France
People of this nationality
Pierre Ducornet
1898 – 1963
military personnel
Brice Dulin
b. 1990
rugby union player
Yves Le Goff
1907 – 1987
sport cyclist
Étienne-François Turgot
1721 – 1789
naturalist
Jean Ichbiah
1940 – 2007
computer scientist
Louis Cretey
1635 – 1713
painter
Julien Boisselier
b. 1970
actor
Charles Marie François Olier, marquis de Nointel
1635 – 1685
diplomat
Roger Creton
1926 – 2002
sport cyclist
Edmond Huet
1827 – 1906
engineer of the French Corps of Bridges and Roads
Catherine Castel
1948 – 2018
actor
Claire Wolniewicz
b. 1966
journalist
Henry Rousso
b. 1954
historian
Robert Pignard
b. 1902
sport shooter
Loïc Espuche
b. 1989
animator
Phocion Rossollin
1837 – 1911
sailor
Georges Besse
1927 – 1986
entrepreneur
Joane Gadou
b. 2007
association football player
Pierre Barthélemy, baron Portal
1765 – 1845
politician
Jacques Gratton
b. 1957
rugby union player
Waleran III of Luxembourg, Count of Ligny
1355 – 1415
aristocrat
Louis Puech
1852 – 1947
politician
Marc-Aurèle Caillard
b. 1994
association football player
Guillaume Guérin
b. 1987
politician
Jean-Claude Skerl
1931 – 2002
sport cyclist
Michael Pitiot
b. 1970
navigator
Roland Roche
b. 1952
alpine skier
Jean de Neuflize
1850 – 1928
banker
Amanda Kolczynski
b. 1993
handball player
Neil El Aynaoui
b. 2001
association football player
Pauline Leroux
1809 – 1891
choreographer
Olivia Giacobetti
b. 1966
perfumer
Laurent Bel
b. 1966
fencer
Xavier Pinoteau
b. 1983
association football player
Édouard Houssin
1847 – 1919
sculptor
Charlie Cassang
b. 1995
rugby union player
Jean Lannes
1769 – 1809
military officer
Jeanne Ludwig
1867 – 1898
stage actor
Jean-Luc Mélenchon
b. 1951
politician
Michel Robida
1909 – 1991
journalist
Albert Laponneraye
1808 – 1849
journalist
Bernadette Després
1941 – 2024
comics artist
Corentin Martins
b. 1969
association football player
Georges Sibre
1869 – 1941
librettist
Nicolas de Harlay, seigneur de Sancy
1546 – 1629
diplomat
Alain Mikli
b. 1955
optician
Michel Perhirin
1944 – 2019
banker
Eugène Dabit
1898 – 1936
writer
Jean-Thomas-Élisabeth Richer de Sérizy
1759 – 1803
politician
Daniel Levavasseur
b. 1948
coach
Thomas Fantet de Lagny
1660 – 1734
mathematician
Joseph Ignace
1769 – 1802
military officer
Jean-Paul George
b. 1943
businessperson
Philippe Bonnin
b. 1955
fencer
Jacques Faty
b. 1985
association football player
Christian Cointat
b. 1943
politician
Maxime Collignon
1849 – 1917
classical archaeologist
Caroline Yadan
b. 1968
politician
Michel Mazaré
b. 1954
Gabriel Poulain
1884 – 1953
sport cyclist
Alexandre Rousselin de Saint-Albin
1773 – 1847
journalist
Serge Blusson
1928 – 1994
sport cyclist
Isabelle Cogitore
b. 1964
classical scholar
Marcel Bloch
1890 – 1938
flying ace
Guillaume de Sax
1889 – 1945
stage actor
Henri Jacques François Olivier
1849 – 1923
botanist
William the Clerk of Normandy
poet
Jean Robin
field hockey player
Lenda Vumbi
b. 1995
association football player
Antoine Le Maçon
1500 – 1559
translator
Grégory Bourillon
b. 1984
association football player
Pépito Pavon
1941 – 2012
association football player
Francis Balle
b. 1939
sociologist
Yann Huguet
b. 1984
sport cyclist
Annouck Curzillat
b. 1992
triathlete
Robert Barrier
1907 – 1955
politician
Jean Fouquet
1420 – 1480
painter
Lucien Scheler
1902 – 1999
publisher
Daniel Roche
1935 – 2023
historian
Maurice Schilles
1888 – 1957
sport cyclist
Wissem Bouzid
b. 2002
association football player
Harouna Abou Demba
b. 1991
association football player
Honoré Armand de Villars
1702 – 1770
military personnel
Raphaël Dinelli
b. 1968
navigator
Christian Durniak
b. 1949
rower
Philippe Goitschel
b. 1962
alpine skier
John of Viktring
1270 – 1347
diplomat
Rogatien-Joseph Martin
1849 – 1912
Catholic priest
Serge Moscovici
1926 – 2014
social psychologist
Étienne Jodelle
1532 – 1573
poet
Fortuné du Boisgobey
1821 – 1891
journalist
Maurice Bovis
amateur wrestler
Isabelle Black
b. 2000
sprinter
Serge Avédikian
b. 1955
film director
Jacques Carelman
1929 – 2012
painter
Louis-Basile de Bernage
1691 – 1767
jurist
Frédéric Monod
1794 – 1863
pastor
Roland Blum
b. 1945
politician
Quentin Valentino
b. 2006
rugby union player
Baldwin of Avesnes
1219 – 1295
writer