France
People of this nationality
Saskia Cohen-Tanugi
1958 – 2020
actor
Thierry W. Despont
1948 – 2023
architect
Nicolas-Ignace de Beaubois
1689 – 1770
missionary
Alphonse Higelin
1897 – 1981
artistic gymnast
Sarane Ferret
1912 – 1970
guitarist
John Lemoinne
1815 – 1892
journalist
Emmanuel Guillaud
b. 1970
artist
Paul Ranson
1861 – 1909
painter
Louis Rigoulot
1844 – 1913
racing automobile driver
Khoudedia Cissokho
b. 1999
rugby union player
Anne-Marie-Madeleine Thouret
1715 – 1794
Christian nun
Sébastien Bonetti
b. 1977
rugby union player
Bertrand Bessières
1773 – 1854
military officer
Jean Monier
1600 – 1656
painter
Philippe Fargeon
b. 1964
association football player
Jean du Teil
1738 – 1820
military theorist
Jacques Rosny
1939 – 2020
actor
Océane Cassignol
b. 2000
swimmer
André Lardeux
b. 1946
politician
Jean-Philippe Omotunde
1967 – 2022
writer
Geneviève Poitrine
b. 1750
wet nurse
Jean-Claude Brondani
b. 1944
judoka
Fabien Noël
b. 1959
swimmer
Gaël Nlundulu
b. 1992
association football player
Frédéric Dubois d'Amiens
1797 – 1873
physician
Francis Petter
1923 – 2012
zoologist
Peter II, Count of Saint-Pol
1440 – 1482
aristocrat
Pascal Debacker
b. 1960
athletics competitor
Steven Lecefel
b. 1986
association football player
Christian Gourmelen
b. 1940
politician
Claude Humbert Piarron de Chamousset
1717 – 1773
philanthropist
Marius Barroux
1862 – 1939
archivist
Béatrix Excoffon
1849 – 1916
communard
Catherine Kamowski
b. 1958
politician
Maximilian Spinola
1780 – 1857
entomologist
Olivier Laban-Mattei
b. 1977
photographer
Étienne Edmond Foëx
1876 – 1944
botanist
Francis Girod
1944 – 2006
film director
Medhi Bouzzine
b. 1984
figure skater
Marie-Agnès Gillot
b. 1975
choreographer
Geneviève Vankiersbilck
1904 – 1990
artistic gymnast
Danièle Aron-Rosa
b. 1934
ophthalmologist
Eugène Cremmer
1942 – 2019
physicist
Wahid Bouzidi
1978 – 2023
comedian
Jean-Jacques-François Le Barbier
1738 – 1826
painter
Bernard de Fombelle
1924 – 1987
show jumper
Maurice Ehlinger
1896 – 1981
painter
Mademoiselle Anaïs
1802 – 1871
stage actor
Alain Jessua
1932 – 2017
film director
Bernard Ollivier
b. 1938
journalist
Lacrim
b. 1985
rapper
Jules-Alexandre Duval Le Camus
1814 – 1878
painter
Eugène-Baptiste Emile Dauphin
1857 – 1930
painter
Ibor Bakar
b. 1986
association football player
Jean Baudrais
1749 – 1832
publisher
Corinne Roche
b. 1957
writer
Albert Grenier
1878 – 1961
historian
Géraud Réveilhac
1851 – 1937
military officer
Marie Ruggeri
b. 1952
actor
Jean-Paul Crespelle
1910 – 1994
journalist
Louis Grivart
1829 – 1901
politician
Jérémy Masson
b. 1987
short-track speed skater
Paul Jean Rigollot
1810 – 1873
pharmacist
Éric Rabésandratana
b. 1972
association football player
Maël de Gevigney
b. 1999
association football player
Pierre Dangicourt
1664 – 1727
mathematician
Noëlie Pierront
1899 – 1988
organist
Charles Féré
1852 – 1907
psychologist
Thaïs d'Escufon
b. 1999
political activist
Gueïda Fofana
b. 1991
association football player
Alexandre Durimel
b. 1990
association football player
Marielle Breton
b. 1965
association football player
Alice Rahon
1904 – 1987
painter
George Bahgoury
b. 1932
painter
Safy Nebbou
b. 1968
theatre director
Kevin Yann
b. 1989
association football player
Christophe Galtier
b. 1966
association football player
Raymond Renefer
1879 – 1957
painter
Liouba Bortniker
1860 – 1900
mathematician
Jérôme Robart
b. 1970
actor
Ursule Wibaut
1887 – 1968
association football player
Marcel Mihalovici
1898 – 1985
composer
Annette Laming-Emperaire
1917 – 1977
anthropologist
Gabriel François Venel
1723 – 1775
chemist
Laurianne Rossi
b. 1984
politician
Philippe Bianconi
b. 1960
musician
Alfred Desroziers
1807 – 1870
playwright
Michel Huglo
1921 – 2012
musicologist
Jean-Philippe Salabreuil
1940 – 1970
poet
Marc Dachy
1952 – 2015
art historian
Charles Faroux
1872 – 1957
engineer
Jean-Baptiste de La Rose
1612 – 1687
painter
Le Sieur Demachy
1655 – 1700
composer
Reynald Lemaître
b. 1983
association football player
Anton Docher
1852 – 1928
art collector
Matthieu Delpierre
b. 1981
association football player
Alexis Michalik
b. 1982
actor
Bernard Zénier
b. 1957
association football player
Guy Maingon
b. 1948
sport cyclist
Mahjoub Ben Bella
1946 – 2020
painter