France
People of this nationality
Jean-Marc Tera'ituatini Pambrun
1953 – 2011
writer
Elsa Werth
b. 1985
plastic artist
Élie Penot
b. 1950
sport shooter
Laurence Geai
b. 1984
photojournalist
Madeleine Riffaud
1924 – 2024
war correspondent
Benoît Chomel de Jarnieu
b. 1955
Jacqueline Rees-Lewis
tennis player
Leygley Adou
b. 1997
association football player
Pascal Sevran
1945 – 2008
diarist
Daniel Lavielle
1880 – 1917
artistic gymnast
Michel Robert
b. 1948
show jumper
Mélanie Briche
b. 1975
association football player
Eudoxie Laurent
1831 – 1890
singer
Jean-Christophe Valtat
b. 1968
writer
Marie Silin
b. 1978
politician
Vanessa Seward
b. 1969
artist
Jacques-Edme Dumont
1761 – 1844
sculptor
Eric Camilli
b. 1987
rally driver
Elisabeth Camus
b. 1950
sport cyclist
Marie de Bourbon, Duchess of Montpensier
1605 – 1627
aristocrat
Virginie Bojaryn
b. 1971
swimmer
Andréas Hountondji
b. 2002
association football player
Clémentine Hélène Dufau
1869 – 1937
painter
Alexis Bonabes, Marquess of Rougé
1778 – 1839
politician
René Le Somptier
1884 – 1950
journalist
Marcel Simonet
b. 1902
sport cyclist
Christian Garros
1920 – 1988
jazz drummer
Jacqueline Lichtenstein
1947 – 2019
art historian
Antoine de Lonhy
1450 – 1490
painter
Césaire Phisalix
1852 – 1906
biologist
Dominique Sourdel
1921 – 2014
historian
Christian Pouget
b. 1966
ice hockey player
John Theophilus Desaguliers
1683 – 1744
physicist
Georges Servières
1858 – 1937
musicologist
Eugène Arnaudeau
1821 – 1891
politician
Éveline Garnier
1904 – 1989
librarian
Emily Bondi
b. 2001
motorcycle racer
Anabelle Prawerman
b. 1963
beach volleyball player
Maurice Grammont
1866 – 1946
linguist
Charles Grangier de La Ferriere
1738 – 1794
military officer
Catherine Philbert
Yvan Lachaud
b. 1954
politician
François Porcile
b. 1944
film director
Denis Auguste Duchêne
1862 – 1950
military personnel
Grégoire Guillemin
b. 1967
painter
Patrice Gay
b. 1973
racing driver
Henri Massal
1921 – 2009
sport cyclist
John Dovi
b. 1973
boxer
Dadju
b. 1991
singer
Georges de Beauregard
1920 – 1984
film producer
Adam of Saint Victor
1122 – 1192
poet
Michèle Bellon
b. 1949
engineer
Jean-Marie Tjibaou
1936 – 1989
politician
Marie Mayoux
1878 – 1969
teacher
Pierre Guérin de Tencin
1680 – 1758
Catholic priest
Wadeck Stanczak
b. 1961
film actor
Georges d'Armagnac
1501 – 1585
philosopher
Yves Rocard
1903 – 1992
physicist
Mathias Coureur
b. 1988
association football player
Natalia Ermolenko-Yuzhina
1881 – 1937
opera singer
Édouard Bonnefous
1907 – 2007
politician
Fabienne St Louis
b. 1988
triathlete
Maurice Lafont
1927 – 2005
association football player
Philippe Arthuys
1928 – 2010
film director
Giany Joinville
b. 1984
association football player
Alain Madeleine-Perdrillat
b. 1949
writer
Colette Beaune
b. 1943
historian
Safia Lebdi
b. 1974
politician
Jean Schopfer
1868 – 1931
writer
Sébastien Meunier
b. 1974
fashion designer
Laurent Bouzereau
b. 1962
film producer
Madame Palmyre
fashion designer
Charles Aubry
1803 – 1883
judge
Emma Dupont
b. 1900
art model
Jacques Natanson
1901 – 1975
screenwriter
Marcel Grignon
1914 – 1990
cinematographer
Anna Gomis
b. 1973
amateur wrestler
Kim Tillie
b. 1988
basketball player
Pierre Venteau
b. 1974
politician
Roger-Bernard I, Count of Foix
aristocrat
Marie-Charles du Chilleau
1734 – 1794
colonial administrator
Marcel Aymé
1902 – 1967
writer
David Camps
b. 1990
association football player
Mathieu Jaminet
b. 1994
racing automobile driver
André Boniface Louis Riquetti de Mirabeau
1754 – 1792
politician
Adolphe d'Archiac
1802 – 1868
geologist
Théodore Année
1850 – 1899
diplomat
Louis Cahuzac
1880 – 1960
conductor
Charles-Nicolas-Sigisbert Sonnini de Manoncourt
1751 – 1812
botanist
Jean François Aimé Dejean
1749 – 1824
politician
Jean-Max Rivière
1937 – 2025
composer
Georges de Bordus
sport shooter
Charlotte Clasis
1891 – 1974
actor
Hugh V of Châteaudun
Geneviève Claisse
1935 – 2018
painter
Charles Pilet
b. 1931
veterinarian
Claude Bertrand
1919 – 1986
actor
Julien Saubade
b. 1983
rugby union player
Suzy Vernon
1901 – 1997
stage actor
Khedafi Djelkhir
b. 1983
boxer