France
People of this nationality
Julie Gervais
b. 1991
tennis player
Georges Rouquier
1909 – 1989
film director
Ralph Amoussou
b. 1989
actor
Hubert Bourdot
1861 – 1937
botanist
Juliette Figuier
1827 – 1879
novelist
Guillaume de Villaret
1300 – 1306
warrior monk
Renée Dunan
1892 – 1936
poet
René Pavard
1934 – 2012
sport cyclist
Bernard Salomon
1500 – 1561
painter
Sophie Devienne
1763 – 1841
stage actor
Pierre Perroy
1907 – 1990
politician
Jules Meyer
b. 2000
association football player
René Bouin
1937 – 2018
politician
Marie Dorin Habert
b. 1986
biathlete
Émile Bastien-Lepage
1854 – 1938
painter
Mireille Granelli
b. 1936
actor
Mademoiselle Montansier
1730 – 1820
stage actor
Didier Digard
b. 1986
association football player
Gilles Lellouche
b. 1972
actor
Henri Sauvage
1873 – 1932
architect
Jules Cavaillès
1901 – 1977
painter
Régis Coulbault
b. 1972
association football player
Simonne Ratel
1900 – 1948
writer
Armand Berton
1859 – 1916
politician
Jean-Claude Bonnal
b. 1953
criminal
Colette Elloy
b. 1931
athletics competitor
Sorj Chalandon
b. 1952
journalist
Sullivan Péan
b. 1999
association football player
Nicolas Cop
1501 – 1540
theologian
Guillaume Chavard
1911 – 1973
sport cyclist
Pierre Schaeffer
1910 – 1995
composer
Robert Sénéchal
1892 – 1985
aircraft pilot
Andrée Taurinya
b. 1963
politician
Jacques Berlioz
b. 1953
historian
Raymond Bossus
1903 – 1981
politician
Jérôme Schuster
b. 1985
rugby union player
Louis Porion
1805 – 1858
politician
Benjamin Roubaud
1811 – 1847
caricaturist
Henri-Pierre Roché
1879 – 1959
art collector
Jean IV de Beaumont
1201 – 1318
military personnel
Louis-Gaston de Cacqueray
1672 – 1724
military personnel
Florian Narcissot
b. 1991
association football player
Alvise
1050 – 1148
prelate
Hélène van Zuylen
1863 – 1947
socialite
Renatus of Angers
Catholic priest
Gilbert de Chambrun
1909 – 2009
politician
Lucien Servanty
1909 – 1973
military flight engineer
Julien Lourau
b. 1970
jazz musician
Clément Vidal
b. 2000
association football player
Maria-Letizia Bonaparte
1750 – 1836
aristocrat
Darnel Situ
b. 1992
association football player
Freddy Michalski
1946 – 2020
translator
Alain Dupas
1945 – 2022
astronomer
Frédéric Makowiecki
b. 1980
racing automobile driver
Stéphane Degout
b. 1975
opera singer
Joseph-Nicolas Delisle
1688 – 1768
astronomer
Antoine Bello
b. 1970
writer
Mallory Leconte
b. 2000
athletics competitor
Julia Bertrand
1877 – 1960
women's rights activist
Nicole Maestracci
1951 – 2022
magistrate
Bauer
b. 1969
editorial cartoonist
Pierre Tal-Coat
1905 – 1985
painter
Frédéric Bourgeois de Mercey
1805 – 1860
painter
Marcelle Rumeau
1912 – 1995
politician
Jacques Suire
b. 1943
sport cyclist
Chris Joss
b. 1964
musician
François Claude du Barail
1820 – 1902
military officer
Maurice Houdayer
1931 – 2020
rower
Robert Chef d’Hôtel
1922 – 2019
middle-distance runner
Jean-Claude Briault
b. 1947
politician
Christelle D'Intorni
b. 1985
politician
Cécile Nowak
b. 1967
judoka
Marie-Antoinette Tonnelat
1912 – 1980
physicist
Bastien Damiens
1995 – 2015
kayaker
Marcel Carfantan
b. 1933
sport cyclist
Bernard Jumentier
1749 – 1829
composer
Victor Linart
1889 – 1977
track cyclist
Raymond Boudon
1934 – 2013
sociologist
Alphonse Poitevin
1819 – 1882
chemist
Robert Surcouf de Maisonneuve
1671 – 1720
privateer
Claude Taittinger
1927 – 2022
businessperson
Placide Viel
1815 – 1877
religious
Jean Allemane
1843 – 1935
politician
Olivier Gaillard
b. 1967
politician
André Duchesne
1584 – 1640
historian
André Cardinal Destouches
1672 – 1749
composer
André Galle
1761 – 1844
sculptor
Guy Paquinet
1903 – 1981
jazz trombonist
François Loos
b. 1953
politician
Sandrine Aubert
b. 1982
alpine skier
Jean Cohen
1941 – 2004
virologist
Romain Bussine
1830 – 1899
poet
Jeanne Vical
1908 – 1999
fencer
Georges Berthoin
1925 – 2024
diplomat
Anne Capron
b. 1969
synchronized swimmer
Jean-Paul Anciaux
b. 1946
politician
Alphonse Varney
1811 – 1879
conductor
Noël Valois
1855 – 1915
historian
Patricia Lemoine
b. 1961
politician
Fernand Chapsal
1862 – 1939
politician