France
People of this nationality
Guy Boniface
1937 – 1968
rugby union player
Jacques Rabemananjara
1913 – 2005
politician
Nicolas Dauphas
b. 1975
geochemist
Henri Kastler
1863 – 1957
philatelist
Charlotte Massardier
b. 1975
synchronized swimmer
Justin Addamo
b. 1998
ice hockey player
Claude Bessy
1932 – 2026
choreographer
Isabelle Kocher
b. 1966
business executive
Kévin Gohiri
b. 1986
association football player
Carasaus
composer
Bernard Squarcini
b. 1955
official
Jules Lemaître
1853 – 1914
writer
Mathieu Bonello
b. 1982
rugby union player
Pierre-Georges Latécoère
1883 – 1943
entrepreneur
Joseph Wasko
b. 1931
sport cyclist
Clara Kichenama-Gourouvaya
b. 1999
association football player
Grigorii Nikolayevich Vyrubov
1843 – 1913
historian
Maurice Lusien
1926 – 2017
swimmer
Étienne Pernet
1824 – 1899
Catholic priest
Sofiane Choubani
b. 1990
association football player
Jean-Pierre Plancade
b. 1949
politician
Émile Littré
1801 – 1881
politician
Pierre-Charles Marcel
1910 – 1992
philosopher
Jean Dubois the Elder
1604 – 1676
painter
Alphonse Pinart
1852 – 1911
explorer
Alphonse Sagebien
1807 – 1892
engineer
Robert Deloche
1909 – 1988
politician
Philibert Aspairt
b. 1732
quarryman
Roland Ries
b. 1945
politician
Évelyne Pagès
1942 – 2011
journalist
Louis Anseaume
1721 – 1784
actor
Edmond de Coussemaker
1805 – 1876
musicologist
Pierre de Ronsard
1524 – 1585
poet
Gabrielle Tuleu
b. 1988
kayaker
Emmanuel Jacomy
b. 1960
actor
Jean Brossel
1918 – 2003
physicist
Simon Tahar
b. 1948
lawyer
Béatrice Didier
b. 1935
literary critic
François Vauglin
b. 1969
politician
Florence
1749 – 1816
stage actor
Gabriel Aubry
b. 1998
racing driver
Philip Bouquett
1669 – 1748
linguist
Stéphen Boyer
b. 1996
volleyball player
Jean-Marie Durand
b. 1940
professor
Jean-François Di Martino
b. 1967
fencer
William Rémy
b. 1991
association football player
Thomas Dossevi
b. 1979
association football player
Waleran I of Luxembourg, Lord of Ligny
1241 – 1288
royalty
Diana Widmaier Picasso
b. 1974
art historian
Joe Childs
1884 – 1958
jockey
Philippe Grenier
1865 – 1944
politician
Ferdinand Duviard
1889 – 1965
Esperantist
Christophe Balaÿ
1949 – 2022
translator
Christiane Cohendy
1945 – 2026
actor
Michel Stollsteiner
b. 1956
military personnel
Philippe Morat
1937 – 2025
botanist
Yoann Richomme
b. 1983
sailor
Serge Daney
1944 – 1992
film critic
Paul Brocchi
1838 – 1898
naturalist
Pier-Vincenzo Piazza
b. 1961
physician
François Darlan
1881 – 1942
politician
François Français
1768 – 1810
mathematician
Peter I, Duke of Brittany
1191 – 1250
regent
Jean Valery
1828 – 1879
politician
David Fenech
b. 1969
singer
Jean Vernier
1923 – 2006
middle-distance runner
Sébastien Zamet
1588 – 1655
prelate
Noah Codjo-Evora
b. 2007
association football player
Émile Prudent
1817 – 1863
composer
François Sérvanin
b. 1941
racing automobile driver
John I, Count of Blois
aristocrat
Fernand Pelloutier
1867 – 1901
trade unionist
Olivier Véran
b. 1980
politician
Julien Leclercq
1865 – 1901
poet
Amaury Lavernhe
b. 1985
bodyboarder
Marie-Antoinette de Geuser
1889 – 1918
Christian nun
Emile Fontaine
b. 1880
association football player
Gilbert Motier de La Fayette
1380 – 1462
military personnel
Andy Delort
b. 1991
association football player
François Doumergue
1858 – 1939
archaeologist
Patrick Lemasle
1952 – 2026
politician
Jeanne de Belcier
1602 – 1665
nun
Julien Bessières
1777 – 1840
politician
Helgaud
972 – 1048
historian
Philippe Caillard
b. 1924
choir director
Thomas Krief
b. 1993
freestyle skier
Robert Ramillon
1909 – 1964
tennis player
Georges Arnoux
1891 – 1971
composer
Sébastien L'Aubespine
1518 – 1582
diplomat
Jean-François Leroux-Dhuys
1934 – 2021
journalist
Oualid Mamoun
b. 1996
association football player
Victor Auguste, baron Duperré
1825 – 1900
naval officer
Dominique Wacalie
b. 1982
association football player
Édouard Champion
1882 – 1938
editor
Hégésippe Moreau
1810 – 1838
poet
Georges Duthuit
1891 – 1973
art historian
Jean-François Ducay
b. 1979
para table tennis player
François-Joseph Hunauld
1701 – 1742
anatomist
Roqui Sanchez
b. 1952
athletics competitor
Mathias Le Turnier
b. 1995
sport cyclist