France
People of this nationality
Hardouin de Péréfixe de Beaumont
1606 – 1671
Catholic priest
Edouard Taylor
1880 – 1903
track cyclist
Guilin Laurent Bizanet
1755 – 1836
military personnel
Jean Epstein
1897 – 1953
film director
Adrienne Péan
1875 – 1958
tennis player
Gaspard Glanz
b. 1987
journalist
Michel Lezeau
1942 – 2024
politician
Jérémy Cadot
b. 1986
fencer
Georges Maroniez
1865 – 1933
painter
Michel de Beaupuy
1755 – 1796
military personnel
Michel Raison
b. 1949
politician
Rover
b. 1979
singer
William Stanger
b. 1985
association football player
Anne Brugnera
b. 1970
politician
Christophe Le Menu de Saint-Philbert
1720 – 1774
composer
Fabrice Bollon
b. 1965
composer
Rose Lavaud
b. 1992
association football player
Ïan Larue
b. 1958
art historian
Adja Konteh
b. 1992
basketball player
Marco de Gastyne
1889 – 1982
painter
Paul Bouveret
1920 – 2003
athlete
Morlaye Soumah
b. 1971
association football player
Armand Chappée
1835 – 1922
entrepreneur
Abraham Duquesne
1610 – 1688
military personnel
Laure Adler
b. 1950
journalist
Félix Le Pelletier de La Houssaye
1663 – 1723
politician
Eugène Cormon
1811 – 1903
playwright
Olivier Bellin
b. 1971
chef
Balthasar Moncornet
1600 – 1668
copper engraver
Rabah Khaloufi
1943 – 2014
athlete
Camille Guerre
b. 1996
swimmer
Matthieu Laguerre
b. 1999
rugby league player
Antoine Vieillard de Boismartin
1747 – 1815
playwright
Jean de Marguenat
1893 – 1956
screenwriter
Frederick I, Duke of Upper Lorraine
feudatory
René II, Viscount of Rohan
1550 – 1586
condottiero
Mode 2
b. 1967
illustrator
Jacques Pâris de Bollardière
1907 – 1986
writer
Jules Pams
1852 – 1930
politician
Gabriel Mourey
1865 – 1943
art critic
Marcel Tabuteau
1887 – 1966
oboist
Gwendolyn Gourvenec
b. 1984
actor
Rayan Bamba
b. 2004
association football player
Isaac de Razilly
1587 – 1635
diplomat
Lilian Calmejane
b. 1992
sport cyclist
Alphonse Hustache
1872 – 1949
entomologist
Fernand Piet
1869 – 1942
painter
Joseph Claussat
1874 – 1925
physician
Léonce Lavagne
b. 1940
association football player
Thani Mohamed Soilihi
b. 1972
politician
Sébastien Bruno
b. 1974
rugby union player
Mialitiana Clerc
b. 2001
alpine skier
Charles-Louis d’Authville Des Amourettes
1716 – 1765
encyclopédistes
Claude Champy
b. 1944
ceramicist
Maurice de Mirecki
1845 – 1900
pianist
Michael Donskoff
b. 1943
Eastern Orthodox priest
Roland Guillon
b. 1942
sociologist
Joël Bopesu
b. 1995
association football player
Sylvain Hanquez
1958 – 2025
association football player
Joseph Caspi
1280 – 1340
lexicographer
Thoinot Arbeau
1520 – 1595
Catholic priest
François-Pierre Chaumeton
1775 – 1819
physician
Mouctar Diakhaby
b. 1996
association football player
Louis Vogel
b. 1954
jurist
Jason Baitieri
b. 1989
rugby league player
Gérard Voisin
b. 1945
politician
Fanny
1979 – 2025
singer
Karine Ferri
b. 1982
television presenter
Jean-Pierre Guézec
1934 – 1971
composer
Edgar Degas
1834 – 1917
painter
Michel Pastoureau
b. 1947
research fellow
Jeannette Colombel
1919 – 2016
philosopher
Pierre-Cyrille Hautcœur
b. 1964
economist
Raymond Gallois-Montbrun
1918 – 1994
composer
Olivier Danvy
b. 1960
computer scientist
Stéphane Mallat
b. 1962
mathematician
Madeleine Mouton
1910 – 1948
Emmanuel Terray
1935 – 2024
anthropologist
Bernard Stewart, 3rd Lord of Aubigny
1452 – 1508
soldier
Victor Capoul
1839 – 1924
opera singer
Édith Scob
1937 – 2019
stage actor
Laurent Charles Maréchal
1801 – 1887
stained-glass artist
Jean Desanlis
1925 – 2023
politician
Camille Rowe
b. 1990
model
Paul-Émile Victor
1907 – 1995
explorer
Paul Amédée Ludovic Savatier
1830 – 1891
explorer
Anne-Marie Descôtes
b. 1959
diplomat
André Bona
b. 1990
association football player
Didier Mathus
b. 1952
politician
Belkacem Zobiri
b. 1983
association football player
Louis de Maud'huy
1857 – 1921
politician
André Dumont
1903 – 1994
sport cyclist
Antoine Schnapper
1933 – 2004
art historian
Xavier Gens
b. 1975
film director
Sabrina Palie
b. 1981
basketball player
Alphonse-Marie Eppinger
1814 – 1867
religious
Pierre Delage
1887 – 1918
flying ace
Thomas Denis
b. 1997
sport cyclist
Magou Doucouré
b. 2000
association football player
Constant Chevillon
1880 – 1944
occultist