France
People of this nationality
Bernard Pivot
1935 – 2024
journalist
Adrien Coulomb
b. 1990
association football player
Louis Laugier
b. 1965
official
Pierre Forget de Fresnes
1544 – 1610
politician
Philippe Vallois
b. 1948
film director
Marie Jaisson
b. 1962
sociologist
Yves Perrier
b. 1954
business executive
Apolline Dreyfuss
b. 1986
synchronized swimmer
Charles Gounod
1818 – 1893
classical composer
Benjamin Mouton
b. 1948
architect
René Bianchi
perfumer
Raymond Appert
1904 – 1973
military personnel
Raphaël Gérard
b. 1968
politician
André Bouys
1656 – 1740
painter
Jean Baptiste, baron Franceschi
1766 – 1813
military leader
Philippe Charles, Duke of Valois
1664 – 1666
aristocrat
Marion Lievre
b. 1991
rugby union player
Clément Berthier
b. 2000
table tennis player
Jean-Baptiste Lestiboudois
1715 – 1804
botanist
Amine Bassi
b. 1997
association football player
Arnold Bouka Moutou
b. 1988
association football player
Marie Susini
1916 – 1993
writer
Antoine de Mitry
1857 – 1924
military personnel
Louis Serre
1873 – 1939
politician
Jeanne Barseghian
b. 1980
politician
Philippe de Courcillon de Dangeau
1638 – 1720
writer
Tony Valente
b. 1984
comics artist
Brigitte François-Sappey
b. 1944
radio producer
Yann Genty
b. 1981
handball player
Anne of Rohan
1584 – 1646
poet
Mons Bassouamina
b. 1998
association football player
Serge Mouille
1922 – 1988
goldsmith
Thierry Gerbier
1965 – 2013
biathlete
Georges Cravenne
1914 – 2009
journalist
Léon-Pierre Raybaud
1934 – 2024
politician
Johannes Cuvelier
b. 1301
trouvère
Jacques de Sirmond
1559 – 1651
Catholic priest
Pierrick Rakotoharisoa
b. 1991
association football player
Delphine Chanéac
b. 1978
actor
Bernard Cahier
1927 – 2008
photographer
Marc Baget
b. 1984
rugby union player
Sylvain Monsoreau
b. 1981
association football player
Issa Makhlouf
b. 1955
journalist
Émile Ignat
1908 – 1981
sport cyclist
Caroline Cellier
1945 – 2020
film actor
Mour Paye
b. 1994
association football player
Claude-François-Alexandre Houtteville
1686 – 1742
Catholic priest
Thomas Laurent Madeleine Duverne de Presle
1763 – 1844
military officer
Régis Charlet
1920 – 1998
ski jumper
Fabienne Égal
b. 1954
television presenter
Julian Ranc
b. 1996
athletics competitor
Djima Oyawolé
b. 1976
association football player
Thibault Moulin
b. 1990
association football player
Henry Parayre
1879 – 1970
sculptor
Ghjuvanni Quilichini
b. 2002
association football player
Cyréna Samba-Mayela
b. 2000
athletics competitor
Jean-Philippe Uzan
b. 1969
astrophysicist
Carlo Suarès
1892 – 1976
painter
Jean Casadesus
1927 – 1972
pianist
Charles de Souancé
1823 – 1896
ornithologist
Maadi Gobrait
1904 – 1980
resistance fighter
Henri Perrier
1929 – 2012
military flight engineer
Yohan Hautcœur
b. 1981
association football player
Arnold Munnich
b. 1949
physician
Maurice Giro
1932 – 2025
politician
Éric Estève
b. 1951
singer
Gilles Durant de la Bergerie
1554 – 1614
poet
Maurice of Pagnac
1201 – 1322
warrior monk
Florian Sempey
b. 1988
opera singer
Jean-François Gerbillon
1654 – 1707
astronomer
Joannes Seyve
1900 – 1966
biochemist
Nicole Ward Jouve
b. 1938
writer
Edouard Berth
1875 – 1939
philosopher
Romain Sardou
b. 1974
novelist
Bernard Salanié
b. 1962
economist
Victor Sablé
1911 – 1997
politician
Colette Le Moal
b. 1932
politician
Léonce
1820 – 1900
actor
Ernest Mosny
1861 – 1918
biologist
Ari'imate
1824 – 1874
sovereign
Anne-Françoise Rutkowski
b. 1970
psychologist
Marie Touchet
1549 – 1638
royal mistress
Jean Achard
1918 – 1951
racing automobile driver
Clara Rozier
b. 1997
ice hockey player
Pacifique de Provins
1588 – 1648
writer
Jean-Noël Ferrari
b. 1974
fencer
Jean Jacod
b. 1944
mathematician
Germain Sengelin
1937 – 2021
judge
Papa Ibou Kébé
b. 1989
association football player
Jean Calmette
1692 – 1740
Indologist
Louis Constantin of Rohan
1697 – 1779
Catholic priest
Alfred de Musset
1810 – 1857
writer
Audrick Linord
b. 1987
association football player
Violette Dorange
b. 2001
sailor
Paul-Émile Boutigny
1853 – 1929
painter
Laetitia Marie Wyse Bonaparte
1831 – 1902
writer
André Paquinet
1926 – 2014
jazz trombonist
Jean van de Velde
b. 1966
golfer
Magnaba Folquet
b. 2003
association football player
Pedro de Almeida
1754 – 1813
military officer