France
People of this nationality
Charles de Marillac
1510 – 1560
diplomat
Horace de Viel-Castel
1802 – 1864
historian
Marine Bolliet
b. 1988
biathlete
Jonathan Brison
b. 1983
association football player
Margaux Chrétien
b. 1992
synchronized swimmer
Alassane Touré
b. 1989
association football player
Émile Reutlinger
1825 – 1907
photographer
Jean-Pierre Azéma
1937 – 2025
historian
Armand Massard
1884 – 1971
fencer
Danielle Godet
1927 – 2009
actor
Emmanuel d'Alzon
1810 – 1880
Catholic priest
Antoine René Charles Mathurin, comte de Laforest
1756 – 1846
politician
Henri Bellery-Desfontaines
1867 – 1909
painter
François-Auguste Fauveau de Frénilly
1768 – 1848
poet
Pierre Poivre
1719 – 1786
botanist
Jules Duboscq
1817 – 1886
photographer
Thomas Adamandopoulos
b. 1986
kickboxer
Michelle Vignes
1926 – 2012
photographer
Jean-Louis Brian
1805 – 1864
sculptor
Pierre Dukan
b. 1941
nutritionist
David Carcassonne
1789 – 1861
writer
Jean-Joseph Monnard
1901 – 1973
ice hockey player
Jean Joseph Amable Humbert
1767 – 1823
military officer
Rubin Steiner
b. 1974
disc jockey
Joseph Rovan
1918 – 2004
journalist
Hubert Védrine
b. 1947
politician
Maurice Caplain
rower
Charles Lenepveu
1840 – 1910
composer
Roland Boullanger
1939 – 2020
swimmer
Anne Marie Palli
b. 1955
golfer
Kysha Sylla
b. 2004
association football player
Paul Pauley
1886 – 1938
actor
Jean Rottner
b. 1967
politician
Achille Desurmont
1828 – 1898
Catholic theologian
Baron de Richemont
1786 – 1853
Édouard Harlé
1850 – 1922
engineer of the French Corps of Bridges and Roads
François Coli
1881 – 1927
navigator
Claude des Armoises
impostor
Henriette de Clercq
1812 – 1878
businessperson
Clément Lhotellerie
b. 1986
sport cyclist
Jean-François Jamot
1828 – 1886
Catholic priest
Larry Azouni
b. 1994
association football player
Joseph Jackson
1904 – 1981
sprinter
Marie Bobillier
1858 – 1918
musicologist
Noël Roquevert
1892 – 1973
stage actor
Jean-Louis Nembrini
b. 1947
politician
Bernard Lamotte
1903 – 1983
painter
Paul Petiet
1770 – 1849
military personnel
Henri Marchal
1876 – 1970
architect
Dominique Joseph Garat
1749 – 1833
politician
Louis Le Prince
1637 – 1693
composer
Jean Mansart de Jouy
1705 – 1783
architect
Gaétan Gope-Iwate
b. 1998
association football player
Jean Bertheroy
1868 – 1927
writer
Benjamin Lavernhe
b. 1984
actor
Stéphane Roux
b. 1960
physicist
Hector Durville
1849 – 1923
writer
Charles-Elie Laprevotte
b. 1992
association football player
Yahia Boushaki
1935 – 1960
politician
Leïla Bekhti
b. 1984
actor
Christian Gasc
1945 – 2022
costume designer
Sylvain Dupuy
b. 1982
rugby union player
Stéphane Robinet
b. 1983
association football player
Henry Brault
1928 – 2020
athletics competitor
Francis Saint-Léger
b. 1957
politician
Julien Leclercq
b. 1979
film director
Laurent Giovanninelli
1837 – 1903
military officer
Benoît Coulanges
b. 1994
athlete
François Marie of Lorraine, prince of Lillebonne
1624 – 1694
aristocrat
Maurice Picon
1931 – 2014
archaeologist
Isaac Gorni
composer
Guylaine Berger
b. 1956
swimmer
Pierre Lénert
b. 1966
violist
Missill
1980 – 2022
disc jockey
André Peton
1903 – 1992
sport cyclist
Adolphe Masselot
1877 – 1953
sculptor
Jean-Pierre Travot
1767 – 1836
politician
Morhad Amdouni
b. 1988
athletics competitor
Hassoun Camara
b. 1984
association football player
Bernard Lancret
1912 – 1983
film actor
Maryse Bergé-Lavigne
b. 1941
politician
Robert-Joseph Coffy
1920 – 1995
Catholic priest
Jean-Pierre Cot
b. 1937
politician
Paul de Musset
1804 – 1880
writer
Joseph Martin
1788 – 1826
explorer
Raimon d'Avinhon
b. 1225
troubadour
Claude Marie Ferrier
1811 – 1889
photographer
Régis Marcon
b. 1956
chef
Étienne Wolff
1904 – 1996
biologist
Cathy Claret
b. 1963
singer
Louna Ribadeira
b. 2004
association football player
Adélaïde Gavaudan
1767 – 1805
opera singer
Eugène de Beauharnais
1781 – 1824
politician
Damien Troquenet
b. 1983
canoeist
Francis-André Wollman
b. 1953
biologist
Paul Capellani
1877 – 1960
actor
Marc Hanappier
b. 1990
Catholic priest
Michel Demuth
1939 – 2006
linguist
Jean Rogissart
1894 – 1961
writer
Edmond Richard
biographer