France
People of this nationality
Philippe Richard
b. 1962
painter
Henri Malo
1868 – 1948
writer
Herman de Valenciennes
poet
Julie Delance-Feurgard
1859 – 1892
painter
Peter Pouly
b. 1977
sport cyclist
François Massialot
1660 – 1733
chef
Étienne-François Avisse
1694 – 1747
playwright
Eugène Delahaye
1881 – 1954
journalist
Ruslans Sorokins
b. 1982
beach volleyball player
Émile Peynaud
1912 – 2004
oenology
Sarah Guyot
b. 1991
kayaker
Nicholas Bourbon
1574 – 1644
poet
Gilles Bourdos
b. 1963
film director
Raïssa Dapina
b. 1995
handball player
Léon M'ba
1902 – 1967
politician
Edouard Boilly
1799 – 1854
composer
Armand Jean d'Allonville
1732 – 1811
military personnel
Charles-Hubert Gervais
1671 – 1744
composer
Nicolas Sarrabat
1698 – 1739
astronomer
Hervé Giraud
b. 1957
Catholic priest
Ilyes Najim
b. 2002
association football player
W. Lafontaine
1796 – 1861
playwright
Jonathan Mendes
b. 1989
association football player
Mireille Martin-Deschamps
b. 1901
mathematician
Marion Delorme
1613 – 1650
salonnière
Jacques Foccart
1913 – 1997
politician
Dimitri Foulquier
b. 1993
association football player
Alexis Jenni
b. 1963
writer
Roger Nimier
1925 – 1962
writer
Karima Medjeded
b. 1972
judoka
Maurice Porra
1906 – 1950
rugby union player
Said Mohamed Cheikh
1904 – 1970
politician
Julien Grujon
1904 – 1976
sport cyclist
Claude Lamirault
1918 – 1945
René Grousset
1885 – 1952
art historian
Franck Durbesson
b. 1964
athlete
Pierre Dutour
1931 – 2023
trumpeter
Karl Heinrich Graf
1815 – 1869
translator
Theobald II, Duke of Lorraine
1263 – 1312
feudatory
Georges Bayle
1918 – 1987
crime fiction writer
Tibo InShape
b. 1992
vlogger
Ludovic Batelli
b. 1963
association football player
Godson Kyeremeh
b. 2000
association football player
Bruno Beudet
b. 1964
amateur wrestler
Hartwig Derenbourg
1844 – 1908
historian
Nicolas D'Oriano
b. 1997
swimmer
Guillaume de Baillou
1538 – 1616
physician
Nicolas Hayer
1898 – 1978
cinematographer
Frédéric Lenoir
b. 1962
writer
Damien Cardace
b. 1992
rugby league player
Marguerite Martel
1924 – 2023
athletics competitor
Arnaud Vincent
b. 1974
motorcycle racer
Raymond Recouly
1876 – 1950
journalist
Michèle Pujol
1951 – 1997
economist
Samir Bengelloun
b. 1985
association football player
François le Roux
b. 1955
opera singer
Jean Taubenhaus
1849 – 1919
chess player
Stanislas Guerini
b. 1982
politician
Caroline Truong
b. 1980
figure skater
Francis Mer
1939 – 2023
engineer
Natanael Ntolla
b. 1999
association football player
Charles-Louis-Félix Franchot
1809 – 1881
inventor
Johnny Placide
b. 1988
association football player
Alison Wheeler
b. 1986
actor
Adrien Jules Jean Bonhoure
1860 – 1929
colonial administrator
Louise Marie Madeleine Fontaine
1706 – 1799
salonnière
Pola Gauguin
1883 – 1961
painter
Astrid Vayson de Pradenne
b. 1985
golfer
Émile Torcheboeuf
1876 – 1950
athletics competitor
Robert Clavel
1899 – 1983
association football player
Annie France
1915 – 2012
film actor
Claude Le Jeune
1528 – 1600
composer
Jérémie Maurouard
b. 1992
rugby union player
Hassan Yebda
b. 1984
association football player
Louis Dolivet
1908 – 1989
film producer
Jean-Adolphe Beaucé
1818 – 1875
painter
Nicole Péry
b. 1943
politician
Ernest Hello
1828 – 1885
writer
Eugène Harcourt
1861 – 1918
composer
William Mikelbrencis
b. 2004
association football player
Thibault Desseignet
b. 1998
basketball player
Pierre-Eugène Rouanet
1917 – 2012
Catholic priest
Zoumana Bakayogo
b. 1986
association football player
Pierre Collet
b. 1948
physicist
Patrick Serrière
b. 1960
rugby union player
Monique Adolphe
1932 – 2022
biologist
Roger Poincelet
1921 – 1977
jockey
Benildus Romançon
1805 – 1862
friar
Jean-Baptiste Gourion
1934 – 2005
Catholic priest
Louis Dorléans
1542 – 1629
poet
Romain Ciaravino
b. 1984
association football player
André Dulait
1937 – 2020
politician
Pascal Guyon
songwriter
Elisabeth Dieudonné Vincent
1798 – 1883
farmer
Richard Jouve
b. 1994
cross-country skier
Joseph Ventaja
1930 – 2003
boxer
Adolphe de Pallisseaux
1900 – 2000
athlete
Marguerite Crissay
1874 – 1945
sculptor
Rayan Philippe
b. 2000
association football player
Nicolas Majerus
b. 1982
coxswain