France
People of this nationality
Sarah Nemtanu
b. 1981
violinist
Benjamin Sotto
b. 1980
singer
Charles-Henri Pourquet
1877 – 1943
sculptor
Florent Ribet
b. 1989
bobsledder
Oxmo Puccino
b. 1974
musician
Philippe Le Sueur de Petiville
1607 – 1657
poet
Raymond Pointu
1940 – 2026
sports journalist
Emmanuelle Béart
b. 1963
actor
Michel Coroller
b. 1949
sport cyclist
Lahoucine Kharbouch
b. 1986
association football player
Chloé Bulleux
b. 1991
handball player
Jacques-Paul Bertrand
1930 – 2006
film director
Raoul Benoît
1899 – 1999
field hockey player
Jean Marie Despiau
1750 – 1824
physician
Patrick Faure
b. 1946
Pierre Brizard
1737 – 1804
chair maker
Florent Serra
b. 1981
tennis player
James of Avesnes
1152 – 1191
politician
Robert Blanc
1944 – 1992
association football player
Paul Herbé
1903 – 1963
architect
Dominique Quéhec
1937 – 2024
theatre manager
Henry Bocage
1833 – 1917
playwright
Valérand Poullain
1509 – 1558
pastor
Ernest Psichari
1883 – 1914
novelist
Jean-Paul Roussillon
1931 – 2009
stage actor
Richard Marienstras
1928 – 2012
philologist
René Maury
1928 – 2014
economist
Nadia Origo
b. 1977
writer
Serge Telle
b. 1955
diplomat
Albert Rieux
1914 – 1983
actor
Vaihei Samin
b. 2001
association football player
Hugh of Noara
Catholic monk
Adrian McDonnell
b. 1959
conductor
Éric Karsenti
b. 1948
researcher
Stéphane Peu
b. 1962
politician
Frédéric Soulacroix
1858 – 1933
painter
Louis Michel Antoine Sahuc
1755 – 1813
politician
Louis-Charles Malassez
1842 – 1909
physician
François Divisia
1889 – 1964
economist
Xavier Letourneur
b. 1953
actor
René-Marie-Charles Poirier
1802 – 1878
prelate
Emma Broze
b. 1995
golfer
Sophie Vaginay-Ricourt
b. 1969
politician
Lionel Zinsou
b. 1954
investment banker
Bernard Charbonneau
1910 – 1996
philosopher
Dominique Estrosi Sassone
b. 1958
politician
Jean-Baptiste Quéruel
1779 – 1845
inventor
Mihail Popov
b. 1976
badminton player
Jean Baptiste Guth
1855 – 1922
illustrator
Michel Geiss
b. 1948
audio engineer
Justine Lévy
b. 1974
novelist
Simone Rignault
1943 – 2019
politician
Olivier Cotte
b. 1972
freestyle skier
Thomas Dietsch
b. 1974
sport cyclist
Perrine Pelen
b. 1960
alpine skier
Olivier Guichard
1920 – 2004
politician
Bouchard II of Montmorency
958 – 1015
aristocrat
Pierre Macret
1727 – 1796
cabinetmaker
Théodore Roussel
1847 – 1926
painter
Aude Bono-Vandorme
b. 1962
politician
Paco Rassat
b. 1998
alpine skier
Victor Thiollière
1801 – 1859
geologist
Michel Creton
b. 1942
actor
Jean-Pierre Brard
b. 1948
politician
Jacques-Théodore Parisot
1783 – 1840
translator
Honoré Charles Reille
1774 – 1860
politician
Jean-Luc Garnier
b. 1961
sport cyclist
Thomas Fanara
b. 1981
alpine skier
Jacquette de Montberon
1542 – 1598
architect
Laurant Weill
b. 1959
entrepreneur
Pio Marmaï
b. 1984
actor
Olivier Azam
b. 1974
rugby union player
Philippe Lacoue-Labarthe
1940 – 2007
linguist
Antoinette Becker
1920 – 1998
translator
Jérôme Rey
b. 1995
rugby union player
Costas Kounnas
1952 – 2022
physicist
Joseph-François Swebach
1769 – 1823
painter
Alain Gomis
b. 1972
film director
Michel della Negra
b. 1942
physicist
Jonas Bloquet
b. 1992
actor
Montserrat Amédée
b. 1996
rugby union player
Abel Ferry
1881 – 1918
politician
Georges Aber
1930 – 2012
singer-songwriter
Matthis Abline
b. 2003
association football player
Julien Faussurier
b. 1987
association football player
Robert Consani
b. 1982
racing driver
Marceau van Hoorebeke
1900 – 1957
composer
Dominique de Saint-Albert
1596 – 1634
friar
Jean Bastier de La Péruse
1529 – 1554
poet
Robert Soetens
1897 – 1997
music educator
René Hérault
1691 – 1740
magistrate
Alexandre Gonzalez
b. 1951
athletics competitor
Alain Levoyer
1940 – 2017
politician
Véronique Augereau
b. 1957
actor
Marcelle Lapicque
1873 – 1960
physiologist
Illa Meery
1915 – 2010
actor
Jean-Philippe Baile
b. 1987
rugby league player
Jean-Pierre Feydeau
1903 – 1970
film director
Prosper Allemand
1815 – 1901
physician
Audrey Prieto
b. 1980
amateur wrestler