France
People of this nationality
César Henri, comte de La Luzerne
1737 – 1799
politician
Éric Sargiacomo
b. 1969
politician
Marcelle Tinayre
1870 – 1948
writer
Béatrice Guéry
b. 1956
tennis player
Denis Saurat
1890 – 1958
writer
Saoussen Boudiaf
b. 1993
fencer
Danielle Stordeur
b. 1944
archaeologist
Bernardo Hurault
1924 – 2004
translator
Martial Joseph Amant Herman
1759 – 1795
lawyer
Bernard Inom
b. 1973
boxer
Fabien Leclercq
b. 1972
association football player
Josiane Mathon-Poinat
b. 1954
politician
Yves Caumon
b. 1964
film director
Albine Caillié
b. 1974
sport cyclist
Alfred Jean Halou
1875 – 1940
sculptor
Gui de Maillesec
1340 – 1411
Catholic priest
Pascal Chang-Soi
b. 1966
Catholic priest
Mourad N'Zif
b. 1984
association football player
Adel Fellous
b. 1978
rugby league player
Henri Noël
1937 – 2020
association football player
Capucine
1928 – 1990
actor
Muriel Jourda
b. 1967
politician
Jeanne Herscher-Clément
1878 – 1941
composer
Annie Fratellini
1932 – 1997
actor
Roger Levecq
b. 1935
weightlifter
Étienne-Louis Boullée
1728 – 1799
school teacher
Louis-François Trouard
1728 – 1804
architect
Manuel Perez
b. 1991
association football player
Gilbert Emptaz
1950 – 2026
sport shooter
Pierre Hugues Victoire Merle
1766 – 1830
military personnel
Henry II of Lorraine, Duke of Guise
1614 – 1664
aristocrat
Bryan Nouvier
b. 1995
association football player
Julien Loisel
1890 – 1963
sport cyclist
Gilles Moretton
b. 1958
tennis player
Sandrine Fricot
b. 1968
athletics competitor
Henri Dobert
1915 – 1943
Steeve Ho You Fat
b. 1988
basketball player
Théophile Voirol
1781 – 1853
military officer
Émile Cohl
1857 – 1938
caricaturist
Marie Étienne
b. 1938
novelist
Augustin de Boschenry de Drucour
1703 – 1762
colonial administrator
Linah Morin
1866 – 1923
Jean-Aymar Piganiol de La Force
1673 – 1753
historian
Johann Soufi
b. 1982
lawyer
Dimitri Dragin
b. 1984
judoka
Jean-Louis Saurait
1882 – 1949
actor
Désiré-Marie Maistral
1764 – 1842
Officer of the French Navy
Joseph Merklin
1819 – 1905
organ builder
André Krust
1926 – 2020
pianist
Jean Kerebel
1918 – 2010
sprinter
André Savignon
1878 – 1947
journalist
Jean Puiforcat
1897 – 1945
goldsmith
André Lebeau
1932 – 2013
writer
André Liautey
1896 – 1972
politician
Alexis Galpérine
b. 1955
violinist
Emanuel Wynn
1650 – 1700
pirate
Sieur Dubois
b. 1601
explorer
Caroline Aigle
1974 – 2007
fighter pilot
Daniel Trocmé
1912 – 1944
physics teacher
Jean-François Christophe
b. 1987
association football player
Gadwin Springer
b. 1993
rugby league player
Aïda Ba
1983 – 2022
rugby union player
Axel Tape
b. 2007
association football player
Pierre-Henry Gauttier du Parc
1772 – 1850
naval officer
Bruno Monsaingeon
b. 1943
film producer
Jonathan Bru
b. 1985
association football player
Guillaume Raoux
b. 1970
tennis player
Enzo Célestine
b. 1997
association football player
Julian Junca
b. 1998
ice hockey player
Sabine Andrivon-Milton
b. 1970
historian
Arnaud Demeester
b. 1973
motorcycle racer
René I, Viscount of Rohan
1516 – 1552
condottiero
Pierre-Etienne Moitte
1722 – 1780
engraver
Pierre de Luxembourg
1369 – 1387
canon
Romain Jacuzzi
b. 1984
association football player
Jean-Claude Brisville
1922 – 2014
writer
Bruno Boyadjian
b. 1958
water polo player
Louis XI of France
1423 – 1483
politician
Princess Marguerite of Orléans
1869 – 1940
Paul Flamant
1892 – 1940
mathematician
Jean-Julien Chervier
b. 1971
film director
Jean-Marie Rouart
b. 1943
novelist
Samba Kanoute
b. 1991
association football player
Gaston About
1890 – 1954
politician
Michel Baron
1653 – 1729
stage actor
Corsica Joe
1920 – 2010
amateur wrestler
Firmine Richard
b. 1947
actor
Sophie Dessus
1955 – 2016
politician
Enguerrand II. de Boves
1200 – 1300
André Paillot
1885 – 1944
entomologist
Henri Maupoil
1891 – 1971
politician
François-Régis de La Bourdonnaye
1767 – 1839
politician
Jean-Baptiste Joseph Émile Montégut
1825 – 1895
literary critic
Alain Erlande-Brandenburg
1937 – 2020
art historian
Bernard Pullman
1919 – 1996
theoretical chemist
Jean Dumont
1930 – 2021
politician
Everard des Barres
1113 – 1174
Vincent Bruel
1973 – 2005
juggler
Jérôme Onguéné
b. 1997
association football player
Albert Henraux
1881 – 1953
art historian