France
People of this nationality
Frédéric Mazzella
b. 1976
entrepreneur
Abraham Nicolas Amelot de la Houssaye
1634 – 1706
historian
Abel Bonnard
1883 – 1968
writer
Xavier Hommaire de Hell
1812 – 1848
engineer
Xavier Desandre Navarre
b. 1961
jazz musician
Franck Borotra
b. 1937
politician
Yan Pascal Tortelier
b. 1947
conductor
Léon Hornecker
1864 – 1924
painter
Joël Holmès
1928 – 2009
singer-songwriter
Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre
1665 – 1729
composer
Nicolas Diguiny
b. 1988
association football player
Satine Wallé
b. 2004
chanteuse
Jean Rolin
1408 – 1483
Catholic priest
Roberto Toro
b. 2000
researcher
Pierre Chompré
1698 – 1760
teacher
Louis Delfino
1912 – 1968
flying ace
Jacques Surcouf
1873 – 1934
entomologist
Lucien Léger
1937 – 2008
criminal
Bernard Fritz
b. 1953
tennis player
Charles Garnier
1825 – 1898
architect
Charles-Émile Loo
1922 – 2016
politician
Jean-Michel Coron
b. 1956
mathematician
Antoine Bauza
b. 1978
game designer
Pierre Petit
1930 – 2022
politician
Mathieu Gomes
b. 1985
association football player
Pierre-Dominique Martin
1771 – 1855
engineer of the French Corps of Bridges and Roads
Denise Glaser
1920 – 1983
television presenter
Thomas-Joachim Hébert
1687 – 1773
marchand-mercier
Jeannot Szwarc
1937 – 2025
film director
William Leymergie
b. 1947
journalist
Manga Foe-Ondoa
b. 2005
association football player
Jordan Ayew
b. 1991
association football player
Charles Ferton
1856 – 1921
entomologist
François-Léon Sicard
1862 – 1934
sculptor
Jean Louis Auguste Commerson
1803 – 1879
journalist
William Rousseau
b. 1977
singer
Jean-Claude Pascal
1927 – 1992
singer
Henri de Thiard de Bissy
1723 – 1794
military personnel
Lié Louis Périn-Salbreux
1753 – 1817
painter
Henri Putz
1859 – 1925
military personnel
Philippe Pinchemel
1923 – 2008
geographer
Paul Bourget
1852 – 1935
playwright
Antoine Galland
1646 – 1715
anthropologist
Abel Vautier
1796 – 1863
politician
Loyset Compère
1445 – 1518
composer
Paul Verlaine
1844 – 1896
poet
Boris Grinsson
1907 – 1999
poster artist
Jeanne de Clisson
1300 – 1359
pirate
Frédéric Recordon
1811 – 1889
ophthalmologist
Georges Gratiant
1907 – 1992
politician
Paul Maisonneuve
b. 1986
association football player
Françoise Bouzonnet-Stella
1638 – 1691
printmaker
Michèle Bonneton
b. 1947
politician
Pierre Failliot
1887 – 1935
rugby union player
François Abadie
1930 – 2001
politician
Dominique Mercy
b. 1950
choreographer
Laurence Rossignol
b. 1957
politician
Marcel Roux
1878 – 1922
painter
Arnaud Bazin
b. 1959
politician
Jacques-Louis Copia
1764 – 1799
printmaker
Roger Cotte
1921 – 1999
musicologist
Louis de Carné
1804 – 1876
journalist
Régine Gordine
1915 – 2012
racing driver
Charles Daniélou
1878 – 1953
politician
Thierry Frappé
b. 1952
politician
Pierre Roubertoux
geneticist
Augusta Déjerine-Klumpke
1859 – 1927
physician
Claude Arribas
b. 1951
association football player
Émile Flourens
1841 – 1920
politician
Adolphe d'Ennery
1811 – 1899
writer
Chrétien-François II de Lamoignon
1735 – 1789
magistrate
Gary Assous
b. 1988
association football player
Étienne Proux
1850 – 1983
athletics competitor
François Bourgoing
composer
Jean-Baptiste-Frézal Charbonnier
1842 – 1888
Catholic priest
Cédric Kipré
b. 1996
association football player
Alexander Djiku
b. 1994
association football player
Thierry Bonnin
b. 1948
entrepreneur
Tidiam Gomis
b. 2006
association football player
Camille du Locle
1832 – 1903
librettist
Mireille Oudit
b. 1945
politician
Guillaume-Marie-Romain Sourrieu
1825 – 1899
Catholic priest
Annick Lefebvre
b. 1965
athletics competitor
Jean-Pierre Dufreigne
b. 1942
writer
Jack Ralite
1928 – 2017
politician
Gary Tavars
b. 1984
association football player
Madeleine-Françoise Calais
b. 1713
dentist
Farid Sid
b. 1979
rugby union player
Yannis M'Bemba
b. 2001
association football player
Laurent Lopes
b. 1997
association football player
Joanne Dudziak
b. 1972
handball player
Georges-Jean Pinault
b. 1955
linguist
Francois de Hangest Sieur de Genlis & d'Abbecourt
1513 – 1569
military personnel
Christophe Sanchez
b. 1972
association football player
Paul Topinard
1830 – 1911
anthropologist
Caterine Milinaire
b. 1942
photographer
Dominique Gauzin-Müller
b. 1960
architect
Louis-Ernest Barrias
1841 – 1905
sculptor
Gerard Ravello
b. 1959
curler
Ernest Granger
1844 – 1914
politician