France
People of this nationality
Abraham de Cologna
1755 – 1832
rabbi
Louis of Lorraine, Count of Armagnac
1641 – 1718
aristocrat
Christine Muzio
1951 – 2018
fencer
Albert Lamorisse
1922 – 1970
screenwriter
Catherine Cessac
b. 1952
musicologist
Daniel Leca
b. 1985
politician
Osbern the Steward
feudatory
Elisabeth Barléon
b. 1983
archer
Georges Albert
1882 – 1963
association football player
Valentin Roberge
b. 1987
association football player
Virgile Lacombe
b. 1984
rugby union player
Pierre-François Godard de Beauchamps
1689 – 1761
playwright
Ernest Carbonne
1860 – 1924
opera singer
Christian Pire
1930 – 2000
competitive diver
Agnès Lacheux
b. 1974
Para canoeist
Pierre Duprat
b. 1989
judoka
François Olivennes
b. 1959
physician
Pierre Antoine Dupont
1765 – 1840
politician
Georges Van Parys
1902 – 1971
composer
François D'Haene
b. 1985
winegrower
Guillaume Boucher
goldsmith
Pierre Dumage
1674 – 1751
organist
Michel Leflochmoan
1951 – 2021
association football player
Jean Castel
1916 – 1999
sailor
Bernard Fournet
b. 1941
athletics competitor
Sébastien Lombard
b. 1981
association football player
Daniel Cerisey
b. 1948
cross-country skier
François Corteggiani
1953 – 2022
comics artist
Madeleine Roch
1883 – 1930
actor
Laurent Wetzel
1950 – 2021
politician
Jules François Mabille
1831 – 1904
zoologist
Paul Déroulède
1846 – 1914
poet
Karine Schuler
b. 1968
synchronized swimmer
Jean de La Bruyère
1645 – 1696
essayist
Ernest Désiré Glasson
1839 – 1907
jurist
Hubert Gerbeau
1937 – 2021
writer
Michel Gondinet
1855 – 1936
sports executive
Larsen Touré
b. 1984
association football player
Catherine Muller
b. 1969
rower
Olivier Létang
b. 1972
association football player
Herminie de La Brousse de Verteillac
1853 – 1926
poet
Miguel Almereyda
1883 – 1917
politician
Emilie Desjeux
1861 – 1957
painter
Auguste-Jacques Lemierre d'Argy
1762 – 1815
writer
Paul Bladt
1931 – 2022
politician
Charles François d'Angennes, Marquis de Maintenon
1648 – 1691
naval officer
René Sim Lacaze
1901 – 2000
jewelry designer
Mylène Lazare
b. 1987
swimmer
Marc-Claude Buttet
1529 – 1586
poet
Henri Stambouli
1961 – 2023
association football player
Laura Glauser
b. 1993
handball player
Edmond Lefebvre du Prey
1866 – 1955
politician
Lucas Didier
b. 2003
para table tennis player
Jean-Emmanuel Depraz
b. 1994
Magic: The Gathering player
Louis-Nicolas Séjan
1786 – 1849
organist
René Waldeck-Rousseau
1809 – 1882
lawyer
Jérémy Huysman
b. 1988
association football player
René Fournier
1932 – 2023
sport cyclist
François Sureau
b. 1957
official
Jacques Blanc
b. 1939
politician
François Daumas
1915 – 1984
archaeologist
Marcel Chadeigne
1876 – 1926
composer
Awa Ly
b. 1977
actor
Damien Alary
1951 – 2025
politician
Jean-Claude Rambot
1618 – 1694
architect
Jérôme-Joseph de Momigny
1762 – 1842
composer
Bertrand du Castel
1952 – 2019
computer scientist
Gabriel Péri
1902 – 1941
politician
Charles Plumier
1646 – 1704
engineer
Catherine Vidal
b. 1951
neurobiologist
Joseph Ortigue
1802 – 1866
music critic
Mercotte
b. 1942
food critic
Étienne Oliviero
b. 2006
sport cyclist
André Arnyvelde
1881 – 1942
journalist
Mary, Countess of Blois
1203 – 1241
aristocrat
Joshua Hochart
b. 1987
politician
Jean Dardel
chronicler
Justin Godart
1871 – 1956
politician
Lilian Renaud
b. 1991
musician
Henri Loyrette
b. 1952
art historian
Stéphanie Foretz
b. 1981
tennis player
Charles Josselin
1938 – 2026
politician
Olivier Cazal
b. 1962
pianist
Guilhem d'Autpol
troubadour
François Annat
1590 – 1670
writer
Alphonse Salin
1798 – 1878
playwright
Marc Weller
b. 1951
association football player
Louis Michel de Boissy
1725 – 1793
historian
Johan Cavalli
b. 1981
association football player
Henri Guérin
1921 – 1995
association football player
Taïkan Jyoji
b. 1941
Louis Deschamps
1846 – 1902
painter
Olivier Picard
1940 – 2023
archaeologist
Pierre Chanut
1601 – 1662
diplomat
Pierre Lepautre
1652 – 1716
draftsperson
Thomas Restout
1671 – 1754
painter
Charles Teamboueon
1939 – 2013
association football player
Dan Simkovitch
1954 – 2020
actor
François Prévôt-Leygonie
b. 1967
actor
Henri-Charles de Beaumanoir de Lavardin
1644 – 1701
military personnel