France
People of this nationality
Arnaud Lescure
b. 1986
association football player
Yanis Merdji
b. 1993
association football player
Pierre-Yves Montagnat
b. 1986
rugby union player
Nicolas Mesnager
1658 – 1714
diplomat
Marine Debauve
b. 1988
artistic gymnast
Félix Grat
1898 – 1940
politician
Guy Sauvin
b. 1942
karateka
Aimée de Coigny
1769 – 1820
salonnière
Pierre-François Forissier
b. 1951
Officer of the French Navy
Alex Menal
b. 1972
athletics competitor
André Francquenelle
1889 – 1965
rugby union player
Alain Fuchs
1953 – 2024
chemist
Robert Ducard
1932 – 2021
sport cyclist
Françoise Guégot
b. 1962
politician
Jean-Pierre Lesguillon
1800 – 1873
poet
Alexandre Lapandry
b. 1989
rugby union player
Auguste Herbin
1882 – 1960
painter
Elips
drag queer
Francis Chouat
1948 – 2024
politician
Maurice Roucel
b. 1946
perfumer
Eva Green
b. 1980
composer
Henry Duhamel
1853 – 1917
mountaineer
Émile Driant
1855 – 1916
military officer
Michel-Jean Sedaine
1719 – 1797
playwright
Gérard Poulet
b. 1938
violinist
Jonas Aguenier
b. 1992
volleyball player
Georges Kuhnholtz-Lordat
1888 – 1965
agronomist
Jacques Lafleur
1932 – 2010
politician
Peter Olivi
1248 – 1298
theologian
Martine Blanc-Rérat
b. 1944
illustrator
Laurent Pic
b. 1964
diplomat
Jean Mercier
1510 – 1570
linguist
Yves Hervouet
1921 – 1999
sinologist
David Berthelot
b. 1997
association football player
Gabin Bernardeau
b. 2006
association football player
Jean Deschamps
1925 – 1998
professeur des universités
Jean Delas
1939 – 2026
editor
René Dujarric de la Rivière
1885 – 1969
physician
Sonia Garel
b. 1972
neuroscientist
Patrick de Rousiers
b. 1955
fighter pilot
Majdouline Sbaï
b. 1977
sociologist
Louis Nicolas le Tonnelier de Breteuil
1648 – 1728
diplomat
Frédéric Dagée
b. 1992
athletics competitor
Prosper Marilhat
1811 – 1847
painter
Karim Souchu
b. 1979
basketball player
Arcadi Gaydamak
b. 1952
businessperson
François-Joseph-Marie Fayolle
1774 – 1852
musicologist
Jean-Pascal Bénassy
1948 – 2022
economist
Catherine Delaunay
b. 1969
jazz clarinetist
Stéphane Bozzolo
b. 1975
athletics competitor
Zoran Rendulić
b. 1984
association football player
Jean Bourguignon
1876 – 1953
writer
Laurent Seksik
b. 1962
writer
Yves Daudigny
b. 1947
politician
Jean-Claude Lavaud
1938 – 2011
association football player
Pierre Henri Larthomas
1915 – 2000
theatre critic
Carnejy Antoine
b. 1991
association football player
Jean-Joseph Weerts
1846 – 1927
painter
Arlette Nougarède
b. 1930
cell biologist
Yann Trégouët
b. 1975
actor
Patrick Mennucci
b. 1955
politician
Laure Blanc-Féraud
b. 1963
mathematician
Stéphane Bredin
b. 1976
official
Maurice Bertel
1871 – 1930
cinematographer
René Bittinger
b. 1954
sport cyclist
Joseph Garat
1872 – 1944
politician
Raymond Belle
1939 – 1999
firefighter
Didier Willefert
b. 1964
event rider
Robert le Coq
1310 – 1373
Catholic priest
Georges Bortoli
1923 – 2010
journalist
Jacques Schmidt
1933 – 1996
costume designer
Olivier Delamarche
b. 1966
columnist
Gérard Bonal
1941 – 2022
writer
Antoine Vitez
1930 – 1990
theatre director
Fouad Rachid
b. 1991
association football player
Véronique Roux
b. 1955
pianist
Laurent D'Jaffo
b. 1970
association football player
Guillaume Moreau
b. 1983
racing automobile driver
Élie Marchal
1839 – 1923
botanist
Jean-Paul Fournier
b. 1945
politician
François Rebel
1701 – 1775
composer
John, Count of Eu
1130 – 1170
Albert-Jean
1892 – 1975
playwright
Cédric Anger
b. 1975
film director
Éric Bellot des Minières
b. 1964
military officer
Jacob Spon
1647 – 1685
anthropologist
Arthur Cadre
b. 1991
dancer
Nicolas Lorgne
warrior monk
René Chamussy
1936 – 2016
academic administrator
Jean-François Leroy
1729 – 1791
architect
Alexis-Marie de Rochon
1741 – 1817
physicist
Christophe Hondelatte
b. 1962
radio personality
Toussaint Rose
1611 – 1701
magistrate
Jacques Boulas
1948 – 1990
sport cyclist
Charles Chanoine
1835 – 1915
military personnel
Charles Bénard
1867 – 1931
navigator
Casimir Arvet-Touvet
1841 – 1913
botanist
Monique Chaumette
b. 1927
film actor
Yves Bigerel
b. 1979
cartoonist
Michel Le Nobletz
1577 – 1652
missionary