France
People of this nationality
Raymond Blanc
b. 1949
cook
Olivier Cassan
b. 1984
association football player
Suzanne Hecht Pontremoli
1876 – 1956
art collector
Maurice Estève
1904 – 2001
painter
René Bliard
1932 – 2009
association football player
Marcel Desrousseaux
1907 – 1974
association football player
Théophile Gautier
1811 – 1872
writer
Lucien Lelong
1889 – 1958
grand couturier
Frantz Gumbs
b. 1954
politician
François Frézeau de La Frézelière
1623 – 1702
military officer
Dolly Davis
1896 – 1962
actor
Thierry Neuvic
b. 1970
stage actor
Jean Barbier d'Aucour
1641 – 1694
jurist
Andy Diouf
b. 2003
association football player
Antoine de Béthencourt
1759 – 1801
military officer
Théodore Maunoir
1806 – 1869
surgeon
Adolphe Schloss
1842 – 1910
art collector
Thiniba Samoura
b. 2004
association football player
Gaoussou Sackho
b. 1995
association football player
Cascadeur
b. 1953
singer
Bernard Benson
1922 – 1996
writer
Claude Esteban
1935 – 2006
linguist
Victor Alvares de Oliveira
b. 1996
fencer
Inès Cagnati
1937 – 2007
writer
Émile Engel
1889 – 1914
sport cyclist
Théo Attissogbé
b. 2004
rugby union player
Jean Crespin
1520 – 1572
historian
Jacques Peuchet
1758 – 1830
writer
Angelique Charbonnée
1740 – 1780
printmaker
Wallen
b. 1978
musician
Julien du Rhéart
1885 – 1963
association football player
Henri Pépin
1864 – 1915
sport cyclist
Dominique Dupuy
1812 – 1885
botanist
Gilles Caron
1939 – 1970
war correspondent
Ferréol Cannard
b. 1978
biathlete
Jean Prasteau
1921 – 1997
writer
Valentin Eysseric
b. 1992
association football player
Étienne Maynaud Bizefranc de Lavaux
1751 – 1828
politician
Johan Tatlot
b. 1996
tennis player
Anthony Turgis
b. 1994
sport cyclist
Marthe Richard
1889 – 1982
aircraft pilot
Pierre Appell
1887 – 1957
politician
René-Samuel Sirat
1930 – 2023
rabbi
Zaccharie Risacher
b. 2005
basketball player
Daniel Goldberg
b. 1965
politician
Louisa Henrietta de Rivarol
1749 – 1821
translator
Henri de Miffonis
1882 – 1955
engineer
Maxime Michelet
b. 1992
historian
Sylvie Testud
b. 1971
actor
Jean-François Pescheux
b. 1952
sport cyclist
Didier Couécou
b. 1944
association football player
Pierre Brossolette
1903 – 1944
politician
Patrick Breuzé
1953 – 2022
journalist
Fernard-Michel Cabrol
1855 – 1937
theologian
Sylvie Joly
1934 – 2015
actor
Yves Gérard
1932 – 2020
musicologist
Frédérique Espagnac
b. 1972
politician
Alain Duprat
b. 1939
rower
Charles Brune
1891 – 1956
politician
Raymond de Canillac
1300 – 1373
Catholic priest
Béatrix Saule
b. 1950
art historian
Girolamo Cavalcabo
athlete
Paul Ladmirault
1877 – 1944
composer
Henri Béghin
1876 – 1969
mathematician
Jean Marty
1838 – 1916
politician
Ophélie Brevet
b. 1992
association football player
Marie Mouté
b. 1983
actor
Thierry Marie
b. 1963
sport cyclist
Nicole Abar
b. 1959
association football player
Vincent Planté
b. 1980
association football player
Joan II, Countess of Burgundy
1288 – 1330
Bertrand Duchaufour
perfumer
Henri Gaussen
1891 – 1981
botanist
Laure Saint-Raymond
b. 1975
university teacher
Alain Duret
1935 – 2020
writer
Emmanuel-Théodose de La Tour d'Auvergne, Cardinal de Bouillon
1643 – 1715
Catholic priest
Fabre d'Olivet
1767 – 1825
writer
Joseph-Célestin Dumonthier
gunsmith
Medhi Lacen
b. 1984
association football player
Éric Tibusch
b. 1972
fashion designer
Félix Bouvet
b. 1991
kayaker
Mimi Perrin
1926 – 2010
jazz pianist
Émeric Chantier
b. 1986
sculptor
Robert Jouaville
1914 – 1995
amateur wrestler
Olivier Fourdan
programmer
Felipe Poey
1799 – 1891
zoologist
André Poulain
b. 1889
sport cyclist
Sauveur Abel Aubert Petit de la Saussaye
1792 – 1870
biologist
Denise René
1913 – 2012
art dealer
Sylvain Chauveau
b. 1971
composer
Hélène Smith
1861 – 1929
painter
François Cointeraux
1740 – 1830
architect
David Daoud
b. 1970
painter
Johann Heinrich Lambert
1728 – 1777
mathematician
Robert Merle
1908 – 2004
translator
Philippe Gimbert
b. 1966
rugby union player
Christian Kinck
1956 – 2014
weightlifter
Jacques Helbronner
1873 – 1943
jurist
Kenny Elissonde
b. 1991
sport cyclist
Caroline Lefebvre
1828 – 1905
opera singer