France
People of this nationality
Christophe Arend
b. 1975
politician
Serge Lindier
1951 – 2019
draftsperson
Régis François Gignoux
1816 – 1882
painter
André Bauchant
1873 – 1958
painter
Marie Sanlaville
1847 – 1930
dancer
Jean Ferdinand Caius
1877 – 1944
botanist
Pierre Birnbaum
b. 1940
sociologist
Marie Louis Emberger
1897 – 1969
botanist
Sandrine Roux
b. 1966
association football player
Michel Bouquet
b. 1951
event rider
Florent du Bois de La Villerabel
1877 – 1951
Catholic priest
Patrick Burtschell
b. 1946
field hockey player
Joseph Dirand
b. 1974
architect
Ange Paulin Terver
1798 – 1875
curator
René-Prosper Tassin
1697 – 1777
historian
Robin Buffet
b. 1991
alpine skier
Jacques Botherel
b. 1946
sport cyclist
Dora Maar
1907 – 1997
photographer
Philippe Pasqua
b. 1965
painter
Lancelot de Saint-Maard
military officer
Yvan Chiffre
1936 – 2016
actor
Yvon Quédec
b. 1939
association football player
Robert Rive
1817 – 1868
photographer
Nathalie Serre
b. 1968
politician
Amélie Élie
1878 – 1933
prostitute
Joël Mergui
b. 1958
dermatologist
Jean-Daniel Simon
1942 – 2021
actor
Adolphe Reinach
1887 – 1914
hellenist
Bernard Lafaille
1900 – 1955
engineer
Julien Ponceau
b. 2000
association football player
Alfred Mathieu Giard
1846 – 1908
zoologist
Antony Hickling
b. 1975
filmmaker
Cyrille Pierre Théodore Laplace
1793 – 1875
explorer
Valentin Lavigne
b. 1994
association football player
Bétove
1883 – 1965
composer
Olivier Dubuquoy
b. 1974
academic
Daniel Siboni
b. 1959
photographer
Claude Closky
b. 1963
visual artist
Julie Billiart
1751 – 1816
religious leader
Odilon Barrot
1791 – 1873
politician
Pierre Michel
1929 – 2023
sport cyclist
Noël del Bello
1942 – 2024
racing driver
Bolo Pasha
1867 – 1918
financier
Carlos Sommervogel
1834 – 1902
bibliographer
Georges Pâques
1914 – 1993
spy
Christophe Bentz
b. 1987
politician
Antoine de la Sale
1388 – 1462
writer
Sophia Chikirou
b. 1979
communications adviser
Sandrine Dudoit
statistician
Jean-Yves Cheutin
b. 1974
canoeist
Pierre Abraham Lorillard
1742 – 1776
businessperson
Jean Follain
1903 – 1971
poet
Élodie Yung
b. 1981
actor
Jacques-Louis de Pourtalès
1722 – 1814
banker
Jacques Adélaïde-Merlande
1933 – 2024
historian
Charles de Gontaut, Duke of Biron
1562 – 1602
military personnel
François Cheng
b. 1929
writer
Henri Duponchel
1794 – 1868
scenographer
Christian Dorche
1947 – 2025
rally driver
Cyril Saugrain
b. 1973
sport cyclist
Étienne-Jules Marey
1830 – 1904
inventor
Bruno Broucqsault
b. 1959
show jumper
Margaux Chatelier
b. 1990
actor
Jules de Wailly
1806 – 1866
playwright
Paul Esparbès
1899 – 1934
middle-distance runner
Nicolas Lupot
1758 – 1824
luthier
Alexandre Mercereau
1884 – 1945
poet
Gérard Encausse
1865 – 1916
physician
Christian Godard
1932 – 2024
comics creator
Simone Waisbard
1909 – 2013
explorer
Charlotte Perriand
1903 – 1999
architect
François Louis Jean-Joseph de Laborde de Méréville
1761 – 1801
politician
Jean-Sébastien Vialatte
b. 1951
politician
Lina Soualem
actor
David Deroo
b. 1985
sport cyclist
Alexis Paccard
1813 – 1867
architect
Jean-Pierre Marois
b. 1963
film director
Agnès Canayer
b. 1965
politician
Urbain Cancelier
b. 1959
film actor
Olivier Bouillère
b. 1970
novelist
Joseph-François-Gabriel Hennequin
1775 – 1842
sailor
Antony Béraud
1792 – 1860
playwright
Jean-François Leroy
1915 – 1999
botanist
Joanne Andraca
b. 1988
swimmer
Thérèse Dussaut
b. 1939
music educator
Jacques Borel
b. 1927
businessperson
Jean-Barthélémy Le Couteulx de Canteleu
1749 – 1818
politician
Frédéric Ogée
b. 1957
art historian
Jean-Jacques Bacon de la Chevalerie
1731 – 1821
military officer
Gilles Saint-Paul
b. 1963
economist
Eugène Chevandier de Valdrôme
1810 – 1878
politician
Martine Bertereau
1590 – 1642
geologist
Rabbeinu Tam
1100 – 1171
rabbi
Franz-Olivier Giesbert
b. 1949
journalist
Cécile Michel
b. 1962
epigrapher
Muriel Debié
b. 1967
historian
Esteban Lepaul
b. 2000
association football player
René Lobello
b. 1963
association football player
Christian Biet
1952 – 2020
theatre historian
France Anglade
1942 – 2014
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