France
People of this nationality
Jean Francois Blondel
1683 – 1756
architect
Juan Guas
1430 – 1496
architect
Louis-Pierre Montbrun
1770 – 1812
military officer
Jean-François Jonvelle
1943 – 2002
photographer
Emmanuel d'Astier de La Vigerie
1900 – 1969
journalist
Frédéric Malle
b. 1962
perfumer
F. Andrieu
composer
Alphonse Legros
1837 – 1911
sculptor
Jean-Claude-Léonard Baveux
1796 – 1865
Catholic priest
Joseph Gonzales
b. 1941
boxer
Nicolas Florentin
b. 1978
association football player
Paul Larivaille
1932 – 2026
university teacher
Charles Lacquehay
1897 – 1975
sport cyclist
Lucienne Favre
1894 – 1958
writer
Claude Onesta
b. 1957
handball player
André Barlatier
1882 – 1943
film producer
Pierre Simon Fournier
1712 – 1768
type designer
Camille Trouverie
1929 – 1972
Paralympic athlete
Joseph Adrien Le Roi
1797 – 1873
librarian
Pierre-Daniel Nguinda
b. 1996
association football player
Jean Duthier
1510 – 1560
diplomat
Matthieu Lahaye
b. 1984
racing driver
Henri Victor Vallois
1889 – 1982
anthropologist
Jacques Savatier
b. 1952
politician
Christophe Blanchet
b. 1973
politician
Charles Dellon
1649 – 1710
explorer
Pierre Chantraine
1899 – 1974
grammarian
Catherine Coutelle
b. 1945
politician
Gaëlle Buniet
b. 1978
rower
Gérald Forschelet
b. 1981
association football player
Michel Saidi
b. 1963
canoeist
Astrig Siranossian
b. 1988
cellist
J. M. Lelen
1873 – 1964
translator
Yannick Bertrand
b. 1980
alpine skier
Louis Cardiet
1943 – 2020
association football player
Ismaël Doukouré
b. 2003
association football player
Claude Nigon
1928 – 1994
fencer
Hélie de Talleyrand-Périgord, Duc de Sagan
1859 – 1937
Louis Bouquet
1885 – 1952
painter
Paul Gibiard
1878 – 1971
gymnast
Henri Salaün
1866 – 1936
military personnel
Mathieu II de Montmorency
1174 – 1230
monarch
Maryse Marpsat
b. 1951
sociologist
Sandrine Lévêque-Fort
b. 1990
researcher
Charles Brun
1821 – 1897
politician
Amédée Rolland
1914 – 2000
sport cyclist
Wendy Delorme
b. 1979
novelist
Georges Guillet de Saint-George
1624 – 1705
author
Henri Lepage
1898 – 1970
film director
Frédéric Cathala
b. 1962
writer
Virgil Boutellis-Taft
violinist
Albert Marquet
1875 – 1947
painter
Daren Mosengo
b. 2006
association football player
Georges Lorgeou
1883 – 1957
sport cyclist
Fernand Canteloube
1900 – 1976
sport cyclist
Humbert of Maroilles
AD 7 – 680
monk
Alexandre Lagoya
1929 – 1999
guitarist
Nadine Lechon
b. 1963
Farmers on medium-sized farms
Elhem Mekhaled
b. 1991
boxer
Ambroise Thomas
1811 – 1896
composer
Lilian Camberabero
1937 – 2015
rugby union player
Noémi Rime
b. 2000
opera singer
James Fanchone
b. 1980
association football player
Catherine Lacoste
b. 1945
golfer
Jeanne Mance
1606 – 1673
nurse
Claude Dauphin
1903 – 1978
film actor
Louis Maspero
b. 1959
writer
Jean-François Jodar
b. 1949
association football player
Jacques Perry
1921 – 2016
novelist
Jean-Luc Maxence
1946 – 2024
poet
Laurent Lafforgue
b. 1966
mathematician
Pierre Albertini
1942 – 2017
judoka
François de La Rochefoucauld, 7th Duke of La Rochefoucauld
1747 – 1827
politician
Corentine Quiniou
b. 1982
racing automobile driver
Eugénie Buffet
1866 – 1934
singer
Amedy Coulibaly
1982 – 2015
terrorist
Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio
b. 1940
writer
Rénelle Lamote
b. 1993
athletics competitor
Patrice Bret
b. 1971
ski mountaineer
Arnaud Desjardins
1925 – 2011
film director
Jeanne Aubert
1900 – 1988
actor
Honoré Barthélémy
1891 – 1964
sport cyclist
Stéphane de Bésombes
b. 1972
rugby union player
Pierre-Georges Arlabosse
1891 – 1950
military personnel
Jacques de Lajoue
1686 – 1761
painter
Marjolaine Rossit
b. 1980
rower
Catherine Grand
1762 – 1834
courtesan
Adrien de Noailles
1869 – 1953
equestrian
Reda Benchaa
b. 2002
association football player
Pascal Quignard
b. 1948
writer
Jacques-Alexandre Laffon de Ladebat
1719 – 1797
ship-owner
Christophe Le Dorven
b. 1978
politician
Roger de Rabutin, Comte de Bussy
1618 – 1693
writer
Margot Chevrier
b. 1999
pole vaulter
Noël François de Wailly
1724 – 1801
grammarian
Michel Stievenard
1937 – 2026
association football player
Pierre Davity
1573 – 1635
poet
Mansuy of Toul
Catholic priest
Bixente Lizarazu
b. 1969
association football player
Pierre Hentic
1917 – 2004
military officer