France
People of this nationality
Jean de Béthencourt
1362 – 1425
explorer
Franck Delerue
b. 1989
association football player
Djaoui Cissé
b. 2004
association football player
John Martel
1690 – 1730
privateer
Gerard I of Paris
b. 717
Joseph François Marie
1738 – 1801
mathematician
Narcisse Pelletier
1844 – 1894
sailor
Victor Codron
1915 – 1997
sport cyclist
Johann Stephan Decker
1784 – 1844
painter
Marie Besnier Beauvalot
b. 1980
businessperson
Brigitte Kieffer
b. 1958
neurobiologist
Godefroi, Comte d'Estrades
1607 – 1686
diplomat
Julia Billet
b. 1962
novelist
Suzanne RD Tata
1880 – 1923
Marie Chamming's
1923 – 2022
writer
Charles Jacques Le Vavasseur
1892 – 1960
modern pentathlete
Louise Lagrange
1898 – 1979
actor
Cécile Gilly
1891 – 1947
opera singer
Pierre Bédier
b. 1957
politician
Beatrice of Ornacieux
1260 – 1303
nun
Jacques Castérède
1926 – 2014
composer
Robert Pires
b. 1973
association football player
Akamz
b. 2000
TikToker
Beatrice d'Avesnes
1268 – 1321
aristocrat
Rita Jolivet
1884 – 1971
stage actor
Laurent Schlumberger
b. 1957
pastor
Robert Ranjard
1881 – 1960
physician
Serge Fuster
1911 – 1988
writer
Raymond Riotte
1940 – 2026
sport cyclist
Régis Barthélemy Mouton-Duvernet
1770 – 1816
politician
Jean-Michel Nicolier
1966 – 1991
military personnel
Mathias Fink
b. 1945
physicist
Raymond Talleux
1901 – 1982
rower
Gabriel II Bataille
composer
Élisabeth Gille
1937 – 1996
linguist
Paul Molac
b. 1962
politician
Dounia Bouzar
b. 1964
anthropologist
Élisabeth, Countess Greffulhe
1860 – 1952
salonnière
Antoine D'Agata
b. 1961
photographer
Albert Malet
1912 – 1986
painter
Jean-Antoine-Théodore Giroust
1753 – 1817
painter
Eugène Hatin
1809 – 1893
journalist
Yohann Gozard
b. 1977
photographer
Pierre Andreu
1909 – 1987
journalist
Laurent Joly
b. 1976
historian
Michel Coiffard
1892 – 1918
fighter pilot
Jacques Nahum
1921 – 2017
film producer
François-Anatole Gruyer
1825 – 1909
journalist
Lucile Hadžihalilović
b. 1961
film director
Martial d'Auvergne
1430 – 1508
poet
Stéphane Bonnes
b. 1978
association football player
Bernard Thomas Tréhouart de Beaulieu
1754 – 1804
politician
Frédéric Pelassy
b. 1972
violinist
Michel de Grammont
1645 – 1686
privateer
Boris Steimetz
b. 1987
swimmer
Thomas Otten
b. 2000
opera singer
Arthur Ranc
1831 – 1908
politician
Félix Marie Charles Texier
1802 – 1871
architect
Dominique Aulanier
1973 – 2020
association football player
Charles Armand Tuffin, marquis de la Rouerie
1751 – 1793
military personnel
Dominique Moïsi
b. 1946
geopolitical analyst
Paul Ruff
1913 – 2000
mathematician
Robert Jacquinot de Besange
1878 – 1946
Catholic priest
Raoul Josset
1899 – 1957
sculptor
Guy Brousseau
1933 – 2024
mathematician
André Campana
1886 – 1931
athlete
MC Solaar
b. 1969
rapper
Adam Dollard des Ormeaux
1635 – 1660
military personnel
Vincent Gragnic
b. 1983
association football player
Mickaël Madar
b. 1968
association football player
Ernest Blanc
1923 – 2010
opera singer
Antoine Argoud
1914 – 2004
military personnel
Dimitri Yachvili
b. 1980
rugby union player
Olga Cantacuzène-Altieri
1843 – 1929
novelist
Suzanne Joly
1914 – 2012
pianist
Antoine Pécaudy de Contrecœur
1596 – 1688
military personnel
Yves Desmarets
b. 1979
association football player
Jean-Claude Danglot
b. 1950
politician
Ernest Quost
1842 – 1931
painter
Bernard Sainz
b. 1943
homeopath
Guillaume Rippert
b. 1985
association football player
Théodore Hersart de la Villemarqué
1815 – 1895
lexicographer
Julie Vlasto
1903 – 1985
tennis player
Sophie Chevigny
1772 – 1855
ballet dancer
Guillaume Cretin
1460 – 1525
poet
Frédéric Martel
b. 1967
journalist
Jacques Gravier
1651 – 1708
Catholic priest
Christian Etchebest
b. 1969
chef
Johan Esteve de Bezers
troubadour
Tela Tchaï
1909 – 1993
actor
Lili Sebesi
b. 1992
sailor
Maria Vérone
1874 – 1938
jurist
Jean-Jérôme Imbault
1753 – 1832
violinist
François Picolot
1889 – 1926
sport cyclist
Caroline Chimot
b. 1978
rhythmic gymnast
Allan Dokossi
b. 1999
basketball player
Philippe Tillous-Borde
1946 – 2022
businessperson
Johann Durand
b. 1981
association football player
Pol Bouin
1870 – 1962
biologist
Frédéric Chevillon
1879 – 1915
politician