France
People of this nationality
Georges Fouquet
1862 – 1957
jeweler
Michèle Cointet
b. 1940
historian
Emmanuel Hugot
b. 1981
astrophysicist
Celine Lesage
b. 1971
serial killer
Anne Biget
1749 – 1824
nun
Renaud Connen
b. 1980
association football player
André Nègre
1912 – 1996
diplomat
James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick
1670 – 1734
military personnel
François Zalacain
b. 1938
record producer
Hector France
1837 – 1908
writer
Isabelle Danjou
b. 1969
rower
Jean-René Lecerf
b. 1951
politician
Romain Perraud
b. 1997
association football player
Anatole Deibler
1863 – 1939
executioner
Corinne Mentzelopoulos
b. 1953
businessperson
Lydia Schénardi
1952 – 2020
politician
Marc Berthomieu
1906 – 1991
composer
Samuel de Marseille
1294 – 1301
translator
Robert Rey
b. 1934
ski jumper
Michel Gaztambide
b. 1959
screenwriter
Isabella of Burgundy
1270 – 1323
Philippe Contamine
1932 – 2022
historian
Richard Duc
1934 – 2012
rower
Sophie Auconie
b. 1963
politician
Eric Laffin
curler
Jacques Derrida
1930 – 2004
philosopher
Jules Bigot
1915 – 2007
association football player
Georges Fleury
1878 – 1968
sport cyclist
Yvette Kosmann-Schwarzbach
b. 1941
mathematician
Stéphane Lauzanne
1874 – 1958
journalist
Pierre Frogier
b. 1950
politician
Gabriel Tarde
1843 – 1904
professor
Andrée Dupeyron
1902 – 1988
aircraft pilot
Grégory Béranger
b. 1981
association football player
Agnès Arnauld
1593 – 1671
religious sister
Thierry Van Den Daele
b. 1966
tennis player
Hugues Broussard
1934 – 2019
swimmer
Victor Méric
1848 – 1933
journalist
Pierre-Louis Loubet
b. 1997
racing driver
Philippe Cabut
b. 1947
rower
Louis Marie Joseph de Brigode
1776 – 1827
politician
François-Louis Français
1814 – 1897
painter
Shona
b. 1963
singer
Ernest Picard
1821 – 1877
politician
Marcel Leborgne
1939 – 2007
association football player
Robert Muchembled
b. 1944
historian
Jean-David Legrand
b. 1991
association football player
Frédéric Brun
1957 – 2025
sport cyclist
Philippe Castelli
1925 – 2006
actor
Joseph Mendes
b. 1991
association football player
Yves Pambou
b. 1995
association football player
René Clair
1898 – 1981
screenwriter
Cheyenne Carron
b. 1976
film director
Sheila
b. 1945
singer
François Blondel
1618 – 1686
coastal engineer
Bruno Ilien
b. 1959
racing driver
Victor Dreyer
1866 – 1944
Catholic priest
Jean Benoit-Lévy
1888 – 1959
film director
Édouard Nignon
1865 – 1934
chef
Jean Claude
1619 – 1687
theologian
Edmond Delfour
1907 – 1990
association football player
Louis d'Ussieux
1744 – 1805
journalist
Kevin Harley
b. 1994
basketball player
Mael Kaudre
association football player
Jacques Cristina
b. 1948
rugby union player
Arnaud Lusamba
b. 1997
association football player
Maëlle Lakrar
b. 2000
association football player
Roger Queugnet
1923 – 2020
sport cyclist
Jean de Gliniasty
b. 1948
diplomat
Charles Moureu
1863 – 1929
chemist
Nicolas Dhuicq
b. 1960
politician
William of Conches
1080 – 1154
philosopher
Nicolas Fréret
1688 – 1749
linguist
Mirra Alfassa
1878 – 1973
mystic
Pierre Claude François Daunou
1761 – 1840
politician
Pierre-Antoine Antonelle
1747 – 1817
politician
Manuel Reynaert
b. 1985
athletics competitor
Robert-Henri Bautier
1922 – 2010
historian
Kévin Thobois
b. 1992
motorcycle racer
Louis Alibert
1884 – 1959
linguist
Alban de Villeneuve-Bargemon
1784 – 1850
economist
Maco Tevane
1937 – 2013
politician
Georges Politzer
1903 – 1942
philosopher
Célestin Bourragué
1886 – 1955
naval officer
Alois Kayser
1877 – 1944
missionary
Vincent Courtois
b. 1968
cellist
Jean-Louis Gauthier
1955 – 2014
sport cyclist
Jérémy Le Douaron
b. 1998
association football player
Gabriel Sénac de Meilhan
1736 – 1803
administrator
Fortanerius Vassalli
1295 – 1361
theologian
Rémy Pointereau
b. 1953
politician
Christian Quéré
1955 – 2006
association football player
Georgia de Chamberet
translator
Florian Cazenave
b. 1989
rugby union player
Victor Wembanyama
b. 2004
basketball player
Antoine Risso
1777 – 1845
botanist
Arnaud Desplechin
b. 1960
film director
Hippolyte Hélyot
1660 – 1716
historian
Boulou Ferré
b. 1951
guitarist
Madeleine Laurain-Portemer
1917 – 1996
librarian