France
People of this nationality
Christophe Ruer
1965 – 2007
modern pentathlete
Nicolas Cochin
1610 – 1686
printmaker
Victor Loche
1806 – 1863
naturalist
Armand Solbach
1904 – 1967
artistic gymnast
Françoise Nyssen
b. 1951
editor
Delphine de Vigan
b. 1966
film screenwriter
Irvin Bertrand
b. 2000
table tennis player
Charlot
1900 – 2000
coxswain
Ariel Besse
1965 – 2022
film actor
Raïssa Maritain
1883 – 1960
poet
Thierry Burkhard
b. 1964
military officer
Louis Fursy Henri Compère
1768 – 1833
military officer
William Farel
1489 – 1565
theologian
Julia Kristeva
b. 1941
psychoanalyst
Jean-Gilbert Ymbert
1784 – 1846
playwright
Alamanda de Castelnau
1200 – 1223
trobairitz
Maurice G. Dantec
1959 – 2016
writer
Rana Gorgani
b. 1983
dancer
Pascal Légitimus
b. 1959
actor
Marie Cardinal
1928 – 2001
novelist
Louis-André-Gabriel Bouchet
1759 – 1842
painter
Fabrice Henry
b. 1968
association football player
Jeanine Claes
1947 – 2019
dancer
Edmond Beauchamp
1900 – 1985
actor
Audrey Pulvar
b. 1972
journalist
Franck Gastambide
b. 1978
actor
Martine Ivangine
b. 1947
speed skater
Audrey Tautou
b. 1976
model
Marius Maziers
1915 – 2008
Catholic priest
Catherine Lefebvre
b. 1959
curler
Anna-Laure Kleyn
b. 1983
rhythmic gymnast
Agnès Delahaie
1920 – 2003
actor
Jean-François Melon
1675 – 1738
economist
Innocent Gentillet
1532 – 1588
jurist-consultant
Georges Robert
1875 – 1965
naval officer
Carlos Da Cruz
b. 1974
sport cyclist
Franck Sérusclat
1921 – 2006
politician
Jules Pelouze
1807 – 1867
chemist
Pierre Cressé
1650 – 1714
physician
Ben Spider
b. 1970
visual artist
Henri-Corentin Buysse
b. 1988
ice hockey player
Faustine Maliar
b. 1995
politician
Jules Supervielle
1884 – 1960
linguist
Pierre Langlais
1909 – 1986
military personnel
Odette Talazac
1883 – 1948
actor
Samy Seghir
b. 1994
actor
Jacky Planchard
b. 1947
association football player
Maryse Guy Mitsouko
1941 – 1995
actor
Madelyne Delcroix
b. 1946
aircraft pilot
Sébastien Barc
b. 1971
athletics competitor
Éric Buchet
b. 1957
rugby union player
Simon Nora
1921 – 2006
official
René Debrie
1920 – 1989
linguist
Sophie Bergé
b. 1964
sailor
Jacques-Nicolas Bellin
1703 – 1772
cartographer
Axel Urie
b. 1999
association football player
Arnold Netter
1855 – 1936
physician
Akim Djaha
b. 1998
association football player
Marie-Camille Rey
b. 1987
politician
Eugène Ménégoz
1838 – 1921
university teacher
Edmond Faure
1927 – 2008
amateur wrestler
Marcel Marc Dhôme
1893 – 1960
racing automobile driver
Ornella Bankolé
b. 1997
basketball player
Alphonse Boudard
1925 – 2000
writer
Bruno Roux
b. 1963
association football player
Charles Bertin Gaston Chapuis de Tourville
1740 – 1809
military personnel
Joseph Capgras
1873 – 1950
psychiatrist
Rémy Lejeune
1932 – 1996
draftsperson
François Duprat
1940 – 1978
politician
Jean Rotrou
1609 – 1650
poet
Auguste Richard
b. 1883
rower
Hervé Leuwers
b. 1963
historian
Anaïs Perrière-Pilte
1836 – 1878
salonnière
Mickaël Brunet
1974 – 2004
association football player
Antoine Rédier
1873 – 1954
writer
Melvyn Doremus
b. 1996
association football player
Marcel Legrain
1890 – 1915
rugby union player
Aventinus of Tours
Henriette Dubois-Damart
1885 – 1945
painter
Eugène Flachat
1802 – 1873
civil engineer
Mathieu Inthasane
b. 1986
association football player
Ludivine Loiseau
b. 1980
swimmer
Yves Nat
1890 – 1956
pianist
Josy Poueyto
b. 1954
politician
David Derodon
1600 – 1664
philosopher
Karim Laghouag
b. 1975
event rider
Kalonymus ben Kalonymus
1286 – 1328
rabbi
Romain Ruffier
b. 1989
association football player
Lisette Lanvin
1913 – 2004
actor
Léon Lemartin
1883 – 1911
military flight engineer
Georges Guillier
1920 – 1983
sport cyclist
Abel Hugo
1798 – 1855
journalist
Olivier Brousse
b. 1965
business executive
Salah Bouzrara
b. 2000
association football player
Thomas-Steven Da Veiga
b. 1995
association football player
Christophe Chabouté
b. 1967
comics artist
Dimitry Bertaud
b. 1998
association football player
Philippe Brinquin
b. 1971
association football player
Michel Michalakakos
b. 1954
violist
Henry II, Count of Eu
b. 1160