France
People of this nationality
Sylvia Bassot
1940 – 2014
politician
Marco Diener
1913 – 1965
water polo player
Carine Roitfeld
b. 1954
editor-in-chief
Armand Save
1931 – 2016
rugby league player
Jean-François Caujolle
b. 1953
tennis player
François-Marie Picaud
1878 – 1960
Catholic priest
André Weinfeld
1947 – 2024
journalist
Charles de Meixmoron de Dombasle
1839 – 1912
painter
Françoise Adnet
1924 – 2014
painter
Jacques Legrand
b. 1946
anthropologist
Charles Dullin
1885 – 1949
film actor
William Mesguich
b. 1972
actor
Amandine Miquel
b. 1984
association football coach
Eugène Bayon
1899 – 1941
athletics competitor
Georges Bataille
1897 – 1962
librarian
Danièle Djamila Amrane-Minne
1939 – 2017
historian
Marguerite Wilson
1836 – 1902
Jean Achache
b. 1952
film director
Michel Fardeau
1929 – 2024
physician
Michel Clarque
b. 1950
association football player
Yvette Courault
b. 1951
sport shooter
Jean-Jacques Schuhl
b. 1941
writer
Marie Sabouret
1924 – 1960
film actor
David Chalmin
b. 1980
record producer
Louis Soullier
1813 – 1886
circus performer
Mathilde Froustey
b. 1985
choreographer
Yeardley Smith
b. 1964
actor
Pierre Paul Royer-Collard
1763 – 1845
politician
Sylvain Burstein
b. 1932
chess player
André Bénard
1922 – 2016
engineer
Bernard Ramanantsoa
b. 1948
economist
Annick Petrus
b. 1961
politician
François Joseph des Camus
1672 – 1732
engineer
Patrick Cordier
1946 – 1996
researcher
Jean-François Adam
1938 – 1980
film actor
Etienne Bastier
b. 2004
short-track speed skater
Gaston Deschamps
1861 – 1931
politician
Alphonse de Cailleux
1788 – 1876
painter
Marie Caroline Miolan-Carvalho
1827 – 1895
opera singer
Leila Sebbar
b. 1941
writer
Alain Fousseret
1956 – 2022
politician
Marion Montaigne
b. 1980
comics artist
Varian Pasquet
b. 1999
rugby sevens player
René Vincent
1879 – 1936
poster artist
Philippe-Joseph Salazar
b. 1955
philosopher
Joseph Alexandre Pierre de Ségur, Viscount of Ségur
1756 – 1805
chansonnier
Jean Reno
b. 1948
actor
Adrienne de Noailles, Mademoiselle d'Ayen
1759 – 1807
aristocrat
François Villiers
1920 – 2009
actor
Jean-Luc Pérat
b. 1950
politician
Louise Geneviève de La Hye
1807 – 1838
composer
Patricia Demartini
b. 1950
speed skater
Gabriella Papadakis
b. 1995
ice dancer
Alexandre Vauthier
b. 1971
grand couturier
Alexis Tendil
1896 – 2005
electrician
Charles Millot
1921 – 2003
actor
François Deluga
b. 1956
politician
Axel Médéric
b. 1970
figure skater
Adolphe d'Houdetot
1799 – 1869
writer
Olivier Corpet
1949 – 2020
archivist
Nacera Belaza
b. 1969
choreographer
Edith Clark
1904 – 1937
skydiver
Marius Mora
1921 – 2006
athlete
Hedwige Chrétien
1859 – 1944
composer
Pierre Brûlart, marquis de Sillery
1583 – 1640
diplomat
Margaret of France, Duchess of Berry
1523 – 1574
aristocrat
Maxime Pattier
b. 1996
association football player
Innocent Boutry
1634 – 1690
composer
Élisabeth Charlotte of Orléans
1676 – 1744
aristocrat
Gregory of Tours
538 – 594
hagiographer
Henry Céard
1851 – 1924
writer
Władysław Bakałowicz
1831 – 1904
painter
Daniel Sorano
1920 – 1962
film actor
René Tartara
1881 – 1922
water polo player
Émile Fréteur
1879 – 1953
gymnast
Christian Guiffroy
b. 1941
artistic gymnast
Sylviane Telliez
b. 1942
sprinter
Maximilien Chastanet
b. 1996
fencer
Tony Hurel
b. 1987
sport cyclist
Robert Poulot
b. 1941
sport cyclist
Henri Michel-Lévy
1844 – 1914
painter
Nicolas Aubriot
b. 1984
association football player
Raoul Rémy
1919 – 2002
sport cyclist
Mathis Saka
b. 2006
association football player
Jean-Michel Voge
b. 1949
photographer
Guillaume du Tillot
1711 – 1774
politician
Daniel Haber
oncologist
Grégoire de Fournas
b. 1985
politician
Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne
b. 1977
politician
Paul Leroy
1884 – 1949
archer
Hyacinthe
1814 – 1887
stage actor
Adam Boujamaa
b. 1998
association football player
François-Isidore Darquier
1770 – 1812
military personnel
Eugène Manchiska
table tennis player
Emmanuel Finkiel
b. 1961
film director
Renaud de Beaujeu
1150 – 1250
poet
Odilon Redon
1840 – 1916
painter
Jean-Honoré Fragonard
1732 – 1806
painter
Armande Cassive
1867 – 1940
stage actor
Annaëlle Deshayes
b. 1996
rugby union player