France
People of this nationality
André Lacroix
1924 – 2016
modern pentathlete
Frédéric Airault
1868 – 1944
engineer
Simon de Montfort, 5th Earl of Leicester
1165 – 1218
military leader
Monique Noirot
b. 1941
sprinter
Robert Bobin
1920 – 1994
athletics competitor
Claude Carliez
1925 – 2015
actor
Petrus Guérin du Rocher
1731 – 1792
Catholic priest
Sylvie Brunet-Grupposo
b. 2000
opera singer
Marie-Hélène Lafon
b. 1962
writer
Robert Dalban
1903 – 1987
dub actor
Francis Haget
b. 1949
rugby union player
Karine Tuil
b. 1972
writer
Roland Laudenbach
1921 – 1991
journalist
Charles-Gaspard De la Rive
1770 – 1834
chemist
Ryad Kerbouz
b. 1969
singer-songwriter
Yva Léro
1912 – 2007
writer
Pascal Delhommeau
b. 1978
association football player
Hamza Bencherif
b. 1988
association football player
Augustin Gabriel d'Aboville
1774 – 1820
politician
Estella Blain
1930 – 1982
actor
Nadir Haddou
b. 1983
sport cyclist
Cédric Énard
b. 1976
volleyball player
Émile Blanchard
1819 – 1900
lepidopterist
Armand-Octave-Marie d'Allonville
1809 – 1867
politician
Jean-Claude Olivier
1945 – 2013
motorcycle racer
Isabelle Patissier
b. 1967
rock climber
David Vairelles
b. 1977
association football player
Paul Mantoux
1877 – 1956
historian
Placide Louis Chapelle
1842 – 1905
Catholic priest
Michel Delpech
1946 – 2016
singer
Théo Derot
b. 1992
handball player
Jean-François Chossy
b. 1947
politician
Bernard Malivoire
1938 – 1982
coxswain
Georges Sadoul
1904 – 1967
journalist
Lolo Zouaï
b. 1995
singer
Jean-Yves Mvoto
b. 1988
association football player
Roger Trézel
1918 – 1986
bridge player
André Burkhard
b. 1950
association football player
Gabriel Peyré
b. 1979
researcher
Albert Rivière
1891 – 1953
politician
Charles Lamoureux
1834 – 1899
violinist
Émile Vernaudon
b. 1843
politician
Anne Nicole Voullemier
1796 – 1886
lithographer
Vera Molnár
1924 – 2023
digital artist
Éliane Jacq
1948 – 2011
sprinter
Félix Kir
1876 – 1968
politician
Benjamin Millepied
b. 1977
choreographer
François Jacob
1920 – 2013
biochemist
Émile Deville
1824 – 1853
physician
Paul-Émile Naggiar
1883 – 1961
diplomat
Pierre Mankowski
b. 1951
association football player
Grégoire de Lasteyrie
b. 1984
politician
Jacques Bordiot
1900 – 1983
journalist
Didier Ratsiraka
1936 – 2021
politician
Charles Virion
1865 – 1946
sculptor
Marguerite Baux
b. 1856
singer
Chantal Boulanger
1957 – 2004
anthropologist
Jean-Yves Veillard
1939 – 2020
historian
Claude Gruffat
b. 1957
ecologist
Jean Mayer
1920 – 1993
nutritionist
Gustave Samuel de Rothschild
1829 – 1911
banker
Sophie Lefranc-Duvillard
1971 – 2017
alpine skier
Auguste Marion
1876 – 1955
sport shooter
Philippe Mora
b. 1949
film director
Michèle Mouton
b. 1951
rally driver
Adam Siao Him Fa
b. 2001
figure skater
Maurice Prou
1861 – 1930
legal historian
Guy Lefrand
b. 1963
politician
Nicolas-François Canard
1754 – 1833
economist
Thierry Rozier
b. 1964
equestrian
Philippe Gosselin
b. 1966
politician
Sébastien Minard
b. 1982
sport cyclist
Aurélien Nattes
b. 1984
association football player
Jacques Vaillant de Guélis
1907 – 1945
spy
Georges Colonna-Ceccaldi
1840 – 1879
archaeologist
Louise Françoise de Bourbon
1673 – 1743
aristocrat
Armand Castelmary
1834 – 1897
opera singer
Jules Gimbert
b. 1998
rugby union player
Renaud Dutreil
b. 1960
politician
Claude Martin
1930 – 2017
politician
Georges Guingouin
1913 – 2005
politician
Jules Koundé
b. 1998
association football player
Élisabeth Morin
b. 1947
politician
Thierry Pantel
b. 1964
athletics competitor
Hippolyte Müller
1865 – 1933
archaeologist
David Valence
b. 1981
politician
Guy Janvier
1948 – 2024
politician
Francoise Brun-Cottan
b. 1946
television actor
Thomas Mahieu
1520 – 1590
politician
Zahir Belounis
b. 1980
association football player
Casimir Marie Gaudibert
1823 – 1901
astronomer
Djibril Sidibé
b. 1992
association football player
Charles-René Laitié
1782 – 1862
sculptor
Gabriel Fourmaintraux
1886 – 1984
ceramicist
Émile Vedel
1858 – 1937
writer
Philippe Delorme
b. 1960
journalist
Yannick Adde
b. 1969
sailor
Camille Montagne
1784 – 1866
botanist
Eric Bonnel
b. 1974
weightlifter
Freeman
b. 1972
actor