France
People of this nationality
Liliane Sprécher
1926 – 2019
sprinter
Alexis Decomberousse
1793 – 1862
playwright
Xavier Moissinac
1896 – 1918
flying ace
Samuel Arnold
b. 1991
actor
Jean-François Jalkh
b. 1957
journalist
Catherine Hill
b. 1946
biostatistician
Hippolyte Dangbeto
b. 1969
association football player
Naël Marandin
b. 1981
actor
Guillaume Plessis
b. 1985
association football player
Nivard
b. 650
Catholic priest
Lucie Delarue-Mardrus
1874 – 1945
poet
Fabien Sanconnie
b. 1995
rugby union player
Édouard Delessert
1828 – 1898
anthropologist
Magdelaine Bavent
1602 – 1652
nun
Charles Joseph Sainte-Claire Deville
1814 – 1876
geologist
Philibert François Rouxel de Blanchelande
1735 – 1793
colonial administrator
André Martin
1929 – 2020
physicist
Diane de Guldencrone
1848 – 1930
historian
Louis Alexandre de La Rochefoucauld d'Enville
1743 – 1792
politician
Germaine Rouault
1905 – 1982
rally driver
Henri Pinta
1856 – 1944
painter
Michel Mathieu Lecointe-Puyraveau
1764 – 1827
politician
Robert Challe
1659 – 1721
explorer
Frédéric Blanc
b. 1967
organist
Alphonse Jourdain
1103 – 1148
feudatory
Francis Gonzalez
b. 1952
athletics competitor
Noël Juchereau
1593 – 1648
explorer
Olivier Damaisin
b. 1966
politician
Dominique Loiseau
1949 – 2013
watchmaker
Alfred Charles Chabert
1836 – 1916
botanist
Démétrius Stephanopoli de Comnène
1749 – 1821
military officer
Augustin Laurent
1896 – 1990
politician
Annick Clouvel
b. 1963
athletics competitor
Pierre Thiolon
1927 – 2014
basketball player
Henriette Devonshire
1864 – 1949
translator
Louis Antoine Ponchard
1787 – 1866
opera singer
Pierre Maraval
1936 – 2021
historian
Roger Garaudy
1913 – 2012
politician
Corynne Charby
b. 1960
singer
François-Henri Pinault
b. 1962
entrepreneur
Farid Talhaoui
b. 1982
association football player
Antoine Porot
1876 – 1965
psychiatrist
Gwenaël Berthet
b. 1970
sailor
Jean-Pierre Willem
b. 1938
physician
François Robinet
b. 1975
historian
Aïdan Chollet
b. 2004
snowboarder
Auguste Émile Pinchart
1842 – 1920
painter
Clément Serveau
1886 – 1972
painter
Christopher Routis
b. 1990
association football player
Éric Quintin
b. 1967
handball player
Christophe Breuil
b. 1968
mathematician
Cyrielle Chatelain
b. 1987
politician
Jean-René Huguenin
1936 – 1962
diarist
Jean-Claude Denis
b. 1951
comics artist
Phénicia Dupras
b. 1996
kayaker
Amédée Prouvost
1877 – 1909
poet
Alexandra Goujon
b. 1972
political scientist
Juliette Rennes
b. 1976
sociologist
Antoine Durafour
1876 – 1932
politician
Senza Volto
b. 1933
professional wrestler
Marie-Élisabeth Joly
1761 – 1798
actor
Léon Monnier
1883 – 1969
high jumper
Dorian Bertrand
b. 1993
association football player
Philippe Hardy
1954 – 1984
alpine skier
Stephen of Bourbon
1180 – 1261
religious
Raymond Durand
1945 – 2025
politician
Éric Fottorino
b. 1960
journalist
Anna Mela-Papadopoulou
1871 – 1938
nurse
Jean Dumont
1667 – 1727
jurist
Arnaud Sanvert
b. 1983
Personnel of direct services to individuals
Princess Maria Pia of the Two Sicilies
1878 – 1973
Louis, Prince Napoléon
1914 – 1997
military personnel
Nicolas Le Riche
b. 1972
ballet dancer
Octave Mannoni
1899 – 1989
philosopher
Pierre Dupont
1821 – 1870
poet
Jean Bayet
1892 – 1969
university teacher
Pierre-Joseph Bourcet
1700 – 1780
military personnel
Pierre Marie Henri Fischer
1865 – 1916
malacologist
Fernand Desprès
1879 – 1949
journalist
Jane Atché
1872 – 1937
poster artist
Marcelle Delacour
table tennis player
Franck Mesnel
b. 1961
rugby union player
Paul Venel
1864 – 1920
military personnel
Manon Genest
b. 1992
paratriathlete
Roger IV, Count of Foix
1210 – 1265
aristocrat
Éléonore Bernheim
b. 2000
actor
Marcel Dyf
1899 – 1985
painter
Victor Reux
1929 – 2016
politician
Jean-Jacques de Peretti
b. 1946
politician
Pierre Sipriot
1921 – 1998
journalist
Dominique Girard
1680 – 1738
garden designer
Marie Losier
b. 1972
film director
Vincent Berthier de Lioncourt
b. 1947
composer
André Vauchez
1939 – 2021
politician
Auguste Keufer
1851 – 1926
typographer
Jean-Martin Wendel
1665 – 1737
ironmaster
Yves Klein
1928 – 1962
sculptor
Nathalie Guerrée-Spitzer
b. 1968
tennis player
Claude Desusclade
1919 – 2015
swimmer
Jean-Bernard Pommier
1944 – 2026
pianist