France
People of this nationality
Thérèse of Lisieux
1873 – 1897
theologian
Louis-Michel Nourry
1946 – 2022
historian
Pierre Messmer
1916 – 2007
politician
Simon Maupin
architect
Axel Guessand
b. 2004
association football player
Patrick Simon
1955 – 2020
politician
Peter I of Serbia
1844 – 1921
military officer
Adrienne D'Ambricourt
1878 – 1957
actor
Bernard Cabane
b. 1945
chemist
Pierre Jean-Baptiste Legrand d'Aussy
1737 – 1800
librarian
Aimé Venel
b. 1950
painter
Samassi Abou
b. 1973
association football player
Florian Latorre
b. 1997
racing automobile driver
Eric Vilain
b. 1966
geneticist
Marielle Goitschel
b. 1945
alpine skier
Jean-Damien Climonet
b. 1969
freestyle skier
Dembo Sylla
b. 2002
association football player
Claudine Dupuis
1924 – 1991
film actor
Roland Lescure
b. 1966
politician
Thérèse-Adèle Husson
1803 – 1831
autobiographer
Jules Gaucher
1905 – 1954
military officer
Francis Latreille
b. 1948
photographer
Émile Aubin
1886 – 1949
military personnel
Sylvain Curinier
b. 1969
kayaker
Isaac Schneersohn
1881 – 1969
rabbi
Georges Charmoille
b. 1878
artistic gymnast
Hyacinthe-Auguste Charpeney
1822 – 1882
Catholic priest
Roland Bonaparte
1858 – 1924
botanist
Pierre de Saint-Joseph
1594 – 1662
philosopher
Françoise de Lorraine
1592 – 1669
feudatory
Alain Jomy
b. 1941
film critic
Hélène Carrère d'Encausse
1929 – 2023
politician
Hubert Linard
b. 1953
sport cyclist
Cécilia Mourgue d'Algue
b. 1946
golfer
Xavier Montrouzier
1820 – 1897
explorer
Nelly Tchayem
b. 1983
athletics competitor
Jean-Pierre Ducasse
1944 – 1969
sport cyclist
Jean Ribault
1520 – 1565
explorer
Éric Stocker
artisan
Sophie Albou
b. 1967
fashion designer
Étienne Dupérac
1525 – 1604
architect
Christian Palant
1924 – 2001
modern pentathlete
Marie-Louise Bévis
b. 1972
athletics competitor
Gervaise of Bazoches
1100 – 1108
Paul Barrière
1920 – 2008
French resistance fighter
Jean-Paul Delevoye
b. 1947
politician
Jean-Louis Lebon
b. 1967
athletics competitor
Anne Debarre
b. 1957
architect
Pierre de Marbeuf
1595 – 1645
poet
Jane Frances de Chantal
1572 – 1641
nun
Jean-Marc Rebière
b. 1952
sport cyclist
Catherine Furet
b. 1954
architect
Georges Wilson
1921 – 2010
television actor
Pierre-Étienne de Perier
1893 – 1968
military officer
Jean Alesi
b. 1964
racing automobile driver
Marcel Nancey
1874 – 1944
journalist
Denis Bauda
b. 1947
association football player
Anne Ferreira
b. 1961
politician
Dominique Lecointe
b. 1957
rower
Peter de Rivaux
1150 – 1262
politician
Casimir Zuraczek
b. 1949
association football player
Pierre de Witasse
1878 – 1956
diplomat
Yves Lapierre
civil servant
Narcisse Berchère
1819 – 1891
painter
Bernard Boone
1919 – 2007
field hockey player
Pierre-Hugues Herbert
b. 1991
tennis player
Jean Catelas
1894 – 1941
politician
Maurice Magre
1877 – 1941
poet
Philippe Auguin
b. 1961
conductor
Guy Cury
1930 – 2018
athletics competitor
Émilien Méresse
1915 – 2000
association football player
Sophie de Renneville
1772 – 1822
journalist
Hippolyte Lefèbvre
1863 – 1935
sculptor
Garin d'Apchier
1200 – 1210
troubadour
Souleymane Diawara
b. 1978
association football player
Urbain de Maillé-Brézé
1597 – 1650
diplomat
Georges Calmon
1910 – 1989
equestrian
Christophe Jerretie
b. 1979
politician
Robert Cochet
1903 – 1988
engraver
Alexandre Grandazzi
b. 1957
archaeologist
Robin Barbosa
b. 1993
motorcycle racer
Claude Cariguel
b. 1931
writer
Guy Périllat
b. 1940
alpine skier
Tanguy Malmanche
1875 – 1953
writer
Stéphane Graou
b. 1966
rugby union player
El Hassan Lahssini
b. 1975
athletics competitor
Laurent Cerise
1807 – 1869
physician
Louis Collenot d'Angremont
1748 – 1792
counter-revolutionary
Auguste Sérieyx
1865 – 1949
composer
Charles Bitsch
1931 – 2016
screenwriter
Vardan Mamikonian
b. 1970
pianist
Brigitte Lefèvre
b. 1944
dancer
Janine Chanteur
1924 – 2015
philosopher
Élisa De Almeida
b. 1998
association football player
Justin Bourgault
b. 2005
association football player
Benoît Caranobe
b. 1980
artistic gymnast
Grégory Blanc
b. 1980
politician
Gatien de Courtilz de Sandras
1644 – 1712
writer
Henri de Kock
1819 – 1892
writer
Édouard Chatton
1883 – 1947
biologist