France
People of this nationality
Flo Ankah
b. 1983
actor
Gilles Renne
b. 1954
jazz guitarist
Georges Jacob
1877 – 1950
composer
Brigitte Evanno
b. 1955
taekwondo athlete
Carole Chabrier
b. 1947
television presenter
Armand Marc, Count of Montmorin
1745 – 1792
diplomat
Edmond Brion
1885 – 1973
architect
Jean Maspero
1885 – 1915
philologist
Cédric Joly
b. 1995
canoeist
Jean-François Delassus
b. 1942
journalist
Alfred Morel-Fatio
1850 – 1924
linguist
Ferdinand de Craywinckel
1820 – 1900
conductor
Lucy Arbell
1878 – 1947
opera singer
Raymond du Puy de Provence
1080 – 1160
warrior monk
Léon Chagnaud
1866 – 1930
politician
Barbara Schulz
b. 1972
actor
François-Auguste-René de Chateaubriand
1768 – 1848
translator
Justin Girod-Chantrans
1750 – 1841
botanist
Ladislas Poniatowski
b. 1946
politician
Éric Trappier
b. 1960
businessperson
Paul Colin
1920 – 2018
writer
Joseph-Claude Drevon
1747 – 1823
politician
Louis Auguste, Prince of Dombes
1700 – 1755
military officer
Nina Nikolajewna Andreevskaja
1899 – 1980
artist
Claudine Loquen
b. 1965
painter
Antoine Guillaumont
1915 – 2000
archaeologist
Jean Châtel
1575 – 1594
criminal
Aymeric Durox
b. 1985
politician
André Le Nôtre
1613 – 1700
landscape architect
Ismael El Massoudi
b. 1978
boxer
Nanine Vallain
1767 – 1815
painter
Jean Nicolet
1598 – 1642
explorer
Serge Simon
b. 1967
rugby union player
Teddy Richert
b. 1974
association football player
Claude de Givray
b. 1933
film director
Jacques Petit-Didier
bobsledder
Sébastien Point
b. 1982
physicist
Jean-Paul Beugnot
1931 – 2001
basketball player
Cédric Claverie
b. 1976
judoka
Jean Valat
b. 1951
equestrian
Guy Billout
b. 1941
caricaturist
Émilie Gaydu
b. 1989
athletics competitor
Philippe Haïm
b. 1967
screenwriter
Xavier Blond
b. 1965
biathlete
John II, Duke of Bourbon
1426 – 1488
military personnel
Virginie Lopez
alpine skier
Bernard Charlot
1944 – 2025
university teacher
Pascal Chanteur
b. 1968
sport cyclist
Timothé Luwawu-Cabarrot
b. 1995
basketball player
Claire Trévien
b. 1985
poet
Étienne Clémentel
1864 – 1936
painter
Marilyn Lima
b. 1995
actor
Frédéric Verger
b. 1959
writer
Frédéric Braconier
1901 – 1985
painter
Louis de Bussy d'Amboise
1549 – 1579
writer
Charles Tournemire
1870 – 1939
composer
Bradley Mazikou
b. 1996
association football player
André Tarallo
1927 – 2018
businessperson
Yannick Botrel
b. 1951
politician
Éric Joisel
1956 – 2010
sculptor
Viviane Romance
1912 – 1991
actor
Jacques Daget
1919 – 2009
ichthyologist
Charles Méré
1883 – 1970
screenwriter
Timothee Besset
b. 1953
engineer
Victor Lekhal
b. 1994
association football player
François-Pierre Huon de Kermadec
1726 – 1787
naval officer
Pierre Feuga
1942 – 2008
essayist
Vanessa Springora
b. 1972
publisher
Henri de Villars
1621 – 1693
prelate
Louis Pinton
1948 – 2016
politician
Yves Afonso
1944 – 2018
actor
Jules Tannery
1848 – 1910
mathematician
Huguette Duflos
1887 – 1982
actor
Robert Mercier
1909 – 1958
association football player
Johannes de Garlandia
1270 – 1320
musicologist
Pierre-Louis Moreau de Maupertuis
1698 – 1759
astronomer
Karolina Jagieniak
b. 1979
tennis player
Jean d'Ormesson
1925 – 2017
journalist
Martine Guépin
b. 1951
sport shooter
Rosette
b. 1959
actor
Didier Mandelli
b. 1964
politician
Évelyne Baylet
1913 – 2014
politician
Flavien Dassonville
b. 1991
sport cyclist
William Demotte
b. 1991
rugby union player
Booba
b. 1976
rapper
Noël Le Maresquier
1903 – 1982
architect
Jules Saulnier
1817 – 1881
architect
Jean-Louis Cohen
1949 – 2023
art historian
Émile Warré
1867 – 1951
beekeeper
Cindy Chala
b. 1991
tennis player
Doriane Vidal
b. 1976
snowboarder
Christophe Point
b. 1965
association football player
Jacques Gruppi
b. 1941
rugby league player
Arlette Chabot
b. 1951
journalist
Jacques Gay
1851 – 1925
painter
Duke Markell
1923 – 1984
baseball player
Bernard Van der Linde
1946 – 2021
sport cyclist
Tiane Doan Na Champassak
b. 1973
art photographer
Arnaud de Cervole
1320 – 1366
military personnel
Henri Aldebert
1880 – 1961
curler