France
People of this nationality
Charles-Louis Antiboul
1752 – 1793
politician
Georges Marty
1860 – 1908
conductor
François de Roux
1897 – 1954
writer
Michèle Lesbre
b. 1939
writer
Paul Fraisse
1911 – 1996
psychologist
Giuseppe Tacca
1917 – 1984
sport cyclist
Yassine Amrioui
b. 1995
association football player
Marie de Gournay
1565 – 1645
translator
Thierry Lamberton
b. 1966
speed skater
Bertrand du Pontavice de Heussey
1892 – 1953
bobsledder
Serge Santucci
b. 1944
sculptor
René Jeanne
1887 – 1969
actor
Catherine Destivelle
b. 1960
rock climber
Yvonne Vallée
1899 – 1996
actor
François Pollet
1516 – 1547
jurist-consultant
Jean-François Milou
b. 1953
architect
Raoul Paoli
1887 – 1960
boxer
Sébastien Le Camus
1610 – 1677
composer
Laura Préjean
b. 1977
actor
Denis Baupin
b. 1962
politician
Léa Labrousse
b. 1997
trampoline gymnast
Jean-Jacques Geoffroy
b. 1948
zoologist
Nicolas Bonnet
b. 1984
ski mountaineer
Jean-Michel Cavalli
b. 1957
association football player
Abdel Jebahi
b. 1975
boxer
Hugues Quiéret
1290 – 1340
chamberlain
Mohamed Brahimi
b. 1998
association football player
Michel Chion
b. 1947
composer
Étienne Laisné
1905 – 1997
racewalker
Cédric Hengbart
b. 1980
association football player
Just Fontaine
1933 – 2023
association football player
Jean-Pierre Jouyet
b. 1954
official
Robin Berjon
b. 1977
computer scientist
Jacques-François de Chambray
1687 – 1756
diplomat
Saïmoni Vaka
b. 1987
rugby union player
Jonathan Dourerassou
b. 1989
chess player
Cosme de Villiers
1683 – 1758
bibliographer
Pierre Alechinsky
b. 1927
painter
Charles-Félix Cazeau
1807 – 1881
Catholic priest
Jean-Maurice Rouquette
1931 – 2019
historian
Éric Rouleau
1926 – 2015
journalist
François Pompon
1855 – 1933
sculptor
Jean-Henri Pape
1789 – 1875
piano maker
Thierry Pallesco
b. 1956
composer
Vincent Arnardi
b. 1957
audio engineer
Valtesse de la Bigne
1848 – 1910
stage actor
Gabriel Poix
1888 – 1946
rower
Louis Alexandre Auguste Chevrolat
1799 – 1884
entomologist
Valérie Six
b. 1963
politician
Jean-Joseph Balechou
1716 – 1764
printmaker
Berthe Weill
1865 – 1951
art dealer
Marie Anne de Bourbon
1666 – 1739
aristocrat
Kito de Pavant
b. 1961
navigator
John of Hauville
1150 – 1199
poet
Raymond Rallier du Baty
1881 – 1978
explorer
Pierre-Louis De La Rive
1753 – 1817
painter
Alain Pellegrini
b. 1946
military personnel
François Barrer
b. 1993
middle-distance runner
Jean-François de Bourgoing
1748 – 1811
diplomat
Louis Majorelle
1859 – 1926
designer
François Denhaut
1877 – 1952
aircraft pilot
Gilles Mureau
1450 – 1512
composer
Armel Beaufils
1882 – 1952
sculptor
Sylvain Cambreling
b. 1948
conductor
Nathalie Béra-Tagrine
b. 1960
pianist
Bastien Canet
b. 1993
rugby league player
Job Jaffré
1906 – 1986
journalist
Anna Dondon
1884 – 1979
Jean Lebeuf
1687 – 1760
historian
Louis Marie Fontan
1801 – 1839
playwright
Ed Tuttle
1945 – 2020
architect
Lola Chassat
b. 2010
artistic gymnast
Clerbaud Bergier
merchant
Raymond Durr
b. 1901
amateur wrestler
Enrico Macias
b. 1938
singer-songwriter
André Essel
1918 – 2005
entrepreneur
Alfred Assollant
1827 – 1886
journalist
Adolphe Low
1915 – 2012
politician
Martine Aballéa
b. 1950
photographer
Madeleine Rolland
1872 – 1960
translator
Gabriel Thubières de Levy de Queylus
1612 – 1677
abbé
Nicholas I, Duke of Lorraine
1448 – 1473
monarch
Marielle Amant
b. 1989
basketball player
Julien Bardy
b. 1986
rugby union player
Fernand Kolney
1868 – 1930
writer
Jean de Kervasdoué
b. 1944
health economist
Bruce Campbell Hopper
1892 – 1973
political scientist
Pascal Caucheteux
b. 1961
film producer
Jean-Baptiste Jacques Augustin
1759 – 1832
painter
Jean-Antoine Marbot
1754 – 1800
military officer
Beatrice of Burgundy, Lady of Bourbon
1257 – 1310
politician
Lucie Barbier
1875 – 1963
singer
Ferdinand de Bertier de Sauvigny
1782 – 1864
politician
Adolphe Boucard
1839 – 1905
ornithologist
Martine Bailly
b. 1946
cellist
Countess Xenia Czernichev-Besobrasov
1929 – 1968
Jean-Paul Denanot
b. 1944
politician
Rafaëlle Cohen
b. 1984
actor
Ravachol
1859 – 1892
activist
Simone D'Aillencourt
1930 – 2017
model