France
People of this nationality
François Martin
1634 – 1706
politician
Thomas Salic
b. 1998
businessperson
Sounkamba Sylla
b. 1998
athletics competitor
Armand de Gramont
1879 – 1962
industrialist
Omer Talon
1510 – 1562
philosopher
Aloïse Sauvage
b. 1992
rapper
Henri I de Montmorency
1534 – 1614
military personnel
Frédéric Auguste Alexandre de Beaufort-Spontin
1751 – 1817
politician
Laurent Petitguillaume
b. 1961
radio personality
Kaïs Nasri
b. 2002
association football player
Victoria Mercanton
1911 – 2007
film director
Emmanuel Houcou
b. 2003
sport cyclist
Claude Gamot
b. 1933
fencer
Antoine Magnol
1676 – 1759
botanist
Luc-Julien-Joseph Casabianca
1762 – 1798
politician
Isabelle Musset
b. 1960
association football player
Dominique Bidard
b. 1955
weightlifter
Marie Gabriel Georges Bosseront d'Anglade
1858 – 1929
diplomat
Christophe Beaugrand-Gerin
b. 1977
journalist
André Berland
1940 – 2025
historian
Isidore Isou
1925 – 2007
poet
Claude Sirvent
b. 1971
rugby league player
Fernand Cormon
1845 – 1924
painter
Simhah ben Samuel of Vitry
1100 – 1105
rabbi
Henry III of France
1551 – 1589
aristocrat
Michel Ephrussi
1844 – 1914
banker
Jacques Pras
1924 – 1992
sport cyclist
Hélène Chanel
b. 1941
actor
Thomas Simart
b. 1987
canoeist
Rose Gelbert
1874 – 1956
golfer
Astrid Souply
b. 1993
volleyball player
Adeline Baud-Mugnier
b. 1992
alpine skier
Georges Clemenceau
1841 – 1929
politician
Matfre Ermengaud
1245 – 1322
troubadour
Marie Lebec
b. 1990
politician
Lindsey Thomas
b. 1995
association football player
Pierre-Antoine Martini
b. 1988
association football player
Charles Le Roy
1726 – 1779
physician
Prince Henri d'Orléans
1867 – 1901
explorer
Paul Giacobbi
b. 1957
politician
Jean-Pierre Nicolas
b. 1938
politician
Jean Beleth
1101 – 1185
writer
Frank Margerin
b. 1952
comics artist
Marie Anne de Bourbon
1689 – 1720
aristocrat
Jean Sirmond
1589 – 1649
poet
Malik Couturier
b. 1982
association football player
Tomasz Gruszczyński
b. 1980
association football player
Jean de Créquy
1395 – 1474
knight
Anton Solomoukha
1945 – 2015
photographer
Louis Durey
1888 – 1979
composer
Pharaon de Winter
1849 – 1924
painter
Eligius Fromentin
1767 – 1822
politician
Yves Prin
b. 1933
composer
Mélanie Laurent
b. 1983
film director
Hippolyte Annex
1933 – 2021
boxer
Pierre Lellouche
b. 1951
politician
Frédéric Samuel Cordey
1854 – 1911
painter
René Bonnet
1904 – 1983
engineer
Bruno Gilles
b. 1960
politician
Auguste Le Prévost
1787 – 1859
geologist
Camille Hilaire
1916 – 2004
painter
Mathieu Barthélemy Thouin
b. 1804
playwright
David Leray
b. 1984
association football player
Gérard Genette
1930 – 2018
literary critic
Louis Charles Armand Fouquet
1693 – 1747
diplomat
Louis François Jean Chabot
1757 – 1837
military personnel
Pierre Carbonnier
1829 – 1883
ichthyologist
Christiane Lambert
b. 1961
farmer
Jacques-Victor-Marius Rouchouse
1870 – 1948
Catholic priest
Lionel Bailliu
b. 1969
film director
Jean Blondel
1929 – 2022
political scientist
François-Isidore Gagelin
1799 – 1833
missionary
Ariel Beresniak
b. 1961
economist
Jacqueline de Longwy
1520 – 1561
lady-in-waiting
Serge Legendre
b. 1953
paleontologist
Louis Page
1905 – 1990
cinematographer
Louis-Claude Daquin
1694 – 1772
composer
Nine Choucroun
1896 – 1978
biochemist
Joseph Marius Jean Avy
1871 – 1939
artist
Louis-Xavier de Ricard
1843 – 1911
poet
Jean-Baptiste Alexandre Le Blond
1679 – 1719
architect
Gustave Dutailly
1847 – 1906
politician
Charles Ducasse
1930 – 1983
association football player
Paul Schuss
b. 1948
painter
Stéphane Caillard
b. 1988
actor
Paul Durand
1907 – 1977
composer
Robert de Turlande
1000 – 1067
monk
Jean-François Joseph Debelle
1767 – 1802
military personnel
Norman Doray
b. 1983
disc jockey
Hippolyte André Jean Baptiste Chélard
1789 – 1861
conductor
Charlotte de La Gournerie
b. 1989
film producer
Arnold Tholey
1903 – 1988
boxer
Édouard Manet
1832 – 1883
painter
Gilbert Tyuienon
b. 1958
politician
Maurice Antiste
b. 1953
politician
Barthélemy de Lesseps
1766 – 1834
explorer
Jacqueline Pascal
1625 – 1661
poet
Laurent Fabre
1968 – 2012
biathlete
Arsène de Cey
1803 – 1887
playwright
Édouard Bader
1899 – 1983
rugby union player