France
People of this nationality
Thierry Lentz
b. 1959
historian
Brigitte Gros
1925 – 1985
politician
François Dumont
1751 – 1831
painter
Romain Haguenauer
b. 1976
figure skating choreographer
Jules Lagneau
1851 – 1894
philosopher
Adelelmus of Burgos
1035 – 1097
religious
François Rinaldi
1924 – 2002
rugby league player
Michel de Rosen
b. 1951
businessperson
Monique Kirsanoff
1913 – 2008
film editor
Frédéric Gabriel
b. 1970
sport cyclist
Georges Guillon
b. 1901
athletics competitor
Alphonse Liébert
1826 – 1913
photographer
François-Marie Picoté de Belestre
1716 – 1793
politician
Hsissen
1929 – 1959
singer
Alexandre Frédéric Jacques de Masson Pezay
1741 – 1777
homme de lettres
Antony Mars
1860 – 1915
playwright
Pierre-Charles Jombert
1748 – 1825
painter
Bernard Pierre
1920 – 1997
mountaineer
Christiane Rochefort
1917 – 1998
writer
Marie-Dominique-Auguste Sibour
1792 – 1857
politician
Lazare Isidor
1813 – 1888
rabbi
Jeanne Louault
1911 – 2011
farmer
Lillie Grandval
1904 – 2000
opera singer
Henry I of Lorraine, duke of Guise
1550 – 1588
politician
Mardochée Venture
1730 – 1789
rabbi
Jean-Baptiste François Desoria
1758 – 1832
painter
Auguste Vestris
1760 – 1842
ballet dancer
Nicolas Barat
1650 – 1706
orientalist
Claude Birraux
b. 1946
politician
Abdelkader Bouhenia
b. 1986
boxer
Bernard Ballet
1941 – 2022
actor
Julie Sabatié
b. 1994
amateur wrestler
Eugène Bouchut
1818 – 1891
physician
Roger Tréville
1902 – 2005
dub actor
Cédric Durand
b. 1975
economist
Jean-Philippe Gatien
b. 1968
table tennis player
Pierre Gourou
1900 – 1999
geographer
André Popp
1924 – 2014
composer
David Ferriol
b. 1979
rugby league player
Laurent Botokeky
1919 – 1987
politician
Henri de Gaulle
1848 – 1932
lawyer
Jean Leppien
1910 – 1991
painter
Pierre Herbart
1903 – 1974
journalist
Gaston Julia
1893 – 1978
mathematician
Alexandre Bonnot
b. 1973
association football player
André Michaux
1746 – 1802
explorer
Mady Berry
1887 – 1965
actor
Riadh Tarsim
b. 1973
sport cyclist
Georges Michel
1946 – 2022
rugby union player
Henri Padé
1863 – 1953
mathematician
Hélène Bellosta
1940 – 2011
historian of mathematics
Robert Boulin
1920 – 1979
politician
Christian Ferras
1933 – 1982
violinist
Magdalena of Valois
1443 – 1495
politician
Zabeau Bellanton
b. 1751
businessperson
Maxime Biamou
b. 1990
association football player
Imrân Louza
b. 1999
association football player
Eugène Pollet
1886 – 1967
artistic gymnast
Anne Louis Henri de La Fare
1752 – 1829
politician
Victor Cordonnier
1858 – 1936
military officer
François Dagognet
1924 – 2015
philosopher
Esprit-Joseph Chaudon
1738 – 1800
writer
Tamatoa Wagemann
b. 1980
association football player
Christine Minier
b. 1964
singer
Suzanne Grandais
1893 – 1920
actor
Eugène Manuel
1823 – 1901
poet
Micheline Attoun
1936 – 2024
theatre manager
Auguste-Adolphe Bertsch
1813 – 1871
photographer
Robert Wallon
1886 – 1936
military officer
Françoise Dolto
1908 – 1988
physician
Jacques Aupick
1789 – 1857
politician
Jean-Nicolas Céré
1738 – 1810
horticulturist
Jean-Pierre Ohl
b. 1959
writer
Émile Trélat
1821 – 1907
architect
Lia Félix
1830 – 1908
actor
Pierre de Gaillande
singer
Joseph Séguy
1689 – 1761
translator
Giovanni Maria Francesco Rondani
1490 – 1550
painter
Erich Spitz
b. 1931
engineer
Aladji Bamba
b. 2006
association football player
Claude Dubar
1945 – 2015
sociologist
Céline Couderc
b. 1983
swimmer
Jean-Louis-François Collinet
1798 – 1865
cook
Albert Mayaud
1899 – 1987
swimmer
Gabrielle Alphen-Salvador
1856 – 1920
philanthropist
Jean-Marie Querville
1903 – 1967
soldier
Nicolas La Grange
1707 – 1767
linguist
Maxime Nocher
b. 1994
kitesurfer
Adrien Karbowsky
1855 – 1945
painter
Pierre Gruneberg
1931 – 2023
swimming instructor
Georges Le Rider
1928 – 2014
librarian
Emmanuelle Swiercz
b. 1978
pianist
Dora Tchakounté
b. 1995
weightlifter
Miquel de Castillon
troubadour
Johann Vexo
b. 1978
organist
Laurie Cholewa
b. 1980
television presenter
Fethi Benslama
b. 1951
psychoanalyst
Johanne Gomis
b. 1985
basketball player
Yadaly Diaby
b. 2000
association football player
Astrid Panosyan
b. 1971
business executive