France
People of this nationality
Alain Bresson
b. 1949
classical scholar
Pierre Wemaëre
1913 – 2010
painter
Jean Berlie
b. 1936
anthropologist
Bernard Fixot
b. 1943
publisher
Alain Fischer
b. 1949
physician
Antonin Gadal
1877 – 1962
mystic
Pierre Rolland
1926 – 1967
chess player
Patrick Gaillard
b. 1952
racing automobile driver
C. Leon Broutin
1859 – 1926
fencer
Aurélien Comte
b. 1988
racing automobile driver
Tauatua Lucas
b. 1994
association football player
Jean-François Gourdon
b. 1954
rugby union player
Jacques Di Donato
b. 1942
clarinetist
François Mazet
b. 1943
Formula One driver
Louis Moyse
1912 – 2007
composer
Achille Duchêne
1866 – 1947
architect
Richard Prasquier
b. 1945
cardiologist
Claude Chappuis
1924 – 2021
ornithologist
Dominique Harize
b. 1956
rugby union player
Alain Richard
1924 – 2021
religious person
Charles Bargue
1825 – 1883
painter
Michal Izdinsky
b. 1992
water polo player
Jean-Honoré de Trogoff de Kerlessy
1751 – 1794
military personnel
Léon Clément Le Fort
1829 – 1893
physician
Jules Gouffé
1807 – 1877
chef
Olivier Mével
b. 1967
engineer
Henri Antoine Marie Teissier
1929 – 2020
Catholic priest
Paulette Veste
b. 1928
shot putter
Slavko Kopač
1913 – 1995
sculptor
Joachim Garraud
b. 1968
disc jockey
Simone Follet
1935 – 2021
hellenist
Florence Morlighem
b. 1970
politician
Jacques Canetti
1909 – 1997
music executive
Jean-Baptiste Landé
1697 – 1747
choreographer
Henri Delacroix
1873 – 1937
philosopher
Albert Ramassamy
1923 – 2018
politician
Pierre Curie
1859 – 1906
physicist
Charles de Hémard de Denonville
1493 – 1540
Catholic priest
Jacques Pitrat
1934 – 2019
military engineer
Gérald Laroche
b. 1964
actor
Mohamed Mokrani
b. 1981
handball player
René Beaumont
b. 1940
politician
Aline Marie Raynal
1937 – 2022
botanist
Guillaume Taraval
1701 – 1750
painter
Jean-Michel Regnier
b. 1966
kayaker
Joseph Latour
1806 – 1863
painter
Brigitte Fontaine
b. 1939
poet
Jacques Dhur
1902 – 1983
association football player
Josephine Calamatta
1817 – 1893
painter
Jérémy Moreau
b. 1980
association football player
Gilbert Achart-Picart
1918 – 1954
bobsledder
Claude Françoise de Lorraine
1612 – 1648
aristocrat
François Thomas Tréhouart
1798 – 1873
politician
Anne-Sophie Barthet
b. 1988
alpine skier
Arsène Alexandre
1859 – 1937
journalist
Grégory Galbadon
b. 1973
politician
Ruth Christmas
1904 – 2001
athletics competitor
Jean-Pol Martin
b. 1943
writer
Jeanne Helbling
1903 – 1985
film actor
Gabrielle Ritter-Ciampi
1886 – 1974
opera singer
Camille Le Tellier
1675 – 1718
Catholic priest
Yvette Roudy
1929 – 2026
politician
Nathalie Cardone
b. 1967
actor
Amer Alwan
1957 – 2023
film director
Jan Frans van Geel
1756 – 1830
sculptor
Bénédicte Simon
b. 1997
association football player
Léonie Martin
1863 – 1941
nun
Yves-Marie Vérove
1949 – 2022
basketball coach
Paul Bourillon
1877 – 1942
sport cyclist
Barack Adama
b. 1985
rapper
Henri Brocard
1845 – 1922
mathematician
Euloge Ahodikpe
b. 1983
association football player
Jacqueline Robin
1917 – 2007
classical pianist
Michel Attenoux
1930 – 1988
saxophonist
Amélie Oudéa-Castéra
b. 1978
tennis player
André Bollier
1920 – 1944
military personnel
Maxence Layet
b. 1971
journalist
Marc-René de Voyer de Paulmy d'Argenson
1652 – 1721
politician
Hassan Ahamada
b. 1981
association football player
Tancrède Synave
1870 – 1936
painter
Gilbert Gérintès
1902 – 1968
rugby union player
Jacques Stern
1882 – 1949
politician
Jean-François Derosne
1774 – 1855
pharmacist
Joseph Lagrange
1763 – 1836
politician
Daikii Bouba
b. 1996
judoka
Emmanuel Louis Masqueray
1861 – 1917
architect
Émile Kleber
1899 – 1979
bobsledder
Pierre Boulez
1925 – 2016
conductor
Pierre-Michel Le Conte
1921 – 2000
conductor
Mehmet Şampiyonbisiklet
b. 1985
sport cyclist
Émile Lecuirot
1907 – 1988
rower
Émile Sarrau
1837 – 1904
chemist
Jean-Jacques Mounier
b. 1949
judoka
Nicolas Munoz
b. 1983
rugby league player
Louise Courvoisier
b. 1994
film director
Jean Guiart
1925 – 2019
anthropologist
Diogene Ulyssee Napoleon Maillart
1840 – 1926
painter
Pancrace Bessa
1772 – 1846
botanical illustrator
Alfred Forbin
1872 – 1956
stamp dealer
Chantal Spitz
b. 1954
writer