edmond Faral
1882 – 1958
romanist
Charles Varin
1798 – 1869
writer
Anne François Augustin de La Bourdonnaye
1745 – 1793
military officer
Joan de Cabanas
1654 – 1717
poet
Geneviève Pastre
1924 – 2012
writer
Janine Boissard
b. 1937
writer
Hector Sévin
1852 – 1916
Catholic priest
Éric Jalton
b. 1961
politician
René Verneau
1852 – 1938
anthropologist
Jean-Didier Berger
b. 1980
politician
Marx Dormoy
1888 – 1941
politician
Patrick Péra
b. 1949
figure skater
Hervé Milazzo
b. 1975
association football player
Carl Medjani
b. 1985
association football player
Pierre d'Alençon
b. 1901
canoeist
Pierre Laurent-Paoli
b. 2000
chess player
Jean-Louis Ezine
b. 1948
journalist
Paul Auguste Hariot
1854 – 1917
botanist
Jeanne-Olivier Bourguignon
1647 – 1720
stage actor
Didier Tholot
b. 1964
association football player
Jacques Legras
1923 – 2006
actor
Henri Léonard Jean Baptiste Bertin
1720 – 1792
diplomat
Alice David
b. 1987
actor
Johann Carrasso
b. 1988
association football player
Michel Dard
1903 – 1979
writer
David Cormand
b. 1974
politician
Michel Goudchaux
1797 – 1862
politician
Éric Chahi
b. 1967
game designer
Patrice Marquet
b. 1966
association football player
Lucien Sabourin
1904 – 1987
botanist
Albero de Montreuil
1080 – 1152
Catholic priest
Ahmed Kantari
b. 1985
association football player
Octave Chanute
1832 – 1910
civil engineer
Bernard-Frédéric de Turckheim
1752 – 1831
politician
Hervé Dubuisson
b. 1957
basketball coach
Gabriel Keller
b. 1947
diplomat
François-Toussaint Gros
1698 – 1748
writer
John VIII, Count of Vendôme
1428 – 1477
monarch
Ludovic Butelle
b. 1983
association football player
Micheline Ostermeyer
1922 – 2001
pianist
Serge Giacchini
1932 – 2021
bobsledder
Michelle de Saubonne
1485 – 1549
lady-in-waiting
Yvonne Pouzin
1884 – 1947
physician
Constance Amiot
b. 1978
singer
Yves Jégo
b. 1961
politician
Ronan Gustin
b. 1987
fencer
François Philippe
1930 – 2001
association football player
Camille Bourniquel
1918 – 2013
poet
Rayan Rebbadj
b. 1999
rugby union player
Laurent Koehl
b. 1971
opera singer
Aimé-Joseph de Fleuriau
1870 – 1938
diplomat
Alexis Grimou
1678 – 1733
painter
André Giriat
1905 – 1967
rower
Élie Fruchart
1922 – 2003
association football player
Julien Rinaldi
b. 1979
rugby league player
Alain Grandjean
b. 1955
economist
Henry Darcy
1803 – 1858
hydraulic engineer
Colette Kreder
1934 – 2022
director
Louis-Nicolas Ménard
1822 – 1901
writer
Anna Michelotti
1843 – 1888
religious
André Lanskoy
1902 – 1976
painter
Annick Loiseau
b. 1957
physicist
Lise Legrand
b. 1976
amateur wrestler
Pierre Brunet
1902 – 1991
figure skater
Annette Muller
1933 – 2021
writer
Marianne Alphant
b. 1945
novelist
Jean-François Delmas
1861 – 1933
opera singer
Antoine Deparcieux
1703 – 1768
mathematician
Naïm Sliti
b. 1992
association football player
Jacques Antoine Mourgue
1734 – 1818
politician
François Astorg
b. 1961
politician
Laurent Peyrelade
b. 1970
association football player