France
People of this nationality
Michel Berson
1945 – 2021
politician
Laurent Pouyaud
b. 1966
ichthyologist
Charles de Villers
1765 – 1815
military officer
Cédric Tomio
b. 1969
ski mountaineer
Nérée Boubée
1806 – 1862
entomologist
James Bordas
1929 – 2020
politician
Jacques Bernard
1658 – 1718
theologian
Thierry Lévy
1945 – 2017
lawyer
Guy Leleu
1950 – 2026
sport cyclist
Charles, Cardinal de Bourbon
1523 – 1590
Catholic priest
Lucien Vidi
1805 – 1866
inventor
Sandra Maurice
b. 1987
association football player
Auguste Donny
1851 – 1916
skipper
Nicolas Chapel
musician
Robert Fortet
1912 – 1998
mathematician
Marguerite de Poulaillon
Elisabeth de Ranfaing
1592 – 1649
nun
Michel Sy
1930 – 2024
politician
Danièle Obono
b. 1980
librarian
Jean-Thomas Thibault
1757 – 1826
painter
Louis-Lucien Klotz
1868 – 1930
journalist
Caroline Reboux
1837 – 1927
modiste
Louis Bellaud de la Bellaudière
1543 – 1588
poet
Pierre Laborie
1936 – 2017
historian
Nicolas Toussaint Charlet
1792 – 1845
painter
Maria Luisa Poumaillou
1951 – 2015
businessperson
Paul Charruau
b. 1993
association football player
Yusuf Sarı
b. 1998
association football player
Jean-Marc Pontvianne
b. 1994
athletics competitor
Émile Vuillermoz
1878 – 1960
film critic
Camille Alaphilippe
1874 – 1950
sculptor
Bernard Pertuiset
1920 – 2000
surgeon
David Chevallereau
b. 1969
association football player
Jean-Baptiste Paternotte
b. 1981
association football player
Jean Parra
1938 – 2002
boxer
Corbinian
675 – 730
hermit
Jésus Arenzana
1918 – 2011
wrestler
Camille Vidart
1854 – 1930
women's rights activist
Victor Anicet
b. 1938
visual artist
Richard Gay
b. 1971
freestyle skier
Émilie Cozette
b. 1981
choreographer
Benjamin Delacourt
b. 1985
association football player
Lucas Créange
b. 1992
table tennis player
Salim Ben Seghir
b. 2003
association football player
Alain Soral
b. 1958
business executive
Colette Bémont
1933 – 2023
archaeologist
Denise Ginollin
1907 – 1961
politician
Jacques-Constantin Périer
1742 – 1818
engineer
Alexandra Soumm
b. 1989
violinist
Jeanne L'Herminier
1913 – 2007
French resistance fighter
Pierre-Alexis Dumas
b. 1966
entrepreneur
Yvan Attal
b. 1965
film director
René Benoît
1844 – 1922
physicist
Lova Nantenaina
b. 1977
film director
Robert le Ricolais
1894 – 1977
researcher
Paul Georges Dieulafoy
1839 – 1911
physician
Alof of Wignacourt
1547 – 1622
warrior monk
Guillaume de Joinville
1170 – 1226
archbishop
Hélène de Saint Lager
b. 1957
artist
Laura Thorpe
b. 1987
tennis player
Stuart Dutamby
b. 1994
athletics competitor
Jade Jacquet
b. 2009
racing automobile driver
Paul-Edmond Decharme
1907 – 1984
film producer
René Piller
b. 1965
athletics competitor
Patrice Thévenard
b. 1954
sport cyclist
Francis Huber
1750 – 1831
entomologist
Florian Rousseau
b. 1974
track cyclist
Daniel Mesguich
b. 1952
theatre director
Vincent Faucheux
b. 1982
rower
Louis Claude Cadet de Gassicourt
1731 – 1799
chemist
Neeskens Kebano
b. 1992
association football player
Hervé Novelli
b. 1949
politician
Lucie Colliard
1877 – 1961
politician
Maurice Besnier
1873 – 1933
historian
Mare Labedens
canoeist
Guy Van Sam
1935 – 2024
association football player
Jean Mery
1645 – 1722
anatomist
Louis Joseph, Dauphin of France
1781 – 1789
aristocrat
Ève Paul-Margueritte
1885 – 1971
novelist
Mathieu Bozzetto
b. 1973
snowboarder
Éric Altmayer
b. 1962
film producer
Moussa Maaskri
b. 1962
actor
Joy Laurey
1943 – 1993
journalist
Julie Manet
1878 – 1966
painter
Stéphane Heulot
b. 1971
sport cyclist
Thélus Léro
1909 – 1996
politician
Jean Henri Vigoureux
1907 – 1986
painter
Jean-Baptiste Grivel
1779 – 1869
politician
Emmanuelle Loyer
b. 1968
historian
Maurice Herzog
1919 – 2012
politician
Roselle Cros
b. 1947
politician
Pascal Touzeau
b. 1969
choreographer
Jacques Labillardière
1755 – 1834
botanist
Gabriel Tyr
1817 – 1868
painter
Pierre Lozouet
zoologist
Ariane Laroux
1957 – 2023
painter
Paul Le Guen
b. 1964
association football player
Célimène Daudet
b. 1977
classical pianist
Edme Samson
1810 – 1891
art forger
Gabriel de L'Aubespine
1579 – 1630
Catholic priest