France
People of this nationality
Dimitry Imbongo
b. 1990
association football player
Guy Bedos
1934 – 2020
actor
Idjessi Metsoko
b. 2002
association football player
Léo Schwechlen
b. 1989
association football player
Romain Padovani
b. 1989
association football player
Mathieu de Vendôme
politician
Christine Roux
1835 – 1863
actor
Marie Crous
b. 1700
mathematician
Aurore de Lafond de Fénion
1788 – 1859
painter
Jean Fayolle
b. 1937
athletics competitor
Amédée-David de Pastoret
1791 – 1857
politician
Georges Moreel
1924 – 2003
association football player
Michel Rodriguez
b. 1978
association football player
Gaëtan Krebs
b. 1985
association football player
Charlotte Di Calypso
b. 1990
model
Abdallah Ali Mohamed
b. 1999
association football player
Jean Taittinger
1923 – 2012
politician
Matthieu Dreyer
b. 1989
association football player
Joseph Elzéar Morénas
1776 – 1830
botanist
Sophie Quinton
b. 1976
actor
Émile Coste
1862 – 1927
fencer
Gérard Durand-Poudret
b. 1959
cross-country skier
André Debrie
1891 – 1967
businessperson
Jean Darnel
1923 – 2020
actor
François Gros
1925 – 2022
professor
Thomas Couture
1815 – 1879
painter
Marc Theodore Bourrit
1739 – 1819
mountaineer
Christian Sauvé
1943 – 2023
landscape painter
Eugène Lanti
1879 – 1947
lexicographer
Stéphane Héaume
b. 1971
librettist
Arnould Carangeot
1742 – 1806
naturalist
Nicolas Haquin
b. 1980
association football player
Michèle Marchand
b. 1947
journalist
Jean-Pierre Granger
1779 – 1840
painter
Albert Planchon
1905 – 1989
sport shooter
Roland Jacquard
b. 1945
journalist
Patrice Vareilles
b. 1978
association football player
Michel Bernstein
1931 – 2006
music executive
Matthieu Merle
b. 1540
Nicole Kiil-Nielsen
b. 1949
Principal Educational Adviser
Didier Niquet
b. 1949
canoeist
Mohamed Diamé
b. 1987
association football player
François Spirito
1900 – 1967
drug trafficker
Marie-Lise Chanin
b. 1934
physicist
Olivier Pantaloni
b. 1966
association football player
Antoinette Guhl
b. 1970
politician
Maurice Laine
1895 – 1962
sport cyclist
Albert Mercier
1895 – 1969
association football player
Michel Devoret
b. 1953
physicist
Jean-Marc Aymes
b. 1961
harpsichordist
Jimmy Hebert
b. 1972
association football player
Boby Lapointe
1922 – 1972
singer
Joseph Agricol Viala
1778 – 1793
military personnel
Michel Albert
1930 – 2015
economist
Agnès Bénassy-Quéré
b. 1966
economist
Bénédicte Augst
b. 1968
rhythmic gymnast
Gustave Maximilien Juste de Croÿ-Solre
1773 – 1844
politician
Fabien Paschal
b. 1991
basketball player
Stéphane Delautrette
b. 1972
politician
Alfred Recours
1945 – 2025
politician
Armand Gautier
1837 – 1920
chemist
Fernand Lamy
1931 – 2003
sport cyclist
Thomas Hugues
b. 1966
journalist
Paul Hay du Chastelet
1592 – 1636
magistrate
Jacques Collignon
1936 – 2026
swimmer
Jacques Panciroli
b. 1931
bobsledder
León Croizat
1894 – 1982
botanist
Junior Sambia
b. 1996
association football player
François Villon
1431 – 1463
poet
Robert Wattebled
b. 1946
Catholic priest
Jean-Charles Tacchella
1925 – 2024
screenwriter
Albert Lippmann
tennis player
Rolla Norman
1889 – 1971
actor
Joseph Fritsch
b. 1998
sport cyclist
Jennifer Troncy
b. 1986
rugby union player
Armand Point
1860 – 1932
painter
Patrick Pons
1952 – 1980
motorcycle racer
Edmond-Charles Édouard de Martimprey
1808 – 1883
military personnel
Alicia Toublanc
b. 1996
handball player
Jan Mirosław Peszke
1870 – 1949
painter
Victor Orsel
1795 – 1850
painter
Pierre Amoyal
b. 1949
musician
Mickaël Gaffoor
b. 1987
association football player
Jean Arp
1886 – 1966
painter
Jean Mocquet
1575 – 1616
explorer
Daubray
1837 – 1892
actor
Robert Ballard
1575 – 1645
composer
Kalaje Gnipate
b. 1985
association football player
Vanessa Wagner
b. 1973
pianist
Claude Pennetier
b. 1947
historian
François Chabot
1756 – 1794
politician
Jacques Vilfrid
1923 – 1988
film director
Valérie Bonnier
1950 – 2020
actor
Albert Brasseur
1860 – 1932
stage actor
Vincent Defrasne
b. 1977
biathlete
Yassine Benhattab
b. 2002
association football player
Martial Gayant
b. 1962
sport cyclist
René Wiriath
1899 – 1942
athletics competitor
Charles Costa de Beauregard
1835 – 1909
politician
Mark Fredriksen
1936 – 2011
politician