France
People of this nationality
Guy Michel de Durfort
1704 – 1773
military officer
Cécile Breccia
b. 1950
actor
Pierre Wolff
1865 – 1944
writer
Louis Raymond de Montaignac de Chauvance
1811 – 1891
politician
Aurélien Ferenczi
1962 – 2024
film critic
Bruce Jouanny
b. 1978
racing automobile driver
Jean Bosler
1878 – 1973
astronomer
Michel Lejeune
1946 – 2021
politician
Léon-Albert Arnaud
1853 – 1915
chemist
Pierre Gibaud
b. 1988
association football player
François Virgile Dubillard
1845 – 1914
Catholic priest
Arnaud Le Lan
b. 1978
association football player
Didier Dubois
b. 1952
mathematician
François Decrombecque
1884 – 1960
athletics competitor
Jacques Loussier
1934 – 2019
pianist
Amaury III de Montfort
1070 – 1137
feudatory
Antoinette Saint-Huberty
1756 – 1812
actor
Bernard de Chalvron
1911 – 1990
diplomat
Léonce Deprez
1927 – 2017
association football player
Félix Grimonprez
1910 – 1940
field hockey player
Raymond Fonvieille
1942 – 2022
athlete
Louis Jalabert
1877 – 1943
archaeologist
André Philip
1902 – 1970
politician
Louise Poitelon du Tarde
1826 – 1891
Jean-Claude Hartemann
1929 – 1993
conductor
Noël Forgeard
b. 1946
businessperson
Jean-Marie Massaud
b. 1966
designer
Luc Economides
b. 1999
figure skater
Ali Ahamada
b. 1991
association football player
Jacques Carette
b. 1947
athletics competitor
Just de Noailles
1777 – 1846
politician
Henri-Alphonse Deckherr
1842 – 1933
military personnel
Annick de Susini
b. 1960
swimmer
Hillel Bakis
b. 1949
writer
Antoine Darlan
1915 – 1974
politician
Philippe Hurault de Cheverny
1528 – 1599
politician
Jean Boudehen
1939 – 1982
kayaker
Charles Dugas
1885 – 1957
philologist
Alexandre Moret
1868 – 1938
archaeologist
Pierre Simon Jaillot
1631 – 1681
sculptor
Mathieu Arzeno
b. 1987
racing automobile driver
Marguerite Priola
1849 – 1876
opera singer
Jean-Claude Annaert
1935 – 2020
sport cyclist
Victorin Lurel
b. 1951
politician
Robert Hoffstetter
1908 – 1999
paleontologist
Geneviève Guitel
1895 – 1982
mathematician
Georges Dubois
1900 – 2000
artistic gymnast
Edgar Morin
1921 – 2026
philosopher
Thierry Touzaint
b. 1953
equestrian
Jean d'O
1552 – 1596
aristocrat
Ian Brossat
b. 1980
politician
Isabelle Graesslé
b. 1959
theologian
Nicolas Skorsky
1952 – 2014
composer
Christine Palau
1930 – 2014
artistic gymnast
Étienne-Auguste Dossion
1770 – 1832
playwright
Prince Charles-Antoine de Ligne de La Trémoïlle
b. 1946
businessperson
Jean-Louis Dumas
1938 – 2010
entrepreneur
Venance Payot
1826 – 1902
naturalist
Auguste, comte de La Ferronays
1777 – 1842
diplomat
Paul Marie Gamory-Dubourdeau
1885 – 1963
military officer
François Hugues
1896 – 1965
association football player
Paul Estèbe
1904 – 1991
politician
Anne Bouverot
b. 1966
business executive
Marcel Denis
1896 – 1953
athletics competitor
Pierre Danon
b. 1956
businessperson
Hermance Lesguillon
1812 – 1882
poet
Osama Haroun
b. 1975
association football coach
Marie Oyon
1898 – 1969
politician
Charles Pisot
1910 – 1984
mathematician
Gilbert, Count of Brionne
1000 – 1040
feudatory
Frédéric Maurice de La Tour d'Auvergne
1605 – 1652
military officer
Anne Meson
b. 1975
singer
Estelle Cascarino
b. 1997
association football player
Yvonne Chevalier
1899 – 1982
photographer
Lilian Greuze
1890 – 1950
actor
Blanche Hoschedé Monet
1865 – 1947
painter
Roland Piquepaille
1946 – 2009
engineer
Herman Georges Berger
1875 – 1924
fencer
François Duhamel
b. 1984
association football player
Maturin Veyssière La Croze
1661 – 1739
writer
Robert, Count of Burgundy
1300 – 1315
aristocrat
Aubin Olivier
engineer
Jules Depaquit
1869 – 1924
illustrator
Warner of Rouen
b. 950
poet
Christopher Szczurek
b. 1985
politician
Louis César, Count of Vexin
1672 – 1683
religious
Luc Jacquet
b. 1967
film director
Pascal Lorot
b. 1960
economist
Alexandre Savérien
1720 – 1805
mathematician
Albert Mézergues
1886 – 1925
aircraft pilot
Joé Seeten
b. 1957
sailor
Pierre Mouillefert
1846 – 1903
ampelographer
Jean-Claude Lemoult
b. 1960
association football player
Yann Lienard
b. 2003
association football player
Guy de Maupassant
1850 – 1893
short story writer
Paul Boulet
1894 – 1982
politician
Brahim Yadel
b. 1971
Loïs Boisson
b. 2003
tennis player
Joseph Meister
1876 – 1940
concierge
Gilles Rousselet
1610 – 1686
printmaker