France
People of this nationality
Jane Loury
1876 – 1951
actor
Henri Rochefort
b. 1935
biochemist
Christian Sarramagna
b. 1951
association football player
Jean Baptiste Gaspard Roux de Rochelle
1762 – 1849
diplomat
Jeanne Balibar
b. 1968
actor
Isaac Lihadji
b. 2002
association football player
Abbé de Coulmier
1741 – 1818
psychotherapist
Frédéric Adjiwanou
b. 1980
basketball player
Jean-Marc Peillex
b. 1954
politician
Pierre Jean Baptiste Choudard Desforges
1746 – 1806
actor
Lionel Nallet
b. 1976
rugby union player
Francis Bayer
1938 – 2004
composer
Thibault Rossard
b. 1993
volleyball player
Francois Dupré
1888 – 1966
hotel manager
François Doubin
1933 – 2019
politician
Hanna Shcherba
b. 1982
swimmer
Jean Laborde
1805 – 1878
diplomat
Jean Vauquelin de la Fresnaye
1536 – 1607
poet
Rickwel
singer
Carole Toïgo
b. 1971
ski mountaineer
Leïla Lejeune
b. 1976
handball player
Jean-Charles Larsonneur
b. 1984
politician
Juliette Huxley
1896 – 1994
writer
Francois Bise
1928 – 1983
restaurateur
Philippe Mexès
b. 1982
association football player
Patrick Roy
1952 – 1993
television presenter
André Guinier
1911 – 2000
physicist
Lorette Charpy
b. 2001
artistic gymnast
Patrick Dunn
b. 1963
ice hockey player
Taras Zytynsky
b. 1962
ice hockey player
Roger E. Brunschwig
1891 – 1972
military personnel
Michel Pêcheux
1938 – 1983
philosopher
Philippe Bouyer
b. 1969
physicist
Louise Grinberg
b. 1993
actor
Daniel Deffayet
1922 – 2002
saxophonist
Suzanne Thiollière
1924 – 1991
alpine skier
Jérôme Phojo
b. 1993
association football player
Didier Raoult
b. 1952
microbiologist
Jean d'Ailleboust
1524 – 1594
physician
Yasmine Klai
b. 2002
association football player
Anthony Modeste
b. 1988
association football player
Eliott Pierre
b. 2001
sport cyclist
Clément Venturini
b. 1993
sport cyclist
François de Champflour
military personnel
Michel Roth
b. 1959
chef
Théodore Muret
1808 – 1866
writer
Alexis Flips
b. 2000
association football player
Mathieu Bélie
b. 1988
rugby union player
Gérard Houllier
1947 – 2020
association football player
Henri-Joseph Rigel
1741 – 1799
conductor
Gilbert Vallanchon
1941 – 2017
rower
Alain Rouet
b. 1942
physicist
André Vaillant
1890 – 1977
philologist
Geneviève Colot
b. 1950
politician
Claude Dablon
1618 – 1697
missionary
Raymond Patenôtre
1900 – 1951
politician
Yvonne-Aimée de Jésus
1901 – 1951
nun
Henri d'Arbois de Jubainville
1827 – 1910
linguist
Eugène Lefèvre-Pontalis
1862 – 1923
anthropologist
Anne-Gaëlle Retout
b. 1980
athletics competitor
Pierre Fauveau
1926 – 2023
rower
René Gavinet
1921 – 2018
canoeist
Judicaël Cancoriet
b. 1996
rugby union player
Isaac Getz
b. 1957
professor
Arthur Rougier
b. 2000
racing driver
Jean-Baptiste Bouteille
1825 – 1893
politician
Denis Rivière
1945 – 2020
painter
Manon Gidali
b. 1993
golfer
Christian Labit
b. 1971
rugby union player
Jean Le Court
poet
Jean-Paul Nerrière
b. 1940
engineer
Gaston Couté
1880 – 1911
poet
Robert Liottel
1885 – 1968
fencer
Charles-André Julien
1891 – 1991
journalist
Jean Baffier
1851 – 1920
sculptor
Nicolas Jarry
1620 – 1666
calligrapher
Thierry Labrousse
b. 1970
rugby union player
Denis Burgarella
b. 1960
astronomer
Norah Amsellem
b. 1970
opera singer
Arnaud Brocard
b. 1986
association football player
Marie-Alain Couturier
1897 – 1954
Catholic priest
Nicolas Grimaldi
1933 – 2026
philosopher
Christiane Dor
1892 – 1939
actor
Maistre Jhan
1485 – 1538
composer
Maurice Apeang
b. 1951
boxer
Oswald d'Andréa
1934 – 2024
composer
Saint-Fal
1752 – 1835
stage actor
Catherine Fonteney
1879 – 1966
actor
René Basset
1919 – 2021
photographer
Christian André
b. 1950
association football player
Anna of Este
1531 – 1607
aristocrat
Louis Peglion
1906 – 1986
sport cyclist
Gabriel Verdalle
1847 – 1918
composer
Pierre Vaultier
b. 1987
snowboarder
Jean Antoine Injalbert
1845 – 1933
sculptor
Édith Lejet
1941 – 2024
composer
François Goeske
b. 1989
actor
Jeanne Malivel
1895 – 1926
painter
Nicolas Dalayrac
1753 – 1809
composer
Emmanuel Rousseau
b. 1969
archivist