France
People of this nationality
Gérard Grisey
1946 – 1998
composer
Lyes Houri
b. 1996
association football player
Charles Bémont
1848 – 1939
historian
Christophe de Longueil
1488 – 1522
jurist
Joseph Samson
1888 – 1957
chapelmaster
Antoine Fauchery
1823 – 1861
photographer
Johannes Soreth
1394 – 1471
Catholic priest
Jean Laroche
1921 – 2010
poet
Charles-Michel-Ange Challe
1718 – 1778
painter
Paul Le Flem
1881 – 1984
conductor
Pierre Consigny
1930 – 2024
official
Charlie Griffiths
1882 – 1936
association football player
Jean-François Parot
1946 – 2018
writer
Yvonne Sorrel-Dejerine
1891 – 1986
neurologist
Marc Drillech
b. 2000
sociologist
François Le Vot
b. 1970
aircraft pilot
Flora Tristan
1803 – 1844
writer
Bouabdellah Tahri
b. 1978
long-distance runner
Gérard de Sède
1921 – 2004
journalist
Sabine Quindou
b. 1970
journalist
Clément Métezeau
1581 – 1652
architect
Robert Ozanne
1902 – 1941
actor
Guillaume-Marie-Joseph Labouré
1841 – 1906
Catholic priest
Marie-Paule Gnabouyou
b. 1988
handball player
Charles-Éléonore Dufriche-Desgenettes
1778 – 1860
missionary
Louis, comte de Narbonne-Lara
1755 – 1813
diplomat
Maurice Archambaud
1906 – 1955
sport cyclist
Alice Philbert
b. 1996
ice hockey player
George-Daniel de Monfreid
1856 – 1929
painter
Jules de Gaultier
1858 – 1942
philosopher
Pierre Daru
1767 – 1829
linguist
Véronique Jannot
b. 1957
singer
Josette Day
1914 – 1978
stage actor
Jules Pouget
1884 – 1963
politician
Jean-Louis Le Loutre
1709 – 1772
missionary
Philippe Calandre
b. 1964
photographer
Jean-François Hernández
b. 1969
association football player
William Gradit
b. 1982
basketball player
Louis-Charles Damais
1911 – 1966
philologist
Virgile Pinson
b. 1996
association football player
Sébastien Migné
b. 1972
association football coach
Aspasius of Auch
500 – 560
presbyter
Françoise Bettencourt Meyers
b. 1953
businessperson
Florence Cahn
b. 1954
figure skater
Ignace Cotolendi
1630 – 1662
Catholic priest
Claude Hudelot
1942 – 2021
radio producer
Marine Deleeuw
b. 1994
model
Catherine Malabou
b. 1959
philosopher
Vincent Viot
b. 1994
association football player
Mirabelle Thovex
b. 1991
snowboarder
Luan Gadegbeku
b. 2007
association football player
Pascal Lance
b. 1964
sport cyclist
Jean Weber
1906 – 1995
actor
René de Ceccatty
b. 1952
writer
Jérôme Pérez
b. 1982
association football player
Henry Testot-Ferry
1826 – 1869
geologist
Arno Stern
1924 – 2024
educator
Jean-Claude Barreau
1933 – 2025
essayist
Yves de Silguy
b. 1948
businessperson
Charlotte Dubreuil
b. 1940
actor
Valentine Penrose
1898 – 1978
poet
Matthieu Boujenah
b. 1976
actor
David Ruelle
b. 1935
mathematician
Anna-Geneviève Greuze
1762 – 1842
painter
Virginie Greiner
b. 1970
comics writer
René Allio
1924 – 1995
film director
Victor Margueritte
1866 – 1942
writer
Jean de Metz
b. 1398
Olivier Védrine
b. 1969
social scientist
Guillaume Balas
b. 1972
politician
Henriette Delamarre de Monchaux
1854 – 1911
geologist
Mag Bodard
1916 – 2019
television producer
Felix Chopin
1817 – 1892
sculptor
Ljubica Drljača
b. 1978
basketball player
Louise Françoise de Bourbon, Mademoiselle du Maine
1707 – 1743
aristocrat
Yvan Watremez
b. 1989
rugby union player
Francis Salabert
1884 – 1946
composer
Nicolas of Lorraine, Duke of Mercœur
1524 – 1577
Catholic priest
Julien Colonna
b. 1982
film director
Stéphanie Bodet
b. 1976
rock climber
Michèle Bernard
b. 1947
singer-songwriter
Nicolas Puech
b. 1943
businessperson
Kenji Mboma Dem
b. 2002
association football player
Alexandre Durand d'Ubraye
1807 – 1864
Officer of the French Navy
Charles Geli
b. 1987
rugby union player
Pierre de Nyert
1597 – 1682
singer
Rosine Delamare
1911 – 2013
costume designer
Eugène Bourdon
1808 – 1884
inventor
Jean-Michel Ferrière
b. 1959
association football player
Jérôme Hantaï
b. 1961
pianist
Jean-Baptiste de Latil
1761 – 1839
politician
Jean Baptiste Frénet
1814 – 1889
painter
Patrice Canayer
b. 1961
handball player
Philippe Pozzo di Borgo
1951 – 2023
entrepreneur
Leroy Abanda Mfomo
b. 2000
association football player
Philippe Gille
1831 – 1901
journalist
Paul Delesalle
1870 – 1948
politician
William of Auxerre
1145 – 1231
theologian
Joël Cantona
b. 1967
association football player
Michel Idoux
b. 1953
water polo player