France
People of this nationality
Cassien de Nantes
1607 – 1638
missionary
Pierre Duhem
1861 – 1916
philosopher
Jean Kovalevsky
1929 – 2018
astronomer
Jean-Luc Nancy
1940 – 2021
philosopher
Patrick Rambaud
b. 1946
journalist
Marie-Noëlle Thémereau
b. 1950
politician
Jean-Pierre Hansen
b. 1942
chemist
Camille Dussarthou
1907 – 1965
politician
Alexandre Benalla
b. 1991
business executive
Léopold Louis-Dreyfus
1833 – 1915
diplomat
Marius Vazeilles
1881 – 1973
anthropologist
Michel Fournier
b. 1944
paratrooper
Jean Seitlinger
1924 – 2018
politician
Charles Boileau
1648 – 1704
Catholic priest
Maurice Dalé
b. 1985
association football player
Serge Fauchereau
b. 1939
art critic
Sébastien Grégori
b. 1981
association football player
Patrick Ascione
1953 – 2014
composer
Pierre Fouquier
1776 – 1850
physician
Alexis Chalbos
1736 – 1803
military personnel
François Charpentier
1620 – 1702
anthropologist
Édouard Deldevez
1817 – 1897
conductor
Uriel Frisch
b. 1940
mathematician
Frédéric Protat
b. 1966
motorcycle racer
Florian Bouquet
b. 1977
politician
Marie Le Vern
b. 1983
politician
Toki Pilioko
b. 1995
rugby union player
Rosalie Duthé
1748 – 1830
dancer
Selim Benachour
b. 1981
association football player
Arnoldo Rèche
1838 – 1890
teacher
Henri Sannier
b. 1947
presenter
Maurice Clerc
b. 1946
organist
Auguste Bérard
1802 – 1846
physician
Antoine Marini
theologian
Claire Voisin
b. 1962
mathematician
Paul Camille von Denis
1796 – 1872
engineer
Albert Calmette
1863 – 1933
physician
Henri Filhol
1843 – 1902
botanist
Jeanne Julie Éléonore de Lespinasse
1732 – 1776
salonnière
Louis Cousin
1627 – 1707
economist
Christian Potel
b. 1973
association football player
Charles Jean Baptiste Collin-Mezin
1841 – 1923
luthier
Élisabeth de Maistre
b. 1975
politician
Sarah Iliev
b. 2006
tennis player
Gabriel Jars
1732 – 1769
explorer
Roger Martine
1930 – 2005
rugby union player
Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban
1633 – 1707
architect
Joseph Alfred Lamy
1850 – 1919
luthier
Pierre Souquet
b. 1994
ice dancer
Marthe Gautier
1925 – 2022
pediatrician
Simon-Charles Miger
1736 – 1820
printmaker
Jean-Félix Adolphe Gambart
1800 – 1836
astronomer
Kléber Argouarc'h
1896 – 1946
athletics competitor
Julian Rullier
b. 1990
association football player
Maryse Bastié
1898 – 1952
aircraft pilot
Charles Louis François de Paule de Barentin
1738 – 1819
politician
Mariano Alperin
b. 1965
aerodynamicist
René Clergé
athlete
Pierre de Hérain
1904 – 1972
film director
Thomas Renault
b. 1984
association football player
Carron du Villards
1800 – 1860
ophthalmologist
Georges Serullas
1774 – 1832
pharmacist
Abel Clarin de La Rive
1855 – 1914
journalist
Gaston Méry
1844 – 1896
explorer
Hortense Mancini
1646 – 1699
writer
Philippe Djian
b. 1949
novelist
Raymond Lesage
1917 – 2006
athletics competitor
Roger Béteille
1921 – 2019
military flight engineer
Henri Bernard
1899 – 1986
magistrate
Eugène Protot
1839 – 1921
politician
Sébastien Amiez
b. 1972
alpine skier
Georges Cloarec
1923 – 1944
resistance fighter
John Phillips
1914 – 1996
photographer
Bruno Lebrun
b. 1956
weightlifter
Georges Picot
1838 – 1909
jurist
Maxime Machenaud
b. 1988
rugby union player
Louis de Guiringaud
1911 – 1982
diplomat
Moussa Sao
b. 1989
association football player
Vincent Munier
b. 1976
wildlife photographer
Arnold Lucien Montandon
1852 – 1922
entomologist
Edwige Antier
b. 1942
politician
Jean-Baptiste Rey
1734 – 1810
conductor
Olivier Sorlin
b. 1979
association football player
Gustave Flourens
1838 – 1871
journalist
Francis Bouillet
1901 – 1951
sport cyclist
René Bary
1650 – 1680
historiographer
Madeleine Cavalier
b. 1928
researcher
Godfrey of St Victor
1125 – 1194
philosopher
Zacharias Chrysopolitanus
writer
Rama Cont
b. 1972
mathematician
Odile Arboles-Souchon
b. 1975
competitive diver
Jérôme Naulais
b. 1951
conductor
Francis Guerrier
1896 – 1969
flying ace
Sylvio Ouassiero
b. 1994
association football player
Michel Corneille the Younger
1642 – 1708
painter
Féréol Bonnemaison
1766 – 1826
painter
François Santoni
1960 – 2001
politician
Bertrand Lavier
b. 1949
architect
David Romo
b. 1978
association football player
Jocelyne François
b. 1933
novelist