France
People of this nationality
Joscelin I, Count of Edessa
1072 – 1131
ruler
Jacque Alexander Tardy
1767 – 1827
privateer
Emmanuelle Charpentier
b. 1968
microbiologist
Bernard Gruener
b. 1949
swimmer
Hugh of Balma
1289 – 1305
mystic
Alphonse James de Rothschild
1827 – 1905
art collector
Philippe Quémerais
b. 1971
canoeist
Christophe Loustalot
b. 1992
rugby union player
Thérèse Blanchet
b. 1962
lawyer
Arnaud Kerckhof
b. 1984
basketball player
Michel Clouscard
1928 – 2009
sociologist
Philippe Bergeroo
b. 1954
association football player
Hippolyte Guérin
1797 – 1861
poet
Jean Gachet
1894 – 1968
boxer
Jean Hélion
1904 – 1987
painter
Philippe Alliot
b. 1953
racing automobile driver
Marc Krasner
1912 – 1985
mathematician
Stefan Kesten
1888 – 1953
chess player
Alexis Martial
b. 2001
association football player
Urbain Dubois
1818 – 1901
chef
Catherine de Bourbon
1559 – 1604
aristocrat
Guy Colomine
b. 1955
rugby union player
Sandy Vee
b. 1975
disc jockey
Pierre Juquin
b. 1930
politician
Isabelle Le Dû
b. 1958
association football player
Matthew of Albano
1080 – 1135
Catholic priest
Romain Dedola
b. 1989
association football player
Laurence Bougault
1970 – 2018
academic
Gérard Calvi
1922 – 2015
composer
Franck Cappello
Adolphe Boschot
1871 – 1955
music critic
Patrice Ledoux
b. 1953
film producer
Olivier Pironneau
b. 1945
mathematician
Lucien Brun
1822 – 1898
politician
Jacques Joseph Marie Decroix
1746 – 1826
collector
Henri de Massue, 1st Marquis de Rouvigny
1605 – 1689
military personnel
Lambert Thiboust
1826 – 1867
playwright
Pierre Auger
b. 1953
biomathematician
Pierre Lachambeaudie
1806 – 1872
chansonnier
Jérémy Frerot
b. 1990
singer-songwriter
Jacques de Coras
1625 – 1677
poet
André Mellerio
1862 – 1943
art critic
Gabrielle Colonna-Romano
1883 – 1981
actor
Anthony Zboralski
b. 1975
businessperson
Fleury
1750 – 1822
stage actor
Valentin Houinato
b. 1996
judoka
Louis Vallon
1901 – 1981
politician
Caroline Loeb
b. 1955
singer
Léon Sagnol
1891 – 1991
politician
Michel Belotte
1932 – 2025
historian
Pierre-Alain Muet
b. 1945
economist
Antoine Carre
1787 – 1885
explorer
Léo Bergere
b. 1996
triathlete
Maria J. Esteban
b. 1956
mathematician
Iseult Gonne
1894 – 1954
poet
Mona Francis
b. 1990
triathlete
Moses ben Abraham
writer
Paul Milliet
1848 – 1924
librettist
Antoine Rivalz
1667 – 1735
painter
Clémence Beikes
b. 1983
basketball player
Gisèle Pascal
1921 – 2007
stage actor
Rémy Rochas
b. 1996
sport cyclist
Louis Delaporte
1842 – 1925
explorer
Yves Baudrier
1906 – 1988
composer
John Martin
1921 – 2012
Guilhem Rainol d'At
troubadour
Pierre-Marie Dioudonnat
b. 1945
editor
Pierre Roux-Freissineng
1863 – 1952
politician
Mercedes Erra
b. 1954
businessperson
Florian Le Joncour
b. 1995
association football player
Joseph Charlemont
1839 – 1929
fencing master
Henri Duez
1937 – 2025
sport cyclist
Aymeric Jeanneau
b. 1978
basketball player
Benjamin Fall
b. 1989
rugby union player
Paul Claudel
1868 – 1955
playwright
Aglaé Cadet
1738 – 1801
painter
Henri Martin
1903 – 1991
winegrower
Georges-Marie Haardt
1884 – 1932
explorer
Ya Ding
b. 1957
linguist
Albert Marque
1872 – 1939
sculptor
Jérémy Stinat
b. 1978
association football player
Éric Pécout
b. 1956
association football player
Guillaume de Montmirail
b. 1150
politician
Alexandre de Lesseps
b. 1949
businessperson
Robert Duthil
1899 – 1967
athletics competitor
Arsen Goulamirian
b. 1987
boxer
Jean-Luc Caron
b. 1948
physician
Alfred Bloch
1877 – 1902
association football player
Gérard Lesne
b. 1956
conductor
Maurice Mandrillon
1902 – 1981
biathlete
Antoine Maurin
1793 – 1860
painter
Maxime Blanc
b. 1992
association football player
Jean-Joseph Carriès
1855 – 1894
sculptor
Sara Labrousse
b. 1988
synchronized swimmer
Anne-Marie Ménand
b. 1837
cook
Antoine Armand
b. 1991
politician
Jean-Claude Milner
b. 1941
philosopher
Louis Capazza
1862 – 1928
balloonist
Amélie Coquet
b. 1984
association football player
Khalid Rahilou
b. 1966
boxer