France
People of this nationality
Bilal Brahimi
b. 2000
association football player
Didier Hassoux
b. 1963
journalist
Robert Favart
1911 – 2003
film actor
Erick Benzi
b. 1959
songwriter
Gilles Andruet
1958 – 1995
chess player
Hugues Meunier
1721 – 1792
military personnel
Jacques Darras
b. 1939
publisher
Jean-Baptiste Lepère
1761 – 1844
architect
Pascal Massart
b. 1958
statistician
Gilles Pargneaux
b. 1957
politician
Sanaa Altama
b. 1990
association football player
Armonia Bordes
b. 1945
politician
Michel de Certeau
1925 – 1986
historian
Aymeline Valade
b. 1984
model
Charles Armand René de La Trémoille
1708 – 1741
writer
Fanny Rey
b. 1981
chef
Jean Baptiste Saint-Lager
1825 – 1912
botanist
Paul Boyer
1864 – 1949
slavist
Hervé Berville
b. 1990
politician
Thierry Audel
b. 1987
association football player
Jean-Pierre Grès
b. 1949
sprinter
Pierre-Yves Plat
b. 1980
pianist
Sagamore Stévenin
b. 1974
actor
Léon Lacombe
1885 – 1913
coal miner
Serge Collot
1923 – 2015
music educator
Arman Soldin
1991 – 2023
video journalist
Philippe Laudenbach
1936 – 2024
actor
Louise Chéruit
1866 – 1955
fashion designer
Jacques Salomé
b. 1935
writer
Sophie Balmary
b. 1979
rower
Paul-Aimé Fromage
1802 – 1890
playwright
Chanoir
b. 1976
painter
Liamine Mokdad
b. 2000
association football player
Gérard Caron
1938 – 2020
designer
Axel Bouteille
b. 1995
basketball player
Eugenie Eboue-Tell
1891 – 1972
politician
Jack Pani
b. 1946
long jumper
Lola Dewaere
b. 1979
actor
Théophile Jeusset
1910 – 1968
writer
Patrick Depailler
1944 – 1980
motorcycle racer
Hélène Jourdan-Morhange
1888 – 1961
violinist
Henri Catelan
1895 – 1980
sport cyclist
Aymen Souda
b. 1993
association football player
Louis Besson
1937 – 2026
politician
Élisabeth Lion
1904 – 1988
aircraft pilot
Anne-Marie Idrac
b. 1951
politician
Hippolyte Hostein
1814 – 1879
theatre director
Marlène Dolveck
b. 1975
businessperson
Jean Gautherin
1840 – 1890
sculptor
Alain Kirili
1946 – 2021
sculptor
François du Fault
1604 – 1672
composer
Marie Henri Andoyer
1862 – 1929
astronomer
Bryan Adinany
b. 2000
association football player
Pascal Jardin
1934 – 1980
screenwriter
Ludovic Lalanne
1815 – 1898
librarian
Vanessa Bruno
b. 1967
model
Pierre Humbert
1891 – 1953
mathematician
Raymond Queneau
1903 – 1976
poet
Édouard Corniglion-Molinier
1898 – 1963
politician
Jean Brunet
1822 – 1894
poet
Marie-Hélène Thoraval
b. 1966
politician
Pierre Dupuis
1610 – 1682
painter
Arkunir
b. 2002
vlogger
Jean-Louis Prianon
b. 1960
athletics competitor
Lauranne Dautais
b. 1973
volleyball player
Catherine de Brassac
1587 – 1648
lady-in-waiting
Olivier Blondel
b. 1979
association football player
Kenza Farah
b. 1986
singer
Gérard Defois
b. 1931
Catholic priest
Louis Alphonse de Bourbon
b. 1975
businessperson
Mathys Angély
b. 2007
association football player
Robert Gaguin
1433 – 1501
philosopher
Marie Huet
1859 – 1939
painter
Eugène Georges Joseph Lecrosnier
1923 – 2013
Catholic priest
Claude Piegts
1934 – 1962
insurance broker
Sylvaine Duban
b. 1949
figure skater
Jacques Renavand
b. 1939
tennis player
Auguste Lefèvre
1828 – 1907
politician
Dante Gianello
1912 – 1992
sport cyclist
Jacques Denys Choisy
1799 – 1859
botanist
Guillaume-Chrétien de Lamoignon de Malesherbes
1721 – 1794
magistrate
Henri, Prince of Condé
1588 – 1646
Catholic priest
Mathis Le Berre
b. 2001
sport cyclist
Edmond Jean François Barbier
1689 – 1771
writer
Brooke Raboutou
b. 2001
competition climber
Jean-Marc Daniel
b. 1954
economist
Jules Pinaud
1873 – 1947
gymnast
John Licina
b. 1976
association football player
Louise Honorine Crozat du Châtel Choiseul
1734 – 1801
François Patriat
1943 – 2026
politician
Claude Bessy
1945 – 1999
singer
Jules Dupré
1811 – 1889
painter
Roxane Mesquida
b. 1981
actor
Érick Jacquin
b. 1964
television presenter
Jacqueline Alquier
b. 1947
politician
Arnaud Gauthier-Rat
b. 1996
beach volleyball player
Adolphe Hastrel de Rivedoux
1805 – 1874
painter
Sandra Bessudo
b. 1969
biologist
Joseph-Marie Gros
1742 – 1792
Catholic priest
Gérard Darmon
b. 1948
film actor