France
People of this nationality
M'jid El Guerrab
b. 1983
politician
Armand-Pierre Caussin de Perceval
1795 – 1871
lexicographer
Pierre-Yves Bournazel
b. 1977
politician
Mademoiselle Petitpas
1710 – 1739
singer
Berthe Bénichou-Aboulker
1886 – 1942
writer
Robert Guibé
1460 – 1513
Catholic priest
Marina Chiche
b. 1981
violinist
Jean-Eugène Dezeimeris
1799 – 1852
politician
Claudine van der Straten-Ponthoz
1924 – 1959
mountaineer
Georges Margot
1902 – 1998
painter
Louis Poterat
1901 – 1982
lyricist
Alexandre Hesse
1806 – 1879
painter
François Fontan
1929 – 1979
politician
Gabriel Paul Othenin de Cléron, comte d'Haussonville
1843 – 1924
politician
Georges Tresallet
b. 1937
luger
Aboubakar Koné
b. 1990
association football player
Bartabas
b. 1957
choreographer
Jean-Pierre Rivalz
1625 – 1706
architect
Mademoiselle Gaussin
1711 – 1767
stage actor
Henri-Charles Arnauld de Pomponne
1669 – 1756
diplomat
Jacques François Dugommier
1738 – 1794
politician
Godefroy Vujicic
b. 1975
cellist
Gérard Lanthier
b. 1956
association football player
René Girard
b. 1954
association football player
Éric Dumont
b. 1961
navigator
Émile Durkheim
1858 – 1917
anthropologist
Thomas Griot
b. 1994
sport cyclist
Paul Carbone
1894 – 1943
drug trafficker
Jean-Charles Pichegru
1761 – 1804
politician
Thomas Viloteau
b. 1985
classical guitarist
Gérard Guazzini
b. 1966
sport cyclist
Mathieu Tenant de la Tour
1883 – 1917
military personnel
Pierre Marie François Ogé
1849 – 1913
sculptor
Marc Fossard
1912 – 2007
cinematographer
Pierre Mondy
1925 – 2012
television actor
Henri Lebasque
1865 – 1937
painter
Gilles Sanders
b. 1964
sport cyclist
Yves Tavernier
b. 1962
alpine skier
Awa Sene
b. 1994
athletics competitor
Donavan Grondin
b. 2000
sport cyclist
Pascale Piera
b. 1967
judge
Serge Gruzinski
b. 1949
historian
Jean Fautrier
1898 – 1964
painter
Alexis François Girard
1787 – 1870
engraver
Valérie Manteau
b. 1985
novelist
Ludovic Debeurme
b. 1971
illustrator
Madeleine Tribolati
1905 – 1995
women's rights activist
Christophe Pélissier
b. 1965
association football player
Mark Karpelès
b. 1985
businessperson
Jean-Baptiste-Antoine Suard
1732 – 1817
writer
Georges Izard
1903 – 1973
politician
Charles-Antoine Jombert
1712 – 1784
writer
Jérémie Flemin
b. 1991
ice dancer
Paulin Mbaye
association football player
Robert Dumontois
1941 – 2022
rower
Michel Aurillac
1928 – 2017
politician
Arnaud Duncker
b. 1971
association football player
Fanny Brough
1852 – 1914
actor
Isabelle Alfandary
b. 1969
literary historian
Eugène Vaulot
1923 – 1945
military personnel
Jimi Maximin
b. 1999
rugby union player
Marcel Jarrety
1898 – 1977
athletics competitor
Joseph Desclaux
1912 – 1988
rugby union player
Leslie Ardon
b. 1979
basketball player
Antoine de Bertrand
1540 – 1581
composer
Alice Zeppilli
1885 – 1969
opera singer
Michel Lebrun
1930 – 1996
screenwriter
Pierre-Yves Artaud
b. 1946
flautist
Francesca Solleville
b. 1932
singer
Séverine
1855 – 1929
activist
Guillaume Sarkozy
b. 1951
businessperson
Roland Wagner
b. 1955
association football player
Jean de La Rochefoucauld-Bayers
1757 – 1834
military officer
Dominique Foray
b. 1955
economist
Serge Boucheny
1929 – 2025
politician
Edmond Le Bœuf
1809 – 1888
politician
Quentin Bajac
b. 1965
curator
Zacharias Longuelune
1669 – 1748
architect
Henry Bizot
1901 – 1990
banker
Patrick Battiston
b. 1957
association football player
Louis-Charles Mahé de La Bourdonnais
1796 – 1840
chess player
Pierre Cazeneuve
b. 1995
politician
Antoine-Louis Cornette
1860 – 1936
Catholic priest
Cyril Abidi
b. 1976
kickboxer
Alison Lepin
b. 2000
artistic gymnast
Benoît Besson
1876 – 1969
military personnel
Jacques-Marie Huvé
1783 – 1852
architect
Guy Geoffroy
b. 1949
politician
Waldeck L'Huillier
1905 – 1986
politician
Soazig Aaron
b. 1949
novelist
Pierre Stolze
b. 1952
science fiction writer
Cécile Bruyère
1845 – 1909
nun
Alain Cophignon
b. 1963
musicologist
Aloyse Warhouver
1930 – 2024
politician
Pierre Gérald
1906 – 2012
actor
Alfred Savoir
1883 – 1934
playwright
Gaël Andonian
b. 1995
association football player
Ivane Chegra
b. 2004
association football player
Adélaïde de Saint-Germain
1769 – 1850
lady-in-waiting
Cha-U-Kao
clown