France
People of this nationality
Jean Desfontaines
1658 – 1752
composer
Bernart Arnaut d'Armagnac
1150 – 1226
troubadour
Theobald I, Count of Bar
1158 – 1214
feudatory
Alix Joffroy
1844 – 1908
psychiatrist
Daniel Prévost
b. 1939
comedian
Henri Barboux
1834 – 1910
lawyer
Pierre Winter
1891 – 1952
physician
Xavier-Marie Baronnet
1927 – 2012
Catholic priest
Philippe Starck
b. 1949
industrial designer
Maurice Guiraud-Rivière
1881 – 1947
sculptor
David Hallyday
b. 1966
singer
Paul Joseph Boudier
1854 – 1908
businessperson
Tristan Pfaff
b. 1985
pianist
Germain Bazin
1901 – 1990
art historian
Jacques Denis
1902 – 1972
engineer
Otis Fellows
1908 – 1993
writer
Alan Mac Clyde
1801 – 1901
writer
Charles Hoffbauer
1875 – 1957
painter
Jeanne d'Hauteserre
b. 1953
politician
François-Louis Laporte, comte de Castelnau
1810 – 1880
explorer
Marie Texier-Lahoulle
1889 – 1972
politician
François Mulard
1769 – 1850
painter
Raimon de Miraval
1160 – 1220
troubadour
Charles Victor Naudin
1815 – 1899
botanist
Jean-Félix Acquaviva
b. 1973
politician
Jacques de Reinach
1840 – 1892
banker
Émile Paul Amable Guépratte
1856 – 1939
politician
Max Charroin
1924 – 2007
sport cyclist
Christine Davenier
b. 1961
illustrator
Guillaume Burger
b. 1989
kayaker
Bernard d'Espagnat
1921 – 2015
physicist
Olivia Gallay Bertrand
b. 1989
alpine skier
Manssita Traoré
b. 2003
association football player
Anita Fatis
b. 1963
swimmer
Henri Le Floch
1862 – 1950
Catholic priest
Francis Luyce
b. 1947
swimmer
Loïc Bruni
b. 1994
sport cyclist
Simone Plé-Caussade
1897 – 1986
composer
Jules Houplain
b. 1998
actor
Stéphane Tardieu
b. 1970
rower
Pauline Clément
b. 1986
actor
Jacques Santi
1939 – 1988
actor
Henri Lebesgue
1875 – 1941
mathematician
Martin of Vertou
527 – 601
monk
Jacques Dubois
1478 – 1555
physician
Jacqueline Daix
1914 – 1982
film actor
Émilien Jeannière
b. 1998
sport cyclist
Virginie Deloffre
b. 1953
physician
Clément Boyer
b. 1994
rugby league player
Damien Durand
b. 1995
association football player
Pierre Chanal
1946 – 2003
serial killer
Jean-Hilaire Aubame
1912 – 1989
politician
Joris Sainati
b. 1988
association football player
Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard
b. 2003
tennis player
Ferdinand Lemaire
1833 – 1879
librettist
Renaud Jay
b. 1991
cross-country skier
Philippe Laguérie
b. 1952
Catholic priest
Louise d'Épinay
1726 – 1783
woman of letters
Patricia Lavail
b. 1962
recorder player
Antoine Magnin
1848 – 1926
botanist
Jean-François Bernard
b. 1962
sport cyclist
Pierre-Yves Cadalen
b. 1992
politician
Charles Hardouin
opera singer
Subrata K. Mitra
b. 1949
political scientist
Hervé Pierre
b. 1955
actor
Michel Fontaine
1934 – 2005
sport shooter
Cyriack Garel
b. 1996
association football player
Laurent Baumel
b. 1965
politician
Pierre Alexandre Renet
b. 1984
motorcycle racer
Laurent Pietraszewski
b. 1966
politician
Robert Le Vigan
1900 – 1972
actor
Pierre de Bousquet de Florian
b. 1954
official
Louis-Marie Stanislas Fréron
1754 – 1802
journalist
Dante Agostini
1921 – 1980
drummer
Philippe Vuillemin
b. 1958
comics artist
Niké Arrighi
1944 – 2025
actor
Yvonne Choquet-Bruhat
1923 – 2025
mathematician
Ludwig Norbert
b. 1983
association football player
Léonce Vieljeux
1865 – 1944
military personnel
Oumare Tounkara
b. 1990
association football player
Edouard Des Places
1900 – 2000
classical philologist
Jésus Etcheverry
1911 – 1988
conductor
Ralph Toledano
b. 1951
business executive
Yorgan Agblemagnon
b. 1999
association football player
Fred Poché
b. 1960
philosopher
Claude d'Abbeville
1590 – 1632
explorer
Tristan de L'Angle Beaumanoir
1828 – 1895
politician
Yvon Riemer
b. 1970
amateur wrestler
Claude Bremond
1929 – 2021
semiologist
Édouard Crut
1901 – 1974
association football player
Claude Batho
1935 – 1981
photographer
Francis II of France
1544 – 1560
politician
Edmond Marie Félix de Boislecomte
1849 – 1923
painter
Mickaël Ladhuie
b. 1982
rugby union player
Kélian Galletier
b. 1992
rugby union player
André Fau
1896 – 1982
painter
Étienne Faure
b. 1969
film producer
Jacques-Antoine Manuel
1775 – 1827
lawyer
Henri d'Orléans, Duke of Aumale
1822 – 1897
politician
Raymond V, Count of Toulouse
1134 – 1194
aristocrat