France
People of this nationality
Samantha Cristoforetti
b. 1977
astronaut
Ignaz Pleyel
1757 – 1831
piano maker
Florian Angot
b. 1973
show jumper
Romain Gasmi
b. 1987
association football player
Pierre Jonquères d'Oriola
1920 – 2011
show jumper
Adrien-Jean-Pierre Thilorier
1790 – 1844
chemist
Kalidiatou Niakaté
b. 1995
handball player
François-Emmanuel Guignard, 1st Count of Saint-Priest
1735 – 1821
diplomat
Christian Vander
b. 1948
drummer
Philippe Joualin
b. 1972
sport shooter
Émile Pierre Ratez
1851 – 1934
choreographer
René Backmann
1944 – 2026
journalist
Brodinski
b. 1987
disc jockey
Jules Leroy
1903 – 1979
art historian
Cécile Debray
b. 1966
curator
André Ascencio
1938 – 2017
association football player
Issa Cissokho
b. 1985
association football player
Eliska Cross
b. 1986
pornographic film actor
Believe Munongo
b. 2009
association football player
Ernest Maunoury
1894 – 1921
aircraft pilot
Roger Guilhem
1924 – 2009
rugby league player
Jean Duvet
1485 – 1561
printmaker
Jean Rostand
1894 – 1977
philosopher
Marc Devade
1943 – 1983
painter
Mathilde Panot
b. 1989
politician
Alain Bertrand
1951 – 2020
politician
Jean Antoine Ernest Constans
1833 – 1913
politician
Sylvain Dispagne
b. 1968
rugby union player
Samuel-Jacques Bernard
1686 – 1753
businessperson
Fabienne Casoli
b. 1959
astrophysicist
Pierre Litoux
1902 – 1987
politician
Eugène Rousseau
1805 – 1877
chess player
Maï Anh Le
model
Marius Plateau
1886 – 1923
politician
Eileen Goldsen
b. 1941
singer
Kim Lucine
b. 1988
figure skater
Jean-Pierre Grenier
1914 – 2000
actor
Louis Jacob de Saint Charles
1608 – 1670
almoner
George-Paschal Desbarats
1808 – 1864
publisher
Peter Luccin
b. 1979
association football player
Louis-Napoléon Murat
1872 – 1943
military leader
Vincent Durand
b. 1984
association football player
André Lemoine
1903 – 1978
artistic gymnast
Victor Catteau
b. 1995
politician
Maine de Biran
1766 – 1824
politician
Yves Chauvin
1930 – 2015
chemist
Pascal Nemirovski
b. 1962
pianist
Paul Montel
1876 – 1975
mathematician
Isabelle Bogelot
1838 – 1923
women's rights activist
Emmanuel Bourgaud
b. 1987
association football player
Alexis Lebrun
b. 2003
table tennis player
Jean-Pierre Aguilar
1960 – 2009
entrepreneur
Alain Boudet
1950 – 2021
poet
Anne Bragance
b. 1945
writer
Lucie Aubrac
1912 – 2007
teacher
Edma Trimolet
1802 – 1878
painter
François Thonin
1896 – 1974
rower
Lisandru Olmeta
b. 2005
association football player
Alain Pichon
b. 1966
hairdresser
Guy de Lussigny
1929 – 2001
painter
Charles, marquis de La Valette
1806 – 1881
politician
Alberte Aveline
1939 – 2018
actor
Mouhamadou-Naby Sarr
b. 1993
association football player
Harry Durimel
b. 1957
politician
Cécile Aubry
1928 – 2010
novelist
Joseph Perier
1786 – 1868
politician
Pierre Sicaud
1911 – 1998
official
Paul Campargue
1903 – 1969
politician
Isabelle Aboulker
b. 1938
composer
Jean-Baptiste Élissalde
b. 1977
rugby union player
Arthur Hervet
1938 – 2020
Catholic priest
Max Touret
1872 – 1963
military personnel
Charles Pépin
b. 1973
philosopher
Marie-Guillaume-Alphonse Devergie
1798 – 1879
physician
Dominique Frassati
1896 – 1947
painter
Jules Seveste
1803 – 1854
playwright
Raoul Bedoc
table tennis player
Riad Sattouf
b. 1978
comics artist
Valentine Monnier
b. 1956
film actor
Marguerite de Morlaye
1870 – 1957
actor
Vincent Bezecourt
b. 1993
association football player
Metehan Güçlü
b. 1999
association football player
Anne Fakhouri
1974 – 2022
novelist
Vincent Le Baron
b. 1989
association football player
Jean-Philippe Méthélie
b. 1969
basketball player
Jean-Claude Darcheville
b. 1975
association football player
Pierre Courtade
1915 – 1963
politician
Louis-Henri Brévière
1797 – 1869
printmaker
Nolan Traoré
b. 2006
basketball player
Fernand Bouisson
1874 – 1959
politician
Claude Ramey
1754 – 1838
sculptor
Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Brelle
1754 – 1819
politician
Ernest de Sarzec
1832 – 1901
anthropologist
Hervé Mangon
1821 – 1888
politician
Bernard René Guinot
1925 – 2017
astronomer
Jean Gallois
1632 – 1707
mathematician
Marcel Ribère
1900 – 1966
politician
Dorian Mortelette
b. 1983
rower
Sidy Cissoko
b. 2004
basketball player
Thomas Henry
1766 – 1836
art collector