France
People of this nationality
Ludovic de Contenson
1861 – 1935
historian
Johanna de Herboville
courtier
Maurice Maréchal
1892 – 1964
cellist
Glenmor
1931 – 1996
poet
Guillaume-Joseph Grelot
draftsperson
Tiegbe Bamba
b. 1991
basketball player
Paul Duchesnay
b. 1961
figure skater
François-Louis Auvity
1874 – 1964
Catholic priest
Jehan le Cuvelier d'Arras
composer
Charles Potier
1806 – 1870
stage actor
Gilles Savary
b. 1954
politician
Natan Karczmar
b. 1933
publisher
Diane Parry
b. 2002
tennis player
Nicolas de L'Hospital
1581 – 1644
soldier
Frédéric Passy
1822 – 1912
economist
Lena Situations
b. 1997
vlogger
David Cage
b. 1969
video game producer
Charles Bordes
1863 – 1909
composer
Pierre Gripari
1925 – 1990
writer
Thierry Crétier
b. 1972
association football player
Louise Théo
1854 – 1922
opera singer
Adolphe Lalauze
1838 – 1906
etcher
Léon Poliakov
1910 – 1997
historian
Valérie Bénaïm
b. 1969
journalist
Félix Duban
1797 – 1870
architect
Guy Éder de La Fontenelle
1573 – 1602
military personnel
Reina-Flor Okori
b. 1980
athletics competitor
Jean Denis Antoine Caucannier
1860 – 1905
painter
Laurent Levesque
b. 1970
composer
Monique de Pondeau
1929 – 1988
opera singer
Étienne Noël
1581 – 1659
theologian
Nathalie Handal
b. 1969
poet
Mans de Breish
b. 1949
singer
Franck Julienne
b. 1991
association football player
Jean Bachelet
1894 – 1977
cinematographer
José Bénazéraf
1922 – 2012
film director
Paul Margueritte
1860 – 1918
writer
Elie Pilet
Catholic priest
Henriette Adélaïde Villard Beaumesnil
1748 – 1802
opera singer
Maxime Do Couto Teixeira
b. 1996
association football player
Armand de Ricqlès
b. 1938
paleontologist
Jules Lefèvre
1863 – 1944
biochemist
Loïc Prud’homme
b. 1969
politician
Nicolas Denizot
1515 – 1559
poet
Gaston IV, Viscount of Béarn
1074 – 1130
aristocrat
Paul Robin
1837 – 1912
pedagogue
Louis-Antoine Gaultier
1898 – 1970
military personnel
Alassane N'Diaye
b. 1990
association football player
Victorin de Joncières
1839 – 1903
composer
Yvonne Pitrois
1880 – 1937
writer
Roland Doré
1585 – 1660
sculptor
André Louis Bosson
1894 – 1918
flying ace
Auguste Audollent
1864 – 1943
historian
Jean-Baptiste Surian
1670 – 1754
Catholic priest
Père Azaïs
1870 – 1966
archaeologist
Thibaut de Longeville
b. 1974
writer
Antoine Goulard
b. 1985
association football player
Albert Vandeplancke
1911 – 1939
swimmer
Alexandre Saint-Yves d'Alveydre
1842 – 1909
philosopher
Charles Atger
1921 – 2020
aircraft pilot
Mo'Kalamity
singer-songwriter
Joseph-Hippolyte Guibert
1802 – 1886
Catholic priest
Julien Civange
b. 1950
composer
Charles Combes
1801 – 1872
mining engineer
Jeanne Camus de Pontcarré
1705 – 1775
alchemist
Alain-Philippe Malagnac
1951 – 2000
businessperson
Joseph Rytmann
1903 – 1983
cinema owner
Hervé Niquet
b. 1957
conductor
Hassan Chahdi
b. 1989
athletics competitor
Anne Démians
b. 1963
architect
François de Roubaix
1939 – 1975
film score composer
Pierre Mélin
1863 – 1929
politician
Jacques Viot
1898 – 1973
poet
Anne-Sophie Avé
b. 1968
official
Hyacinthe Gaëtan de Lannion
1719 – 1762
politician
Jean Escarra
1885 – 1955
jurist
Christian Poncelet
1928 – 2020
politician
François-Frédéric Lemot
1771 – 1827
sculptor
Helenio Herrera
1910 – 1997
association football player
François II of Beauharnais
1570 – 1651
politician
Pierre Combescot
1940 – 2017
writer
Ernest La Jeunesse
1874 – 1917
journalist
Marcel Cadolle
1885 – 1956
sport cyclist
Lætitia Avia
b. 1985
politician
Roland Bertin
1930 – 2024
actor
Jean René Bazaine
1904 – 2001
painter
Léon Loppy
b. 1966
rugby union player
Therese Bentzon
1840 – 1907
writer
Aurélien Recoing
b. 1958
actor
Christiane Mora
1938 – 2017
politician
Jérôme Carcopino
1881 – 1970
historian
Thomas Némouthé
b. 2001
association football player
Philippe Tisson
1903 – 1990
swimmer
Dominique Deniaud
b. 1977
ice dancer
Abdou Kader Mangane
b. 1983
association football player
Anne-Sophie de Kristoffy
b. 1961
journalist
Marcel Pichon
1921 – 1954
botanist
Valérie Guiyoule
b. 1972
athletics competitor
Charles Joseph Devillers
1724 – 1810
naturalist
Jean Fréchaut
1914 – 2012
sport cyclist