France
People of this nationality
Anaïs Cardot
b. 2000
singer-songwriter
Stanislas Solaux
b. 1975
ice hockey player
Paul Fauchille
1858 – 1926
lawyer
Frederic Pujulà i Vallès
1877 – 1963
Esperantist
Jean-Pierre Andrevon
b. 1937
writer
David Devriès
1882 – 1936
opera singer
Claude Arnould
1899 – 1978
military officer
Martin Pierre d'Alvimare
1772 – 1839
composer
Louis Prosper Cantener
1803 – 1847
lepidopterist
John Capreolus
1380 – 1444
theologian
Gary Marigard
b. 1988
association football player
Jacques Richier
b. 1955
business executive
Peter Coudrin
1768 – 1836
Catholic priest
René Hell
1891 – 1965
actor
Emmanuel Véry-Hermence
1904 – 1966
politician
Pierre Adolphe Piorry
1794 – 1879
physician
J. Carter Bacot
1933 – 2005
banker
Benjamin Attahir
b. 1989
composer
Daniel Giraud
1946 – 2023
poet
Franck Petitgas
b. 1961
businessperson
Jean-Patrick Courtois
b. 1951
politician
Anne Amieux
1871 – 1961
teacher
Simon-Jérôme Bourlet de Vauxcelles
1733 – 1802
literary critic
Thierry Lancino
b. 1954
composer
Pietro Francavilla
1548 – 1615
sculptor
François Dubet
b. 1946
sociologist
Émilie Vina
b. 1982
cross-country skier
Agnes of France, Duchess of Burgundy
1260 – 1327
politician
Yves Delvingt
b. 1953
judoka
Alexandre Dechet
1801 – 1830
actor
Andrew Planche
1727 – 1809
artist
Louis Outhier
1930 – 2021
chef
Emmanuelle Bertrand
b. 1973
cellist
Henriette Renan
1811 – 1861
writer
Alfred Roth
1891 – 1966
association football player
Jules-Charles Truffier
1856 – 1943
stage actor
Abbé Pierre
1912 – 2007
Catholic priest
Camille Dreyfus
1851 – 1905
politician
Hermann Barrelet
1879 – 1964
rower
Erard II of Chacenay
1200 – 1236
Rudy Halmaert
b. 1990
figure skater
Prudent Joye
1913 – 1980
sprinter
Emmanuel des Essarts
1839 – 1909
poet
Olivier Schoenfelder
b. 1977
ice dancer
Maurice Gaudefroy-Demombynes
1862 – 1957
historian of religion
Jean-François Ott
b. 1965
businessperson
Serge Ornem
b. 1901
athletics competitor
Joël Giraud
b. 1959
politician
Gérardo Apruzzese
1902 – 1990
amateur wrestler
Francis Piasecki
1951 – 2018
association football player
Jean Laffitte
b. 1952
university teacher
Valentine Prax
1897 – 1981
painter
Loane
b. 1986
singer-songwriter
Claude Louis Marie Rochefort-Luçay
1790 – 1871
playwright
Louis-Guillaume Pitra
1736 – 1818
playwright
Claude Chirac
b. 1962
communications adviser
Jordan Chort
b. 1987
association football player
Pierre Lafitte
1872 – 1938
journalist
Hereiti Bernardino
b. 1993
athletics competitor
Pierre Baratin
1920 – 1995
sport cyclist
François-Victor Cogné
1876 – 1952
sculptor
Pascal Allizard
b. 1962
politician
François Vidal
1832 – 1911
poet
Driss Himmes
b. 1983
association football player
François Pils
1785 – 1867
painter
Franck Chantalou
b. 1980
karateka
Louis Jeandet
1900 – 1967
rower
Hhadydia Minte
b. 1991
basketball player
Albert Rafetraniaina
b. 1996
association football player
Georges de Scudéry
1601 – 1667
novelist
Claude Voilier
1917 – 2009
journalist
Édouard Bourdet
1887 – 1945
playwright
William of Aumelas
1100 – 1156
feudatory
Pascal Johansen
b. 1979
association football player
Erwin Félix Lewy-Bertaut
1913 – 2003
physicist
Henri Le Riche
1868 – 1944
painter
Paul Loeb
b. 1935
dog trainer
Alain Baraton
b. 1957
radio producer
Lorris Murail
1951 – 2021
writer
Marie Charpentier
1903 – 1994
mathematician
Arnaud Costes
b. 1973
rugby union player
Jean Le Fèvre
1652 – 1706
astronomer
René-Joseph-Hyacinthe Bertin
1757 – 1828
physician
Carole Vergne
b. 1985
fencer
Jean Étienne Benoît Duprat
1752 – 1809
military officer
Sophie Milliet
b. 1983
chess player
Marie Bonnevial
1841 – 1918
nurse
Gustave Bertrand
1896 – 1976
mathematician
Jamel Saihi
b. 1987
association football player
Louis-Sébastien Le Nain de Tillemont
1637 – 1698
historian
Pieter van Straaten
b. 1992
field hockey player
Louis Guédon
b. 1935
politician
Vladimir Aïtoff
1879 – 1963
physician
Lucien Galtier
1811 – 1866
Catholic priest
Cyprian Godebski
1835 – 1909
sculptor
Alain Marguerettaz
b. 1962
alpine skier
Charles Stanislas Marion
1758 – 1812
military officer
Geoffrey Bodenhausen
b. 1951
chemist
Henri Rochefort
1831 – 1913
journalist
Jean-Marcel Brouzes
b. 1953
sport cyclist