France
People of this nationality
Édouard Drouyn de Lhuys
1805 – 1881
politician
David Poisson
1982 – 2017
alpine skier
Pierre Autin-Grenier
1947 – 2014
writer
Jacques-Nicolas Paillot de Montabert
1771 – 1849
art historian
François Masson
b. 1979
association football player
Louise Cruppi
1862 – 1925
writer
Jean-Yves Chemin
b. 1959
mathematician
Jean Emelina
1934 – 2024
writer
Nicolas Bacqué
b. 1973
rugby union player
Catherine Deroche
b. 1953
politician
Jean-Claude Colliard
1946 – 2014
university teacher
Albert Cigagna
b. 1960
rugby union player
Françoise Beaucournu-Saguez
1936 – 2000
entomologist
Félix Dubois
1862 – 1945
journalist
Henri Faraud
1823 – 1890
Catholic priest
Yohann Mercier
b. 1980
association football player
Hervé Gauthier
b. 1949
association football player
Jeanne Moreau
1928 – 2017
film actor
Jean-Pierre Bernès
b. 1957
sports agent
Anne-Marie Leduc
b. 1937
alpine skier
Guillaume Leriche
b. 1975
audio engineer
B-boy Lilou
b. 1984
dancer
Julie Tétart
b. 1992
basketball player
Yves Guillou
1880 – 1963
politician
Thomas Heurtaux
b. 1988
association football player
Charles Joseph Minard
1781 – 1870
civil engineer
Jean Gallon
1878 – 1959
composer
Edward Kawak
1959 – 2006
bodybuilder
Édouard Fischer-Piette
1899 – 1988
malacologist
Myriam Ould-Braham
b. 1982
choreographer
César-Egasse du Boulay
1600 – 1678
historian
André Bon
b. 1946
composer
Jacques Ovyn
b. 1505
playwright
Jeanne Moirod
1905 – 1997
politician
Manon Cormier
1896 – 1945
lawyer
Jean de Labadie
1610 – 1674
theologian
Marcel Légaut
1900 – 1990
mathematician
Nathalie Koenders
b. 1977
kayaker
Baptiste Masotti
b. 1995
squash player
Jérôme Savary
1942 – 2013
actor
Michaël Murcy
b. 1979
association football player
Michel Chodkiewicz
1929 – 2020
publisher
Jérémy Spender
b. 1982
association football player
Joris Kenon
b. 1998
association football player
Catherine of Courtenay
1274 – 1307
Édouard Schmoll
b. 1889
gymnast
Eugène Huat
1907 – 1980
boxer
Clément Marot
1495 – 1544
poet
Philibert Humm
b. 1991
journalist
Stan Griffiths
1911 – 2003
association football player
Hippolyte Girardot
b. 1955
actor
Édouard Filhol
1814 – 1883
anthropologist
Pierre Prieur
1896 – 1968
field hockey player
Henri Poincaré
1854 – 1912
mathematician
Georges Bernanos
1888 – 1948
writer
Romain Blary
b. 1985
water polo player
Françoise Combes
b. 1952
astrophysicist
Mathéo Didot
b. 2002
association football player
Irénée Hausherr
1891 – 1978
Catholic priest
Philippe Lefebvre
b. 1949
organist
Camille Danguillaume
1919 – 1950
sport cyclist
Sébastien Chavanel
b. 1981
sport cyclist
Claude-Anne de Rouvroy de Saint Simon
1743 – 1819
politician
Marie Myriam
b. 1957
singer
Marie Surcouf
1863 – 1928
balloonist
Éric Jalon
b. 1971
official
Danlaba Mendy
b. 1976
association football player
Betty Beckers
1925 – 1982
actor
Jeannette Guyot
1919 – 2016
French resistance fighter
Dante Rezze
b. 1963
sport cyclist
Christine Schwartz Hartley
b. 1965
writer
Jacques Duboin
1878 – 1976
economist
Tony Tixier
b. 1986
pianist
Moussa Bezaz
b. 1957
association football player
Thibault Rambaud
b. 1997
association football player
Guillaume de Lamoignon
1617 – 1677
magistrate
Jean-Baptiste Boyer d’Éguilles
1645 – 1709
magistrate
Jérôme Leroy
b. 1974
association football player
Auriane Mallo-Breton
b. 1993
fencer
Edmond Ardisson
1904 – 1983
actor
Anne-Charles Hérisson
1831 – 1893
politician
Stéphan Rizon
b. 1987
singer
Etienne Pradier
b. 1965
magician
Robert Laufoaulu
b. 1947
politician
Michel Soro
b. 1987
professional boxer
Alexandre Germain
1847 – 1938
stage actor
Michel Périé
b. 1969
rugby union player
Armand Chouffet
1895 – 1958
politician
Princess Marie Élisabeth of France
1572 – 1578
Elodie Poublan
b. 1989
rugby union player
Bertha Galeron de Calonne
1859 – 1936
poet
André Trousselier
1887 – 1968
sport cyclist
Françoise de Maridort
1558 – 1620
Louis-Abraham van Loo
1653 – 1712
painter
Marie Sophie de Courcillon
1713 – 1756
salonnière
Simon Baudichon
1550 – 1584
professor
Caryne Selbonne
b. 1967
association football player
Bruno Sambo
b. 1996
association football player
Alain Mimoun
1921 – 2013
marathon runner
Pierre Biard
1567 – 1622
Catholic priest