France
People of this nationality
Axelle Étienne
b. 1998
sport cyclist
Pierre Jaïs
1913 – 1988
bridge player
Odet de Coligny
1517 – 1571
diplomat
Giles of Rome
1243 – 1316
philosopher
Charles d'Espinay
1531 – 1591
prelate
Georges Portmann
1890 – 1985
politician
Jean Saidman
1897 – 1949
physician
Nadine Alari
1927 – 2016
actor
Georges Hugon
1904 – 1980
composer
Frobert of Troyes
595 – 667
Catholic priest
Stéphan Grégoire
b. 1969
racing automobile driver
Renée Adorée
1898 – 1933
stage actor
Jean Quarré
1919 – 1942
politician
Nessim Sibony
1947 – 2021
mathematician
Patrick Cabanel
b. 1961
historian
Laurent Lafon
b. 1965
politician
Vincent Chauvet
b. 1987
politician
Nicolas Ysambert
1560 – 1642
university teacher
Madeleine Yamechi
b. 1982
weightlifter
Anne de Pisseleu d'Heilly
1508 – 1580
lady-in-waiting
Stephen Parez
b. 1994
rugby union player
Pierre Juhel
1910 – 1980
journalist
Sylvie Riedle
b. 1969
sport cyclist
Émile Sarrade
1877 – 1953
rugby union player
Amandine Marshall
b. 1980
Egyptologist
Frédéric Forestier
b. 1969
film director
Christian Larcher
b. 1953
Philippe Grandrieux
b. 1954
film director
Joan of France, Duchess of Brittany
1391 – 1433
Georges Lemoine
1934 – 2025
politician
Franck Biancheri
1961 – 2012
politician
Fateh Kamel
b. 1961
Paul Hamot
1891 – 1956
flying ace
Georges Baptiste François Allix
1808 – 1881
military engineer
Hugues Bousiges
b. 1948
official
Éloi Pélissier
b. 1991
rugby league player
Renaud Lavillenie
b. 1986
pole vaulter
Isabelle Périgault
b. 1971
politician
Fernand Fédronic
b. 1964
figure skater
Pierre-Ange Omombé
b. 1995
association football player
Gustave Rolland
1809 – 1871
politician
Frank Barat
b. 1977
author
Janine Rozier
b. 1938
politician
Robert Le Lorrain
1666 – 1743
sculptor
Jacques Frédéric Français
1775 – 1833
military engineer
Toulo de Graffenried
1914 – 2007
racing automobile driver
Meziane Idjerouidene
b. 1980
businessperson
Gabriela Angélica de Bourbon
1603 – 1627
Alexandre Colonna-Walewski
1810 – 1868
politician
Mike Castro de Maria
b. 1972
record producer
Hugues Landon
1930 – 2024
equestrian
Prince Dimitri Karađorđević
b. 1958
Gustave Pellet
1859 – 1919
publisher
Frédérique Bredin
b. 1956
politician
Paul Robineau
rower
Jean Martinon
1910 – 1976
conductor
Emmanuel Desgeorges
b. 1970
association football player
Joseph Verlet
1883 – 1924
association football player
Joseph-Marie-Blaise Coulomb
1728 – 1803
Françoise Ballet-Blu
b. 1964
politician
Philippe Puaud
1936 – 2026
politician
Victor Jacquemont
1801 – 1832
explorer
François-Arnoul Poisson de Roinville
1696 – 1753
actor
Arnaud Murgia
b. 1984
politician
Thibault Godefroy
b. 1985
bobsledder
Louis-Marie-Edmond Blanquart de Bailleul
1795 – 1868
Catholic priest
Samir Abbès
b. 1990
association football player
Loïc Akono
b. 1987
basketball player
Justine Benin
b. 1975
politician
Anaïs Bourgoin
b. 1996
athletics competitor
Hugh I of Le Puiset
aristocrat
François Deloncle
1856 – 1922
politician
Jean-Claude Leroy
b. 1952
politician
Carpenter Brut
electronic musician
Pauline Trigère
1908 – 2002
fashion designer
Christian Polak
b. 1950
historian
Jean-Luc Marion
b. 1946
philosopher
Charles-Éric Lemaignen
b. 1952
politician
Henri Charrier
1859 – 1950
painter
Audouin Dollfus
1924 – 2010
astronomer
Pierre Declercq
1938 – 1981
politician
Guy II of Ponthieu
aristocrat
Isabelle Becker
1965 – 2024
singer
Sarah Legrain
b. 1985
politician
François Piquemal
b. 1984
history-geography teacher
Pierre Slidja
b. 1996
association football player
André Thomas
1911 – 1956
cinematographer
Gérard Fayolle
1937 – 2025
politician
Augustin-Marie d'Aboville
1776 – 1843
politician
Patrick Buisson
1949 – 2023
political adviser
Henry Litolff
1818 – 1891
composer
Filipe da Silva
b. 1979
basketball player
Sigebert of Gembloux
1030 – 1112
church historian
Didier Flamand
b. 1947
stage actor
Bernard Groethuysen
1880 – 1946
literary historian
Joseph de Flotte
1734 – 1792
Officer of the French Navy
François V de Beauharnais
1714 – 1800
politician
Lily Pastré
1891 – 1974
actor
Jérôme Stoll
b. 1954
sports agent
Stephanie, Queen of Pamplona
1010 – 1066