France
People of this nationality
Antoine César Becquerel
1788 – 1878
physicist
Mélissa Gal
b. 1999
cross-country skier
Louis-François Cartier
1819 – 1904
jeweler
Émile Bouhours
1870 – 1953
sport cyclist
Maurice Dayan
1935 – 2020
psychoanalyst
Christian Stengel
1902 – 1986
screenwriter
Robert Charpentier
1916 – 1966
sport cyclist
Jules-André Peugeot
1893 – 1914
military personnel
Jean Crasset
1618 – 1692
university teacher
Mathilde Rivière
b. 1989
amateur wrestler
Marie Daëms
1928 – 2016
actor
Roulland Le Roux
1465 – 1527
architect
Albéric Pont
1870 – 1960
dentist
Jean-Pierre Voyer
1938 – 2019
philosopher
Paule Carrère-Dencausse
1891 – 1969
pianist
Nicolas Louis François de Neufchâteau
1750 – 1828
economist
Jennifer Dias
b. 1985
singer
Albert Bourget
1881 – 1956
sculptor
Rémi Saudadier
b. 1986
water polo player
Jérôme Gilloux
b. 1994
sport cyclist
Nans Peters
b. 1994
sport cyclist
France Jamet
b. 1961
politician
Laurent Hervé
b. 1976
association football player
Sylvain Miaillier
b. 1986
freestyle skier
Anaïs Belouassa-Cherifi
b. 1995
corporate administrative and commercial executive
Simon Ibo
1940 – 2022
television presenter
Ferdinand de Lesseps
1805 – 1894
diplomat
Jeannine Dion-Guérin
1933 – 2025
poet
Anne Baptiste Nivelon
1712 – 1786
painter
Hippolyte Rimbaut
1808 – 1886
playwright
Catherine Chabaud
b. 1962
journalist
Louis Ducreux
1911 – 1992
composer
Djan Silveberg
b. 1969
painter
Henri Torre
1933 – 2025
politician
Antoine Raspal
1738 – 1811
painter
Auguste Jules Sage
1829 – 1908
painter
Thierry Bizot
b. 1962
television producer
Paul Louis Courier
1772 – 1825
writer
François-Xavier-Marc-Antoine de Montesquiou-Fézensac
1757 – 1832
politician
Alex Lutz
b. 1978
comedian
Roger Michelot
1912 – 1993
boxer
Jean-Laurent Cochet
1935 – 2020
film actor
Alexandre Arenate
b. 1995
association football player
Emeline K/Bidi
b. 1987
lawyer
Cynthia Brown
singer
Jean Piot
1890 – 1961
fencer
Krishna Riboud
1926 – 2000
historian
Zakya Daoud
b. 1937
journalist
Pierre Pasquier
b. 1935
businessperson
Claude Pinart
1525 – 1605
diplomat
Benoit Mourlon
b. 1988
association football player
Louis Charles Kiener
1799 – 1881
zoologist
Roger de La Fresnaye
1885 – 1925
painter
Anselme Brusa
1899 – 1969
rower
Robert Eramouspé
1935 – 2020
rugby league player
Pierre Semard
1887 – 1942
politician
Louise Labé
1524 – 1566
poet
Emmanuel, comte de Las Cases
1766 – 1842
politician
César d'Estrées
1628 – 1714
diplomat
Benjamin Guérard
1797 – 1854
historian
César Ruminski
1924 – 2009
association football player
Pierre Massé
1898 – 1987
economist
Pierre Cassou-Noguès
b. 1971
philosopher
René Dereuddre
1930 – 2008
association football player
Thierno Baldé
b. 2002
association football player
Sophie Amiach
b. 1963
tennis player
Cecile de Brunhoff
1903 – 2003
writer
Alfred Rosmer
1877 – 1964
politician
Jean Desailly
1920 – 2008
actor
Georges Flamant
1903 – 1990
film actor
Manuel Huguet
1918 – 1995
sport cyclist
Danièle Giazzi
b. 1955
politician
Palisot de Beauvois
1752 – 1820
botanist
Hugo Grenier
b. 1996
tennis player
Lucien Biva
1878 – 1965
painter
Laurent Stefanini
b. 1960
diplomat
Sophie Daguin
1801 – 1881
choreographer
Sylvain Charles Valée
1773 – 1846
politician
Charles Crupelandt
1886 – 1955
sport cyclist
Philippe Canaye
1551 – 1610
diplomat
Henri Chabrol
1897 – 1981
writer
Pierre-Max Dubois
1930 – 1995
composer
Pierre Fédida
1934 – 2002
philosopher
Toshiro Suga
b. 1950
actor
Georges Fournier
1595 – 1652
mathematician
Jean de Hautefeuille
1647 – 1724
physicist
Évelyne Buyle
b. 1948
actor
René Sence
1920 – 1998
sailor
Jean-Louis Ferrand
1758 – 1808
military officer
André-Georges Haudricourt
1911 – 1996
anthropologist
Arsène Trouvé
1795 – 1871
painter
Yves Grosrichard
1907 – 1992
journalist
Jean-Michel Roux
b. 1964
film director
Victor Magnier
artistic gymnast
Gérard Deschamps
b. 1937
painter
Pierre Pardoën
1930 – 2019
sport cyclist
Hermann Zotenberg
1834 – 1909
orientalist
François Proth
1852 – 1879
mathematician
Étienne Laclotte
1728 – 1812
architect
Pierre Bajoc
b. 1955
association football player