France
People of this nationality
Jacques Ellul
1912 – 1994
theologian
Pauline Lecarpentier
b. 1997
amateur wrestler
Thierry Tesson
b. 1957
official
Gérard Royal
spy
Clio Goldsmith
b. 1957
actor
Jean Baechler
1937 – 2022
sociologist
Nicolás Francés
1390 – 1468
painter
Pierre Soulages
1919 – 2022
painter
Jean Constantin
1923 – 1997
singer-songwriter
Gary Chalandon
b. 1986
racing driver
Julie Sommaruga
b. 1975
politician
Éric Lada
b. 1965
association football player
Mohamed Chemlal
b. 1995
association football player
Jacques Insermini
1927 – 2024
motorcycle racer
Ludovic Garreau
b. 1983
ice hockey player
Édouard Jonas
1883 – 1961
politician
Pierre Le Doare
1900 – 1934
sport cyclist
Catherine Nay
b. 1943
journalist
Adrien Leroy
b. 1981
chess player
Jean-Marie Joubert
1932 – 2014
sport cyclist
Maurice Leenhardt
1878 – 1954
anthropologist
René Gardien
1928 – 2006
association football player
Emmanuel Front
b. 1973
athletics competitor
Bernadette Suau
1942 – 2013
archivist
Pepin II of Aquitaine
b. 823
monarch
Jean Fabre
1904 – 1975
philologist
Jacques Prou
1655 – 1706
sculptor
Marc Keller
b. 1968
association football player
Philippe Chanlot
b. 1967
association football player
Julien Escudé
b. 1979
association football player
Quentin Dolmaire
b. 1994
film actor
André Pieyre de Mandiargues
1909 – 1991
translator
Stephen Alonzo Schoff
1818 – 1904
engraver
Charles-Louis Saulx de Rosnevet
1734 – 1776
Officer of the French Navy
Jean Varenne
1926 – 1997
Indologist
Marc-Gauthier Bedimé
b. 1994
association football player
Florian Vachon
b. 1985
sport cyclist
Geneviève Fraisse
b. 1948
politician
Nicolas Baudesson
1611 – 1680
painter
Michelle-Catherine-Joséphine Tarbé des Sablons
1777 – 1855
novelist
Mickael Marquet
b. 1981
association football player
Luc Thuillier
b. 1964
actor
Gaston Amson
1883 – 1960
fencer
Olivier Tambosi
b. 1963
theatre director
Yves Delnord
b. 1946
sport shooter
Henri Marchand
1898 – 1959
film actor
David Smétanine
b. 1974
swimmer
Virginie Caprice
b. 1979
pornographic film actor
Pierre Richard
b. 1934
television actor
Fabrice Santoro
b. 1972
tennis player
Marcel Gendrin
1904 – 1957
sport cyclist
Stéphane Leduc
1853 – 1939
chemist
Jean-Marcellin Buttin
b. 1991
rugby union player
Julien Bertheau
1910 – 1995
stage actor
Patrick Hosotte
b. 1957
sport cyclist
Pierre du Cambout de Coislin
1636 – 1706
Catholic priest
Marie-Anett Mey
b. 1971
singer
Jean-François d'Orgeix
1921 – 2006
actor
Geneviève Élisabeth Disdéri
1817 – 1878
photographer
René-Gaston Baco de la Chapelle
1761 – 1800
politician
Robert Gelée
1880 – 1951
rower
Patrick Blandin
b. 1944
entomologist
Jean-Étienne-Auguste Massol
1802 – 1887
opera singer
Pascal Meunier
b. 1953
diplomat
Didier Squiban
b. 1959
pianist
Adalbero II of Ardenne
958 – 1005
Catholic priest
Simon Ramet
b. 2003
association football player
Dmitri Savitski
1944 – 2019
writer
Joseph Souberbielle
1754 – 1846
physician
Carima Louami
b. 1979
athletics competitor
Anne-France Brunet
b. 1962
politician
Jean-Raymond Tournoux
1914 – 1984
journalist
Aladji Ba
b. 1973
athletics competitor
Walter, Count of Rethel
1201 – 1262
aristocrat
Jaufré Rudel
1000 – 1148
troubadour
Ariane Labed
b. 1984
actor
Guillaume IX d'Hugues
1564 – 1648
prelate
Lilian Thuram
b. 1972
association football player
Pierre Puiseux
1855 – 1928
astronomer
Nicolas Chaudun
b. 1962
writer
Simon Sutour
b. 1952
politician
Michel Foucault
1926 – 1984
anthropologist
Pierre Aliker
1907 – 2013
politician
Suzanne Desprès
1875 – 1951
actor
Lynnsha
b. 1979
singer
Henry Poulaille
1896 – 1980
writer
Jean Le Fevre de Saint-Remy
1395 – 1468
historian
Xavier de Langlais
1906 – 1975
engraver
Henri Gouraud
1867 – 1946
politician
Suzanne Lacore
1875 – 1975
politician
Marcel Ciampi
1891 – 1980
pianist
Bruce Dombolo
1985 – 2025
association football player
Étienne Guibourg
1610 – 1686
Catholic priest
Maurice Barrès
1862 – 1923
writer
Awa Diop
b. 1991
handball player
Gorby Jean-Baptiste
b. 2002
association football player
Maxime Petitjean
b. 1984
rugby union player
Marc Dorcel
b. 1934
film producer
Maurice Pillard Verneuil
1869 – 1942
art critic
Thibault Isabel
b. 1978
philosopher