France
People of this nationality
John Mentha
1893 – 1974
French resistance fighter
Armand Bernard
1893 – 1968
actor
Marie Meurdrac
1610 – 1680
chemist
Xavier Gabaix
b. 1971
economist
Terence Tchiknavorian
b. 1992
freestyle skier
Paul Claudon
1919 – 2002
film producer
Jean Boutière
1898 – 1967
linguist
François Le Levé
1882 – 1945
boilermaker
Jean-Claude Courveille
1787 – 1866
Catholic priest
Benoît Jules Mure
1809 – 1858
naturalist
Bernard Malissen
b. 1953
immunologist
Gaël Aymon
b. 1973
writer
Pierre Woeiriot
1532 – 1599
sculptor
Christian Bujeau
1944 – 2026
actor
Louis Claude Noisette
1772 – 1849
botanist
Pierre Clément de Laussat
1756 – 1835
administrateur
Rémy Jacques
1817 – 1905
politician
Gaston Lane
1883 – 1914
rugby union player
Guy Hermier
1940 – 2001
politician
Megumi Satsu
1948 – 2010
singer
Laurent Durand
1712 – 1763
publisher
Marie-Germaine Bousser
b. 1943
neurologist
Jean-Baptiste Monge
b. 1971
painter
Rachel Eny
1868 – 1913
dancer
Ginie Van De Noort
b. 1979
presenter
Robert Dufour
1901 – 1933
association football player
Denis Jérome
b. 1939
physicist
Alizé Carrère
b. 1989
cultural anthropologist
Louis Leterrier
b. 1973
actor
Pierre Vésinier
1824 – 1909
journalist
Yann Soloy
b. 1970
association football player
François Gachet
b. 1965
sport cyclist
Jeanne Boitel
1904 – 1987
French resistance fighter
Brigitte Roüan
b. 1946
film director
Nicolas Boindin
1676 – 1751
playwright
Solène Ndama
b. 1998
hurdler
Jean-Michel Aguirre
b. 1951
rugby union player
Emile Rol
1920 – 2008
sport cyclist
Françoise Cordon
1656 – 1716
stage actor
Vincent Favretto
b. 1984
pole vaulter
David Guéron
1892 – 1950
stained-glass artist
Tristan Flore
b. 1995
table tennis player
Sophie d'Artois
1776 – 1783
Jean Garrabé
1931 – 2020
psychiatrist
Paul Augustin Jean Larrouy
1847 – 1906
diplomat
Pierre Joseph Chardigny
1794 – 1866
sculptor
Guillaume Dasquié
b. 1966
author
Ben Salime Boina
b. 1991
sport cyclist
Louis II of Melun, Duke of Joyeuse
1694 – 1724
Benjamin Lentaigne
1773 – 1813
physician
Matthieu Ugalde
b. 1992
rugby union player
Jean-Pierre Stirbois
1945 – 1988
politician
Nicolas Heurteloup
1750 – 1812
military physician
Stéphane Demilly
b. 1963
politician
Rigaud of Assier
1250 – 1323
Catholic priest
Roger Caillois
1913 – 1978
philosopher
Charlotte Savary
b. 1979
singer-songwriter
Guy Barruol
b. 1934
directeur de recherche
Virgile Piechocki
b. 1997
association football player
Dylan Durivaux
b. 2001
association football player
Sylvain Privé
b. 1970
figure skater
Adonis Kyrou
1923 – 1985
film critic
Frédérique Cantrel
b. 1946
actor
Simon Boypa
b. 1999
sprinter
Jean-Claude Simon
b. 1948
physicist
Robert Guédiguian
b. 1953
film director
Thierry Desjardins
b. 1941
journalist
Fabrice Hyber
b. 1961
visual artist
Marguerite Stern (born Fould)
1866 – 1956
painter
François Sabatier
1818 – 1891
art critic
François Recanati
b. 1952
philosopher
Max Charbit
1908 – 2001
association football player
Gaspard Laurent Bayle
1774 – 1816
physician
Louis Dumoulin
1860 – 1924
painter
Léon Palustre
1838 – 1894
archaeologist
Albert L'Ouvrier
1815 – 1895
politician
Pierre Cahuc
b. 1962
economist
Michel Moretti
b. 1989
association football player
Bureau de La Rivière
politician
Barthélemy-Christophe Fagan
1702 – 1755
playwright
Jean-Baptiste Debret
1768 – 1848
painter
Louis Noël
1839 – 1925
sculptor
Jean-Pierre Kucheida
b. 1943
politician
Bernard Castang
1944 – 1997
combined track and field event athlete
Étienne Vigée
1758 – 1820
playwright
Antoine Duhamel
1925 – 2014
composer
La Fouine
b. 1981
rapper
Marcel Duhamel
1900 – 1977
actor
Geneviève Raugel
1951 – 2019
mathematician
Marie-Thérèse d'Alverny
1903 – 1991
historian
Pierre-Louis Moline
1739 – 1820
poet
Madeleine de Grandmaison
b. 1938
politician
Félix Debax
1864 – 1914
fencer
Hubert Le Blon
1874 – 1910
engineer
Gérard Leclerc
1951 – 2023
journalist
Louis Aliot
b. 1969
politician
Jean-Louis Prieur
1759 – 1795
painter
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
b. 1985
tennis player
Marie-Christine Debourse
b. 1951
athletics competitor
Maxime Marotte
b. 1986
sport cyclist