France
People of this nationality
Boris, Hereditary Prince of Montenegro
b. 1980
painter
Alphonse Stengelin
1852 – 1938
painter
Alizée
b. 1984
singer
Paul Viollet
1840 – 1914
librarian
Louis Chrétien Carrière
1771 – 1813
military officer
Michèle Bernstein
b. 1932
writer
Jules Demaré
1871 – 1950
rower
Serge Brussolo
b. 1951
writer
Georges Lamia
1933 – 2014
association football player
Natacha Lagouge
b. 2000
ice dancer
Claude Bouhier de Lantenay
1681 – 1755
Catholic priest
Marion Rolland
b. 1982
alpine skier
Petrus Morinus
1531 – 1608
biblical scholar
Christophe Proenca
b. 1966
politician
Philippe Chatel
1948 – 2021
singer
Denis-François Camusat
1695 – 1732
publisher
Rodolphe Töpffer
1799 – 1846
writer
William Lebghil
b. 1990
actor
Jean-Louis Mandel
b. 1946
geneticist
Michel Lasserre
b. 1940
rugby union player
Antoine Merle
1921 – 2013
wrestler
Pierre-Sébastien Laurentie
1793 – 1876
journalist
Andrea Lavezzolo
1905 – 1981
writer
Jean Baptiste Alexandre Strolz
1771 – 1841
politician
Isabelle Boineau
b. 1989
golfer
Jeanne Henriette Louis
1938 – 2022
historian
Joseph Matthias Gérard de Rayneval
1736 – 1812
diplomat
Henri Ramière
1821 – 1884
Catholic priest
Christiane Vaussard
1923 – 2011
ballerina
Léopold Fabre
1907 – 1987
rugby union player
Claude Haas
b. 1933
water polo player
Edmé-Antoine Durand
1768 – 1835
diplomat
Philippe Brun
b. 1991
politician
Madyen El Jaouhari
b. 1999
association football player
Philippe Saisse
b. 1957
jazz musician
Gilbert Bezzina
b. 1946
conductor
Catherine Fabre
b. 1978
politician
Arthur Godart
b. 1889
sport cyclist
Louis Bourdaloue
1632 – 1704
writer
Joseph Bouchardy
1810 – 1870
playwright
Octave Gallian
1855 – 1918
painter
Augustin-Alexandre Dumont
1801 – 1884
sculptor
Fiona Lazaar
b. 1985
politician
Alexandra Martin
b. 1976
politician
Albert Toris
1925 – 2002
association football player
Clément Braz Afonso
b. 1999
sport cyclist
Claudine Chomat
1915 – 1995
politician
Florent Laville
b. 1973
association football player
Nicolas Antoine II Coulon de Villiers
1708 – 1750
military personnel
Alphonse Nudant
1861 – 1952
military officer
Bertrand d'Ornézan
1450 – 1540
naval officer
Arsène Ade-Mensah
b. 1971
basketball player
Jane Nardal
1902 – 1993
writer
Albert Gauthier de Clagny
1853 – 1927
politician
Philippe Nozières
1932 – 2022
physicist
Apollon Barret
1804 – 1879
oboist
Jimmy Briand
b. 1985
association football player
Guy Dangain
b. 1935
clarinetist
Gilbert Delé
b. 1964
boxer
Georges Cochon
1879 – 1959
trade unionist
Kléber Mesquida
b. 1945
politician
Émilie Ambre
1849 – 1898
opera singer
Max Varnel
1925 – 1996
television director
Jean-Claude Bertrand
b. 1954
badminton player
Jean-Pascal Beintus
b. 1966
composer
Franck Robine
b. 1967
official
Raoul André
1916 – 1992
screenwriter
Alexandre Cazeau de Roumillac
1727 – 1796
military personnel
Jacques Bonne-Gigault de Bellefonds
1698 – 1746
Catholic priest
Yann Fouéré
1910 – 2011
politician
Léon Epin
1858 – 1928
archer
Bernard Rancillac
1931 – 2021
painter
René Panhard
1841 – 1908
engineer
Marin Marais
1656 – 1728
composer
Jean-François Kornetzky
b. 1982
association football player
Pierre Bardou-Job
1826 – 1892
businessperson
Erik Karol
b. 1963
singer-songwriter
Bruno Madaule
1971 – 2020
comics artist
Fanny Simonsen
1835 – 1896
opera singer
Joseph-Hugues Fabisch
1812 – 1886
sculptor
Didier Pasgrimaud
1966 – 2021
sport cyclist
Sébastien Barras
1653 – 1703
painter
Bernard Samson
1958 – 2025
association football player
Adolphe Kégresse
1879 – 1943
inventor
Francis Duroy
b. 1959
concertmaster
Jean Cassou
1897 – 1986
poet
Christian de Chalonge
1937 – 2025
film director
Samir Nasri
b. 1987
association football player
Jean-Louis Chrétien
1952 – 2019
philosopher
Éric Champ
b. 1962
rugby union player
Christophe Pignol
b. 1969
association football player
Pierre Besnard
1886 – 1947
anarcho-syndicalist
René-Aubert Vertot
1655 – 1735
historian
Richard Savignac
1905 – 1991
boxer
Stéphane Dumas
b. 1978
basketball player
Antoine de Saint-Yon
physician
Philippe Krootchey
1954 – 2004
disc jockey
Pierre Goubert
1915 – 2012
historian
Mohamed Chalali
b. 1989
association football player
Evann Guessand
b. 2001
association football player