France
People of this nationality
Laciné Megnan-Pavé
b. 2010
association football player
Léonce Rosenberg
1879 – 1947
art historian
Antony Lecointe
b. 1980
association football player
Thierry Déau
b. 1969
business executive
Robert Szczepaniak
b. 1942
association football player
Gerald of Braga
1050 – 1108
Catholic priest
Manuel Roergas Serviez
1785 – 1816
military personnel
Robert de Rothschild
1880 – 1946
banker
Anne Cécile Lequien
b. 1977
swimmer
Jean-Daniel Flaysakier
1951 – 2021
journalist
Kévin Fortuné
b. 1989
association football player
Louis Castex
1896 – 1968
military officer
Georges Grey
1911 – 1954
actor
Stéphane Bortzmeyer
b. 1950
computer scientist
Gaby Robert
1920 – 2003
association football player
Yves Chastan
b. 1948
politician
Jules Gressier
1897 – 1960
conductor
Albert Bertelin
1872 – 1951
composer
Albert Diebold
1895 – 1955
rower
Ferdinand
1791 – 1837
ballet dancer
La Clairon
1723 – 1803
stage actor
Jean-Baptiste Darlan
1848 – 1912
politician
Solen Désert-Mariller
b. 1982
athletics competitor
Charles-Édouard Hocquard
1853 – 1911
explorer
Marie-Louise Perrenoud
b. 1947
athlete
Yacouba Sido
1910 – 1988
politician
Louise Nicolle
1847 – 1889
social reformer
Guillaume Tell
1902 – 1998
long-distance runner
Carole Merle
b. 1964
alpine skier
Laurent Lafitte
b. 1973
actor
Thierry Lacrampe
b. 1988
rugby union player
Achille Harlay de Sancy
1581 – 1646
linguist
Etienne de Swardt
b. 1970
Géo Dorival
1879 – 1968
poster artist
Laure Albin Guillot
1879 – 1962
photographer
Gérard Ségura
b. 1953
spearfisher
Frédéric Costes
b. 1957
rugby union player
Yahel Chirinian
b. 1970
artist
Louis Rigal
1887 – 1974
racing automobile driver
Guillaume Postel
1510 – 1581
linguist
Pierre Rousseau
1905 – 1983
astronomer
Bruno Sido
b. 1951
politician
Alexandre Glais-Bizoin
1800 – 1877
politician
Benjamin Police
b. 1988
association football player
Jean-Charles Tardieu
1765 – 1830
painter
Louis Napoléon Lannes
1801 – 1874
politician
Geneviève Savalette
1732 – 1795
playwright
Michel Fournier
1945 – 2008
cinematographer
Réginald Outhier
1694 – 1774
Catholic priest
Joseph Tommasi
1886 – 1926
politician
Louis Demaison
1852 – 1937
historian
Jean-Philippe Rolland
b. 1964
military officer
Mathieu de la Drôme
1808 – 1865
politician
Isabelle Duchesnay
b. 1963
ice dancer
Jean de La Hire
1878 – 1956
writer
Jean Preuss
1904 – 1986
sport cyclist
Fernand Lamy
1881 – 1966
composer
Gavin Marguerite
b. 1995
rugby league player
Patrick Blanc
b. 1953
botanist
Lorenzo Tehau
b. 1989
association football player
Alain Gagnol
b. 1967
screenwriter
Amanda Filipacchi
b. 1967
novelist
Benoît Sinner
b. 1984
sport cyclist
Maurice Vaussard
1888 – 1978
writer
Vincent Cespedes
b. 1973
essayist
Emily Hallifax
b. 2005
competitive diver
Anne Julie de Melun
1698 – 1724
governess
Maryse Condé
1934 – 2024
writer
René Bansard
1904 – 1971
anthropologist
Sophie Garenaux
b. 1995
beauty pageant contestant
Félix Fourdrain
1880 – 1923
composer
Anatole Leduc
1856 – 1937
physicist
Sébastien Lepape
b. 1991
short-track speed skater
Henri Thiriat
1843 – 1926
printmaker
Gaspard Rigaud
1661 – 1705
painter
Louis Jean Thévenet
1705 – 1778
painter
Gerald VI of Armagnac
1235 – 1280
feudatory
Isabelle Garo
b. 1963
philosopher
Henri Yrissou
1909 – 2009
politician
Benoît Lecomte
b. 1967
swimmer
Jean-Yves Raimbaud
1958 – 1998
draftsperson
Amaury Pernette
b. 1986
curler
Philippe Dollinger
1904 – 1999
historian
Georges Lampin
1901 – 1979
film director
Marie de Sully
1365 – 1410
aristocrat
Sébastien Morel
b. 1981
rugby union player
Mohamed Bachtobji
b. 1980
association football player
Antoine Blanc
1792 – 1860
Catholic priest
Noël Bas
1877 – 1960
artistic gymnast
Mehdi Maïzi
b. 1986
journalist
François de Joyeuse
1562 – 1615
Catholic priest
Pascal Demarthe
b. 1960
politician
Gaston Rébuffat
1921 – 1985
mountain guide
Julien Léon Loizillon
1829 – 1899
politician
Phoebadius of Agen
328 – 392
prelate
Valentin Haüy
1745 – 1822
linguist
Vica
1902 – 1948
caricaturist
Jean-Pascal Lacoste
b. 1978
television actor
Serge Girard
b. 1953
ultramarathon runner
Alfred Letourneur
1907 – 1975
sport cyclist