France
People of this nationality
Michel Pomathios
1924 – 2015
rugby union player
Catherine Génisson
b. 1949
politician
Aimery of Cyprus
1152 – 1205
ruler
Dominique Horwitz
b. 1957
film actor
Benoit-Olivier Groulx
b. 2000
ice hockey player
Charles Lallemand
1774 – 1839
politician
Henri Gadeau de Kerville
1858 – 1940
speleologist
Henri Roessler
1910 – 1978
association football player
Augustin de La Balme
1733 – 1780
military personnel
Catherine Rey
b. 1956
novelist
André Bervil
1905 – 1972
film actor
Jeannette Weiss Gruber
1934 – 2026
stained-glass artist
Behi Djanati Atai
actor
Jules Bucquoy
1829 – 1920
physician
Mathilde of Bourbon
1165 – 1228
politician
Mireille Calle-Gruber
1945 – 2026
literary critic
Émile Ruhlmann
1897 – 1975
rower
Paul Meyer
1840 – 1917
linguist
Gislebertus
1100 – 1135
sculptor
Julien-Honoré-Germain d'Aubuisson
1786 – 1860
painter
Michel Pajon
b. 1949
politician
Henri Schneider
1840 – 1898
politician
Claude Feige
b. 1958
curler
Louis Wolowski
1810 – 1876
economist
Jean-Charles Terrassier
1940 – 2022
psychologist
Isabelle Devaluez
b. 1966
athletics competitor
Maximilien Charles Alphonse Cerfberr of Medelsheim
1817 – 1883
journalist
Fodé Mansaré
b. 1981
association football player
Ferdinand d'Orléans, Duke of Montpensier
1884 – 1924
explorer
Alphonse de Neuville
1836 – 1885
painter
David Sommeil
b. 1974
association football player
Étienne Baudet
1636 – 1711
printmaker
Jacques Audiard
b. 1952
screenwriter
Augustin-Jean Fresnel
1788 – 1827
physicist
Steeve Yago
b. 1992
association football player
Aurore Tillac
b. 1980
choir director
Hugo Chambon
b. 1996
association football player
Rémi Ingres
b. 1969
short-track speed skater
François Aupetit
b. 1913
boxer
Thomas Davy
b. 1968
sport cyclist
Marc Jeannerod
1935 – 2011
neuroscientist
Philippe Sellier
1931 – 2024
literary critic
Denis-Luc Frayssinous
1765 – 1841
linguist
Antoine Alexandre Barbier
1765 – 1825
bibliographer
Jean-Philippe Dehon
b. 1956
association football player
Esparbec
1933 – 2020
writer
Christian Chabanis
1936 – 1989
journalist
Anthony Cellier
b. 1975
politician
Grace Ly
b. 1979
writer
Olivier Meyer
b. 1957
photographer
Chantal Jourdan
b. 1958
politician
Jules Émile Planchon
1823 – 1888
botanist
Paul Pisani
1852 – 1933
Catholic priest
José Luccioni
1903 – 1978
opera singer
Abdarhmane Coulibaly
b. 1985
kickboxer
Delphine Arnault
b. 1975
art collector
Dina Danish
b. 1981
painter
Marion Josserand
b. 1986
freestyle skier
Adéodat Compère-Morel
1872 – 1941
politician
Suzanne Verdier
1745 – 1813
writer
Émile Roblot
1886 – 1963
official
Paul Soleillet
1842 – 1886
explorer
Pierre-François Brice
1714 – 1794
painter
Jean de Venette
1307 – 1368
historian
Alfred Chilhaud-Dumaine
1852 – 1930
diplomat
Fatih Öztürk
b. 1986
association football player
Lucien Golvin
1908 – 2002
art historian
Joan Lezaud
b. 1985
squash player
Jean-Jacques Le Veau
1729 – 1786
draftsperson
Gustave Chancel
1822 – 1890
chemist
Bernard Lenoir
b. 1945
radio personality
Charles Guillaume Alexandre Bourgeois
1759 – 1832
painter
Isaak Umbdenstock
b. 1999
association football player
Saandati Moussa
singer
Charles I, Count of Armagnac
1425 – 1497
feudatory
Just Jaeckin
1940 – 2022
film director
Eugène Louis Bouvier
1856 – 1944
zoologist
Tristan Lahais
b. 1983
politician
Fulcanelli
1900 – 2000
writer
Grégoire Solotareff
b. 1953
illustrator
Jean-Patrick Gille
b. 1962
politician
Simone Silva
1928 – 1957
actor
Marie Gil
b. 1950
writer
Melik Ohanian
b. 1969
installation artist
François Antoine de Boissy d'Anglas
1756 – 1826
politician
Grégory Baugé
b. 1985
sport cyclist
Djamel Abdoun
b. 1986
association football player
Roger Frontenac
writer
Raphaël Babet
1894 – 1957
politician
Mahamadou Diawara
b. 2005
association football player
Antoine Saint-John
1940 – 1990
stage actor
Emmanuel del Rey
b. 1966
canoeist
Camille Grassineau
b. 1990
rugby union player
Florence Weber
b. 1958
anthropologist
Stéphane Artano
b. 1973
politician
Patrick Bornhauser
b. 1957
racing automobile driver
Seguin de Badefol
1330 – 1366
military personnel
Cécile Haussernot
b. 1998
chess player
Jacques Lécuyer
1912 – 1999
military personnel
Bernard Renault
kayaker