France
People of this nationality
Roland Povinelli
1941 – 2020
politician
Michèle Rivasi
1953 – 2023
politician
Sophie Volland
1716 – 1784
writer
Louis Georges Érasme de Contades
1704 – 1795
Delphine Saubaber
b. 1978
journalist
Mickaël Marteau
b. 1992
rower
Sarah Soilihi
b. 1992
kickboxer
Sophie-Marie Larrouy
b. 1984
film actor
Djamel Bakar
b. 1989
association football player
Xavier Leroux
1863 – 1919
composer
Jessy Deminguet
b. 1998
association football player
Alexis Musialek
b. 1988
tennis player
Georges Lallemand
1575 – 1636
painter
Alexandre Léauté
b. 2000
sport cyclist
Amélie de Montchalin
b. 1985
politician
Jacques Marie Eugène Godefroy Cavaignac
1853 – 1905
politician
Pascal Maitre
b. 1955
photographer
Michael Cohen
b. 1970
actor
Grégoire Delacourt
b. 1960
film director
Brahim Thiam
b. 1974
association football player
Carla Arbez
b. 1999
rugby union player
Danielle Mitterrand
1924 – 2011
writer
Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues
1715 – 1747
writer
Olivier Dall'Oglio
b. 1964
association football player
Samir El Mourabet
b. 2005
association football player
Mohamadou Sissoko
b. 1988
association football player
Jean-Claude Pertuzé
1949 – 2020
writer
Whitney Miguel
b. 1991
basketball player
Nathalie Baye
1948 – 2026
actor
Nicole Vandier-Nicolas
1906 – 1987
sinologist
Antoine Bernheim
1924 – 2012
banker
Jean Desclaux
1922 – 2006
rugby union player
André Pichot
1950 – 2025
philosopher of science
Jean-Marie Dorsenne
1771 – 1812
military officer
Fernand Farssac
1902 – 1964
Jacques Philippe Marie Binet
1786 – 1856
mathematician
Jean Fayard
1902 – 1978
publisher
Kévin Schur
b. 1990
association football player
Siméon Denis Poisson
1781 – 1840
mathematician
Marie Jean François Philibert Lecarlier d'Ardon
1752 – 1799
politician
Gaël Le Bohec
b. 1977
politician
Marc Houalla
b. 1961
military flight engineer
Stéphane Owona
b. 1985
association football player
Paul Jenft
b. 2003
competition climber
Sébastien Mayer
b. 1970
canoeist
Simon Mopinot
1685 – 1724
religious
Yohan Demont
b. 1978
association football player
Jean Jacques Flipart
1719 – 1782
printmaker
François Jacq
b. 1965
engineer
Fabrice Burgaud
b. 1971
magistrate
Édouard Brasey
b. 1954
journalist
Marie Maugeret
1844 – 1928
women's rights activist
Nicolas Vallar
b. 1983
association football player
Henri Braconnot
1780 – 1855
chemist
Henry Lyonnet
1853 – 1933
playwright
Melchior de Polignac
1661 – 1742
diplomat
Pierre Georges Louis d'Hugues
1873 – 1961
fencer
Antoine Mizauld
1510 – 1578
astronomer
Philippe Maidenberg
b. 1966
architect
Philippe Collet
b. 1963
pole vaulter
Catherine Wihtol de Wenden
b. 1950
political scientist
Alain Dugrand
b. 1946
journalist
Dilyxine Miermont
b. 2000
sport cyclist
Dan Philibert
b. 1970
athletics competitor
Laura Smet
b. 1983
actor
Jules Bourgeois
1847 – 1911
entomologist
Gilles Dreyfus
b. 1951
surgeon
Petru Guelfucci
1955 – 2021
singer
Julia Restoin Roitfeld
b. 1980
model
Germaine Beaumont
1890 – 1983
journalist
Louis Prévost de Sansac
1496 – 1576
soldier
Elisabeth Terroux
1759 – 1822
painter
Pierre Tiollais
1934 – 2024
physician
Joseph Crespo
1925 – 2004
rugby league player
Michel du Motier, Marquis de La Fayette
1731 – 1759
military personnel
Maeline Mendy
b. 2006
association football player
Loïc Matile
1938 – 2000
entomologist
Pierre Kunc
1865 – 1941
composer
Philippe Cannissié
1799 – 1877
painter
Didier Bocquet
b. 1957
musician
Alain Berbérian
1953 – 2017
film director
Élodie La Villette
1848 – 1917
painter
Marie-Charles Damoiseau
1768 – 1846
astronomer
Elvire de Brissac
b. 1939
writer
Henri de Rigny
1782 – 1835
politician
Emmanuelle Jouannet
b. 1962
jurist
Christ-Emmanuel Faitout Maouassa
b. 1998
association football player
Louise de Bourbon
1603 – 1637
aristocrat
Geoffrey Demont
b. 1991
squash player
Claude Demassieux
b. 1948
politician
Gilles de Gourmont
1401 – 1501
publisher
Moon Ray
b. 1954
singer
Pierre-Marie-François Baour-Lormian
1770 – 1854
poet
Joseph Bercholz
1898 – 1981
film producer
Jean-Baptiste Cotton Des Houssayes
1727 – 1783
librarian
Nicole Spillane
b. 1988
mathematician
Robert-Joseph Auguste
1723 – 1805
goldsmith
Fanny Ben-Ami
b. 1930
writer
Jean Baptiste Prosper Bressant
1815 – 1886
stage actor
Alexandre Olliero
b. 1996
association football player