France
People of this nationality
Joseph Bossert
1851 – 1906
astronomer
Victor Lovera
b. 2000
cross-country skier
Raoul de Pugno
1852 – 1914
composer
Pierre Blondeau
engineer
Magali Amadei
b. 1974
model
Jules-Clément Chaplain
1839 – 1909
sculptor
Nicole Denise
b. 1949
athletics competitor
Edmond Mouche
1899 – 1989
racing automobile driver
François Caron
1600 – 1673
explorer
Paul de la Gironière
1797 – 1862
explorer
Claude d'Urfé
1501 – 1558
aristocrat
Vanessa Proux
b. 1974
biologist
Noui Laïfa
b. 1986
association football player
Sainte Suzanne Melvil-Bloncourt
1823 – 1880
politician
Claude Aubery
1501 – 1596
physician
Marie-Pauline-Christine Alziari de Roquefort
1747 – 1830
stage actor
Louis Marie de la Haye, Vicomte de Cormenin
1788 – 1868
politician
Romain Gavras
b. 1981
actor
Simonne Jacquemard
1924 – 2009
writer
Fernand Gentin
1876 – 1946
politician
Emmanuel Krivine
b. 1947
conductor
Thierry Malet
b. 1964
composer
Élie Metchnikoff
1845 – 1916
biologist
Jean Collas
1874 – 1928
rugby union player
Paul Vidal
1863 – 1931
conductor
Maurice Vinot
1888 – 1916
actor
Jean Hémard
1894 – 1933
film director
Germaine Golding
1887 – 1973
tennis player
Philippe Fourastié
1940 – 1982
film director
Rachid Mekhloufi
1936 – 2024
association football player
Abraham Saugrain
1567 – 1622
book printer
Jean Despres
1903 – 1988
Jean Patou
1887 – 1936
grand couturier
Gregory XI
1329 – 1378
Catholic priest
Saël Kumbedi
b. 2005
association football player
Auguste Perret
1874 – 1954
architect
François-Barthélemy de Salignac de La Mothe-Fénelon
1691 – 1741
Catholic priest
Thomas Vauvy
b. 1985
association football player
Louis Léonard Antoine de Colli-Ricci
1760 – 1806
soldier
Édouard Glissant
1928 – 2011
writer
Thomas Bloch
b. 1962
composer
Stéphanie Mugneret-Béghé
b. 1974
association football player
Anne-Sophie Bittighoffer
b. 1977
tennis player
Nathalie Palanque-Delabrouille
b. 1970
cosmologist
Émile Deplanche
1824 – 1875
naturalist
Corinne Cléry
b. 1950
actor
Jonathan Zydko
b. 1984
association football player
James S. Kahane
b. 1995
conductor
Micheline Jacques
b. 1971
politician
Jacques Noyer
1927 – 2020
Catholic priest
Delphine Claudel
b. 1996
cross-country skier
Jean de Montpezat de Carbon
1605 – 1685
Catholic priest
Blanche-Joséphine Le Bascle d'Argenteuil
1787 – 1851
salonnière
Louis-Alphonse de Ricaudy
1789 – 1856
naval officer
Siro Bianchi
1924 – 1992
sport cyclist
Jean-Jacques Grand-Jouan
1949 – 2020
actor
Lionnel Luca
b. 1954
politician
Joanni Maurice Perronnet
1877 – 1950
theatre administrator
Jacques Vernier
1923 – 2015
long-distance runner
Michel Vaxès
1940 – 2016
politician
Sébastien, Duke of Penthièvre
1530 – 1569
military officer
Olivier Auber
b. 1960
philosopher
Gérard Detourbet
1946 – 2019
automotive engineer
Rafaël Savin
b. 2000
fencer
Noëlle Lenoir
b. 1948
politician
Albert Rust
b. 1953
association football player
Caroline Pizzala
b. 1987
association football player
Adrien Douady
1935 – 2006
mathematician
Hégésippe Ibéné
1914 – 1989
politician
Lassana Touré
b. 1980
basketball player
Sara Martins
b. 1977
actor
Pierre François Olive Rayer
1793 – 1867
dermatologist
Anne Fulda
b. 1963
journalist
Michel Wachenheim
b. 1951
military flight engineer
Francisque Arban
1815 – 1849
balloonist
Fabrisio Saidy
b. 1999
athletics competitor
Maurice Bouilloux-Lafont
1875 – 1937
politician
Marie Melchior Joseph Théodose de Lagrené
1800 – 1862
politician
Thomas Chirault
b. 1997
archer
Thierry Humeau
b. 1961
canoeist
Marie Poissonnier
b. 1979
pole vaulter
Romain Basque
b. 1995
association football player
Jean-Pierre Amat
b. 1962
sport shooter
Léo Chauliac
1913 – 1977
composer
Grégory Meilhac
b. 1971
association football player
Joseph Arame
b. 1948
sprinter
Eliesse Ben Seghir
b. 2005
association football player
Anne Hidalgo
b. 1959
politician
Dominique Noguez
1942 – 2019
writer
Michel Kelber
1908 – 1996
cinematographer
Sandrine Hurel
b. 1968
politician
Élie Berthet
1815 – 1891
writer
Pierre-Augustin Hulin
1758 – 1841
military officer
Émile Topsent
1862 – 1951
curator
Tony Sbalbi
b. 1969
biathlete
Jean Alazard
1887 – 1960
art historian
Renauld I, Count of Nevers
1000 – 1040
aristocrat
Frédéric Maillot
b. 1986
politician
Henri-Louis Duhamel du Monceau
1700 – 1782
botanist
Sophie Barjac
b. 1957
stage actor