France
People of this nationality
Cyprien Despourrins
1698 – 1759
writer
Thierry Pham
b. 1962
tennis player
Pierronne
Éric Bourdon
b. 1979
painter
Didier Dagueneau
1956 – 2008
winegrower
Jeanne Émilie de Villeneuve
1811 – 1854
nun
Paul Graetz
1899 – 1966
film producer
Ange Nanizayamo
b. 1998
association football player
Pierre de Vaugiraud
1741 – 1819
colonial administrator
Philippe Pierson
1642 – 1688
missionary
David Martin
b. 1977
trampoline gymnast
Jacques Kosciusco-Morizet
1913 – 1994
politician
Antoine-François Callet
1741 – 1823
painter
Jacques Vivier
1930 – 2021
sport cyclist
Yves Bonsang
1950 – 2000
bobsledder
S.Pri Noir
b. 1986
rapper
Alphonse Antoine
1915 – 1999
sport cyclist
Joan Antidea Thouret
1765 – 1826
religious
Yann Lachuer
b. 1972
association football player
Dominique Manotti
b. 1942
writer
Marie Toussaint
b. 1987
politician
Georges Lecointe
1897 – 1932
rower
Maurice Senart
1878 – 1962
music publisher
Jacques Baudet-Lafarge
1803 – 1867
politician
Pierre Rigoulot
b. 1944
researcher
Édouard Devicque
1830 – 1863
playwright
André Chappuis
1956 – 2025
sport cyclist
Édouard de Castelnau
1851 – 1944
military personnel
Marc Michel
1812 – 1868
writer
Mona Beaumont
1932 – 2007
painter
Henri II d'Orléans, Duke of Longueville
1595 – 1663
diplomat
Michel Sitbon
b. 1959
journalist
Lucien Lublin
1909 – 1995
electrical engineer
Charles-Philippe Ronsin
1751 – 1794
playwright
Pierre-Eugène Lamairesse
1817 – 1898
engineer
Laure Darcos
b. 1970
politician
Christian de Metter
b. 1968
comics artist
Lucie Faure-Goyau
1866 – 1913
writer
Jean-Marie Roland de la Platière
1734 – 1793
politician
René Gérard
1894 – 1976
sport cyclist
Stéphane Nomis
b. 1970
judoka
Louis Henri de Pardaillan de Gondrin
1640 – 1691
Michel Berger
1947 – 1992
singer-songwriter
André Nox
1869 – 1946
actor
Janelly Fourtou
b. 1939
politician
Félix Pozo
1899 – 1967
association football player
Charles Friant
1890 – 1947
opera singer
Marie Alizon
1921 – 1943
French resistance fighter
José Anigo
b. 1961
association football player
Lucie Randoin
1885 – 1960
biologist
Laurent Brochard
b. 1968
sport cyclist
Adrien Decourcelle
1821 – 1892
writer
Paul Poaniewa
b. 1953
athletics competitor
Jean-Marie Leblanc
b. 1944
journalist
Benoît Magimel
b. 1974
actor
Henri-Auguste Lozé
1850 – 1915
politician
Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau
1749 – 1791
journalist
Ali Magoudi
b. 1948
writer
André Zimmermann
1939 – 2019
sport cyclist
Carlo Marochetti
1805 – 1867
sculptor
Kam Hugh
b. 1998
drag queen
Nicolas Henri, Duke of Orléans
1607 – 1611
aristocrat
Gustave de Penmarch
1822 – 1901
singer
Timothé Nkada
b. 1999
association football player
Zelimkhan Khadjiev
b. 1994
amateur wrestler
Lucienne Pageot-Rousseaux
1899 – 1994
painter
Frédéric Laurent
b. 1975
association football player
Anne-Marie Saget
b. 1953
perfumer
André Maschinot
1903 – 1963
association football player
Auguste Legros
1922 – 2008
politician
Robert Monclar
1930 – 2012
basketball player
Nicolas Le Goff
b. 1992
volleyball player
Ludovic Janvier
1934 – 2016
poet
Gilbert Antoine de St. Maxent
1724 – 1794
businessperson
Stéphane Tein-Padom
b. 1994
association football player
Antoine-François Ève
1747 – 1814
actor
Cyprienne Dubernet
1857 – 1945
patron of the arts
Alexandre Arbez
b. 1978
bobsledder
Pierre-Joseph Candeille
1744 – 1827
composer
Charles Delaunay
1911 – 1988
record producer
Jean Sennep
1894 – 1982
illustrator
Vincent Bernardet
b. 1981
association football player
Laurent Dominati
b. 1960
politician
Anne-Marie Escoffier
b. 1942
politician
Gabriel Bonvalot
1853 – 1933
explorer
Hervé Boussard
1966 – 2013
sport cyclist
Aimé Bligny
1835 – 1907
locksmith
Anne-Marie Albiach
1937 – 2012
linguist
Dominique Robert
1952 – 2025
politician
Raphaël Ibañez
b. 1973
rugby union player
Martine David
1952 – 2025
politician
Sacha Valleau
b. 1996
rugby union player
Pierre Decouz
1775 – 1814
military officer
Sylvain Komenan N'Guessan
b. 1983
association football player
François Verger
1911 – 2001
field hockey player
Victor Joseph Delcambre
1770 – 1858
military officer
Laure Diebold
1915 – 1965
French resistance fighter
Pierre Charles Le Monnier
1715 – 1799
astronomer
Jean Pierre Serrier
1934 – 1989
visual artist
Christine Eyene
b. 1970
art critic