France
People of this nationality
Christian Lavieille
b. 1965
motorcycle racer
Michel Forst
b. 1953
United Nations Special Rapporteur
Simone Iff
1924 – 2014
women's rights activist
Florent da Silva
b. 2003
association football player
Louis Vigée
1715 – 1767
painter
Marie-Christine Damas
b. 1966
tennis player
Gabriel Tomatis
b. 1999
politician
Didier Tarquin
b. 1967
penciller
Christopher Glombard
b. 1989
association football player
Jean Leccia
1935 – 2023
conductor
Sokratis Lagoudakis
1861 – 1944
physician
Gaston Juchet
1930 – 2007
engineer
Nathalie Fuchs
b. 1952
tennis player
Pierre Troisgros
1928 – 2020
chef
Nicolas Untersteller
1900 – 1967
painter
Françoise Babou de La Bourdaisière
1540 – 1592
aristocrat
Jacqueline Vaissière
b. 1946
linguist
Jean Dussaulx
1728 – 1799
linguist
Leopold Gondrecourt
1816 – 1888
educator
Philippe Streiff
1955 – 2022
engineer
Jean Gabriel Maurice Rocques
1761 – 1841
historian
Antoine Payen
1902 – 1985
animator
Richard Malka
b. 1968
comics artist
Jean-François Parigi
b. 1960
politician
Pierre Campana
b. 1985
rally driver
François-Cyrille Grange
b. 1983
alpine skier
Roger Lebranchu
1922 – 2025
rower
Marc Missonnier
b. 1970
film producer
Rebecca Dayan
b. 1984
actor
Julio Tavares
b. 1988
association football player
Coralie Hayme
b. 2001
judoka
Armand Vestris
1786 – 1825
choreographer
Lucien Szpiro
1941 – 2020
mathematician
Pedro Kamata
b. 1981
association football player
Oscar de Négrier
1839 – 1913
military personnel
Gérard Buchheit
b. 1948
long-distance runner
Jean-Baptiste Evariste Charles Pricot de Sainte-Marie
1843 – 1899
archaeologist
Laure Junot, Duchess of Abrantès
1784 – 1838
salonnière
Antoine Picon
b. 1957
architect
Charles Pélissier
1903 – 1959
sport cyclist
Antoine de Lévis Mirepoix
1884 – 1981
medievalist
Barbara Weldens
1982 – 2017
singer
Mickaël Rol
b. 1976
association football player
Guillaume de Deguileville
1295 – 1360
writer
Charles de Lorraine de Vaudémont
1561 – 1587
Catholic priest
Stéphane Grabli
b. 1977
special effects artist
Thomas Domingo
b. 1985
rugby union player
Jean Favier
1932 – 2014
archivist
Abdoulaye Seye
1934 – 2011
sprinter
Luis Montané Dardé
1849 – 1936
physician
Solorazaf
b. 1956
composer
Mathurin-Joseph Fordos
1816 – 1878
chemist
Georges Metayer
1904 – 1995
amateur wrestler
Jeanne Millerand
1864 – 1950
Paul Grandhomme
1851 – 1944
medalist
Paule Maurice
1910 – 1967
composer
Charles Rollin
1661 – 1741
historian
Charles Henri de Blainville
1711 – 1770
composer
Paul Schaffer
1924 – 2020
electronician
Tauhiti Keck
b. 1994
association football player
Sandra Levenez
b. 1979
triathlete
Said Tamghart
b. 1980
rugby league player
Claude Perraudin
1948 – 2001
composer
Célestine Guynemer de la Hailandière
1798 – 1882
Catholic priest
François Faillu
1900 – 1974
sport cyclist
Gaston Bussière
1862 – 1928
painter
Julien Desprès
b. 1983
rower
Maurice Rat
1891 – 1969
literary scholar
Christelle Lechevalier
b. 1968
politician
Karima Benameur
b. 1989
association football player
Yvonne Desportes
1907 – 1993
composer
Henri-François Rey
1919 – 1987
writer
Francis Wurtz
b. 1948
politician
Count of St. Germain
1712 – 1784
composer
Henri Demarquette
b. 1970
cellist
Alexandre Prémat
b. 1982
racing automobile driver
Gilbert Génébrard
1535 – 1597
theologian
Abdoul Karim Bangoura
b. 1971
association football player
Béatrice Cussol
b. 1970
painter
Laura Pomportes
b. 1989
squash player
Damien Sargue
b. 1981
singer
César Chesneau Dumarsais
1676 – 1756
philosopher
Julie Peruzzetto
b. 1987
association football player
Saint-Yves
1808 – 1871
playwright
Charles de Montmorency-Damville
1537 – 1612
politician
Bertrand Sorre
b. 1965
politician
Georges Cochery
1855 – 1914
politician
Janet Teissier du Cros
1905 – 1990
writer
Biette de Cassinel
royal mistress
Pierre Bonhomme
1803 – 1861
Catholic priest
Laurent Roussey
b. 1961
association football player
Petr Cornelie
b. 1995
basketball player
Gilles Grimandi
b. 1970
association football player
Jean-Pierre Dellard
1774 – 1832
military officer
Henri Gaudin
1933 – 2021
architect
Alain Veinstein
b. 1942
radio producer
François Vallejo
b. 1960
writer
Damien Perrinelle
b. 1983
association football player
Jean-Philippe Courtois
b. 1960
Charles-Joseph Natoire
1700 – 1777
painter