France
People of this nationality
Nicolas Le Camus de Mézières
1721 – 1789
architect
Camille Lacourt
b. 1985
swimmer
Jacques Guy
b. 1944
linguist
Pierre Lacans
1957 – 1985
rugby union player
Louis Alexandre Piccinni
1779 – 1850
composer
Pierre Mignoni
b. 1977
rugby union player
André Clot
1909 – 2002
historian
Laisa Lerus
b. 1975
handball player
Jean Alfred Fraissinet
1894 – 1981
businessperson
Michel Nowak
b. 1962
judoka
Louis Mouquet
b. 2004
association football player
Jean-Claude Chavigny
b. 1952
weightlifter
Maximilien Misson
1650 – 1722
magistrate
Aldo Naouri
1937 – 2026
pediatrician
Béatrice Bourges
b. 1960
opinion journalist
Maurice Le Guilloux
b. 1950
sport cyclist
Carmelo Micciche
b. 1963
association football player
Émile Carrara
1925 – 1992
sport cyclist
Achille Tenaille de Vaulabelle
1799 – 1879
politician
Marie-Jeanne Boucher
1716 – 1796
painter
Robert Hottot
1884 – 1939
explorer
Daniele Vidal
b. 1952
singer
Alain LeNôtre
b. 1945
chef
Paul Greveillac
b. 1981
novelist
Jean-Baptiste Marie de Piquet, Marquis of Méjanes
1729 – 1786
bibliophile
Louis Jouffret
b. 1995
rugby league player
Margaux Mameri
b. 1997
ice hockey player
Lucas Gridoux
1896 – 1952
actor
Guibert of Cors
Georges Paulus
1896 – 1937
swimmer
Charles Jacque
1813 – 1894
animal painter
Joris Correa
b. 1993
association football player
Kevin Kokila
b. 2001
basketball player
Monique de Roux
b. 1946
painter
Auguste Rigaud
1760 – 1835
librarian
Catherine Locandro
b. 1973
screenwriter
Benoît Bringer
b. 1979
journalist
Bernard Edelman
1938 – 2020
jurist
Henriette Arasse
1912 – 2003
teacher
Émile Ripert
1882 – 1948
writer
William Hirigoyen
1898 – 1962
skeleton racer
Jean Jérome
1906 – 1990
politician
Jean Claude Eugène Péclet
1793 – 1857
physicist
Maurice Monnot
sailor
Charles de Ferriol
1652 – 1722
diplomat
Julien Brellier
b. 1982
association football player
Jérôme Fillol
b. 1978
rugby union player
Mathieu Burgaudeau
b. 1998
sport cyclist
Prosper de Chasseloup-Laubat
1805 – 1873
politician
Candice Pascal
b. 1984
dancer
Nadine-Josette Chaline
b. 1938
historian
François Gautier
b. 1959
journalist
Pierre Virion
1899 – 1988
journalist
Angelique Olivier
b. 1975
tennis player
Jean Castaing
1723 – 1805
playwright
Christopher de Almeida Pilar
b. 1985
association football player
Alfred Adam
1908 – 1982
actor
Jean Larrouy
1907 – 1977
artistic gymnast
Fulbert of Chartres
960 – 1028
philosopher
Franck Bouyer
b. 1974
sport cyclist
Philip of Dreux
1158 – 1217
Catholic bishop
Patrick Moutal
b. 1951
sitarist
Charles V of France
1338 – 1380
monarch
Arnaud Luzayadio
b. 1999
association football player
Dominique Blanchar
1927 – 2018
actor
Georges André
1876 – 1945
curler
Francis Bertin
1949 – 2025
historian
Jean-Baptiste Corneille
1649 – 1695
painter
Jacques Bonnaud
1740 – 1792
Catholic priest
Didier Dubois
b. 1957
athletics competitor
Simon Martin-Brisac
b. 1992
field hockey player
Luis Née
1734 – 1807
botanist
Fernand Lechanteur
1910 – 1971
linguist
Pierre Laurent
b. 1970
association football player
Georges Thiébaud
1850 – 1915
journalist
Paul Koulak
1943 – 2021
composer
Gaël Givet
b. 1981
association football player
Maurice Arbez
1944 – 2020
ski jumper
Joris Grosjean
b. 1993
badminton player
Catherine Cesarsky
b. 1943
astronomer
Julien de Lallande Poydras
1746 – 1824
politician
Salif Sané
b. 1990
association football player
Mehdi Rahmouni
b. 1988
association football assistant referee
Henri Harpignies
1819 – 1916
painter
Iwona Buczkowska
b. 1953
architect
Léon Hourlier
1885 – 1915
sport cyclist
Géraud du Puy
1301 – 1420
Catholic priest
William Gallas
b. 1977
association football player
La Briochée
b. 1991
drag queen
Clotaire Rapaille
b. 1941
businessperson
Hubert Mathis
b. 1950
sport cyclist
Rosalie Varda
b. 1958
costume designer
Jean Colombe
1430 – 1493
illuminator
Pierre Charbonnier
b. 1983
philosopher
Jean-Georges Kastner
1810 – 1867
composer
Pierre-Joseph Lion
1729 – 1809
painter
Jules de Reiset
1818 – 1896
chemist
Hélène Morlon
b. 1978
ecologist
Anne Zink
b. 1935
historian
Gilles-William Goldnadel
b. 1954
lawyer