France
People of this nationality
Jean Sarrus
1945 – 2025
actor
Elisabeth de Rothschild
1902 – 1945
socialite
Fabrice Josso
b. 1969
actor
François Letexier
b. 1989
association football referee
Steven Nzonzi
b. 1988
association football player
Sarah Taillebois
b. 1990
politician
Jordan Ikoko
b. 1994
association football player
Karl Tabouret
b. 2003
disabled sportsperson
Sidy Diagne
b. 2002
association football player
Pierre Canivet
1890 – 1982
curler
Jacques Fath
1912 – 1954
grand couturier
Giorgi Beria
b. 1999
rugby union player
Guillaume Faury
b. 1968
military flight engineer
Arvède Barine
1840 – 1908
art historian
Auguste Defauconpret
1767 – 1843
writer
Jean Creton
poet
Sinclair
b. 1970
singer-songwriter
Henri Rambaud
1899 – 1974
journalist
José Souto
1959 – 2019
association football player
Marthe Cohn
1920 – 2025
nurse
John Hammond
b. 1960
horse trainer
Sandrine Capy
b. 1969
association football player
Zevs
b. 1977
graffiti artist
Dumitru Țepeneag
b. 1937
linguist
Germaine Lecomte
1889 – 1966
fashion designer
Jules Petiet
1813 – 1871
engineer
Lockroy
1803 – 1891
actor
Marvin Assane
b. 1993
association football player
Jacques Grattarola
1930 – 2023
association football player
Jean Grancolas
1660 – 1732
theologian
Aristide Aubert du Petit-Thouars
1760 – 1798
explorer
Charles Bance
1771 – 1863
printmaker
Austen Henry Layard
1817 – 1894
anthropologist
Josselin Ouanna
b. 1986
tennis player
Marcel Camus
1912 – 1982
film director
Dominique Dupuy
b. 1957
chauffeur
Gilbert de Goldschmidt
1925 – 2010
film producer
Fernand Francell
1879 – 1966
opera singer
Jean Vendeville
1527 – 1592
Catholic priest
Loïc Bade
b. 2000
association football player
Laurence Modaine-Cessac
b. 1964
fencer
Patrick Roux
b. 1962
judoka
Johann Charpenet
b. 1976
association football player
Gérard Cherpion
b. 1948
politician
Warren Jacmot
b. 1987
association football player
Julien Laporte
b. 1993
association football player
René Worms
1869 – 1926
official
Richard Lahautière
1813 – 1882
journalist
Lulu Reinhardt
1951 – 2014
guitarist
Léon Jaussely
1875 – 1932
architect
Sarah Bouyain
b. 1968
film director
Eugène Plet
b. 1952
sport cyclist
Bernard Larmande
1941 – 2025
actor
Gaël Rivière
b. 1989
association football player
Ré Soupault
1901 – 1996
film director
Alan Ortiz
1953 – 2020
Françoise Ozanne-Rivierre
1941 – 2007
linguist
André Hodeir
1921 – 2011
jazz musician
Jackie Pigeaud
1937 – 2016
medical historian
Jean Marchant
1650 – 1738
botanist
Georges Bettembourg
1950 – 1983
mountain guide
Jean-Marc Guillou
b. 1945
association football player
Hans Schlumpf
1904 – 1989
businessperson
Yorgo Tloupas
b. 1974
graphic designer
Ernest Munier-Chalmas
1843 – 1903
geologist
Gaston Poulain
1927 – 2015
Catholic priest
Angéline Furet
b. 1981
professions libérales et assimilés
Nicolas Grozelier
1692 – 1778
writer
Aaron Nemane
b. 1997
association football player
Marcel Voisin
1892 – 1981
Pierre Guillaume
1925 – 2002
Officer of the French Navy
Thérèse Sclafert
1876 – 1959
geographer
Nicolas Lhernould
b. 1975
Catholic priest
Arthur Dessoye
1854 – 1927
politician
Jean de Ganay
1455 – 1512
magistrate
Jean-Paul-André Razins de Saint-Marc
1728 – 1818
librettist
Caroline Wuiet
1766 – 1835
composer
Nicolas Becker
b. 1970
audio engineer
Christian Frossard
b. 1950
kayaker
Caroline Ammel
b. 1973
pole vaulter
Vincent Milou
b. 1996
skateboarder
Arnaud de Puyfontaine
b. 1964
journalist
Fabien Thiémé
1952 – 2019
politician
Dika Mem
b. 1997
handball player
Marie-Louise Jaÿ
1838 – 1925
entrepreneur
Edmond Paris
1894 – 1970
essayist
Stéphane Rosse
1962 – 2024
comics artist
Marguerite Audoux
1863 – 1937
writer
Vincent Koziello
b. 1995
association football player
Fred Siguier
1909 – 1972
physician
Louis Pierre Milcolombe Drummond
1760 – 1833
military officer
Fabrice Bellard
b. 1972
computer scientist
Alexandre Auguste Ledru-Rollin
1807 – 1874
lawyer
Armand de Las Cuevas
1968 – 2018
sport cyclist
Ginette Keller
1925 – 2010
composer
Michel Sainte-Marie
1938 – 2019
politician
Marguerite Dupire
1920 – 2015
ethnologist
Jimmy Vicaut
b. 1992
sprinter
Guillaume Thévenot
b. 1993
sport cyclist
Élisabeth Ercy
b. 1944
actor