France
People of this nationality
Sarah Daninthe
b. 1980
fencer
François Guillaume de Castelnau-Clermont-Ludève
1480 – 1541
diplomat
Damien Dufour
b. 1981
association football player
Guillaume Balay
1871 – 1943
composer
Louis-Joseph de Montmorency-Laval
1724 – 1808
Catholic priest
Michel-Rostislav Hofmann
1915 – 1975
musicologist
Nando de Colo
b. 1987
basketball player
Gérard Hérold
1939 – 1993
stage actor
Sacha Delaye
b. 2002
association football player
Francés de Corteta
1586 – 1667
writer
Stéphane Hernandez
b. 1979
association football player
Jean de Lattre de Tassigny
1889 – 1952
military personnel
Jean Jules Bousson
1834 – 1926
military personnel
Joël Schmidt
1937 – 2026
novelist
Sébastien Lacroix
b. 1983
ski jumper
Pola Petrenko
b. 1997
actor
Virginie Hériot
1890 – 1932
navigator
Nitta-Jo
b. 1880
singer
Oualid El Hajjam
b. 1991
association football player
Michel Fugain
b. 1942
singer
Paulin Freitas
1909 – 1989
politician
Félix Lebuhotel
1932 – 2008
sport cyclist
Guillaume-Marie-Anne Brune
1763 – 1815
diplomat
Amadou Doucoure
1919 – 1969
politician
Eugène Vaniot
1846 – 1913
botanist
Jean-Christophe Sarnin
b. 1976
swimmer
Paul Henri Fischer
1835 – 1893
paleontologist
Jean-Joseph Espercieux
1757 – 1840
sculptor
Theodore Beza
1519 – 1605
theologian
Eugène Sartory
1871 – 1946
musical instrument maker
François-Étienne Damas
1764 – 1828
politician
Marco Angeli di Sartèna
1905 – 1985
politician
Nicolas Brigaut
1653 – 1686
Maxime Bono
b. 1947
politician
Jules Gervais-Courtellemont
1863 – 1931
photographer
Marcel Kuntz
b. 1958
biotechnologist
Paulette Guinchard-Kunstler
1949 – 2021
politician
Samuel Yohou
b. 1991
association football player
Mickaël James
b. 1976
association football player
Jean Markale
1928 – 2008
writer
Charles Boursin
1901 – 1971
entomologist
Mary of Lorraine
1515 – 1560
king
John of Foix, Viscount of Narbonne
1450 – 1500
aristocrat
Adrien Alpini
1889 – 1950
sport cyclist
Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet
b. 1973
politician
Louis Charles of Lorraine, Prince of Lambesc
1725 – 1761
aristocrat
Michel Bassompierre
1948 – 2026
sculptor
Joseph Negro
1896 – 1971
tennis player
Isaac Karamoko
b. 2002
association football player
François Dosse
b. 1950
epistemologist
Jean-Luc Sassus
1962 – 2015
association football player
Charles-Augustin Vandermonde
1727 – 1762
science journalist
Charlotte-Rose de Caumont La Force
1650 – 1724
writer
Jules Laurens
1825 – 1901
lithographer
Nathan Vandepitte
b. 2000
sport cyclist
Thomas Didillon
b. 1995
association football player
René Guilbaud
1890 – 1928
naval officer
Henri-Paul Mottez
1855 – 1937
painter
Jean Matheu-Cambas
1920 – 1989
rugby union player
Jean Margain
1931 – 2012
biblical scholar
Adolphe Deloffre
1817 – 1876
conductor
Vincent Scotto
1876 – 1952
composer
René Jeannel
1879 – 1965
explorer
Paul Berthon
1872 – 1934
poster artist
Georges Parcq
1874 – 1939
architect
Cameron Houindo
b. 2008
basketball player
David Naccache
b. 1967
cryptographer
Malek Chergui
b. 1988
association football player
Jacques Bernard d'Anselme
1740 – 1814
military personnel
Theo Fages
b. 1994
rugby league player
Matilda, Countess of Rethel
1091 – 1151
politician
Romain Langasque
b. 1995
golfer
Julien Paolini
b. 1986
film director
Jean-François Kervégan
b. 1950
philosopher of law
Nicolas Spanghero
b. 1976
rugby union player
Jean-Luc Rougé
b. 1949
judoka
Ted Kelton Agasson
b. 1973
association football player
Thibault Dubarry
b. 1987
rugby union player
Louis Say
1774 – 1840
industrialist
Anne Laubies
b. 1953
politician
Hugo von Boves
1200 – 1215
Georges Sesia
1924 – 2016
association football player
Jean-Marc Gabaude
1928 – 2020
philosopher
Clément Russo
b. 1995
sport cyclist
Salma Zemzem
b. 2000
association football player
Patrice Neveu
b. 1954
association football player
Sabrina Van Tassel
b. 1975
writer
Ariel Weil
b. 1973
economist
Claude Piéplu
1923 – 2006
television actor
Xavier Samin
b. 1978
association football player
Olympe de G.
b. 1983
film director
Alain Bailhache
1937 – 2025
painter
Eutrope Bouret
1833 – 1906
sculptor
Anaïs Morichon
b. 1999
sport cyclist
Marie-Eugène Debeney
1864 – 1943
military personnel
André Léger
1896 – 1963
sport cyclist
Renée Saint-Cyr
1904 – 2004
actor
Scévole de Sainte-Marthe
1536 – 1623
poet
Henri Gauthier
1877 – 1950
anthropologist
Dominic Sonic
1964 – 2020
singer