France
People of this nationality
Thomas Bonnet
b. 1998
sport cyclist
Pépito Elhorga
b. 1978
rugby union player
Étienne Compayré
1748 – 1817
politician
Mokhtar Arribi
1924 – 1989
association football player
Samy Faraj
b. 2001
association football player
Marc Bonnefous
1924 – 2002
diplomat
Robert Lebel
1904 – 1986
art collector
Julien Laidoun
b. 1980
sport cyclist
Jean-Claude Maleval
b. 1946
psychoanalyst
Zénaïde Rossi
1923 – 2005
actor
Erwan Bastard
b. 1998
racing driver
Jean-Baptiste Dugas-Montbel
1776 – 1834
linguist
Patricia de Nicolaï
b. 1957
perfumer
Thomas Regnaudin
1622 – 1706
sculptor
Hippolyte Destailleur
1822 – 1893
architect
René de Buxeuil
1881 – 1959
composer
Lilian Constantini
1902 – 1982
actor
Charles Edmond Kayser
1882 – 1965
draftsperson
Albert Eutrope
1888 – 1915
rugby union player
Edouard Zier
1856 – 1924
painter
René Génin
1890 – 1967
actor
Mohamed Diarra
b. 2000
basketball player
Robert Klapisch
1932 – 2020
nuclear physicist
Louise Germain
1874 – 1939
painter
Bryan Nauleau
b. 1988
sport cyclist
Jean François Pons
1698 – 1753
linguist
Pierre Yver
b. 1947
racing automobile driver
Jean-Philippe Ruggia
b. 1965
motorcycle racer
Simon Gantillon
1887 – 1961
playwright
Athanase Dupré
1808 – 1869
mathematician
Enzo Reybier
b. 2002
rugby union player
Thierry Mugler
1945 – 2022
grand couturier
Olivier Chandon de Brailles
1955 – 1983
racing driver
Henri Lagriffoul
1907 – 1981
sculptor
Jacques Hitier
1917 – 1999
architect
Pierre Reynaud
b. 1968
association football player
Jean Sacha
1912 – 1988
film editor
Gabriel Puaux
1883 – 1970
diplomat
Serge July
b. 1942
journalist
Michel Vergoz
b. 1950
politician
Jean de Pourtales
b. 1965
racing driver
Jean-Charles Sénac
b. 1985
sport cyclist
François-Marie de Broglie, 1st Count of Broglie
1611 – 1656
military personnel
Julien Bahain
b. 1986
rower
Aimé Césaire
1913 – 2008
politician
Ibrahim Tall
b. 1981
association football player
Flavien Le Postollec
b. 1984
association football player
Pierre Candelo
1934 – 2020
sport shooter
Claude Tillier
1801 – 1844
writer
Thierry Solère
b. 1971
politician
Raoul Curiel
1913 – 2000
orientalist
Florian Grengbo
b. 2000
sport cyclist
Charles Gide
1847 – 1932
economist
Gérard de Vaucouleurs
1918 – 1995
astronomer
Enzo Loiodice
b. 2000
association football player
Henri de Gondi
1572 – 1622
Catholic priest
Maurice Fernez
1885 – 1952
inventor
Patrick Pouyanné
b. 1963
businessperson
Edmond Robert
1849 – 1907
politician
Joël Guerriau
b. 1957
politician
Pierre Brizon
1878 – 1923
politician
Jean Joyet
1919 – 1994
painter
Jean-Luc Godard
1930 – 2022
film director
Georges Pouchet
1833 – 1894
anatomist
Louise Bourbonnaud
1846 – 1915
explorer
Gervais de La Rue
1751 – 1835
historian
Luigi d'Este
1538 – 1586
Catholic priest
William Vainchenker
b. 1947
physician
Albert Jean Louis Ayat
1875 – 1935
fencer
François Lionet
b. 1963
programmer
Édouard Crémieux
1856 – 1944
painter
Joseph Albrier
1791 – 1863
painter
Quentin Martin
b. 1996
association football player
Alexis Vuillermoz
b. 1988
sport cyclist
Charles Jalabert
1818 – 1901
painter
Francis II, Duke of Lorraine
1572 – 1632
feudatory
Serge Teyssot-Gay
b. 1963
guitarist
Olivier Aubert
1767 – 1830
cellist
Henri Tomasi
1901 – 1971
conductor
Christophe Plassard
b. 1967
politician
Charlène Le Corvaisier
b. 1990
kayaker
Violette Nozière
1915 – 1966
shopkeeper
Sébastien Feller
b. 1991
chess player
Madeleine Gug
1913 – 1971
film editor
Arnold Kaufmann
1911 – 1994
engineer
Joël Raguénès
1941 – 2026
writer
Jean-Paul Gut
b. 1961
businessperson
Pierre-Jacques Willermoz
1735 – 1799
chemist
Maurice Martenot
1898 – 1980
inventor
P.R2B
b. 1990
singer-songwriter
Barzolff
b. 1973
artist
Madame Alissant de la Tour
1730 – 1789
correspondent
Raphaël Lépine
1840 – 1919
physician
Michel Pouchard
b. 1938
chemist
Suzanne Labin
1913 – 2001
essayist
Jean-François Petitpied
b. 1941
sport shooter
Yves Picot
1862 – 1938
politician
Marie Canavaggia
1896 – 1976
translator
Jean-Jacques Gaspard Foelix
1791 – 1853
jurist
Fabrice Joubert
b. 2000
animator