France
People of this nationality
Madame Anatole
1793 – 1858
choreographer
Candyce Chafa
b. 2006
athlete
Eugène Collache
1847 – 1883
naval officer
Élisabeth Ferrand
1700 – 1752
salonnière
Samuel de Missy
1755 – 1820
ship-owner
Amir
b. 1984
singer-songwriter
Pierre Houseaux
b. 1960
triathlete
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
b. 1989
association football player
Christophe Bouchet
b. 1962
businessperson
Suzanne Muzanne
1876 – 1926
sculptor
Emmeline Raymond
1828 – 1902
editor
Olivier Métra
1830 – 1889
conductor
Céline Garcia
b. 1976
rower
Lucienne Abraham
1916 – 1970
politician
André Betta
b. 1944
association football player
Simone Schwarz-Bart
b. 1938
writer
Joseph-Jacques Ramée
1764 – 1842
architect
Timothey N'Guessan
b. 1992
handball player
Jean du Tillet
1500 – 1570
prelate
Jean Risbec
1895 – 1964
zoologist
Iyad Mohamed
b. 2001
association football player
Arman
1928 – 2005
painter
Lucas Daury
b. 1995
association football player
Leos Carax
b. 1960
screenwriter
Jacques Rousseau
1925 – 2009
canoeist
Ouidad Elma
b. 1992
actor
Christian Collardot
1933 – 2011
long jumper
Georges Carrier
1910 – 1993
basketball player
Delphine Oggeri
b. 1973
ski mountaineer
Megan Northam
b. 1995
actor
Ouriel Zohar
b. 1952
writer
Yvonne Hébert
1902 – 1990
actor
Catherine Cadière
1709 – 1800
Guillaume Fillastre
1348 – 1428
geographer
Édouard Max-Robert
1905 – 1996
athletics competitor
Valentin Gendrey
b. 2000
association football player
Nordahl Lelandais
b. 1983
soldier
Bernard Miège
b. 1941
research fellow
Walter Lapeyre
b. 1976
sport shooter
Marcel Conche
1922 – 2022
philosopher
Louis Moréri
1643 – 1680
encyclopedist
Bénédicte Cronier
b. 1961
bridge player
Richard Peduzzi
b. 1943
scenographer
Jean-Louis d'Anglebermes
b. 1953
politician
Étienne Vatelot
1925 – 2013
luthier
Brice Gertoux
1744 – 1812
politician
Pauline de Lézardière
1754 – 1835
historian
DJ Flex
b. 1976
disc jockey
Madeleine Brès
1842 – 1921
physician
Ivan Jablonka
b. 1973
historian
Benedict Chastanier
b. 1739
surgeon
Franck Azéma
b. 1971
rugby league player
Brigitte Friang
1924 – 2011
journalist
Christophe Cocard
b. 1967
association football player
Amatus of Bordeaux
writer
Albin Lermusiaux
1874 – 1940
marathon runner
Philippe Sternis
b. 1952
comics artist
Roger Chupin
1921 – 2002
sport cyclist
Laurent Cathala
b. 1945
politician
Marie-Éléonore Godefroid
1778 – 1849
painter
Grégory Lescot
b. 1989
association football player
Arlette Elkaïm-Sartre
1935 – 2016
translator
Maurice Duhamel
1884 – 1940
composer
Catherine Lemorton
b. 1961
politician
Jules Brésil
1818 – 1899
librettist
Jean-Antoine Leclerc
1752 – 1820
military officer
Michel de Roy
1948 – 2021
novelist
François-Vincent Raspail
1794 – 1878
chemist
Catherine Guillouard
b. 1965
businessperson
Jean-Pierre Courcol
b. 1944
tennis player
Louis Le Brun
b. 2002
rugby union player
Victor Guérin
1821 – 1891
historian
Waleran II of Luxembourg, Lord of Ligny
1201 – 1354
ruler
Henri François Marie Charpentier
1769 – 1831
military personnel
Louis Jean Nicolas Abbé
1764 – 1834
military officer
Charles François de Mondion
1681 – 1733
architect
Ioan Doré Landau
b. 1938
researcher
Albert Polge
1909 – 1944
association football player
Alain Poher
1909 – 1996
politician
Odo Arpin of Bourges
1100 – 1109
Catholic priest
Jérôme Correas
b. 1966
conductor
Vincent Gérard
b. 1986
handball player
Bertrand Badré
b. 1968
banker
Charles Thaon
1910 – 2000
Olympic competitor
Yvon Le Maho
b. 1947
physiologist
Mahaut of Châtillon
1293 – 1358
Marcel Déat
1894 – 1955
politician
Camille Lecointre
b. 1985
sailor
Florence de Changy
b. 1966
journalist
Claude Fichaux
b. 1969
association football player
Maurice Terreau
1923 – 2000
rugby union player
Stwo
b. 1992
record producer
Nelly Cormon
1877 – 1942
actor
Olivier Mutis
b. 1978
tennis player
Jean-François Fieuzal
1716 – 1769
stage actor
Adolphe Le Prince
1872 – 1901
film actor
Raymond Gurême
1925 – 2020
writer
Christophe Faudot
b. 1968
sport cyclist
Ida Adamoff
1910 – 1993
tennis player
Françoise Lucas
b. 1939
athlete