France
People of this nationality
Jean-Baptiste Colbert, Marquis de Seignelay
1651 – 1690
politician
Aurélien Mazel
b. 1982
association football player
Hubert de Ravinel
1934 – 2022
television presenter
Othon Riemann
1853 – 1891
latinist
Jean Gigoux
1806 – 1894
lithographer
Aline Riera
b. 1972
association football player
Maurice Lobre
1862 – 1951
painter
Thomas Clarion
b. 1982
biathlete
Rayan Boulahoite
b. 2004
sport cyclist
Philibert Joseph Roux
1780 – 1854
surgeon
Paul Landowski
1875 – 1961
sculptor
Laurent Alexandre
b. 1973
politician
Laurent Carrasco
b. 1976
rugby league player
Octave Aubry
1881 – 1946
poet
Marcelle Praince
1882 – 1969
actor
André Michelin
1853 – 1931
engineer
Marguerite Dilhan
1876 – 1956
lawyer
Pierre Viette
1921 – 2011
entomologist
Alexis Canoz
1805 – 1888
Catholic priest
Michel Emer
1906 – 1984
composer
Charles Granval
1882 – 1943
actor
Philippe Hermann
b. 1962
writer
Yasmine Belmadi
1976 – 2009
actor
André Martin-Legeay
1906 – 1940
tennis player
Stella Baruk
b. 1932
mathematician
Élie Hoarau
b. 1938
politician
Jacques Lazarus
1916 – 2014
French resistance fighter
Philibert-Emmanuel de Froulay, chevalier de Tessé
1651 – 1701
military personnel
Joseph Bercegeay
1896 – 1958
sport cyclist
Constant Puyo
1857 – 1933
photographer
Hubert-Pascal Ameilhon
1730 – 1811
librarian
Jacques Ménager
1912 – 1998
Catholic priest
Marielle de Sarnez
1951 – 2021
politician
Georges Labazée
1943 – 2022
politician
François-Alexandre Tardiveau
1761 – 1833
politician
Gérard Coste
b. 1939
painter
Valérie Guignabodet
1965 – 2016
screenwriter
François Albert
1877 – 1933
politician
Édouard Le Jeune
1921 – 2017
politician
Jeanine Touchard-Vapaille
1924 – 2005
artistic gymnast
Robert Girardet
1893 – 1977
skipper
Franz Schrader
1844 – 1924
geographer
Alexandre Alexeieff
1901 – 1982
animator
Fanny Alaux
1797 – 1880
painter
Jean-Louis Vallas
1901 – 1995
poet
Victor Glaentzlin
b. 1998
association football player
Jean-François Davy
1945 – 2025
film producer
Messie Biatoumoussoka
b. 1998
association football player
Marie Maillard
1680 – 1731
Jérôme Gallion
b. 1954
dentist
Jean-Pierre Duprey
1930 – 1959
poet
Jean Morin
1901 – 1975
bobsledder
Jacques Lebaudy
1868 – 1919
businessperson
Cédrick Ramos
b. 1983
association football player
Henry Roussel
1875 – 1946
film director
Jean-Baptiste Gaspard d'Ansse de Villoison
1750 – 1805
classical philologist
Pierre Londiche
1932 – 2022
actor
Nessbeal
b. 1978
rapper
Charles-André Merda
1770 – 1812
military officer
Bruno Thibout
b. 1969
sport cyclist
Brada
1847 – 1938
writer
Martial Premat
b. 1977
ski mountaineer
Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, Duke of Bouillon
1555 – 1623
military personnel
Joseph Kergueris
b. 1938
politician
Annette Peulvast-Bergeal
b. 1946
politician
Albert Batteux
1919 – 2003
association football player
Arnaut Catalan
1219 – 1253
troubadour
Guy Debord
1931 – 1994
filmmaker
Gabriel Thomas
1896 – 1976
aircraft pilot
Antoine Marcourt
1490 – 1561
preacher
Robert Benoist
1895 – 1944
racing automobile driver
Edmond Nocard
1850 – 1903
biologist
Guillaume Rufin
b. 1990
tennis player
Samuel Le Bihan
b. 1965
stage actor
Antoine Raugel
b. 1999
sport cyclist
Georges Peyroche
b. 1937
association football player
Louis-Marcelin de Fontanes
1757 – 1821
politician
Alexis Kanner
1942 – 2003
actor
Abdelrafik Gérard
b. 1993
association football player
Ursula Gauthier
b. 1950
journalist
François Marcela-Froideval
1958 – 2025
screenwriter
Pierre-Denis Martin
1663 – 1742
painter
Eugène Pierre Nicolas Fournier
1834 – 1884
botanist
Pierre Falcone
b. 1954
businessperson
Louis de Crussol d'Uzès
1871 – 1943
Martin Page
b. 1975
writer
Maurice Martin
1884 – 1999
weightlifter
Yves Agid
b. 1940
physician
Benoît Maire
b. 1978
sculptor
Eddie Barclay
1921 – 2005
jazz pianist
Jean-Pierre Le Lain
b. 1961
rower
André Borie
1889 – 1971
civil engineer
Adolphe Duperly
1801 – 1864
photographer
Germain Chardin
b. 1983
rower
Adolphe-Simonis Empis
1795 – 1868
playwright
Pascale Crozon
b. 1944
politician
Pierre Toussaint Marcel de Serres de Mesplès
1783 – 1862
geologist
Samuel Bernard
1651 – 1739
financier
Aurélie Neyret
b. 1983
illustrator
Hervé Deniel
1899 – 1951
amateur wrestler