France
People of this nationality
Yves Nicolin
b. 1963
politician
Paul Durand-Ruel
1831 – 1922
art dealer
Jean Baptiste François Ernest Chatelain
1801 – 1881
poet
Suzanne Wajoka
b. 2001
handball player
Mathieu Bauderlique
b. 1989
boxer
Marcel Langiller
1908 – 1980
association football player
Annie Jay
b. 1957
writer
Jean Baptiste Gustave Planche
1808 – 1857
writer
Dominique Youfeigane
b. 2000
association football player
Antoine Reinartz
b. 1985
film director
Louis Bionier
1898 – 1972
businessperson
Charles Desnoyer
1806 – 1858
stage actor
Fred Testot
b. 1977
actor
Armand Trousseau
1801 – 1867
politician
Patrice Pluyette
b. 1977
writer
Robert Chapuis
b. 1933
politician
Adolphe-André Porée
1848 – 1939
archaeologist
Charles N'Zogbia
b. 1986
association football player
Anne Stambach-Terrenoir
b. 1980
politician
Marie Amachoukeli
b. 1979
film director
Hippolyte de Villemessant
1810 – 1879
journalist
Célestin Harst
1698 – 1778
composer
Sir Peter Buckton
1350 – 1414
politician
J. B. Prashant More
b. 1955
historian
Louise Compain
1869 – 1941
women's rights activist
Alice Colonieu
1924 – 2010
sculptor
Franz Christian Gau
1790 – 1853
archaeologist
Jean Audoubert
1924 – 2008
rugby league player
Joséphine Houssay
1840 – 1914
painter
Michelle Zancarini-Fournel
b. 1947
historian
Magdeleine Anglade
1921 – 1998
politician
Stéphane Guérinot
b. 1968
rower
Bernard Lenoble
1902 – 1997
association football player
Livio Jean-Charles
b. 1993
YouTuber
André Crémon
1893 – 1970
modern pentathlete
Jean Ignace de La Ville
1690 – 1774
Catholic priest
Alphonse Guépin
1808 – 1878
architect
Henri de Castex
1854 – 1934
sport shooter
Anthony Angély
b. 1990
association football player
Lucien Pissarro
1863 – 1944
painter
Jean-Yves Pollock
b. 1946
linguist
Arnold Sowinski
1931 – 2020
association football player
Guillaume Dufay
1397 – 1474
composer
Latifa Essarokh
b. 1973
athletics competitor
Gazo
b. 1994
rapper
Bruno Foucher
b. 1960
diplomat
Alphonse Bouton
1908 – 1989
rower
François Merklen
1876 – 1938
chemist
Dominique-France Loeb-Picard
b. 1948
Augustine Françoise de Choiseul
1697 – 1728
Léopold Boisselle
1903 – 1964
sport cyclist
Holeg Spies
b. 1973
composer
Charles René Reyneau
1656 – 1728
mathematician
Mickaël Pizzo
b. 1979
association football player
Cheik Doukouré
b. 1943
screenwriter
Maurice Paquirissamy-Poullé
1906 – 1956
politician
Guy Epaud
b. 1936
sport cyclist
Louis Desprez
1799 – 1870
sculptor
Tom Dillmann
b. 1989
racing automobile driver
Louise Lavoye
1823 – 1897
opera singer
Jean-Claude Leclercq
b. 1962
sport cyclist
Jérémy Bacchi
b. 1986
politician
Philippe-Antoine Merlin de Douai
1754 – 1838
lawyer
Hervé Morin
b. 1961
politician
Morgan Ciprès
b. 1991
figure skater
Maxime Médard
b. 1986
rugby union player
Barthélemy Thimonnier
1793 – 1857
industrialist
Pierre Pflimlin
1907 – 2000
politician
Maurice Bizot
1896 – 1925
flying ace
Hassan N'Dam N'Jikam
b. 1984
boxer
Zacharie Astruc
1833 – 1907
sculptor
Antoine Marie Chamans de Lavalette
1769 – 1830
politician
Henri Hiltl
1910 – 1982
association football player
Constant Villegas
b. 1986
rugby league player
Ernest Seillière
1866 – 1955
journalist
Jean-Luc Chabanon
b. 1971
chess player
Claire Nadeau
b. 1945
actor
Bernard Picart
1673 – 1733
copper engraver
Michel Kerguélen
1928 – 1999
botanist
Albert André
1869 – 1954
painter
Frédéric Pons
b. 1954
military officer
William II of Bures
Raphaëlle Farman
opera singer
Thibault Giroud
b. 1974
athletics competitor
Aurélie Lévêque
b. 2001
short-track speed skater
Xavier Revil
b. 1971
sailor
Jean Deny
1879 – 1963
linguist
Zoumana Camara
b. 1979
association football player
Erick Zonca
b. 1956
film director
Benoît Badiashile
b. 2001
association football player
Loÿs Papon
1533 – 1599
playwright
Pierre Jean Porro
1750 – 1831
composer
Jean-Jacques Bourdin
b. 1949
journalist
André Lagarrigue
1924 – 1975
nuclear physicist
Adam Philippe, Comte de Custine
1740 – 1793
military officer
Guy Hain
1942 – 2018
merchant
Georges Schwob d'Héricourt
1864 – 1942
industrialist
Michel Mossessian
b. 1959
architect
Simon of St Quentin
explorer
Émile Masson
1869 – 1923
linguist