France
People of this nationality
Christian Bouchet
b. 1955
publisher
William Delacour
1700 – 1767
painter
François-Auguste Parseval-Grandmaison
1759 – 1834
poet
Gustave Miklos
1888 – 1967
painter
Germaine of Foix
1488 – 1536
aristocrat
Joachim Kiteau
b. 1982
athletics competitor
Pierpoljak
b. 1964
musician
Albert Lynch
1860 – 1950
painter
Pierre Plantard
1920 – 2000
journalist
Roger Pelé
1901 – 1982
athletics competitor
Régis Laspalès
b. 1957
actor
Shmuel T. Meyer
b. 1957
writer
Sarah Steyaert
b. 1986
sailor
Joseph Carrère
1904 – 2000
rugby league player
Younousse Sankharé
b. 1989
association football player
Jean Nicolas Collignon
1762 – 1788
explorer
Rocca
b. 1975
rapper
Max Heilbronn
1902 – 1998
businessperson
Méline Rollin
b. 1998
athletics competitor
Ludovic Morlot
b. 1973
conductor
Amara Simba
b. 1961
association football player
Jules Semler-Collery
1902 – 1988
conductor
Teddy Alloh
b. 2002
association football player
Jean Reverzy
1914 – 1959
physician writer
Joséphine Boulay
1869 – 1925
composer
Alexandre Étienne Choron
1837 – 1924
chef
Frédéric Perez
b. 1961
handball player
Jean-Pierre Houdin
b. 1951
architect
Marie-Françoise Bechtel
b. 1946
politician
Joan-Benjamin Gaba
b. 2001
judoka
Franck Lagorce
b. 1968
Formula One driver
Alexandre Dubuque
1812 – 1898
composer
Jean-Louis Gilet
1902 – 1964
architect
François Béranger
1937 – 2003
singer-songwriter
Pierre-Dominique Bazaine
1786 – 1838
mathematician
Mickaël Tacalfred
b. 1981
association football player
Charles Samuel Girardet
1780 – 1863
printmaker
Étienne Laurent Joseph Hippolyte Boyer de Fonscolombe (1772-1853)
1772 – 1853
entomologist
Edward III, Duke of Bar
1377 – 1415
feudatory
Jacques Toubon
b. 1941
politician
Dominique Aubier
1922 – 2014
essayist
Geoffrey Boucicaut
prelate
Michel Météry
b. 1938
diver
François Levaillant
1753 – 1824
explorer
Stephen of Lexington
1198 – 1258
Catholic monk
Béatrice Descamps
b. 1951
politician
Marcel Couttet
1912 – 2002
ice hockey player
Jean Chollet
1936 – 2026
journalist
Gregory Eneleda
b. 1989
association football player
Jacqueline Baudrier
1922 – 2009
journalist
Jean-Patrick Manchette
1942 – 1995
writer
Pierre Jarlier
b. 1954
architect
Charles Pérez
1873 – 1952
entomologist
Jacques Baumer
1885 – 1951
actor
Michel Murat
b. 1950
literary critic
Dalainville
1732 – 1801
stage actor
Salim Benghalem
1980 – 2017
terrorist
Victor Delbos
1862 – 1916
philosopher
Louis Victor Étienne Rifaut
1799 – 1838
composer
Louise Zoé Coste
1805 – 1890
painter
Albert Samama-Chikli
1872 – 1933
filmmaker
Léon Delarbre
1889 – 1974
painter
Jacques Debary
1914 – 2011
actor
Louis Laneau
1637 – 1696
Catholic priest
Sabrina Agresti-Roubache
b. 1976
politician
Fabien Lavergne
b. 1985
racing driver
François Vannson
b. 1962
politician
Guy II, Count of Saint-Pol
1150 – 1226
aristocrat
Paul-Jean-Baptiste Poret de Morvan
1777 – 1834
military officer
Kevin Gourdon
b. 1990
rugby union player
René Lorin
1877 – 1933
aerospace engineer
Philippe Houillon
b. 1951
politician
Jehanne d'Alcy
1865 – 1956
stage actor
Emmanuel Villaume
b. 1964
conductor
Jacques Maumont
1924 – 2006
audio engineer
Maurice Berty
1884 – 1946
illustrator
Enguerrand II, Lord of Coucy
1110 – 1149
lord
Alphonse Meignant
1882 – 1914
rower
Lamya Essemlali
b. 1979
group activist
Nicolas Luckner
1722 – 1794
military officer
Lionel Naccache
b. 1969
neurologist
Marcel Walle
1913 – 1943
sport cyclist
Arnaud Ducret
b. 1978
actor
Aurélien Scheidler
b. 1998
association football player
Jean Corbineau
1776 – 1848
politician
André Schaeffner
1895 – 1980
ethnomusicologist
Habib Sissoko
b. 1971
association football player
Frédéric Weisgerber
1868 – 1946
geographer
Henri Cabanel
b. 1959
politician
David Sauget
b. 1979
association football player
Martin Veyron
b. 1950
comics artist
Dominique Janicaud
1937 – 2002
philosopher
Georgette Gagneux
1907 – 1931
athletics competitor
Lucien Barrière
1923 – 1990
business executive
Mejdi Schalck
b. 2004
competition climber
Housseine Zakouani
b. 1998
association football player
Claire-Marie Mazarelli de Saint-Chamond
1731 – 1804
writer
William of St-Thierry
1075 – 1148
theologian
Bertrand Favreau
b. 1947
human rights defender
Anne Charles François de Montmorency
1768 – 1846
politician