France
People of this nationality
Pierre Jélyotte
1713 – 1797
opera singer
Anatole de Bengy
1824 – 1871
Catholic priest
Jean-Guihen Queyras
b. 1967
cellist
Raoul Echard
1888 – 1922
flying ace
Nicolas Lefrançois
b. 1987
sport cyclist
Philippe Thomassin
1562 – 1622
printmaker
Jacques Bouquet
1933 – 2009
rugby union player
Christophe Lattaignant
b. 1971
coxswain
Oualid El Hasni
b. 1993
association football player
Jacques François
1920 – 2003
stage actor
Céline Lebrun
b. 1976
judoka
Jean-Baptiste Morvan de Bellegarde
1648 – 1734
Catholic priest
Boni de Castellane
1867 – 1932
journalist
Jacques Jullien
1929 – 2012
university teacher
Dominique Jean Larrey
1766 – 1842
military physician
Marie Albe
1924 – 2021
actor
Marcel-Frédéric Lubin-Lebrère
1891 – 1972
rugby union player
André Néron
1922 – 1985
mathematician
Mikael Colombu
b. 1975
film director
Maxime Schwartz
b. 1940
biologist
Abdoulaye Sissako
b. 1998
association football player
Paulette Destouches-Février
1914 – 2013
philosopher
Michel-Esther Le Turdu
1826 – 1877
Catholic priest
Brian Babit
b. 1993
association football player
Ronan Hauterville
b. 1989
association football player
Nurith Aviv
b. 1945
cinematographer
Louis Castex
1868 – 1954
sculptor
Michel Delacroix
b. 1933
painter
Gustave-Adolphe Hirn
1815 – 1890
physicist
Romain Sassot
b. 1986
swimmer
Pierre Hugon
1824 – 1901
engineer
Joseph Chevillon
1849 – 1910
politician
Luc Besson
b. 1959
film producer
Monny de Boully
1904 – 1968
poet
Raymond Aimos
1889 – 1944
actor
Claude Casimir Gillet
1806 – 1896
botanist
Katherine Kath
1920 – 2012
ballet dancer
Jacques Fonteray
1918 – 2013
painter
Teddy Thomas
b. 1993
rugby union player
Léon Crémière
1831 – 1913
photographer
Tony Lévy
b. 1943
historian of mathematics
Ferland Mendy
b. 1995
association football player
Alphonse Alkan
1809 – 1889
printer
Guy Bois
1934 – 2019
historian
Valérie Wilson
1953 – 2011
actor
Françoise Brauner
1911 – 2000
physician
Yohan Bouzin
b. 1974
association football player
Alain Chédotal
b. 1967
researcher
Elohim Prandi
b. 1998
handball player
Bernard Renault
1836 – 1904
botanist
Jean-Baptiste Giraud
1752 – 1830
sculptor
Bernard Buffet
1928 – 1999
painter
Paul Sauvage
1939 – 2019
association football player
Roger Dorchy
1944 – 2023
racing automobile driver
Pascal Ondarts
b. 1956
rugby union player
Sacha Treille
b. 1987
ice hockey player
Jess Hahn
1921 – 1998
actor
Raphaël Beaugillet
b. 1989
sport cyclist
Charlotte Bonaparte Gabrielli
1795 – 1865
Henri-François Riesener
1767 – 1828
painter
Jean-Claude Roussel
b. 1957
rower
Marion Lotout
b. 1989
pole vaulter
Harry de Windt
1856 – 1933
explorer
Athanase Bassinet
1850 – 1914
politician
Jules Louis Lewal
1823 – 1908
politician
Eddy De Lépine
b. 1984
sprinter
François Merry Delabost
1836 – 1918
physician
Philippe Briand
b. 1960
politician
Aymeric Luc
b. 1997
rugby union player
Paul Remlinger
1871 – 1964
physician
René Stapp
racing driver
Djibril Diani
b. 1998
association football player
Bernard Cassen
1937 – 2025
journalist
Arnaud de Via
1201 – 1335
Catholic priest
Charles Sauvageot
1781 – 1860
musician
Marie-Antoinette Lix
1839 – 1909
writer
Hippolyte Roussel
1824 – 1898
missionary
Eddy de Pretto
b. 1993
rapper
Jules Cluzel
b. 1988
motorcycle racer
Noémie Kober
b. 1993
rower
Évelyne Thomas
b. 1964
journalist
Mohamed Kader Meïté
b. 2007
association football player
Vincent Auriol
1884 – 1966
politician
Angélique de Froissy
1700 – 1785
aristocrat
Madame Acquaire
b. 1750
actor
Louis Nicolas de Clerville
1610 – 1677
military engineer
C. V. Mourey
1791 – 1830
mathematician
Sylvie Granotier
b. 1951
actor
Denis-Constant Martin
b. 1947
anthropologist
Médard Albrand
1898 – 1981
politician
Napoléon La Cécilia
1835 – 1878
military officer
Franck Renou
b. 1973
association football player
Bernard Paul
1930 – 1980
film director
Berthe Faure
1842 – 1920
Bryan Labissiere
b. 1997
association football player
Edwin Clain
b. 1999
squash player
Patrick Labaune
b. 1951
politician
Milo IV, lord of Le Puiset
1200 – 1219
Lew Kowarski
1907 – 1979
physicist
Pierre Blancard
1741 – 1826
explorer