France
People of this nationality
Hubert Arbès
b. 1950
sport cyclist
François Guin
b. 1938
conductor
Marc Macedot
b. 1988
athletics competitor
El Hadji Ba
b. 1993
association football player
Xavier Beauvois
b. 1967
actor
Pierre Meile
1911 – 1963
linguist
Michèle Verly
1909 – 1952
actor
Dominique Perrin
b. 1946
mathematician
Caroline Dumas
b. 1935
opera singer
Stomy Bugsy
b. 1972
actor
Gaston Rocquemaurel
1804 – 1878
explorer
Julien Dive
b. 1985
politician
Jérémy Pancras
b. 1991
freestyle skier
Gérard Guillaumaud
1961 – 2006
test pilot
Victor-François, 2nd duc de Broglie
1718 – 1804
politician
Odette Kervorc’h
1915 – 2010
trade unionist
Thomas de Cormont
1101 – 1228
architect
Lise Berthaud
b. 1982
violist
Lou-Ann Joly
b. 2002
association football player
Bruno de Monès
b. 1952
photographer
Alain Gerolami
1926 – 2024
official
Hélène Marie de Chappotin de Neuville
1839 – 1904
nun
Lucien de Montagnac
1803 – 1845
military officer
Jean-Baptiste Broussier
1766 – 1814
military personnel
Joachim Rampon
1805 – 1883
politician
Hippolyte Camille Delpy
1842 – 1910
painter
Emile Licent
1876 – 1952
naturalist
Ariane Matiakh
b. 1980
conductor
Marie Vaislic
1930 – 2025
keynote speaker
Dominique Alexandre Godron
1807 – 1880
botanist
Pierre Cotignon de la Charnaye
1582 – 1641
poet
Alexandra Amon
b. 1981
actor
William Villeger
b. 2000
badminton player
Étienne Maurice Falconet
1716 – 1791
sculptor
Patrice de Corsi
1824 – 1888
politician
Stanley Nsoki
b. 1999
association football player
Léon Poncelet
1885 – 1978
sport cyclist
Florent André
b. 1991
association football player
Magda Ericson
b. 1929
physicist
Eugen Jettel
1845 – 1901
painter
Joël Ayayi
b. 2000
basketball player
Olivier de Berranger
1938 – 2017
Catholic priest
Heinrich Gustav Mühlenbeck
1798 – 1845
bryologist
Léon de Bercy
1857 – 1915
chansonnier
Charles II, Count of Alençon
1297 – 1346
condottiero
Christian Frémont
1942 – 2014
official
Alexandre Hepp
1857 – 1924
journalist
Louis Carolus-Barré
1910 – 1993
librarian
Jane Bos
1897 – 1975
composer
Alain Hyardet
b. 1964
rugby union player
Viviane Forrester
1925 – 2013
writer
Yves Roucaute
b. 1953
political scientist
Vincent Descombes
b. 1943
philosopher
Jean Jansem
1920 – 2013
painter
Henri Martin
1810 – 1883
politician
Robert Calle
1920 – 2015
physician
Juliette Binet
b. 1984
children's writer
Patrick Béon
b. 1950
sport cyclist
Pierre de Lauzon
1687 – 1742
Catholic priest
Nicolas Vauquelin des Yveteaux
1567 – 1649
poet
Raymond Ier de Turenne
1074 – 1137
aristocrat
Rémi Joseph Isidore Exelmans
1775 – 1852
politician
Auguste Digot
1815 – 1864
historian
Josif Dorfman
b. 1952
chess player
Girolamo Odam
1681 – 1718
painter
Benjamin Péret
1899 – 1959
poet
Joel Indergand
curler
Anne-Antoine-Jules de Clermont-Tonnerre
1749 – 1830
politician
Nicolas Usaï
b. 1974
association football player
Yohan Goutt Goncalves
b. 1994
alpine skier
Paul Bürck
1878 – 1947
artist
Jean-Pierre Camus
1584 – 1652
Catholic priest
Isleym
b. 1994
singer
Auguste Desgodins
1826 – 1913
lexicographer
Pierre Daubenton
1703 – 1776
jurist
Bernard Eliade
1938 – 2026
writer
Julien Casoli
b. 1982
athletics competitor
Perdigon
1101 – 1220
troubadour
Anaïs Demoustier
b. 1987
actor
Florence Rabier
b. 1964
meteorologist
Sébastien Hidalgo
b. 1978
amateur wrestler
Émile Jaboulay
1879 – 1961
chemist
Graziella Melchior
b. 1960
professeur agrégé
Paulette Brisepierre
1917 – 2012
politician
Marthe Robin
1902 – 1981
mystic
Narcisse Leven
1833 – 1915
jurist
Charles de Cossé, Count of Brissac
1505 – 1563
diplomat
Paul de Choudens
1850 – 1925
librettist
Gustave Cunéo d'Ornano
1845 – 1906
politician
Jean de Beaugrand
1584 – 1640
mathematician
Frédéric Godefroy
1826 – 1897
lexicographer
Éric Dubus
b. 1966
middle-distance runner
Pierre Vaneck
1931 – 2010
audiobook narrator
Moussa Ali Abdoulkader
1923 – 1986
politician
Louis-Félix Roux
1753 – 1817
politician
Alfred Legoyt
1812 – 1869
statistician
Savivanh Savang
1933 – 2007
Berthe de Courrière
1852 – 1916
art model
Bernard-Georges-François Frère
1762 – 1826
military personnel
Dorian Godon
b. 1996
sport cyclist