France
People of this nationality
Louis Théodore Gouvy
1819 – 1898
composer
Yves Bouthillier
1901 – 1977
official
Paul-Jean Toulet
1867 – 1920
poet
Serge Youriévitch
1876 – 1969
sculptor
Joseph Souham
1760 – 1837
military personnel
Louis of Lorraine, Prince of Lambesc
1692 – 1743
aristocrat
Jean Hérold-Paquis
1912 – 1945
journalist
Carlo Rim
1902 – 1989
screenwriter
Jean-Baptiste Mourcia
b. 1999
modern pentathlete
Ateyaba
b. 1989
rapper
Denis Jeambar
b. 1948
journalist
Roman of Le Puy
1050 – 1199
Bob Denard
1929 – 2007
mercenary
Bernard Delaire
1899 – 2007
naval officer
Alphonse Peron
1834 – 1908
paleontologist
Nicholas of Clamanges
1363 – 1437
philosopher
Eugène Fillot
1822 – 1862
dramaturge
Roseline Vachetta
b. 1951
politician
Émile Henry
1872 – 1894
writer
Félix Fénéon
1861 – 1944
journalist
Gabrielle Démians d'Archimbaud
1929 – 2017
medieval archaeologist
François Buloz
1803 – 1877
media proprietor
Édouard Desplechin
1802 – 1871
painter
Suzanne Wurtz
1900 – 1982
swimmer
Abraham Duquesne-Guitton
1648 – 1724
explorer
Roger Poupon
1888 – 1976
flying ace
Jean-Jacques-Joseph Leroy d'Etiolles
1798 – 1860
physician
Mado Robin
1918 – 1960
opera singer
Jean-Henri Humbert
1887 – 1967
botanist
Blaise Nicholas Le Sueur
1716 – 1783
painter
Oscar Jégou
b. 2003
rugby union player
Marion Lenne
b. 1974
politician
Denys Colomb de Daunant
1922 – 2006
writer
René Bidouze
1922 – 2022
politician
Henri Domec
1932 – 2018
rugby union player
Guy de Blanchefort
1446 – 1513
warrior monk
Yves Rispat
1931 – 2015
politician
Alain Cacheux
1947 – 2020
politician
Julien Ictoi
b. 1978
association football player
Émile Hugues
1901 – 1966
politician
Marie-Armande de Rambures
1662 – 1689
courtier
Camille Marbo
1883 – 1969
writer
Willy Guéret
b. 1973
association football player
Nicolas Delépine
b. 1979
association football coach
Sandrella Awad
b. 1983
wheelchair basketball player
Maurice Dommanget
1888 – 1976
historian
François Coudray
1678 – 1727
sculptor
Jacques Descatoire
1920 – 1984
bobsledder
Michaël Citony
b. 1980
association football player
Pierre Chirac
1650 – 1732
physician
Alexis Salatko
b. 1959
writer
Guillaume Grand
b. 1983
singer
Étienne-Pierre-Adrien Gois
1731 – 1823
sculptor
Georges Perron
1925 – 2021
Catholic priest
Louis de Bourbon, Bishop of Liège
1438 – 1482
Catholic priest
Lydie Vanhille
b. 1967
tennis player
Alexandra Chambon
b. 2000
rugby union player
Maxime Laignel-Lavastine
1875 – 1953
psychiatrist
Marcel Thibaud
1896 – 1985
politician
Lamia Chraibi
film producer
François-Charles Oberthür
1818 – 1893
lepidopterist
Olivier Faure
b. 1968
politician
Zazon
b. 1976
actor
Rinpoche Lama Jigmé
b. 1949
André Morice
1900 – 1990
politician
Romain Grau
b. 1974
lawyer
Pierre de Montaut
1892 – 1947
sailor
Dominique Guillaume Lebel
1696 – 1768
Isaac Alvarez
1930 – 2020
mime artist
Romain Amalfitano
b. 1989
association football player
Jean-Baptiste Alaize
b. 1991
athletics competitor
Princess Altinaï of Montenegro
b. 1977
painter
Gaspard de Bernard de Marigny
1754 – 1794
military personnel
Philippe Lejeune
b. 1938
assistant professor
Henri Depelchin
1822 – 1900
missionary
Jean François Niceron
1613 – 1646
mathematician
Florens-Louis Heidsieck
1749 – 1828
winegrower
Robert Guillain
1908 – 1998
journalist
Jean-Bedel Bokassa
1921 – 1996
politician
Jean-Marc Pansa
b. 1997
basketball player
Charles Lutaud
1855 – 1921
official
Jamal Alioui
b. 1982
association football player
Émerick Darbelet
b. 1973
association football player
Jean-Michel Frank
1895 – 1941
designer
Agnès Spaak
b. 1944
film actor
Rodolphe Modin
b. 1959
rugby union player
Pierre Cazaux
b. 1984
sport cyclist
Louis Compain
1733 – 1790
actor
Georgette Vallejo
1908 – 1984
writer
Éric Artiguste
b. 1970
rugby union player
Alexandre Lachevardière
1795 – 1855
publisher
Jean Dybowski
1856 – 1928
explorer
Roland Weill
b. 1948
rower
Étienne Bouhot
1780 – 1862
painter
Paul Berthier
1884 – 1953
organist
Pierre-Georges Jeanniot
1848 – 1934
painter
Pierre Victor Galtier
1846 – 1908
veterinarian
Mohamed Loukhiar
b. 1983
association football player
Achille Libéral Treilhard
1785 – 1855
jurist
Catherine Poirot
b. 1963
swimmer