France
People of this nationality
Elsa Dorlin
b. 1974
philosopher
Chardon de Croisilles
b. 1250
composer
Jean Paoli
computer scientist
Georges-Olivier Châteaureynaud
b. 1947
writer
Béatrice Altariba
b. 1939
film actor
Pierre Briant
b. 1940
historian
Yvon Madiot
b. 1962
sport cyclist
Antoine Leclerc
racing automobile driver
Louise Crombach
1815 – 1894
writer
Charles Chanson
1902 – 1951
Honoré Blanc
1736 – 1802
engineer
Arthur de Gobineau
1816 – 1882
writer
Amédée de Béjarry
1840 – 1916
politician
Laurent Merlin
b. 1984
association football player
Philippe Henriot
1889 – 1944
politician
Chevalier de la Landelle-Roscanvec
Officer of the French Navy
Hedva Ser
b. 1948
painter
Katia Beaugeais
b. 1976
composer
Scholastique Pitton
1621 – 1689
literary scholar
Pierre Courcelle
1912 – 1980
philosophy historian
Marie-Philippe Coupin de La Couperie
1773 – 1851
painter
Joseph Lafont
1874 – 1961
military personnel
Jean-Louis Bérot
1947 – 2025
rugby union player
Zaven Paré
b. 1961
artist
Paschal de l'Estocart
1539 – 1584
composer
Andy Barat
b. 1997
kayaker
Isabella, Countess of Foix
1361 – 1428
feudatory
Maurice Grimaud
1913 – 2009
official
Fernand de Rohan-Chabot
1789 – 1869
military personnel
Marie-Pierre Castel
1949 – 2013
actor
Henri Le Secq
1818 – 1882
photographer
Antoine-Jean-Baptiste Thomas
1791 – 1833
painter
Philippe Christanval
b. 1978
association football player
Myriam Baverel
b. 1981
taekwondo athlete
Vincent Desportes
b. 1953
military personnel
Jeanne Charlotte Saint-Aubin
1764 – 1850
opera singer
Bernard Bureau
b. 1959
association football player
Nicolas Vaude
b. 1962
actor
Lorraine Lévy
b. 1964
actor
Catherine Henriette de Balzac d'Entragues
1579 – 1633
courtier
Simon Claude Mimouni
b. 1949
historian
Marcel Bertrand
1899 – 1933
association football player
Frédéric Dieudonné
b. 1969
journalist
René Queyroux
1927 – 2002
fencer
Paul Thiébault
1769 – 1846
military personnel
Jean-Baptiste Bordas
1938 – 2024
association football player
Léon Landini
1926 – 2025
forestry
Albert Seitz
1872 – 1937
composer
Albert Aublet
1851 – 1938
painter
Pierre Charras
1945 – 2014
actor
Georges Condominas
1921 – 2011
anthropologist
Jean Barraqué
1928 – 1973
composer
Martin de Hoyarçabal
b. 1501
explorer
Loïk Le Floch-Prigent
1943 – 2025
engineer
Pierre-Louis Dietsch
1808 – 1865
conductor
Hyacinthe de Bougainville
1781 – 1846
explorer
Jacques de Vaucanson
1709 – 1782
engineer
Jacques Payet
b. 1957
aikidoka
Françoise Dürr
b. 1942
tennis player
Marcel Marnat
1933 – 2024
musicologist
Alcher of Clairvaux
monk
Jean-Baptiste Joseph Delambre
1749 – 1822
astronomer
Marcel Maurice Bigeard
1916 – 2010
politician
Bonne de Luxembourg
1315 – 1349
princess
Dominique Riquet
b. 1946
politician
Marcel Desailly
b. 1968
association football player
Guillaume Joseph Nicolas de Lafon-Blaniac
1773 – 1833
politician
François Coulomb the Elder
1654 – 1717
Jean-Baptiste d'Huez
1729 – 1793
sculptor
Paul de Thermes
1482 – 1562
diplomat
Georges François Marie Gabriel
1775 – 1846
painter
Roger Chudeau
b. 1949
politician
William IV, Count of Ponthieu
1179 – 1221
aristocrat
Delphine Bertholon
b. 1976
screenwriter
Ravy Truchot
b. 1972
businessperson
Jacques Barbel
1670 – 1740
soldier
François Édouard Raynal
1830 – 1898
sailor
Joakim Balmy
b. 1997
association football player
Yassin Maouche
b. 1997
association football player
Jean-Claude Fruteau
1947 – 2022
politician
Jerome Elbrycht
athlete
Kevin Staut
b. 1980
show jumper
Tanguy Turgis
b. 1998
sport cyclist
Jean-Louis Petit
b. 1937
conductor
Yannick Haenel
b. 1967
writer
Philippe Halfon
b. 1960
François Delmas
1913 – 2002
politician
Louis Née
1895 – 1977
cinematographer
Lucien Thèze
1913 – 1999
basketball player
Pierre Desproges
1939 – 1988
comedian
John XXII
1244 – 1334
Catholic priest
Jules Bonnot
1876 – 1912
auto mechanic
Philippe Mellier
1955 – 2025
business executive
Denis Colin
b. 1956
clarinetist
René Laubies
1924 – 2006
painter
Justin Bonaventure Morard de Galles
1741 – 1809
politician
Louis Braquaval
1854 – 1919
painter
Meiffren Conte
1630 – 1705
painter
Antonin Tron
b. 1984
dressmaker
Xavier Darcos
b. 1947
politician