France
People of this nationality
Paul Rougnon
1846 – 1934
composer
Virginie Thévenet
b. 1957
actor
Henri Contet
1904 – 1998
film critic
Réginald Becque
b. 1972
association football player
Nicolas Vallet
1583 – 1645
composer
Eddy Riva
b. 1973
athletics competitor
Romain Pastorelli
b. 1983
association football player
Georges Martin
1844 – 1916
politician
Jean-Pierre Pernot
1947 – 2025
politician
Raymond Ruyer
1902 – 1987
philosopher
Yvon Repérant
harpsichordist
Joseph Aude
1755 – 1841
playwright
Count Claude Florimond de Mercy
1666 – 1734
military officer
Jacques Mazoin
1929 – 2020
rugby union player
Pierre Chesneau
1902 – 1986
association football player
Marthe Robert
1914 – 1996
linguist
Valentine Pikul
b. 1997
artistic gymnast
Suzanne Citron
1922 – 2018
essayist
Louis Hon
1924 – 2008
association football player
Jean-Denis Barbié du Bocage
1760 – 1825
geographer
Georges Monnet
1898 – 1980
politician
Armella Nicolas
1606 – 1671
domestic worker
André Bouvier
b. 1900
boxer
Auguste Marie
1865 – 1934
physician
Christophe Lavainne
b. 1963
sport cyclist
Paul Tortelier
1914 – 1990
composer
Henri-Robert
1863 – 1936
writer
Ayoub Ezzaytouni
b. 2001
association football player
Louis Lesca
b. 1887
athletics competitor
Laurent Grandguillaume
b. 1978
politician
Hugo Pigeon
b. 1996
sport cyclist
André Picard
1873 – 1926
playwright
Pierre Molères
b. 1932
Catholic priest
William the Carpenter
1042 – 1100
Pierre Potain
1825 – 1901
cardiologist
Laetitia Grimaldi
opera singer
Gaston Gerville-Réache
1854 – 1908
politician
Pierre Charles Trémolières
1703 – 1739
painter
Michael Sinterniklaas
b. 1972
voice actor
Édouard Commette
1883 – 1967
organist
Emmanuel Leconte
b. 1982
actor
Louis Lapointe
b. 1992
canoeist
Camille Cabral
b. 1944
dermatologist
Jeanne de Salzmann
1889 – 1990
translator
Marcelle Pradot
1901 – 1982
actor
Henry Herman Harjes
1875 – 1926
banker
Kiyémis
b. 1993
writer
Aline Zylberajch
b. 1953
harpsichordist
Marc Olivier Doue
b. 2000
association football player
Léon-Eugène Méhédin
1828 – 1905
architect
Aboubakar Kamara
b. 1995
association football player
Joseph Bruseau de La Roche
actor
Lucie Rault
b. 1944
musicologist
Anne-Marie Schaffner
b. 1945
politician
Alfred-Philibert Aldrophe
1834 – 1895
architect
Laurent Journet
b. 1970
swimmer
Johan Idrele
b. 1995
association football player
Jean-Paul Lilienfeld
b. 1962
actor
Henri Souharce
1909 – 1974
rower
Lazare Gianessi
1925 – 2009
association football player
Charles Treffel
1875 – 1947
water polo player
Hyacinthe Francois Joseph Despinoy
1764 – 1848
military personnel
Paul Celan
1920 – 1970
poet
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
1864 – 1901
poster artist
Eugène Gilbert
1889 – 1918
aircraft pilot
Aimé Durbec
1902 – 1991
association football player
Amans-Alexis Monteil
1769 – 1850
historian
François Bonlieu
1937 – 1973
alpine skier
Georges Rouy
1851 – 1924
botanist
Jean-Paul Didierlaurent
1962 – 2021
writer
Marc Tobaly
1950 – 2024
guitarist
Jean Séphériadès
1922 – 2001
rower
François Victor Mérat de Vaumartoise
1780 – 1851
botanist
Élie, duc Decazes
1780 – 1860
politician
Joseph Gilet
1876 – 1943
architect
Gilles Beyer
1957 – 2023
figure skater
Antoine de Montazet
1713 – 1788
Catholic priest
Pierre-Auguste Vafflard
1777 – 1837
painter
Raphaël Blanchard
1857 – 1919
physician
Rassoul Ndiaye
b. 2001
association football player
Louis François Marie Le Tellier
1668 – 1701
politician
Yannick Jaulin
b. 1958
actor
Louise Catherine Guéret
1755 – 1851
painter
Gérard Masson
1936 – 2021
composer
Henri Crémieux
1896 – 1980
stage actor
Jules Houël
1823 – 1886
mathematician
Julien Terzics
1968 – 2024
political activist
Jean-François Jacqueminot
1787 – 1865
politician
Louis Becq de Fouquières
1831 – 1887
literary critic
Ben Ahmed Abdelkrim
b. 1932
long-distance runner
Gobin de Reims
composer
Christia Sylf
1924 – 1980
writer
Philippe Honoré
1941 – 2015
cartoonist
Charles de Grandmaison
1824 – 1903
archivist
Tifany Roux
b. 1997
alpine skier
Louis-Nicolas Brette Saint-Ernest
1802 – 1860
playwright
Jean-Paul Gaultier
b. 1952
grand couturier
Alain Chedanne
1942 – 2010
writer
Pierre-Alain Raphan
b. 1983
politician
Jean Bachelot La Pylaie
1786 – 1856
explorer