France
People of this nationality
Pierre de L'Estoile
1546 – 1611
writer
Denis Sandona
b. 1955
biathlete
Geraldo Verdier
1937 – 2017
theologian
Gabriel Tambon
1930 – 2015
politician
Léon Bence
1929 – 1987
physician
Rodolphe Roche
b. 1979
association football player
Sophie Trébuchet
1772 – 1821
painter
Jacques Corrèze
1912 – 1991
chief executive officer
Louis Gérard
1733 – 1819
botanist
Gil Formosa
b. 1959
caricaturist
George Appert
1850 – 1934
painter
Panagiotis Tarinidis
b. 1994
powerlifter
Pierre Boilley
b. 1957
historian
François-Jean-Hyacinthe Feutrier
1785 – 1830
Catholic priest
Abel Foullon
1513 – 1563
engineer
Serge Sauneron
1927 – 1976
Egyptologist
Yves Mourousi
1942 – 1998
journalist
Jean-Paul Dréau
1953 – 2026
singer-songwriter
Charles Allé
1904 – 1994
association football player
Henri Tresca
1814 – 1885
highway engineer
Camille Jordan
1838 – 1922
mathematician
Frédéric Garnier
b. 1964
sport cyclist
Gabriel Bouillon
1898 – 1984
musician
Pascal Lamour
b. 1958
writer
Laurent Kupferman
1966 – 2025
essayist
Yoram Moefana
b. 2000
rugby union player
Jean Dieu de Saint-Jean
1654 – 1695
painter
Jean-Paul Emorine
b. 1944
politician
Raymond Biaussat
1932 – 2021
painter
Pierre Camou
1945 – 2018
banker
Loup-Denis Elion
b. 1979
actor
György Cziffra
1921 – 1994
classical pianist
George Eddy
b. 1956
sports journalist
Jean-Didier Urbain
b. 1951
sociologist
Tony Diagne
b. 1990
association football player
Jean-Luc Seigle
1955 – 2020
writer
Isabelle Gautheron
b. 1963
sport cyclist
Robin Cantegrel
b. 1995
handball player
Marguerite Sirvins
1890 – 1957
textile artist
Léon Hégélé
1925 – 2014
Catholic priest
John Croisier
1845 – 1915
composer
Charles Heiné
1920 – 1971
association football player
Pierre de Marivaux
1688 – 1763
playwright
Maud Forget
b. 1982
actor
Guillaume aux Blanches Mains
1135 – 1202
Latin Catholic priest
Eugène Wilhelm
1866 – 1951
jurist
Félix Baud
1901 – 1996
sport cyclist
Anne-Gabrielle Caron
2002 – 2010
Gérard Dédéyan
b. 1942
armenologist
René Cagnat
1852 – 1937
classical archaeologist
Antoine Bernard de Saint-Affrique
b. 1964
businessperson
Odette du Puigaudeau
1894 – 1991
ethnologist
Justin Mottier
b. 1993
sport cyclist
Jean Kahn
1929 – 2013
human rights defender
Emmanuel Gonat
1919 – 1979
field hockey player
Guillaume Couillard
1588 – 1663
carpenter
Charles Fleury
1650 – 1652
lutenist
Charles de Blanchefort
1575 – 1638
politician
Pierre Biémouret
1943 – 2022
rugby union player
Alain Anziani
1951 – 2025
politician
Jean Grenier
1898 – 1971
philosopher
Caza
b. 1941
comics artist
Louis Le Laboureur
1615 – 1679
poet
Maurice Grether
b. 1943
bobsledder
Armand Duplantier
1753 – 1827
military officer
Paul Grassot
1799 – 1860
actor
Oristelle Marx
b. 1971
wheelchair tennis player
Francoise Morechand-Nagataki
b. 1936
personal stylist
Jean-Louis Vieillard-Baron
1944 – 2025
philosopher
Thomas Geminus
1510 – 1562
engraver
Emmanuel Michel Benner
1873 – 1965
painter
Jean-Christophe Vergerolle
b. 1985
association football player
Pierre Rode
1774 – 1830
composer
Cédric Jandau
b. 1976
association football player
Émile Gallé
1846 – 1904
glass artist
Pierre Perret
b. 1934
singer-songwriter
Jacques Cimarosti
b. 1950
rugby union player
Claude de Picques
b. 1515
bookbinder
Jean-Baptiste Capronnier
1814 – 1891
painter
Guillaume Dubufe
1853 – 1909
painter
Maurice Dorléac
1901 – 1979
actor
Coccinelle
1931 – 2006
actor
Frédéric Guilbert
b. 1994
association football player
Jean-Baptiste Cardonne
1730 – 1800
composer
Jean-Michel Rouzière
1931 – 1989
film actor
Mauricio Ohana
1913 – 1992
pianist
Étienne Arnal
1794 – 1872
actor
Pierre Marie Arthur Morelet
1809 – 1892
botanist
Eugenio Emanuele, Prince of Carignano
1816 – 1888
military officer
Jean Louchet
b. 1996
association football player
Nicole Ameline
b. 1952
politician
Maurice Perrot des Gozis
1851 – 1909
genealogist
René Lasserre
1895 – 1965
rugby union player
Yves Tarayre
b. 1950
figure skater
Louis-Emile Durandelle
1839 – 1917
photographer
Louis Donnadieu
1930 – 2026
politician
Armand Papazian
1928 – 1991
sport cyclist
Jean-Charles Marchiani
b. 1943
politician
Jean Monet
1867 – 1914
pharmacist
Jean II de Rieux
1342 – 1417
military personnel