France
People of this nationality
Franck Ferrand
b. 1967
writer
Georges de Brébeuf
1617 – 1661
linguist
Jacques Ibert
1890 – 1962
conductor
Szolem Mandelbrojt
1899 – 1983
mathematician
Jean-Baptiste Abel
1863 – 1921
politician
Victor de Compiègne
1846 – 1877
explorer
Claude Paradin
1510 – 1573
writer
Alexandre Bengué
b. 1975
rally driver
Jean Pierre-Bloch
1905 – 1999
politician
Alphonse Balleydier
1810 – 1859
historian
Giovanni Paolo Marana
1642 – 1693
writer
Matthieu Mendès
b. 1982
singer-songwriter
Jean-Louis Lully
1667 – 1688
choreographer
Pierre Brambilla
1919 – 1984
sport cyclist
Alain Fouché
b. 1942
politician
Thomas Cailley
b. 1980
film director
Balthasar de Monconys
1611 – 1665
diplomat
Merwan Rim
b. 1977
singer-songwriter
Adolphe Klingelhoefer
1880 – 1956
athletics competitor
Pierre Roche
1919 – 2001
composer
Gilbert de Guingand
1891 – 1918
flying ace
Athénaïs Michelet
1826 – 1899
historian
Pierre Boaistuau
1517 – 1566
jurist
Benoît Textor
1525 – 1565
naturalist
Robby Poitevin
1926 – 2003
musician
Eltono
b. 1975
muralist
Yann Thimon
b. 1990
association football player
Louis Fabien
1924 – 2016
painter
Achille Müntz
1846 – 1917
chemist
Jean-Paul Moulinot
1912 – 1989
actor
Monique Berlioux
1923 – 2015
swimmer
Édouard Lefèvre
1839 – 1894
entomologist
Joseph Chaumié
1849 – 1919
politician
Gérard Hausser
1941 – 2025
association football player
Franck Silvestre
b. 1967
association football player
Philippe Gaucher
1854 – 1918
physician
André Aliker
1894 – 1934
journalist
Émile Léger
1795 – 1838
mathematician
Marie Léonie Vanhoutte
1888 – 1967
nurse
Éric Anselme
b. 1978
rugby league player
François Bourdoncle
b. 1964
engineer
Peter Julian Eymard
1811 – 1868
Catholic priest
Hervé Villechaize
1943 – 1993
actor
Célestin Port
1828 – 1901
historian
Paul Vecchiali
1930 – 2023
film critic
Roger de Piles
1635 – 1709
diplomat
Antoine-Pierre-Charles Favart
1780 – 1867
writer
Pierre François Tissot
1768 – 1854
grammarian
Romuald Boco
b. 1985
association football player
Yassin Ben Balla
b. 1996
association football player
Philippe Michel
b. 1969
mathematician
Romain Lemarchand
b. 1987
sport cyclist
Roger Viel
1902 – 1981
athletics competitor
Serge Renko
b. 1953
actor
François Hüet Villiers
1772 – 1813
painter
Jean-Hippolyte Michon
1806 – 1881
writer
Natoo
b. 1985
vlogger
Sophie Postel-Vinay
b. 1950
researcher
Jaoid Chiguer
1985 – 2021
boxer
Dayot Upamecano
b. 1998
association football player
Pseudo-Jacquemart
1300 – 1400
illuminator
Julien Charlet
b. 1970
curler
Eusebia of Hamage
nun
Antoine Perel
b. 1986
athletics competitor
Jean-Luc Vasseur
b. 1969
association football player
Igor Bogdanoff
1949 – 2022
television presenter
Wladimir Besnard
1890 – 1960
biologist
Victor Boffelli
b. 1947
rugby union player
Bernard Itier
1163 – 1225
historian
Gérard Buquet
b. 1954
conductor
Baptiste Reynet
b. 1990
association football player
Marie Jacquet
b. 1994
rower
Marie-Joseph-Camille Doré
1831 – 1888
naval officer
Baba, Baroness d'Erlanger
1902 – 1945
model
Sarasara
b. 1986
singer
Kohndo
b. 1975
rapper
Henri O'Kelly
1859 – 1938
composer
Pierre Ragues
b. 1984
racing automobile driver
Serhou Guirassy
b. 1996
association football player
Philippe Barbier
1848 – 1922
chemist
César Geoffray
1901 – 1972
composer
Victor Koretzky
b. 1994
sport cyclist
Jean-Marie Lustiger
1926 – 2007
theologian
Pierre Planus
b. 1979
association football player
Robert of Luzarches
1180 – 1222
architect
José Noguero
1905 – 1993
actor
Timothée Adolphe
b. 1989
Paralympic athlete
Frédéric Déhu
b. 1972
association football player
Julian Palmieri
b. 1986
association football player
Jacques Thieffry
1924 – 2006
field hockey player
François-Henri-Eugène d'Augier
1764 – 1834
politician
Roland Jourdain
b. 1964
navigator
Gérard Jarlot
1923 – 1966
journalist
Paul Imiéla
1943 – 2024
association football player
Nicolas Errèra
b. 1967
composer
Natacha Bouchart
b. 1963
politician
Pierre Ango
1640 – 1694
mathematician
Marcel Petiot
1897 – 1946
physician
Marc Esposito
b. 1952
journalist
Aimar-Charles-Marie de Nicolaï
1747 – 1794
magistrate