France
People of this nationality
Jean Besancenot
1902 – 1992
photographer
Christophe Laborie
b. 1986
sport cyclist
Maurice Pefferkorn
1884 – 1953
journalist
Marie-Pierre Arnaud-Lindet
1936 – 2018
historian of classical antiquity
Gaston-Auguste Schweitzer
1879 – 1962
sculptor
Céline d'Orgeville
optical engineer
Armand Vaquerin
1951 – 1993
rugby union player
Jean-Baptiste Thillaie Delaborde
1730 – 1777
physicist
Jean de La Rochetaillée
1360 – 1437
Catholic priest
Camille Erlanger
1863 – 1919
composer
François Ravard
b. 1957
record producer
Pierre Beauchamp
1631 – 1705
ballet dancer
Brahim Mahrez
b. 1972
singer
Jean Alaux
1786 – 1864
painter
Albert-Édouard Le Brethon de Caligny
1833 – 1863
naval officer
Julien Belin
1530 – 1584
composer
Louis-Léon Cambrézy
b. 1874
businessperson
Pierre Aycelin de Montaigut
Catholic priest
Nazi Boni
1909 – 1969
politician
Yvonne Diéterle
1882 – 1974
sculptor
Amina Annabi
b. 1962
actor
Jacques Berthe
1926 – 1981
water polo player
Eugène Vanel
dramaturge
George Critton
1555 – 1611
professor
Hervé Guégan
b. 1963
association football player
Louis XVIII of France
1755 – 1824
politician
Charlotte Bourette
1714 – 1784
poet
Jacques Helft
1891 – 1980
art historian
Gilles Schnepp
b. 1958
business executive
Chris Makiese
b. 1987
association football player
Pierre Sellal
b. 1952
diplomat
José Quaglio
1923 – 2007
film actor
René Sti
1897 – 1951
film director
Jean-Jacques Desvaux de Saint-Maurice
1775 – 1815
military officer
Guy-Toussaint-Julien Carron
1760 – 1821
Catholic priest
Marc Arcis
1655 – 1739
sculptor
Mimie Mathy
b. 1957
comedian
Vladimir Jankélévitch
1903 – 1985
philosopher
Jean Brun
1849 – 1911
politician
Maurice Paléologue
1859 – 1944
diplomat
Marc Palanques
b. 1961
businessperson
Michèle Audin
1954 – 2025
mathematician
Serge Rousseau
1930 – 2007
television actor
Albert Secrétan
1906 – 1991
cross-country skier
François-Henri Clicquot
1732 – 1790
organ builder
Jean-Luc Blanche
b. 1958
Jean Courtecuisse
1350 – 1423
prelate
Edme Boursault
1638 – 1701
writer
Maurice Gomont
1839 – 1909
botanist
Audrey Le Morvan
b. 1987
para table tennis player
Gerberga of Saxony
b. 913
politician
Christian Prudhomme
b. 1960
journalist
Nadine Debois
b. 1961
middle-distance runner
Yto Barrada
b. 1971
visual artist
Driss el-Yazami
b. 1952
journalist
Charlotte Stanley, Countess of Derby
1599 – 1664
feudatory
Jean Berthoin
1895 – 1979
politician
Madame de Montesson
1738 – 1806
salonnière
Adalard of Paris
830 – 890
feudatory
Claude Le Pen
1948 – 2020
economist
Claude-François Bertrand de Boucheporn
1741 – 1794
magistrate
Gaëlle Ghesquière
b. 1976
photographer
Clara Filleul
1822 – 1878
painter
Numa Sadoul
b. 1947
writer
Jean-François Dutertre
1948 – 2017
musician
Tôn-Thất Tiết
1933 – 2007
composer
Catherine Zoubtchenko
b. 1937
painter
Théo Fonseca
b. 2000
association football player
Négar Djavadi
b. 1969
screenwriter
Hervé Harant
1901 – 1986
parasitologist
Jessie Da Costa
b. 1997
karateka
At de Mons
1250 – 1285
trouvère
Jean Sauvagnargues
1915 – 2002
diplomat
Henri Fromageot
1864 – 1949
jurist
Paul François
b. 1964
farmer
Monique Coupat
b. 1955
rower
Iris Rabot
b. 2000
association football player
Paul Pierre Lévy
1886 – 1971
mathematician
Nicolas Hotman
1614 – 1663
composer
Stanislas de Boufflers
1738 – 1815
poet
Rose Bernadou
b. 2000
rugby union player
Hyacinthe Collin de Vermont
1693 – 1761
painter
Francis Gonzaga, Duke of Rethel
1606 – 1622
aristocrat
Christian Amphoux
b. 1943
philologist
Steve Ambri
b. 1997
association football player
Feng Xiao-Min
b. 1959
painter
Emma Vuitton
b. 2003
kayaker
Gilbert Moevi
1935 – 2022
association football player
Nicolas Antoine Coulon de Villiers
1683 – 1733
military personnel
Philippe Mongin
1950 – 2020
economist
André Slomszynski
1844 – 1909
painter
Robert Jean Antoine de Franquetot de Coigny
1652 – 1704
military personnel
André-Pierre Le Guay de Prémontval
1716 – 1764
mathematician
Ferdinand Gueldry
1858 – 1945
painter
Mlle Raucourt
1756 – 1815
actor
Mahaut of Albon
1112 – 1148
aristocrat
Jacques Despierre
b. 1928
Catholic priest
Benjamin Giraud
b. 1986
sport cyclist
René Küss
1913 – 2006
physician
Madeleine Angélique Poisson Gomez
1684 – 1770
novelist