France
People of this nationality
Jean-Noël Grinda
b. 1936
tennis player
Christophe Chevrier
b. 1963
coxswain
Michel Lelong
1925 – 2020
Catholic priest
Peter Dmytruk
1920 – 1943
military personnel
Jacques Lucas
b. 1937
chemist
Maxime Decomble
b. 2005
sport cyclist
Sophie Divry
b. 1979
writer
Hervé Madore
b. 1953
canoeist
Pierre Louis Prieur
1756 – 1827
politician
Jean-Pierre Schoebel
b. 1949
athletics competitor
Matthieu Sprick
b. 1981
sport cyclist
Loris Arnaud
b. 1987
association football player
Nicole Bacharan
b. 1955
historian
Jean-Marc de La Sablière
b. 1946
diplomat
Michel Zunino
1889 – 1958
politician
Alfred Le Roux
1815 – 1880
politician
Thierry Alajarin
b. 1967
association football player
Louis Alexandre, Count of Toulouse
1678 – 1737
military officer
Jean Puy
1876 – 1960
painter
Bon-Adrien Jeannot de Moncey
1754 – 1842
politician
Josué Homawoo
b. 1997
association football player
Edmond Modeste Lescarbault
1814 – 1894
astronomer
Hélène Lam Trong
b. 1982
documentary filmmaker
François Lecointre
b. 1962
military officer
Fabrice Awong
b. 1991
association football player
Jean-Louis Olry
b. 1946
canoeist
Marius Grout
1903 – 1946
writer
Maurice Mariaud
1875 – 1958
film director
Georges Callot
1857 – 1903
painter
Roger Lacolle
1898 – 1973
sport cyclist
Louis-Désiré Maigret
1804 – 1882
Catholic priest
André-Pierre Nouvion
b. 1939
legal historian
Josette Amouretti
1914 – 1990
tennis player
Francis Leplay
b. 1967
actor
Miguel Zamacoïs
1866 – 1955
novelist
Géraldine Bannier
b. 1979
politician
Mamoudou Hanne
b. 1988
athletics competitor
Cécile Hugonnard-Roche
b. 1953
pianist
Arnaud Lisembart
b. 1984
association football player
Armand-Emmanuel de Vignerot du Plessis, Duc de Richelieu
1766 – 1822
politician
André Messager
1853 – 1929
conductor
Christophe Caresche
b. 1960
politician
Brice Lalonde
b. 1946
politician
Horace Lecoq de Boisbaudran
1802 – 1897
painter
Denis Gratias
b. 1947
physicist
Henri Mouton
1869 – 1935
biologist
Jean-François Laffillé
b. 1962
sport cyclist
Louis-Nicolas Cabat
1812 – 1893
painter
Xavier Pentecôte
b. 1986
association football player
Claire Borotra
b. 1973
actor
François Lajugie
b. 1996
association football player
Marie-Arlette Carlotti
b. 1952
politician
André Ostier
1906 – 1994
photographer
Andrée Marquet
1934 – 2026
chemist
Jean-Baptiste Jules Trayer
1824 – 1909
painter
Richard Dallest
b. 1951
racing automobile driver
Charles Planet
b. 1993
sport cyclist
René Barjavel
1911 – 1985
journalist
Julie Leclerc
b. 1945
journalist
Jérôme Mombris
b. 1987
association football player
Bernard Silvestris
1085 – 1160
writer
Jérémy Taravel
b. 1987
association football player
Jérémie Roumegous
b. 1985
association football player
Pierrick Bourgeat
b. 1976
alpine skier
Jean Raoul Chaurand-Naurac
1878 – 1932
painter
Christophe Dettinger
b. 1981
boxer
Alexandre Iddir
b. 1991
judoka
Joachim Lebreton
1760 – 1819
politician
Olivier Le Peuch
b. 1963
businessperson
Émilie Acquistapace
b. 1988
rower
Marcel Aubour
b. 1940
association football player
Marie Dihau
1843 – 1935
singer
Marc Van Peteghem
b. 1957
marine architect
Abderrahman Ibrir
1919 – 1988
association football player
Grégoire Guérard
painter
Simon Krauss
b. 1992
athletics competitor
Gabriel Alapetite
1854 – 1932
diplomat
René Nicolas Charles Augustin de Maupeou
1714 – 1792
magistrate
Alexandre-François Desportes
1661 – 1743
painter
Jean-Claude Corre
b. 1961
athletics competitor
Émile Bayard
1837 – 1891
painter
Marie Redonnet
b. 1948
playwright
Fadila Khattabi
b. 1962
politician
Jean-François Mayet
b. 1940
politician
Paul Lacôme
1838 – 1920
conductor
Thomas Degos
b. 1971
official
Christelle Mol
b. 1972
badminton player
Jean George Auriol
1907 – 1950
film critic
Jacques de Saint-Cricq
1781 – 1819
explorer
Louis II Phélypeaux de Pontchartrain
1643 – 1727
politician
Philippe Omnès
b. 1960
fencer
Jean Marchat
1902 – 1966
actor
Marc Chagall
1887 – 1985
painter
Jean Raoux
1677 – 1734
painter
Paul-Jules de la Porte-Vezins
1727 – 1792
Officer of the French Navy
Stéphane Bonsergent
b. 1977
sport cyclist
Claude Bouthillier
1581 – 1652
diplomat
Hippolyte-Romain-Joseph Duthillœul
1778 – 1862
biographer
Victor Lemoine
1823 – 1911
botanist
Patrick Ricard
1945 – 2012
business executive