France
People of this nationality
Guillaume de L'Aubespine
1547 – 1629
diplomat
Pierre Sebileau
1860 – 1953
surgeon
Fousséni Diawara
b. 1980
association football player
Jean-Georges Vongerichten
b. 1957
chef
Camille Petit
1912 – 1993
politician
Eric Pliez
b. 1956
politician
Cédric Sabin
b. 1979
association football player
Rolande Trempé
1916 – 2016
historian
Nicolas Rostoucher
b. 1981
swimmer
Charles Cabot
1806 – 1886
writer
Wilfried Ebane
b. 1992
association football player
Fanny Bertrand
b. 1976
para table tennis player
Denis Delestrac
b. 1968
film director
Alessandro Di Benedetto
b. 1971
explorer
Antonin Guigonnat
b. 1991
biathlete
Jacques Vernier
b. 1944
politician
Bernard Arnault
b. 1949
art collector
Paul Bourdarie
1864 – 1950
explorer
Geneviève Behrend
1881 – 1960
writer
Michelle Senlis
1933 – 2020
songwriter
Louanne Mermier
b. 2001
ice hockey player
François Borde
1899 – 1987
rugby union player
Husky Kihal
1961 – 2026
actor
Gwenc'hlan Le Scouëzec
1929 – 2008
druid
Gisèle Lestrange
1927 – 1991
illustrator
Anaclet Wamba
b. 1960
boxer
Philippe Gaillot
b. 1965
association football player
Flavien Belson
b. 1987
association football player
Jacques Ruffié
1921 – 2004
anthropologist
Francois Macquard
1738 – 1801
military personnel
Simone Le Port
1920 – 2009
Germain Nelzy
1934 – 2012
sprinter
Rémy Vita
b. 2001
association football player
Hayat Boumeddiene
b. 1988
cashier
Emile Guillemin
1841 – 1907
sculptor
Pierre Dervaux
1917 – 1992
conductor
Roger Roger
1911 – 1995
conductor
Jean de Jullienne
1686 – 1766
art collector
Nicolas Senzemba
b. 1996
association football player
Marcabru
troubadour
Jean-Marc Bideau
b. 1984
sport cyclist
Georges Tzipine
1907 – 1987
conductor
François Crouzet
1922 – 2010
historian
Adil Rami
b. 1985
association football player
Bramsito
b. 1996
singer
Joseph Castagné
1875 – 1958
writer
Charlotte Fairbank
b. 1991
wheelchair tennis player
Bernard Panafieu
1931 – 2017
Catholic priest
Jean Ambrose
b. 1991
association football player
Gilbert Garcin
1929 – 2020
photographer
Pierre de Villars
1623 – 1698
diplomat
Edgard Varèse
1883 – 1965
composer
Jean-Pierre Thorn
1947 – 2025
film director
Georges Thénault
1887 – 1948
aircraft pilot
Alberic of Ostia
1080 – 1148
diplomat
Arnaud Bingo
b. 1987
handball player
Romain Guillemois
b. 1991
sport cyclist
Dali Benssalah
b. 1992
stage actor
Jean-Claude Bernard
1933 – 2022
athletics competitor
Bernard Galais
1921 – 2009
harpist
Henry Jean-Marie Levet
1874 – 1906
diplomat
André-Antoine Ravrio
1759 – 1814
chansonnier
Clémentine Poidatz
b. 1981
actor
Michèle Striffler
b. 1957
politician
Nino Vella
1992 – 2024
composer
Claude-Léon Mascaux
1882 – 1965
medalist
Bernard Gauthier
1924 – 2018
sport cyclist
Gustave Samazeuilh
1877 – 1967
composer
Anne-France Dautheville
b. 1944
journalist
Fernande Bayetto
1928 – 2015
alpine skier
Jacques Chausson
1618 – 1661
writer
Jean-Paul Meyer
b. 1950
tennis player
Denis Fegne
b. 1960
politician
Alain Budet
b. 1952
sport cyclist
Yohan Traore
b. 2003
basketball player
Georges de Wilde
1900 – 1996
speed skater
Charles Malfray
1887 – 1940
sculptor
Mathias Duplessy
b. 1972
composer
Suzanne Dechevaux-Dumesnil
1900 – 1989
writer
Maurice Gramain
1911 – 1996
fencer
Tony Lesueur
b. 2000
association football player
Stéphen Vincent
b. 1986
association football player
Eugène-Henri Gravelotte
1876 – 1939
fencer
Wilfrid Nanou
b. 1979
association football player
Marvin Compper
b. 1985
association football player
Monique Rolland
1913 – 1999
actor
Jean-François Deniau
1928 – 2007
journalist
Maurice Ville
1900 – 1982
sport cyclist
Florian Martin
b. 1990
association football player
Bernard Noël
1930 – 2021
poet
Jean-Pierre-Paul Adam
1754 – 1824
actor
Gaspard Manesse
b. 1975
film actor
Jean-François de La Cour de Balleroy
1726 – 1802
Officer of the French Navy
François Quesnay
1694 – 1774
philosopher
Jean-Jacques Sanquer
1946 – 1984
sport cyclist
Jacques Vallée
b. 1939
astronomer
Gabriel Loppé
1825 – 1913
painter
Pierre C. Cartier
1878 – 1964
jeweler
Adán Jodorowsky
b. 1979
actor
René Lorain
1900 – 1984
athletics competitor