France
People of this nationality
Jean-Baptiste-Édouard Gélineau
1828 – 1906
military physician
Artus Timoléon Louis de Cossé-Brissac
1668 – 1709
soldier
Marguerite Philippe
1837 – 1909
beggar
Louis-Auguste d'Albert d'Ailly
1676 – 1744
military personnel
Philippe Verdelot
composer
Jules Danilo
b. 1995
motorcycle racer
Élisabeth Boselli
1914 – 2005
aircraft pilot
Auguste Tousset
1889 – 1937
association football player
Laurent Drelincourt
1625 – 1680
pastor
Jacques Marie Boutet
1745 – 1812
actor
Laurence Leboucher
b. 1972
sport cyclist
Louis Dufresne
1752 – 1832
entomologist
Nicolas Camí
b. 1981
association football player
Carina Rozenfeld
b. 1972
children's writer
Henri Congnet
1795 – 1870
Catholic priest
Djelika Diallo
b. 2005
para taekwondo athlete
Lilian Astier
b. 1978
association football player
Marc Weitzmann
b. 1959
journalist
Hippolyte Taine
1828 – 1893
philosopher
Simonne Caillère
1905 – 1999
geologist
Thibaut Vion
b. 1993
association football player
Robert Desnos
1900 – 1945
poet
Jean-Pierre Duval
1754 – 1817
politician
Ylipe
1936 – 2003
painter
Ophélie Meunier
b. 1987
journalist
Marcel Husson
1937 – 2025
association football player
Mélissande Llorens
b. 2002
rugby union player
Olivier Lebas
1964 – 2026
military officer
Germaine Thyssens-Valentin
1902 – 1987
pianist
Reynald Seznec
b. 1953
military flight engineer
François Victor Alphonse Aulard
1849 – 1928
journalist
Jacques Houplain
1920 – 2020
painter
Philippe Roman
1927 – 1999
painter
Claude Pichois
1925 – 2004
university teacher
Michel Carlini
1889 – 1967
politician
Anouk Ricard
b. 1970
illustrator
Alexandre-Charles Perrégaux
1791 – 1837
military personnel
Léonie Humbert-Vignot
1878 – 1960
painter
Roger Vailland
1907 – 1965
writer
Pierre André Latreille
1762 – 1833
lepidopterist
Jean Joseph Marie Amiot
1718 – 1793
linguist
Claude Guillon
1952 – 2023
writer
Alain Blondel
b. 1962
athletics competitor
Philippe Courbois
1705 – 1730
composer
Théo Guivarch
b. 1995
association football player
Octave Lapize
1887 – 1917
sport cyclist
Xavier Gagnepain
b. 1960
cellist
Ferdinand Prévôt
1800 – 1879
opera singer
Pascale Cossart
b. 1948
chemist
Mike Sparken
1930 – 2012
engineer
Georges Desplas
1856 – 1922
politician
Véréna Paravel
b. 1971
photographer
Nassim Ahmed
b. 2000
association football player
Alain Resnais
1922 – 2014
film director
Christelle Gros
b. 1975
biathlete
Yoann Court
b. 1990
association football player
Samia Ghali
b. 1968
politician
Nicole Ferroni
b. 1982
teacher
Jean Monribot
b. 1987
rugby union player
Fernand Taillantou
1905 – 1988
rugby union player
Martial Jaffredo
b. 1976
figure skater
Loïc Le Ribault
1947 – 2007
geologist
André Bord
1922 – 2013
politician
Bernard Berthod
b. 1952
historian
Philippe Honoré
b. 1967
violinist
René Cogny
1904 – 1968
military personnel
Charlotte de France
1446 – 1477
Michel Debré
1912 – 1996
politician
Nadine Caster
b. 1965
athletics competitor
Sandy Heribert
b. 1983
journalist
Catherine de Parthenay
1554 – 1631
poet
Gérard Watkins
b. 1965
actor
Antoine Brizard
b. 1994
volleyball player
Auguste Encrine
b. 1906
sport cyclist
Clément Dorlia
1870 – 1942
rower
Louis Antoine de Noailles
1651 – 1729
Catholic priest
Mathieu Gallet
b. 1977
business executive
Lossémy Karaboué
b. 1988
association football player
Louis Marchand
1669 – 1732
composer
Guiraut d'Espanha
1245 – 1265
troubadour
Pierre Michael
1932 – 2001
stage actor
Guy Reiss
1904 – 1964
astronomer
Bérangère Bonvoisin
1953 – 2026
actor
Étienne Roda-Gil
1941 – 2004
poet
Francis Graille
b. 1955
businessperson
Michel Diefenbacher
1947 – 2017
politician
François Moulin
1959 – 2012
journalist
Maxime Partouche
b. 1990
association football player
Pierre-Edouard Plucket
1759 – 1845
privateer
Bruno Solnik
b. 1946
economist
Tripy Makonda
b. 1990
association football player
Moyse Alcan
1817 – 1869
composer
Paul Quilès
1942 – 2021
politician
Mallory Wanecque
b. 2006
actor
Bernard Bellec
1934 – 2023
politician
Florent Geroux
b. 1986
jockey
Émile Drain
1890 – 1966
actor
Bruno Sotty
b. 1949
racing automobile driver
Aimé-Ambroise-Joseph Feutry
1720 – 1789
poet
Guillaume Brouscon
1501 – 1600
cartographer