France
People of this nationality
Claude Le Péron
1948 – 2020
bassist
Mario Zatelli
1912 – 2004
association football player
Victor Florence Pollet
1811 – 1882
painter
Romain Salin
b. 1984
association football player
Olivier Ntcham
b. 1996
association football player
Jacques Coutrot
1898 – 1965
fencer
François Trinh-Duc
b. 1986
rugby union player
Patrick Pendanx
b. 1975
association football player
Kévin Cabral
b. 1999
association football player
Anselme de Peellaert
1764 – 1817
politician
Françoise Mallet-Joris
1930 – 2016
novelist
Lolo Ferrari
1963 – 2000
pornographic film actor
Laure Gauthier
b. 1972
writer
Albert Oustric
1887 – 1971
banker
Maëva Charbonnier
b. 1991
synchronized swimmer
Charles Picart Le Doux
1881 – 1959
printmaker
Luigi Cibrario
1802 – 1870
historian
Charles de Sévigné
1648 – 1713
military officer
Bruno Metsu
1954 – 2013
association football player
Fabrice Fernandes
b. 1979
association football player
Mehdi Leroy
b. 1978
association football player
Gilles Marchal
1944 – 2013
singer
Thierry Hupond
b. 1984
sport cyclist
Auguste Tolbecque
1830 – 1919
luthier
Xavier Gélin
1946 – 1999
actor
Jeanne Delvair
1877 – 1949
actor
Jeanne Galzy
1883 – 1977
biographer
Louis-Constantin Boisselot
1809 – 1850
piano maker
Charlotte Marguerite de Montmorency
1594 – 1650
lady-in-waiting
Nicolas Desenclos
b. 1989
association football player
Auguste Henri Jacob
1828 – 1913
healer
Michel Arrivé
1936 – 2017
writer
Florian Boucansaud
b. 1981
association football player
Wilfried Happio
b. 1998
sprinter
André Martinet
1908 – 1999
linguist
Antoine Praud
b. 2003
Paralympic athlete
Édouard Artigas
1906 – 2001
fencer
Tarik Bengelloun
b. 1991
association football player
Vaimalama Chaves
b. 1994
beauty pageant contestant
Henri Rollin
1885 – 1955
Officer of the French Navy
Jean-Guillaume Béatrix
b. 1988
biathlete
François Ratier
b. 1972
rugby union player
Binet-Valmer
1875 – 1940
journalist
Claude Charles Marie du Campe de Rosamel
1774 – 1848
politician
Arnaut de Cumenges
troubadour
Élémir Bourges
1852 – 1925
writer
Jean Emile de Bouillon Serisier
1824 – 1880
merchant
Louis Rolland Trinquesse
1746 – 1799
painter
Jacques Renouvin
1905 – 1944
lawyer
Véronique Pecqueux-Rolland
b. 1972
handball player
Gaëtan Llorach
b. 1974
alpine skier
François-Henri Désérable
b. 1987
ice hockey player
Jean-Paul Delfino
b. 1964
writer
Louis Bastien
1881 – 1963
sport cyclist
Claude-Louis Mathieu
1783 – 1875
astronomer
Jean-Gabriel Charvet
1750 – 1829
painter
Nicolas Gosse
1787 – 1878
painter
Louis Friant
1758 – 1829
politician
Moufida Bourguiba
1890 – 1976
politician
Timothy Hannem
b. 1979
illustrator
François Louis Alfred Durrieu
1812 – 1877
military officer
Abraham ben David of Posquières
1120 – 1198
philosopher
Titouan Nihouarn
b. 2005
association football player
Hippolyte Walferdin
1795 – 1880
politician
Joseph-Marie Vien
1716 – 1809
painter
Lassana Diarra
b. 1985
association football player
Youssouf Fofana
b. 1999
association football player
Maria de las Mercedes Santa Cruz y Cardenas de Jaruco
1789 – 1852
writer
Arlette Poirier
1926 – 2012
actor
Sandrine Agricole
b. 1980
rugby union player
Jean Terrasson
1670 – 1750
writer
Nicolas Siret
1663 – 1754
organist
Marcel Thévenet
1915 – 1990
weightlifter
Justine Augier
b. 1978
novelist
Cédric Biscay
b. 1979
entrepreneur
Jean-Félix-Albert-Marie Vilnet
1922 – 2013
Catholic deacon
Lucien Bellavia
1960 – 2025
association football player
Gilles Palsky
geographer
Claude Confortès
1928 – 2016
actor
Renée Blondeau
1918 – 1969
swimmer
Jean Douvinet
amateur wrestler
Enguerrand de Monstrelet
1390 – 1453
historian
Fred de Gresac
1879 – 1943
playwright
Léon Jehin
1853 – 1928
conductor
Jean-Louis Romeuf
1766 – 1812
military officer
Louis-Félix Chabaud
1824 – 1902
sculptor
Adrien Rougier
1892 – 1984
conductor
Adolphe-Maria Gustave Hardy
1920 – 2011
Catholic priest
Marcelo Mendiharat
1914 – 2007
Catholic priest
Étienne Drioton
1889 – 1961
anthropologist
Alexandre Pierre Chevalier Moline de Saint-Yon
1786 – 1870
politician
Thierry Gillet
b. 1969
jockey
Jean-François Lucquin
b. 1978
golfer
Yves Camus
1930 – 2025
sprinter
Olivier Ihl
b. 1965
political scientist
Hélène Miard-Delacroix
b. 1959
historian of Modern Age
Orphis Léon Lallemand
1817 – 1893
military officer
Pierre-Jacques-Nicolas Rolland
1769 – 1837
marine engineer
Philippe Gildas
1935 – 2018
journalist
Émile Steffe
1889 – 1916
gymnast