France
People of this nationality
Georges Wakhévitch
1907 – 1984
illustrator
Jeanne Fallières
1849 – 1939
Éric Lavaine
b. 1962
film director
Clara Bellar
b. 1972
actor
Jean-Pierre Carniaux
b. 1951
architect
Jean-Baptiste Pallegoix
1805 – 1862
Catholic priest
Jean-François Blot
1781 – 1857
politician
Jacqueline Thome-Patenôtre
1906 – 1995
politician
Françoise Lugagne
1914 – 1991
film actor
Raymond Offner
1927 – 1989
basketball player
Lomepal
b. 1991
rapper
Gérard Brosselin
1874 – 1940
tennis player
Kitty Space
drag queen
Louis Gallavardin
1875 – 1957
cardiologist
Armand-Albert Rateau
1882 – 1938
architect
Jean Bouchard
theologian
Georges Engrand
1852 – 1936
sculptor
Jean Antoine d'Averhoult
1756 – 1792
politician
Géraldine Chauvet
opera singer
Jean-Yves Camus
b. 1958
journalist
Laurent Nuñez
b. 1964
official
Prosper Masquelier
b. 1981
businessperson
Dominique Leclercq
b. 1957
association football player
Albert Charles Six
1901 – 1987
field hockey player
André Ferrand
b. 1936
politician
Catherine Feuillet
b. 1965
geneticist
René Rocher
1890 – 1970
actor
Aurélie Lacour
b. 1984
rhythmic gymnast
Michel Bouvard
b. 1958
musicologist
Jean Parmentier
1494 – 1529
explorer
Yvan Buonomo
b. 1946
rugby union player
Maurice Marceau
1905 – 1979
actor
Khamzat Arsamerzouev
b. 2002
amateur wrestler
Romain Wattel
b. 1991
golfer
Guillaume de Sardes
b. 1979
art historian
André Vidal
1908 – 1984
politician
Guillaume Costeley
1531 – 1606
composer
Erroll Bennett
1950 – 2025
association football player
Julien Belgy
b. 1983
sport cyclist
Arnaud II de La Porte
1737 – 1792
politician
Bernard Chesneau
b. 1960
sport cyclist
Jean de Coligny-Saligny
1617 – 1686
military leader
Irina Ionesco
1935 – 2022
photographer
Grégoire Berg
1896 – 1944
association football player
Bedford Master
illuminator
Brigitte Bout
1941 – 2024
politician
Auguste Delaherche
1857 – 1940
artist
Jean-Jacques Kieffer
1857 – 1925
entomologist
Jean-Joseph Rodolphe
1730 – 1812
composer
Alphonse Defrasse
1860 – 1939
architect
Cédric Vial
b. 1978
politician
Jean Lefebvre
1714 – 1760
merchant
Emmanuel Capus
b. 1974
politician
Enzo Deligny
b. 2008
racing driver
Nicolas Haxo
1749 – 1794
military personnel
Méryll Boulangeat
b. 1986
freestyle skier
Philippe Goy
b. 1941
writer
Nicolas-François Roussel d'Hurbal
1763 – 1849
military officer
Fabien Onteniente
b. 1958
film director
Marcel Baltazard
1908 – 1971
physician
Charles-Antoine Cambon
1802 – 1875
painter
Youssef Moughfire
b. 1976
association football player
Bryan Mélisse
b. 1989
association football player
Adèle de Kercado
1784 – 1867
painter
Edmond Couchot
1932 – 2020
art historian
Pierre Segond-Weber
1886 – 1966
painter
Antoine-Augustin Préault
1809 – 1879
sculptor
Eugène Caron
1834 – 1903
opera singer
René Laforgue
1894 – 1962
psychiatrist
Roger Piteu
1899 – 1963
rugby union player
Jean-François Roger
1776 – 1842
politician
Paul Duport
1798 – 1866
playwright
Frédéric Teixido
b. 1972
rugby league player
Claire Sotinel
b. 1960
historian
Isabelle Mergault
1958 – 2026
actor
Frédéric Barbier
1829 – 1889
choreographer
Jacques Charby
1929 – 2006
actor
Emmanuelle Arsan
1932 – 2005
writer
Valentin Neuville
1863 – 1941
composer
Hugh Tubœuf
b. 1050
mercenary
Aaron Messiah
1858 – 1940
architect
Amadou Ba-Sy
b. 2001
association football player
Théo Valls
b. 1995
association football player
Pierre Monteux
1875 – 1964
conductor
Claude Guichard
1928 – 2021
politician
Frederic Y. Bois
b. 1958
bioinformatician
Basile Boli
b. 1967
association football player
Anne-Laure Florentin
b. 1991
karateka
Maurice Léna
1859 – 1928
librettist
Jean Philip
1912 – 1983
sport cyclist
Joseph Barsalou
1600 – 1659
physician
Natalis de Wailly
1805 – 1886
archivist
Jeanne Dumée
1660 – 1706
astronomer
Jean de Tinan
1874 – 1898
writer
Ivry Gitlis
1922 – 2020
violinist
Lucien Chopard
1885 – 1971
entomologist
Angélique Spincer
b. 1984
handball player
Julien Depuychaffray
1907 – 1942
wrestler
Louise Marie Thérèse
1664 – 1730
religious sister
Blandine Brocard
b. 1981
politician