France
People of this nationality
Renaud du Bellay
1001 – 1096
Catholic priest
Justin Gensoul
1781 – 1848
playwright
Yvette Giraud
1916 – 2014
singer
Paul Mauriat
1887 – 1964
rugby union player
Geoffroy de Boulogne
1017 – 1095
Catholic priest
Henri Boerio
b. 1952
artistic gymnast
Pierre François Lacenaire
1803 – 1836
poet
Élizabeth Martichoux
b. 1961
journalist
Valentin Duc
1858 – 1915
opera singer
Adélaïde Labille-Guiard
1749 – 1803
painter
Michel Roques
1946 – 2006
sport cyclist
Sébastien Boucksom
b. 1976
mathematician
Camille Jedrzejewski
b. 2002
sport shooter
René François Gautier
1851 – 1936
politician
Pierre Henri Larcher
1726 – 1812
hellenist
Jean Stoetzel
1910 – 1987
psychologist
Louise Courteix Adanson
b. 1950
businessperson
Louis Halphen
1880 – 1950
historian
Christine Bard
b. 1965
historian
Patrick Tambay
1949 – 2022
racing automobile driver
Sanchia of Provence
1225 – 1261
aristocrat
Nicolai Michoutouchkine
1929 – 2010
designer
Gianni Mina
b. 1992
tennis player
Paul Vannier
b. 1985
politician
Sicard de Lordat
architect
Sami Outalbali
b. 1999
actor
Michail Stifunin
b. 1978
ice dancer
Laurent Saloff-Coste
b. 1958
mathematician
Erik Aschehoug
1926 – 2001
rower
Frédérique Hébrard
1927 – 2023
writer
Angelo Tchen
b. 1982
association football player
Henri Fénée
1820 – 1882
chansonnier
Laura Bourgouin
b. 1992
association football player
Philippe Emmanuel, Duke of Mercœur
1558 – 1602
feudatory
Thierry Hermès
1801 – 1878
businessperson
Jean-Joseph Ader
1796 – 1859
playwright
Peter II of Courtenay
1155 – 1219
ruler
Jacques Anne Joseph Le Prestre de Vauban
1754 – 1816
military officer
Loup Verlet
1931 – 2019
physicist
Damien Nazon
b. 1974
sport cyclist
Jean d'Estournelles de Constant
1859 – 1949
sailor
Pierre-Charles Canot
1710 – 1777
printmaker
Maite Axiari
1949 – 2021
activist
Pierre Albertini
b. 1944
politician
Michel Grall
b. 1961
politician
Henri Bacry
1928 – 2010
physicist
Isaïe Schwartz
1876 – 1952
rabbi
Jean Charbonnel
1927 – 2014
politician
Suzanne Feingold
1904 – 1977
journalist
Karim El Idrissi
b. 1977
association football player
Jean Rousset de Missy
1686 – 1762
jurist
Steven Baseya
b. 2005
association football player
Louis Gayant
surgeon
Augustin Grisolle
1811 – 1869
physician
Bernard Lathière
1929 – 1997
senior civil servant
Curt John Ducasse
1881 – 1969
philosopher
Mélanie Gouby
b. 1901
journalist
Paul Joseph Barthez
1734 – 1806
physician
Rémi Cilia
b. 1989
association football player
Jean Filippi
1905 – 1993
politician
Jean-Louis Etienne
b. 1946
explorer
Pierre Prévost
1764 – 1823
painter
Jean-Joseph Languet de Gergy
1677 – 1753
Catholic priest
Naël Jaby
b. 2001
association football player
Taylor Lapilus
b. 1992
mixed martial arts fighter
Gerald of Sauve-Majeure
1020 – 1095
religious
Georges Meyer
1886 – 1967
cinematographer
François-Rolland Elluin
1745 – 1810
copper engraver
Joan of Burgundy
1293 – 1349
politician
Mijanou Bardot
b. 1938
film actor
Lila De Nobili
1916 – 2002
illustrator
Charles Rondeau
1750 – 1850
playwright
Jean-Louis Ugartemendia
1943 – 2020
rugby union player
Auguste Duport
1777 – 1843
playwright
Philippe Le Guay
b. 1956
film director
Emilie de Rodat
1787 – 1852
mystic
Carlo Nayaradou
1957 – 2021
comics artist
Alfred Baudrillart
1859 – 1942
university teacher
Benoît Paul Émile Clapeyron
1799 – 1864
physicist
Michel Dessaint
1935 – 2025
politician
Joseph Fratrel
1727 – 1783
painter
Jacob Senleches
1301 – 1395
composer
Gérard Daucourt
b. 1941
Catholic priest
Étienne Mattler
1905 – 1986
association football player
Santiago Otheguy
b. 1973
film director
Marie-José Allemand
b. 1970
Farmers on medium-sized farms
Marguerite Brésil
1880 – 1961
actor
Omar Farah Iltireh
1933 – 2008
politician
Albert Malet
1864 – 1915
historian
Catherine Plaisant
b. 1957
computer scientist
Christophe Riandee
b. 1968
film producer
Marc Santo-Roman
b. 1960
chess player
Alexandre, Chevalier de Chaumont
1640 – 1710
diplomat
Léon Bonvin
1834 – 1866
painter
Jean-Louis d'Usson
1672 – 1738
diplomat
Damien Robin
b. 1989
association football player
Michel Ney
1769 – 1815
notary's clerk
André Géraud
1882 – 1974
journalist
Robert Blanché
1898 – 1975
philosopher
Eugène Burnouf
1801 – 1852
linguist