France
People of this nationality
Christophe Carayon
b. 1966
Paralympic athlete
Jacques Bourdin
1510 – 1567
diplomat
Marc Kamoun
b. 1937
swimmer
Albert Valsien
1882 – 1955
conductor
Laurent Cunin-Gridaine
1778 – 1859
politician
Emmanuelle Rol
b. 1986
athlete
Francis Garnier
1839 – 1873
explorer
Renée Gilly
1906 – 1977
opera singer
Paul Delair
1842 – 1894
playwright
Gilles Quénéhervé
b. 1966
athlete
Moussa Badiane
b. 1981
basketball player
Ernest Boulanger
1815 – 1900
composer
Benjamin Runser
b. 1991
association football player
André Brulé
1879 – 1953
actor
Catherine Jarrige
b. 1942
archaeologist
Prosper Dérivis
1808 – 1880
opera singer
Ludovic Haye
b. 1975
politician
Anaïs Caradeux
b. 1990
freestyle skier
Pierre Poulingue
1933 – 2017
sport cyclist
Cathy Racon-Bouzon
b. 1976
politician
Lucie Granier
b. 1999
handball player
Charles Louis de Frédy, Baron de Coubertin
1822 – 1908
painter
Jean Freslon
b. 1946
rower
Isabelle Lafaye Marziou
b. 1963
table tennis player
Élie Chouraqui
b. 1950
film director
Claudine Cassereau
1953 – 2020
beauty pageant contestant
Théo Cremnitz
1889 – 1980
rower
Jean Théodore Latour
1766 – 1845
pianist
Frédéric Nimani
b. 1988
association football player
Iliana Rupert
b. 2001
basketball player
Françoise Imbert
1947 – 2026
politician
Simon Dia
b. 1992
association football player
Émile Prisse d'Avennes
1807 – 1879
Egyptologist
Charles Fortin
1815 – 1865
painter
Louis André Lagrange
1804 – 1861
Théophile Delcassé
1852 – 1923
politician
Frédéric Roux
b. 1973
association football player
Léon-Ernest Drivier
1878 – 1951
illustrator
Joseph Dominique Aldebert de Chambrun
1821 – 1899
politician
Pierre Pascal
1909 – 1990
poet
Maïana Prat
b. 2010
artistic gymnast
Patrick Barré
b. 1959
athletics competitor
Nicolas de Angelis
b. 1949
musician
Bettina Cointre
politician
Jean-Victor Poncelet
1788 – 1867
mathematician
Lolassonn Djouhan
b. 1991
athletics competitor
Rémi Cabral
b. 1999
association football player
Louis Delapchier
1878 – 1959
scientific illustrator
Marie-Joseph Charles des Acres de l'Aigle
1875 – 1935
politician
Philippe Solari
1840 – 1906
sculptor
André-Louis Debierne
1874 – 1949
chemist
Pierre Vigne
1885 – 1960
trade unionist
Rayane Bensetti
b. 1993
actor
Pierre-Michel Alix
1762 – 1817
printmaker
Lilian Hébert
b. 1971
rugby league player
William IV, Count of Toulouse
1045 – 1094
aristocrat
Ange N'Guessan
b. 2003
association football player
Viviane Artigalas
b. 1956
politician
Bernard Alane
b. 1948
dub actor
Jacques Lacombe
1724 – 1811
writer
Paul Ferdonnet
1901 – 1945
journalist
Vincent Candela
b. 1973
association football player
Koffi Fiawoo
b. 1969
association football player
Jean-Joseph Mouret
1682 – 1738
conductor
Carmen Bernos de Gasztold
1919 – 1995
poet
Célestin Joseph Félix
1810 – 1891
Catholic priest
Jean Girault
1924 – 1982
film director
François Walker
1888 – 1951
artistic gymnast
Théodore Fix
1800 – 1846
economist
Christian Bernard
1950 – 2026
exhibition curator
Agathe Turgis
b. 1892
fencer
Madeleine Sologne
1912 – 1995
film actor
Antoine Verglas
b. 1962
photographer
Eugène Mestépès
1820 – 1875
librettist
Quinault-Dufresne
1693 – 1767
stage actor
Arnaud Valois
b. 1984
actor
Claire Feuerstein
b. 1986
tennis player
Pierre Rolland
1772 – 1848
military officer
Germain Bapst
1853 – 1921
art collector
Jacques Nicolaou
1930 – 2022
comics artist
Jean Picard
bookseller
Amita Manatunga
statistician
Martine Carol
1920 – 1967
film actor
Pierre Frondaie
1884 – 1948
poet
Damien Inglis
b. 1995
basketball player
Max Westphal
b. 2003
tennis player
Janine Bazin
1923 – 2003
film producer
Antoine Laurent Apollinaire Fée
1789 – 1874
botanist
Anne-Marie Rivier
1768 – 1838
religious
Gérard de Lally-Tollendal
1751 – 1830
politician
Monsieur Pointu
1922 – 2006
violinist
Patrick Poivre d'Arvor
b. 1947
journalist
Alexandre Lacassagne
1843 – 1924
physician
Céline Thiébault-Martinez
b. 1974
corporate administrative and commercial executive
Cheikh Raymond
1912 – 1961
singer
Samuel Atrous
b. 1990
association football player
Yves Triantafyllos
b. 1948
association football player
Ernest Eugène Altès
1830 – 1899
conductor
Étienne Pierre Ventenat
1757 – 1808
botanist
Guilhem de l'Olivier
troubadour