France
People of this nationality
Marcel Jurca
1923 – 2001
military flight engineer
Simone Michel-Lévy
1906 – 1945
French resistance fighter
Charles-André de La Jaille
1824 – 1892
military officer
Irina Demick
1936 – 2004
actor
Giambologna
1529 – 1608
sculptor
Jean-Pierre Darroussin
b. 1953
actor
Casimir Lefaucheux
1802 – 1852
inventor
Safia Benguedoudj
b. 1986
association football player
Nicolas Pacquot
b. 1978
politician
Caroline Barbot
1830 – 1893
opera singer
Jean-Michel Gonzalez
b. 1967
rugby union player
Alexandre Vattemare
1796 – 1864
ventriloquist
Lucie Madeleine d'Estaing
1743 – 1826
lady-in-waiting
Joseph Moroni
1938 – 2020
rower
Hugues IV de Berzé
1150 – 1220
composer
Cyril Pellevat
b. 1981
model
Alain Jamet
1934 – 2025
politician
Aurélie Amblard
b. 1953
actor
Michel Calonne
1927 – 2019
actor
Frédéric Banquet
b. 1974
rugby league player
Maurice Huguenin
b. 1909
boxer
Dimitri Lesueur
b. 1987
association football player
Jacques-Jules Bouffil
1783 – 1868
composer
Raymond Carrance
1921 – 1998
photographer
Jacques Lucan
1947 – 2023
architect
Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes
1884 – 1974
writer
Laurent Burtz
b. 1973
kayaker
Jacques de Gouy
1610 – 1650
composer
Claire Ly
b. 1946
writer
Nicolas Colladon
1530 – 1586
presbyter
Émile Lévy
1826 – 1890
painter
Justin-Noël Kalumba
b. 2004
association football player
Anatole, baron Brénier de Renaudière
1807 – 1885
diplomat
Julie Delpech
b. 1989
politician
Jean Mongrédien
1932 – 2025
musicologist
Christophe Agou
1969 – 2015
photographer
Cédric Kuentz
b. 1973
speed skater
Thierry Gadou
b. 1969
basketball player
Maurice Berthe
1935 – 2015
historian
Jean-Louis Rosier
1925 – 2011
racing automobile driver
Jacques-Joachim Trotti, marquis de La Chétardie
1705 – 1759
diplomat
Raoul Bensaude
1866 – 1938
physician
Henry de Montherlant
1895 – 1972
writer
Auguste Baux
1892 – 1918
flying ace
Pierre-Alexandre Adolphe Jullien
1803 – 1873
engineer
Jean Baptiste Douville
1794 – 1837
explorer
Moritz Billecard
1876 – 1940
chess player
Wesley Saïd
b. 1995
association football player
Concino Concini
1575 – 1617
politician
Jacques Bardoux
1874 – 1959
politician
François Regnard
composer
Jean Hugo
1894 – 1984
painter
Muriel Casals
1945 – 2016
economist
Gustave Mossa
1883 – 1971
painter
Robert Berri
1912 – 1989
actor
Viala Charon
1794 – 1880
politician
Christian Laskawiec
1952 – 2021
rugby league player
Maurice Aubergé
1910 – 1974
screenwriter
Paul Vaillant-Couturier
1892 – 1937
writer
Marie-Joseph Farcot
1798 – 1875
engineer
Jean Harrasse
1887 – 1973
amateur wrestler
Jacques Rossignol
1945 – 2001
association football player
Pauline Bourdon
b. 1995
rugby union player
Dominique Rocheteau
b. 1955
association football player
Alexis Martin
b. 1994
acrobatic gymnast
Jerome Btesh
b. 1968
sculptor
Thomas Monier
b. 1971
kayaker
Antoine Baroan
b. 2000
association football player
Julia Verlanger
1929 – 1985
science fiction writer
Vincent Terrier
b. 1968
athletics competitor
Franck Chambily
b. 1970
judoka
Frédéric Reiss
b. 1949
politician
Bernadette Brégeon
b. 1964
kayaker
Nicolas Arrossamena
b. 1990
ice hockey player
Jean-Baptiste Paulin Guérin
1783 – 1855
painter
André Gaudinot
b. 1947
athlete
Prince Charles-Philippe d'Orléans
b. 1973
Jean-Claude Lefort
1944 – 2024
politician
Emma Fourreau
b. 1999
politician
Jacques Chevallier
1911 – 1971
politician
Laurent de Chazelles
1724 – 1808
magistrate
René Simon
1885 – 1947
aircraft pilot
Jean-Pierre Batut
b. 1954
Catholic priest
Pierre Capdevielle
1906 – 1969
conductor
Gilles Lebreton
b. 1958
politician
Marion Rousse
b. 1991
sport cyclist
Franck Prazan
b. 1966
gallerist
Morgan Sportès
b. 1947
screenwriter
Daniel Gomez
b. 1979
association football player
Adolphe Choler
1822 – 1889
playwright
Horace Vernet
1789 – 1863
painter
Béatrice Piron
b. 1965
politician
Étienne Borne
1907 – 1993
journalist
Gil-Pérès
1822 – 1882
stage actor
Marie-Louise Ténèze
1922 – 2016
folklorist
Stéphane Galbert
b. 1975
bobsledder
Paul Duan
b. 1992
social entrepreneur
NTO
b. 1984
disc jockey
Benoît Buratti
b. 1997
freestyle skier
Martine Segalen
1940 – 2021
ethnologist