France
People of this nationality
Henri Pognon
1853 – 1921
diplomat
Jean Mermoz
1901 – 1936
aircraft pilot
Pierre Voisin
1910 – 1987
journalist
Lucien Petipa
1815 – 1898
dancer
Vincent Meilleur
b. 1974
ski mountaineer
Karine Rubini
b. 1970
short-track speed skater
Sophie Tapie
b. 1988
singer
Alphonse Toussenel
1803 – 1885
journalist
Jacques Pollet
1922 – 1997
engineer
Martin Guillaume Biennais
1764 – 1843
goldsmith
Nelly Alard
b. 1960
writer
André Raymond
1925 – 2011
historian
Émile Meyerson
1859 – 1933
chemist
Sacha Houlié
b. 1988
politician
André Marceau
b. 1946
Catholic priest
Bénédicte Menez
professeur des universités
Jean Bernard Bossu
1720 – 1792
explorer
Jonathan Toto
b. 1990
association football player
André Debry
1898 – 2005
military personnel
ALB
b. 1979
musician
Jonathan Wisniewski
b. 1985
rugby union player
Pierre Bouvier
1934 – 2003
athlete
Myriem Roussel
b. 1962
actor
Alexander of Paris
1150 – 1190
poet
Athanase Jean
1861 – 1932
physician
Auguste Dussourd
b. 1996
squash player
André Burthe
1772 – 1830
military officer
Antoine de Févin
1470 – 1512
composer
Philippe Madrelle
1937 – 2019
politician
Jean Baptiste Treilhard
1742 – 1810
politician
Jean-Pierre Laurant
b. 1935
historian
Ethelie Madeleine Brohan
1833 – 1900
stage actor
Louis Segondi
1879 – 1949
middle-distance runner
Mellin de Saint-Gelais
1491 – 1558
poet
René Deutschmann
b. 1951
association football player
Édouard Magnien
1795 – 1899
writer
Étienne Méhul
1763 – 1817
composer
Katell Alençon
b. 1986
sport cyclist
Jacques Glowinski
1936 – 2020
pharmacist
Cheikh-Alan Diarra
b. 1993
association football player
Manon Trapp
b. 2000
athletics competitor
Joseph Fesch
1763 – 1839
art collector
François Joseph Heim
1787 – 1865
painter
Margot Garabedian
b. 1996
triathlete
Gabriel Naouri
b. 1981
businessperson
Émile Chautemps
1850 – 1918
politician
Robert de Sorbon
1201 – 1274
theologian
Marc Cécillon
b. 1959
rugby union player
Alphonse Roque-Ferrier
1844 – 1907
romanist
Gregory Grefenstette
b. 1956
artificial intelligence researcher
Jeanne Fontbonne
1759 – 1843
André Planson
1898 – 1981
painter
Laure de La Raudière
b. 1965
politician
Edwin Massucco
b. 1999
association football player
Jean-Baptiste Louis Crévier
1693 – 1765
historian
Christian Bataille
b. 1946
politician
Fouad Yaha
b. 1996
rugby league player
Jules-Armand Aniambossou
b. 1962
official
Fabien Olicard
b. 1982
mentalist
Pierre Corneille
1606 – 1684
playwright
Kalifa Cissé
b. 1984
association football player
Dylan Duventru
b. 1989
association football player
Matilda of Brabant, Countess of Artois
1224 – 1288
aristocrat
Adama Camara
b. 1996
association football player
Jean Bugatti
1909 – 1939
car designer
Franca di Rienzo
b. 1938
singer
Michel Elkoubi
1947 – 2024
racing driver
Jean Lods
b. 1938
writer
Jocelyn Ducloux
b. 1974
association football player
Pierre Ochs
b. 1984
freestyle skier
Stéphane Ostrowski
b. 1962
basketball player
Hervé Bourquel
b. 1957
rower
Gilles Mora
b. 1945
historian
Jean-Émile Charon
1920 – 1998
physicist
François Duval
b. 1743
dancer
Fabrice Estebanez
b. 1981
rugby league player
Alexandrine de Bleschamp
1778 – 1855
aristocrat
Louis Millo
1902 – 1983
sport cyclist
Sammy Vidal
b. 1996
athlete
Marie-Suzanne Giroust
1734 – 1772
painter
Teddy Tinmar
b. 1987
athletics competitor
Jacques Lob
1932 – 1990
comics writer
Louis Bignon
1816 – 1906
restaurateur
Alain Goraguer
1931 – 2023
jazz pianist
Victoire Doutreleau
b. 1932
model
Gustave Moreau
1826 – 1898
sculptor
Monique Ruck-Petit
b. 1942
chess player
Anthony Mfa Mezui
b. 1991
association football player
Patrick Cohe͏̈n-Akenine
b. 1966
conductor
Maria de Ventadorn
1180 – 1222
trobairitz
Alain Merchadier
b. 1952
association football player
Adrien Giraud
1936 – 2018
politician
Bernard Maris
1946 – 2015
economist
Nicolas Noël Boutet
1761 – 1833
artist
Patrick Beaudouin
b. 1953
politician
Víctor Mirecki Larramat
1847 – 1921
cellist
Jean Riboud
1919 – 1985
businessperson
Jean-François de la Barre
1745 – 1766
Maximilian Anton Karl, Count Baillet de Latour
1737 – 1806
military officer
Natalie Massenet
b. 1965
entrepreneur