France
People of this nationality
Nicolas Jean-Baptiste Gaston Guibourt
1790 – 1867
pharmacist
Laurent Sénéchal
b. 1978
film editor
Jean-Chrysostôme Bruneteau de Sainte-Suzanne
1773 – 1830
military officer
Roger Apéry
1916 – 1994
mathematician
Louis Jérôme Reiche
1799 – 1890
entomologist
Christian Laurissergues
1939 – 2026
politician
Jean-Rodolphe Perronet
1708 – 1794
architect
Camille Vallin
1918 – 2009
politician
Olivier Dussopt
b. 1978
politician
Jean-Jacques Boisson
b. 1956
equestrian
Armand Dutertre
1854 – 1932
actor
Pierre Surirey de Saint-Remy
1644 – 1716
military personnel
Liliane Marchais
1935 – 2020
political activist
Léa Lublin
1929 – 1999
performance artist
Jean Cristofol
1901 – 1957
politician
Christian Prouteau
b. 1944
military officer
Philip of France, Archdeacon of Paris
priest
Alexandre Deschapelles
1780 – 1847
chess player
Henri de Saint-Nectaire
1667 – 1746
diplomat
Françoise de Salvador
b. 1952
politician
André Charlot
1882 – 1956
actor
Thomas Portes
b. 1985
politician
Louis, Duke of Brittany
1704 – 1705
aristocrat
Johan Gallon
b. 1978
association football player
Manelle Inaho
b. 2003
rhythmic gymnast
François-Désiré Mathieu
1839 – 1908
Catholic priest
Jean-Michel Damase
1928 – 2013
composer
Alma Jodorowsky
b. 1991
model
Simone Yoyotte
1910 – 1933
writer
Stefano Caille
b. 2000
association football player
Bernard Picinbono
b. 1933
physicist
Alexandre Rachmiel
1835 – 1918
painter
Jacques Manuel
1897 – 1968
costume designer
Déwé Gorodey
1949 – 2022
women's rights activist
François Connan
1508 – 1551
philosopher
Christine Arrighi
b. 1959
politician
Mohed Altrad
b. 1948
businessperson
Abbo of Fleury
945 – 1004
mathematician
Antoine Nicolas Collier
1745 – 1793
military personnel
Mireille Hartuch
1906 – 1996
actor
Patrice Goueslard
b. 1965
racing automobile driver
Bernard Fournier
b. 1946
politician
Brandon Soppy
b. 2002
association football player
Augustus Desiré Waller
1856 – 1922
physiologist
Marie-Claude Gaudel
b. 1946
mathematician
Denis Retaillé
b. 1953
geographer
Alain Ferté
b. 1955
racing automobile driver
Pierre Cressoy
1924 – 1980
film actor
Valérie Jouve
b. 1964
photographer
Lucien Leduc
1918 – 2004
association football player
Marcel Courmes
1885 – 1950
military officer
Claude Bénard
1926 – 2025
athletics competitor
Nolann Mahoudo
b. 2002
sport cyclist
Patrice Loko
b. 1970
association football player
Raoul Blanchard
1877 – 1965
geographer
William Gaillard
sports executive
Jean Nayrou
1914 – 1983
politician
Marc-Édouard Nabe
b. 1958
diarist
Raymond Schwartz
1894 – 1973
poet
Mathieu Griffi
b. 1983
rugby league player
Charles Julien Fanneau de Lahorie
1758 – 1822
navigator
Stéphanie Spielmann
association football player
Bruce Benamran
b. 1977
YouTuber
Blandine Pont
b. 1998
judoka
Henri Gabriel Ibels
1867 – 1936
poster artist
Théophile Deyrolle
1844 – 1923
painter
Diane Adélaïde de Mailly
1713 – 1760
lady-in-waiting
Constance, duchess of Brittany
1161 – 1201
feudatory
Guy de Lubersac
1878 – 1932
politician
Stéphane Blet
1969 – 2022
pianist
Maxime Minot
b. 1987
politician
Marcel Delhommeau
1913 – 1993
rugby union player
Richard Anthony
1938 – 2015
singer
Henri Jules Jean Geoffroy
1853 – 1924
painter
Pierre-Hector Coullié
1829 – 1912
Catholic priest
Joseph Daussoigne-Méhul
1790 – 1875
composer
Chantal Thomas
b. 1945
writer
Elias II, Count of Maine
1115 – 1151
aristocrat
Louis Albert Guislain Bacler d'Albe
1761 – 1824
painter
Louis-Théodore Devilly
1818 – 1886
painter
Perturbator
b. 1993
composer
Jean-Claude Osman
b. 1947
association football player
Alain Michel
b. 1948
association football player
Louis Camille Maillard
1878 – 1936
chemist
Paula Delsol
1923 – 2015
film director
François Potez
1955 – 2026
Catholic priest
Pierre de Savoie
1250 – 1332
Arthur Engel
1855 – 1920
archaeologist
Pierre-Marie Hilaire
b. 1965
athletics competitor
André Devambez
1867 – 1944
painter
Constance de Pélichy
b. 1986
politician
Henri Rancoule
1933 – 2021
rugby union player
Dominique-Augustin Dufêtre
1796 – 1860
Catholic priest
Anne-Marie Payet
b. 1949
politician
Alfred Smith
1854 – 1936
painter
Emmanuel de Margerie
1862 – 1953
geologist
Germain Louis Chauvelin
1685 – 1762
politician
Yves Pouliquen
1931 – 2020
ophthalmologist
Catherine Pégard
b. 1954
journalist
Georges Lienhart
1886 – 1952
flying ace