France
People of this nationality
Maurice Choisy
1897 – 1966
botanist
Alexis Busin
b. 1995
association football player
David Terrier
b. 1973
association football player
Elsa Dreisig
b. 1991
opera singer
Jean Fournet
1913 – 2008
conductor
Léopold Gelot
1890 – 1980
sport cyclist
Esprit Requien
1788 – 1851
botanist
Joseph Meissonnier
1794 – 1856
guitarist
Antoine Hoppenot
b. 1990
association football player
Jean-Baptiste Estelle
1662 – 1723
diplomat
Serge Danot
1931 – 1990
animator
Mario Laserna Pinzón
1923 – 2013
mathematician
Marguerite de Witt-Schlumberger
1853 – 1924
women's rights activist
Victor Nirennold
b. 1991
association football player
Hugo Cointard
b. 1995
association football player
Christophe Desjardins
1962 – 2020
musician
Pierre Coustant
1654 – 1721
Christian monk
Jean de Boishue
b. 1943
politician
Roger Roche
politician
Louis of Berlaymont
1542 – 1596
prelate
Jean-Charles Roman d'Amat
1887 – 1976
librarian
France Clidat
1932 – 2012
pianist
Pierre Étienne Simon Duchartre
1811 – 1894
botanist
Estelle Duvin
b. 1997
ice hockey player
Rocky Gresset
b. 1980
jazz guitarist
Marie-Laure Brunet
b. 1988
biathlete
Boladé Apithy
b. 1985
fencer
Marie Boivin
1773 – 1841
midwife
Eugène Eudes-Deslongchamps
1830 – 1889
paleontologist
William X, Count of Auvergne
1150 – 1247
Thomas Levaux
b. 1980
association football player
André Robert Lévy
1893 – 1973
flying ace
Bruno Carette
1956 – 1989
actor
Martine Carrillon-Couvreur
b. 1948
politician
André Mangeot
1883 – 1970
violinist
Marie Guillot
1880 – 1934
trade unionist
Hygin-Auguste Cavé
1796 – 1852
lawyer
Pascal Cagni
b. 1961
businessperson
Henri Garcin
1928 – 2022
stage actor
Charles Mérieux
1907 – 2001
scientist
Marcel Folliot
1905 – 1988
sport cyclist
Marie Marchand-Arvier
b. 1985
alpine skier
Paul Virilio
1932 – 2018
philosopher
Louise Hersent
1784 – 1862
painter
Christian Bernard
b. 1951
mystic
Denis Malleval
b. 1958
film director
Max Dearly
1874 – 1943
stage actor
Paul Fournier
1853 – 1935
historian
Yves Piétrasanta
1939 – 2022
politician
Charles-François Toustain
1700 – 1754
historian
Jean-Claude Delamétherie
1743 – 1817
geologist
Gabriel Gerberon
1628 – 1711
monk
Noël-Noël
1897 – 1989
screenwriter
Thierry Thuillier
b. 1963
journalist
Eugène Raynaldy
1869 – 1938
politician
Michel Vovelle
1933 – 2018
historian
Henri Sautot
1885 – 1963
politician
Aliki Fakate
b. 1985
rugby union player
Girolamo Grimaldi-Cavalleroni
1597 – 1685
Catholic priest
Kevin Gameiro
b. 1987
association football player
François Albert-Buisson
1881 – 1961
economist
Léon Delsarte
1893 – 1963
artistic gymnast
Anne-Marie Kermarrec
b. 1970
computer scientist
Suzet Maïs
1908 – 1989
film actor
Sally
b. 1996
influencer
André César Vérand
1805 – 1885
colonial administrator
François Nardi
1861 – 1936
painter
Michel Camdessus
b. 1933
economist
P. Moussette
1861 – 1932
sailor
Maximilienne
1884 – 1978
actor
Claude Goudimel
1505 – 1572
composer
Paul de Vivie
1853 – 1930
sport cyclist
François de Linarès
1897 – 1955
military personnel
Stéphane Denève
b. 1971
conductor
Kevin L. Evans
b. 1962
music executive
Philis de La Charce
1645 – 1703
woman of letters
Gustave de Beaumont
1802 – 1866
politician
Pierre Augustin Béclard
1785 – 1825
physician
Robert Herbin
1939 – 2020
association football player
Gwenegan Bui
b. 1974
politician
François Kinson
1771 – 1839
painter
Bertrand Gille
b. 1978
handball player
Eugène Leveille
b. 1901
sport cyclist
Edme Mariotte
1620 – 1684
chemist
Louis Dupré
1789 – 1837
painter
Josiane Serre
1922 – 2004
chemist
Jean Ramez
1932 – 2020
fencer
Germaine Lubin
1890 – 1979
opera singer
Christophe Lemoine
b. 1978
actor
Claude-Henri Gorceix
1842 – 1919
mineralogist
Christopher Patte
b. 1990
modern pentathlete
Denis-Will Poha
b. 1997
association football player
Jean-Marc Ayrault
b. 1950
politician
Mécislas Golberg
1869 – 1907
essayist
Georges Phillipe Trousseau
1833 – 1894
physician
Jacky Le Menn
1941 – 2025
politician
Jean-Michel Cau
b. 1980
association football player
Célia Gery
b. 2006
sport cyclist
Charles Dumont
1929 – 2024
actor
Céline Minard
b. 1969
writer