France
People of this nationality
René Billères
1910 – 2004
politician
Guillaume Borne
b. 1988
association football player
Étienne Fiacre Louis Raoul
1815 – 1852
botanist
Xavier Bécas
b. 1979
association football player
Philippe Doumenc
1934 – 2023
writer
Guillaume-André de Bertier de Sauvigny
1912 – 2004
historian
Alain Mesili
b. 1949
mountain guide
Jean Rabier
1927 – 2016
cinematographer
Pierre Lacaze
1925 – 2014
athletics competitor
Jean-Michel Beysser
1753 – 1794
military personnel
Bruno Hamm
b. 1970
basketball player
Frédéric Oudéa
b. 1963
banker
François Barouh
b. 1955
kayaker
Marie-Claire Jamet
b. 1933
harpist
Michel Bernard
b. 1943
military flight engineer
Daniel Drezet
b. 1952
cross-country skier
Christophe Petibout
b. 1967
canoeist
Noémie Merlant
b. 1988
actor
Ferdinand Boyer
1823 – 1885
politician
David Salanon
b. 1974
racing automobile driver
Roger Monclin
1903 – 1985
writer
Ngalandou Diouf
1875 – 1941
politician
Jean Marie Rebischung
b. 1962
composer
Axel Auriant
b. 1998
actor
Hadama Bathily
b. 1985
association football player
François Devouassoud
1831 – 1905
mountain guide
Charles Dieupart
1676 – 1751
composer
Isaac de Benserade
1613 – 1691
poet
Pierre Alferi
1963 – 2023
linguist
Marie Adrien Persac
1823 – 1873
painter
Jean-Jacques Fernier
1931 – 2020
architect
Jean-Pierre des Ours de Mandajors
1679 – 1747
historian
Jordan Semedo
b. 2003
association football player
Jean Stablinski
1932 – 2007
sport cyclist
André, marquis de Nesmond
1641 – 1702
privateer
Marie Desbrosses
1764 – 1856
opera singer
Françoise Bonnet
b. 1957
athletics competitor
Kévin Diogo
b. 1991
association football player
Petar Marinovich
1898 – 1919
soldier
Yves Congar
1904 – 1995
theologian
Olivier Jean-Marie
1960 – 2021
film director
Lê Quan Ninh
b. 1961
jazz musician
Pierre-Victor Galland
1822 – 1892
painter
Jean-Augustin Franquelin
1798 – 1839
painter
Sylvanie Morandais
b. 1979
athletics competitor
Alex Marinkov
b. 1967
association football player
Jean Bourgoint
1905 – 1966
film director
Nicolas Gestin
b. 2000
canoeist
Colette Ritz
1932 – 2007
singer
Charles-René d'Hozier
1640 – 1732
historian
Patrick Subrémon
b. 1947
official
Jean-Michel Mis
b. 1967
politician
Paul Cornu
1881 – 1944
engineer
Gabriel Marcel
1889 – 1973
playwright
Maurice Plantier
1921 – 2006
politician
Éric Guyot
b. 1962
sport cyclist
Benjamin Ulmann
1829 – 1884
painter
Cheick Sidibé
b. 1981
athlete
Christophe Edaleine
b. 1979
sport cyclist
Léone Bertimon
b. 1950
athletics competitor
Philippe Couprie
b. 1962
athletics competitor
Dominique Bailly
b. 1960
politician
Sofía Bassi
1913 – 1998
painter
Brigitte Varangot
1940 – 2007
golfer
Jean-Emmanuel Cassin
b. 1980
rugby league player
Pamela Golbin
b. 1970
curator
Laurent Naouri
b. 1964
opera singer
Fabian Bourzat
b. 1980
ice dancer
Amadis Jamyn
1540 – 1593
poet
Francis de Noyelle
1919 – 2017
diplomat
Claude Fonnereau
1677 – 1740
merchant
Sami Larabi
b. 1996
association football player
Henri de Lubac
1896 – 1991
writer
Marcel Lanfranchi
1921 – 2013
association football player
René Abadie
1935 – 1996
sport cyclist
Vazken Andréassian
1903 – 1995
engineer
Francoise Gaillard
1936 – 2025
philosopher
Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque
1902 – 1947
military personnel
François-Xavier Bon de Saint-Hilaire
1678 – 1761
naturalist
Thomas Mesnier
b. 1986
politician
Maxime Renault
b. 1990
sport cyclist
Émilien Dumas
1804 – 1870
paleontologist
Massiré Kanté
b. 1989
association football player
Pierre Louis Parisis
1795 – 1866
politician
Marie Lesueur
1799 – 1890
choreographer
Jean-Pierre Gasc
b. 1937
herpetologist
Georges de La Falaise
1866 – 1910
fencer
Dominique Mouillot
b. 1952
business executive
Paul Gillon
1926 – 2011
illustrator
Ernest Romens
1904 – 1954
ultramarathon runner
Eugène Prévost
1863 – 1961
sport cyclist
Kévin Barré
b. 1990
association football player
Anne-Marie Garat
1946 – 2022
writer
Mehdi Merghem
b. 1997
association football player
Pierre Bachelet
1944 – 2005
singer
Amand Félix Marie Jobbé-Duval
1821 – 1889
painter
Giovanni Battista Balbis
1765 – 1831
botanist
Marcel Gascoin
1907 – 1986
furniture designer
Jacques Matter
1791 – 1864
historian
Claude Caroillon Destillières
1748 – 1814
businessperson