France
People of this nationality
Louis, Dauphin of France
1729 – 1765
politician
Lucien Pellat-Finet
1946 – 2024
designer
Stéphanie de Virieu
1785 – 1873
sculptor
Charles Petit-Dutaillis
1868 – 1947
historian
Tima Pouye
b. 1999
basketball player
Pierre-Louis de Leyssin
1721 – 1801
Catholic priest
Nicole Mosconi
1942 – 2021
philosopher
Hélène Cuvigny
b. 1956
papyrologist
Guigues IV, Count of Forez
1199 – 1241
aristocrat
Patrick Moya
b. 1955
painter
Frédéric Andréi
b. 1959
actor
Jean Perréal
1450 – 1530
illuminator
Frédéric Michalak
b. 1982
rugby union player
Denis Detcheverry
1953 – 2026
politician
Firmin Bernicat
1842 – 1883
composer
Anthony Rodriguez
b. 1979
judoka
Odo of Deuil
1110 – 1162
historian
Doriane Bontemps
b. 1967
ice dancer
Claude Pierre Goujet
1697 – 1767
historian
Enzo Millot
b. 2002
association football player
Charles of Lorraine
1684 – 1751
Pierrette Louin
1920 – 1945
French resistance fighter
Théodule-Armand Ribot
1839 – 1916
psychologist
Jean-Paul Rabier
b. 1955
association football player
Joseph Curtel
1893 – 1960
sport cyclist
Jeanne de Lestonnac
1555 – 1640
religious sister
René Josset
1910 – 1979
athlete
Horace Edouard Davinet
1839 – 1922
architect
Françoise Garner
1933 – 2024
opera singer
Michel Pou
b. 1965
swimmer
Jean Louis Debilly
1763 – 1806
military personnel
Jocelyne Jocya
1942 – 2003
jazz musician
Jean Pernet, père
1832 – 1896
rose breeder
Jean-Claude Larrieu
b. 1946
association football player
Jean-André Peyssonnel
1694 – 1759
naturalist
Gérard Chasseguet
1930 – 2025
politician
Odo, Count of Champagne
1040 – 1108
feudatory
Jean-Antoine Petipa
1787 – 1855
choreographer
Albert Policard
1881 – 1972
military physician
Odet de Turnèbe
1552 – 1581
poet
Otto Meyer
gymnast
Robert Bonnaventure
1920 – 2015
sport cyclist
Paul Lerme
1902 – 1978
sport cyclist
Yanis Meziane
b. 2002
athletics competitor
Antoine Bigot
1825 – 1897
poet
Philippe Labarde
1939 – 2026
economist
Jacques Auguste de Thou
1553 – 1617
historian
Cyrille Rigaud
1750 – 1824
librarian
Raymond Normand
1919 – 2000
painter
Henri Couttet
1901 – 1953
ice hockey player
Joan, Countess of Rethel
1250 – 1328
aristocrat
Manuel Cornejo
b. 1971
hispanist
Jean-Louis Couasnon
1747 – 1802
sculptor
Louis Pierre de Chastenet de Puységur
1727 – 1807
military personnel
Paul Girard
1852 – 1922
philologist
Silvan Palazot
b. 1980
freestyle skier
Christian Ingrao
b. 1970
historian
René Lefèvre
b. 1953
journalist
Virginie Moinard
b. 1981
sport cyclist
Charles de Charritte
1733 – 1815
Officer of the French Navy
Maurice Le Boucher
1882 – 1964
organist
Rodolphe Bresdin
1822 – 1885
lithographer
Henri-Marie-Gaston Boisnormand de Bonnechose
1800 – 1883
Catholic priest
Joseph-André Motte
1925 – 2013
designer
Henri Vascout
1886 – 1936
association football player
Dimitri Szarzewski
b. 1983
rugby union player
Marie-Annick Duchêne
b. 1940
politician
Jonathan Joubert
b. 1979
association football player
Ignace Heinrich
1925 – 2003
combined track and field event athlete
Laëtitia Payet
b. 1985
judoka
Maurice Pon
1921 – 2019
lyricist
Léa Villiot
b. 1997
ice hockey player
Claude-François Renart d'Amblimont
1736 – 1797
naval officer
Jean-Baptiste Kempf
b. 1983
software developer
Giacomo Perez-Dortona
b. 1989
swimmer
George Breakston
1920 – 1973
actor
Gérard Bayo
1936 – 2023
writer
Éric Heidsieck
b. 1936
pianist
Jean-Claude Requier
b. 1947
politician
Muriel Darmon
b. 1973
sociologist
Émile Faillu
1903 – 1974
sport cyclist
Frédéric Jules Sichel
1802 – 1868
anthropologist
Bertrand V de La Tour
1400 – 1461
feudatory
Sibylle Schroll
algebraist
Éric Pras
b. 1972
chef
Jean-Claude Baron
b. 1949
medical researcher
Dorothée de Monfreid
b. 1973
writer
Maurice Celhay
1911 – 1980
rugby union player
David Feuerwerker
1912 – 1980
rabbi
Rivomanantsoa Andriamaonju
b. 1963
volleyball player
Yannick Schroeder
b. 1979
racing driver
Hugo Reyne
b. 1961
conductor
Rico Rizzitelli
1962 – 2026
journalist
Jean-Marie Touratier
1943 – 2021
writer
Jeanne-Marie Guerguin
1864 – 1900
nun
Anatole Ngamukol
b. 1988
association football player
Patrick Bricard
1940 – 2019
actor
Dominique Desseigne
b. 1944
business executive
Thierry Fabre
b. 1982
judoka
Jean-Pierre Bansard
1940 – 2024
businessperson