France
People of this nationality
Yvonne Bezard
1893 – 1939
archivist
Abraham ben Joseph of Orleans
b. 1140
List of Tosafists
Achille Pierre Dionis du Séjour
1734 – 1794
astronomer
Auguste Villemot
1811 – 1870
journalist
Guy Henri
1922 – 2002
film actor
André Sanglier
1911 – 1997
politician
Sadi Dastarac
1888 – 1911
association football player
Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours
1739 – 1817
economist
Camille Vidal-Naquet
b. 1972
film director
James Bouillé
1894 – 1945
architect
Ferdinand Brunot
1860 – 1938
linguist
Henri Maître
1883 – 1914
explorer
André Fleury
1903 – 1995
organist
François Lamoureux
1946 – 2006
politician
Pierre Talon
1677 – 1800
explorer
Samuel Renel
b. 2001
association football player
Denise Sigogneau-Russell
b. 1932
paleontologist
Christian Ernst Stahl
1848 – 1919
botanist
Falquet de Romans
1150 – 1250
troubadour
Christophe Cochet
1606 – 1634
sculptor
Lucie Favier
1932 – 2003
historian
Armand Pinsard
1887 – 1953
flying ace
Joseph-Auguste Rousselin
1841 – 1916
painter
Alain Borer
b. 1949
poet
Jo Privat
1919 – 1996
accordionist
Louise Faure-Favier
1870 – 1961
writer
Lucien Coëdel
1899 – 1947
actor
Marie Darrieussecq
b. 1969
writer
Jean-Jacques Reubell
1777 – 1847
military officer
Claude Soulé
1911 – 1969
field hockey player
Alexis Trouillet
b. 2000
association football player
Gérard Annequin
b. 1948
sport cyclist
Jacques Desagneaux
1905 – 1989
film director
Léo Quiévreux
b. 1971
comics artist
Henri Mialaret
1855 – 1919
sailor
Florent Pagny
b. 1961
singer
Blandine Maisonnier
b. 1986
athletics competitor
Jimmy Engoulvent
b. 1979
sport cyclist
Claude Kahn
1935 – 2023
pianist
Maurice de Guérin
1810 – 1839
poet
Bernard Janvier
b. 1939
military officer
Jean-Pierre Allemand
b. 1942
fencer
Francisque-Joseph Ramey de Sugny
1825 – 1908
politician
Nicolas Moutier
b. 1983
music educator
Jacques Butin
1925 – 1998
field hockey player
Jacques Leider
b. 1962
historian
Pascal Tayot
b. 1965
judoka
Daouda Sow
b. 1983
boxer
Imany
b. 1979
model
Charles III de Créquy
1623 – 1687
diplomat
Louis Léopold Ollier
1830 – 1900
surgeon
Jérémy Jouve
b. 1979
guitarist
Séraphine Okemba
b. 1995
rugby union player
François Montmaneix
1938 – 2018
poet
Christian Pineau
1904 – 1995
politician
Gimmy Bade
b. 1974
association football player
Brigitte Giraud
b. 1960
novelist
Delphine Philippe-Lemaître
1798 – 1863
poet
Marcel Lachmann
1908 – 1992
field hockey player
Kévin Boli
b. 1991
association football player
Yoann de Boer
b. 1982
association football player
Colette Guyard
b. 1952
association football player
Paul Lucas
1664 – 1737
explorer
Paschal Grousset
1844 – 1909
journalist
Laurent Charlet
b. 1955
geochemist
Romain Ferrier
b. 1976
association football player
Michel Bourez
b. 1985
surfer
François Arnaud
1721 – 1784
librarian
Pierre Charles Lepesme
1913 – 1957
entomologist
Damien Joly
b. 1992
swimmer
Michelangelo Cambiaso
1738 – 1813
politician
Yoann Bourillon
b. 1982
association football player
Anisia Uzeyman
b. 1975
actor
Odilo of Cluny
960 – 1048
canon
Jean-Pierre Brunois
Auguste Capelier
1905 – 1977
production designer
Adeline Canac
b. 1990
figure skater
Philippe Burty
1830 – 1890
writer
Vladimir Volkoff
1932 – 2005
translator
Philippe Galera
b. 1967
association football player
Jacques Maisonrouge
1924 – 2012
businessperson
Louis-Philippe Crépin
1772 – 1851
painter
François-Vincent Toussaint
1715 – 1772
writer
Rayanne Khemais
b. 1998
association football player
Jowan Le Besco
b. 1981
film director
François Baucher
1796 – 1873
rider
Régis Jauffret
b. 1955
writer
Amaury I de Craon
1170 – 1226
Bertrand Fourcade
1942 – 2024
rugby union player
Pierre Médevielle
b. 1960
politician
Robert de Fiennes
1308 – 1385
military personnel
Jean Hingray
b. 1986
politician
Prosper Garnot
1794 – 1838
physician
Roger Trinquier
1908 – 1986
military personnel
Pierre-Paul Saunier
1751 – 1818
explorer
Naidra Ayadi
b. 2000
actor
Alexia Richard
b. 1996
beach volleyball player
Pierre Joigneaux
1815 – 1892
politician
Charles de Wendel
1809 – 1870
politician
Frédéric Sy
1861 – 2000
astronomer