France
People of this nationality
Eric Fournier
b. 1965
politician
Mathilde Androuët
b. 1984
politician
Louis Ferdinand Malespina
1874 – 1949
painter
Marcel Pinte
1938 – 1944
French resistance fighter
Émile Legouis
1861 – 1937
translator
Dominique Monféry
b. 1965
film director
Élodie Bouchez
b. 1973
film actor
Clara Knecht
1914 – 2000
secretary
David Douillet
b. 1969
politician
Guillaume Faugues
composer
Jacques Peirotes
1869 – 1935
politician
Charles, marquis de Villette
1736 – 1793
politician
Brigitte Engerer
1952 – 2012
pianist
Claire Croiza
1882 – 1946
opera singer
Claude Mollet
1563 – 1650
landscape architect
Jean Laurain
1921 – 2008
politician
Jean de Biencourt de Poutrincourt et de Saint-Just
1558 – 1615
colonial administrator
Hugh VIII of Lusignan
1106 – 1173
Charlotte de Sauve
1551 – 1617
lady-in-waiting
Guy de Lasteyrie
1879 – 1944
Étienne Gilson
1884 – 1978
philosopher
Gaucher V de Châtillon
1249 – 1329
politician
Nicole Lévêque
b. 1951
long-distance runner
Michel Sardou
b. 1947
singer
Jean Largeault
1931 – 1995
philosopher
Benoît Lecouls
b. 1978
rugby union player
Alexandre Guillaume Mouslier de Moissy
1712 – 1777
playwright
Charles Laval
1862 – 1894
painter
Dominique-André de Chambarlhac
1754 – 1823
military officer
Patrice Higonnet
b. 1938
historian
Edmond Decottignies
1893 – 1963
weightlifter
Alexandre Monnet
1812 – 1849
abolitionist
Armand de Gontaut, baron de Biron
1524 – 1592
civil servant
Béatrice Tillier
b. 1972
comics artist
André Chénier
1762 – 1794
poet
Stéphane Glas
b. 1973
rugby union player
William III, Count of Ponthieu
1095 – 1171
aristocrat
Frédéric Regard
b. 1959
non-fiction writer
Céline Verzeletti
b. 1969
trade unionist
Dany Rigoulot
b. 1944
figure skater
René Lacoste
1904 – 1996
tennis player
Charles le Bargy
1858 – 1936
actor
Jean Ramadier
1913 – 1968
governor
Mohammed Aïssaoui
b. 1964
journalist
Laurent André Barisy
1769 – 1802
military personnel
Jules-Cyrille Cavé
1859 – 1946
painter
Alexandre Ferré
playwright
Daniel Mendaille
1885 – 1963
actor
Édouard Ferrand
1965 – 2018
politician
Sari Hanafi
b. 1962
sociologist
Clément Couturier
b. 1993
association football player
Charles de La Mothe-Houdancourt
1650 – 1728
military officer
Vincent Calvez
b. 1981
mathematician
Louis Magaud d'Aubusson
1847 – 1917
ornithologist
Jérôme de Missolz
1954 – 2016
film director
Corinne Vignon
b. 1963
politician
Loïs Diony
b. 1992
association football player
Matthieu Bonafous
1793 – 1852
botanist
Gabriel de Guilleragues
1628 – 1685
journalist
Stephan Zagadou
b. 2008
association football player
Robert Joseph Pothier
1699 – 1772
jurist-consultant
Arnaud Merklé
b. 2000
badminton player
Jean-Frédéric Waldeck
1766 – 1875
explorer
Victor Brochard
1848 – 1907
philosopher
Thierry Ardisson
1949 – 2025
television producer
Julien Magnat
b. 1901
screenwriter
Raymond Gilloz
1931 – 2015
speed skater
Olivier Testa
b. 1977
speleologist
Baptiste Chouzenoux
b. 1993
rugby union player
Coli Saco
b. 2002
association football player
Élisabeth Bouscaren
b. 1956
mathematician
Natalie Dessay
b. 1965
opera singer
Petit Biscuit
b. 1999
DJ producer
Danielle Jacqui
b. 1934
painter
Jacques Nicolas Gobert
1760 – 1808
military officer
Pascal Olmeta
b. 1961
association football player
Charles Pavese
1890 – 1967
sport cyclist
Camille Barbaud
1900 – 1996
long-distance runner
Michel Rohmer
b. 1948
chemist
Angelo Rinaldi
1940 – 2025
writer
François Sudre
1787 – 1862
composer
Heremoana Maamaatuaiahutapu
politician
Leonid Sabaneyev
1881 – 1968
composer
Christophe Moni
b. 1972
rugby union player
Édouard Stern
1954 – 2005
banker
Félix Le Couppey
1811 – 1887
pianist
Laurence Parisot
b. 1959
businessperson
SonaOne
b. 1988
rapper
Chantal Schertz
b. 1958
swimmer
Alain Couriol
b. 1958
association football player
Jocelyn Prêcheur
b. 1982
association football coach
Roger Vachon
b. 1957
judoka
Patrick Cordier
b. 1961
mineralogist
Jean Goulème
1907 – 2000
sport cyclist
René Gillotin
1814 – 1861
Officer of the French Navy
Henri Beau
1881 – 1928
association football player
Salomon Bédarrides
1809 – 1886
lawyer
Jean Isaac Chadeau de la Clocheterie
1741 – 1782
Officer of the French Navy
Renée Massip
1907 – 2002
writer
Augustin Sesmat
1885 – 1957
mathematician