France
People of this nationality
Caroline Vermalle
b. 1973
writer
Marion Bartoli
b. 1984
tennis player
Michel Fessler
1955 – 2025
film director
Eugène Besse
1881 – 1919
marathon runner
Charles XIV John of Sweden
1763 – 1844
monarch
Jen Jis
Camille Bedin
1893 – 1979
politician
Jena Lee
b. 1987
singer
Yves Stourdzé
1947 – 1986
sociologist
Tidjan Keita
b. 1996
basketball player
Blacatz
1160 – 1235
troubadour
Agnès Callamard
b. 1963
human rights defender
Brutus de Villeroi
1794 – 1874
engineer
Philippe Perilleux
b. 1963
association football player
Julien Song
b. 1993
chess person
Patrice Garande
b. 1960
association football player
Franck Louvrier
b. 1968
politician
Stéphane Ruffier
b. 1986
association football player
Louis de Vilmorin
1816 – 1860
botanist
Nina Stojiljković
b. 1996
volleyball player
Michel Piccoli
1925 – 2020
film actor
François Châtelet
b. 1939
athletics competitor
Jean Molino
1931 – 2024
linguist
Mireille Bauer
b. 1951
percussionist
Armand Le Véel
1821 – 1905
sculptor
Miss Dominique
b. 1978
singer
Laurent Bonnart
b. 1979
association football player
Irène Tunc
1935 – 1972
actor
Janine Crispin
1911 – 2001
actor
Jean-Pierre Sudre
1921 – 1997
photographer
Nicolas Filleul de La Chesnaye
1530 – 1575
poet
Grégory Pujol
b. 1980
association football player
John, Count of Angoulême
1399 – 1467
aristocrat
Dominique Locatelli
b. 1961
cross-country skier
Téo Barisic
b. 2004
association football player
Alexandra Atamaniuk
b. 1995
association football player
Roger de Lafforest
1905 – 1998
journalist
Louis Monzies
1849 – 1930
painter
Arnold Aurbach
1888 – 1952
chess player
Pierre Jourdan
1923 – 2020
politician
Caterina Bianconelli
1665 – 1716
actor
Jacques François Gallay
1795 – 1864
composer
Édouard Ignace Andlauer
1830 – 1909
organist
Michel Charles Durieu de Maisonneuve
1796 – 1878
botanist
Jean C. Romatet
1893 – 1975
flying ace
Jeanne Goupil
b. 1950
actor
René Barret
1922 – 2009
sport cyclist
Marie-Angéline Colson
b. 1976
gymnast
Luc Estang
1911 – 1992
poet
Antoine Robert Gaudreaux
1680 – 1746
cabinetmaker
Philippe Dallier
b. 1962
politician
Jérémy Rencurel
b. 1995
sport cyclist
Beatrice Hammer
b. 1963
novelist
Philip I of France
1052 – 1108
monarch
Raymond Girard
1901 – 1989
actor
Stéphane Antiga
b. 1976
volleyball player
Gustave Lazard
1875 – 1948
chess player
Emmanuelle Seigner
b. 1966
actor
Anne-Laure Heitz
b. 1982
tennis player
Émile de Najac
1828 – 1889
librettist
Boris Diaw
b. 1982
basketball player
Charlotte Hym
b. 1992
skateboarder
Alfred Blau
1827 – 1896
librettist
Abdelhak Benaniba
b. 1995
association football player
André Morize
1883 – 1957
military personnel
Joseph François Dupleix
1697 – 1763
colonial administrator
Michel Roumégoux
1948 – 2023
politician
Henry Louis Le Châtelier
1850 – 1936
chemist
Agathe de La Boulaye
b. 1972
film actor
Frédéric Vieillot
b. 1990
association football player
Mathilde Laigle
1865 – 1950
historian
Joseph Autran
1813 – 1877
poet
Maurice Marsac
1915 – 2007
actor
Nicolas Adolphe Bellevoye
1830 – 1908
draftsperson
Frédéric Cissokho
b. 1971
association football player
Alexandre de Juniac
b. 1962
businessperson
Jean Pietrapertosa
1855 – 1940
mandolinist
Gilbert Verdié
1928 – 2015
rugby league player
Vincent Millet
b. 1973
alpine skier
Montdory
1594 – 1653
stage actor
Johannes Stadius
1527 – 1579
astronomer
Marc-Alain Ouaknin
b. 1957
rabbi
Serge Lang
1927 – 2005
mathematician
Hervé Laurent
1957 – 2024
navigator
Pauline van der Linden d'Hooghvorst
1814 – 1867
lady-in-waiting
Christophe Antoine Merlin
1771 – 1839
military officer
Hervé Gorce
1952 – 2008
association football player
Lord Kossity
b. 1973
singer
Marcel Rey-Golliet
1893 – 1967
boxer
Robert Hossein
1927 – 2020
film director
Henry Fields
1938 – 2024
basketball coach
Bruno Chérier
1817 – 1880
painter
Noël Jourda de Vaux
1705 – 1788
military personnel
Isabella of Brittany
1411 – 1444
aristocrat
Maria Pognon
1844 – 1925
journalist
François-Xavier Demaison
b. 1969
engineer
Jean-François Paillard
1928 – 2013
conductor
Rudi Garcia
b. 1964
association football player
Olivier Charroin
b. 1982
tennis player
Jean Bourdon
1601 – 1668
engineer