Below are lists of notable

French people The French people (french: Français) are an ethnic group and nation primarily located in Western Europe that share a common French culture, history, and language, identified with the country of France. The French people, especially the nati ...

of immigrant origin (at least one great-grandparent).

Algeria

;Actors and filmmakers Isabelle Adjani Cannes 2009 2

* Kev Adams, actor *

Isabelle Adjani Isabelle Yasmina Adjani ; born 27 June 1955) is a French actress and singer of Algerian and German descent. She is the only performer in history to win five César Awards for acting; she won the Best Actress award for ''Possession'' (1981), ''O ...

, actress * Daniel Auteuil, actor * Jean-Pierre Bacri, actor * Leïla Bekhti, actress *

Yamina Benguigui Yamina Benguigui (born Yamina Zora Belaïdi; in Lille on 9 April 1955) is a French film director and politician of Algerian descent. She is known for her films on gender issues in the North African (both Berbers and Arabs) immigrant community in ...

, film director, Junior Minister for French Nationals Abroad and Relations with La Francophonie (French-speaking countries worldwide) at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs * Jean Benguigui, actor * Richard Berry, actor * Dany Boon, actor, comedian * Rachid Bouchareb, film director *

Sofia Boutella Sofia Boutella ( ar, صوفيا بوتلة; born 3 April 1982) is an Algerian actress, model, and dancer. Early life Boutella was born in the Bab El Oued district of Algiers, Algeria, to an architect mother and a jazz musician father, Safy Boute ...

, actress *

Rachida Brakni Rachida Brakni (born 15 February 1977) is a French actress and producer. She is married to actor and former professional association football, footballer Éric Cantona. Biography In 2001, she joined the Comédie Française, as a member of whic ...

, actress *

Alain Chabat Alain Chabat (; born 24 November 1958) is a French actor, comedian, director, screenwriter, producer and television presenter. He was originally known for his work in the comedy group Les Nuls, including as the co-writer and lead actor of ''La C ...

, comedian, film director, scriptwriter and producer *

Élie Chouraqui Élie Chouraqui (born 3 July 1950) is a French film director and scriptwriter. His 1996 film '' Les menteurs'' was entered into the 46th Berlin International Film Festival. He made several films with Anouk Aimée.Ryan, Desmond.SCOTT GLENN PLAYS ...

, film director, producer and scriptwriter *

Gérard Darmon Gérard Darmon (born 29 February 1948) is a French- Moroccan actor and singer. Personal life He was the second husband of actress Mathilda May (mother of his two youngest children). He has three children: Virginie (born 1968) and, by May, daugh ...

, actor * Samir Guesmi, actor * Roger Hanin, actor filmmaker *

Hafsia Herzi Hafsia Herzi (born 25 January 1987) is a French actress and film director. She is best known for her debut role in the award-winning Franco-Tunisian feature '' The Secret of the Grain'' for which she won the award for most promising actress at the ...

, actress *

Salim Kechiouche Salim Kechiouche (born 2 April 1979) is a French actor. Early life He was born to Algerian parents. While 15 years old, he was first discovered by French actor director Gaël Morel. Morel gave him his first role in a feature film, '' À Toute ...

, actor *

Claude Lelouch Claude Barruck Joseph Lelouch (; born 30 October 1937) is a French film director, screenwriter, writer, cinematographer, actor and film producer, producer. Lelouch grew up in an Algerian Jewish Family. He emerged as a prominent director in the 1 ...

, film director, producer, scriptwriter and actor *

Jalil Lespert Jalil Lespert (born 11 May 1976) is a French actor, screenwriter and director. Life and career Born to an ethnic French (Pied-Noir) father, actor Jean Lespert, and an Algerian mother, who is an attorney and a jurist, Lespert first studied law, ...

, actor * Maïwenn, actress, film director *

Kad Merad Kad Merad (born Kaddour Merad, ar, قدور ميراد, link=no; 27 March 1964) is a French-Algerian filmmaker and actor who has acted both on stage and on screen. Life and career Kad Merad was born in Sidi Bel Abbès, Algeria, on 27 March 1 ...

, actor *

Samy Naceri Saïd Naceri ( ar, سعيد ناصري, link=no; born 2 July 1961), known as Samy Naceri (), is a French actor known for his work in the four ''Taxi'' films and '' The Code'' (''La Mentale''). Early life and career Naceri was born to an Algerian ...

, actor *

Marie-José Nat Marie-José Benhalassa (22 April 1940 – 10 October 2019), known professionally as Marie-José Nat, was a French actress. Among her notable works in cinema were the sequel films '' Anatomy of a Marriage: My Days with Jean-Marc'' and '' Anatomy ...

, actress *

Mehdi Nebbou Mehdi Nebbou (born 10 January 1974) is a French actor. Biography Nebbou was born on 10 January 1974 in Bayonne, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France, to a German mother and an Algerian father. His brother is the film director Safy Nebbou. He started ...

, actor *

Safy Nebbou Safy Nebbou (born 27 April 1968) is a French actor and director. Life and career Nebbou was born on 27 April 1968 in Bayonne, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France to a German mother and an Algerian father. He is the brother of actor Mehdi Nebbou. He ...

, actor *

Daniel Prévost Daniel Prévost (born 20 October 1939) is a French actor, comedian and writer. Early life Daniel Prévost, alias Denis Forestier, was born to Micheline Chevalier and Mohand Ait Salem. His father was of Berber descent from Algeria (Kabylie re ...

, actor and comedian * Tahar Rahim, actor *

Sabrina Ouazani Sabrina Ouazani (born 6 December 1988) is a French actress of Algerian descent. She is best known internationally for her performance as Frida in ''Games of Love and Chance'' and as Charlotte Ben Smires in Netflix's hit rom-com series ''The Hook ...

, actress *

Samy Seghir Samy Seghir ( ar, سامي صغير, link=no; born 29 June 1994) is a French actor of Algerian descent. Biography From an Algerian family, Samy began his career in 2006, when his mother replied to an advertisement in a local newspaper, ''Aube ...

, actor *

Zinedine Soualem Zinedine Soualem (born 17 April 1957) is a French actor. He has appeared in at least five films directed by Cédric Klapisch. Personal life Soualem is Algerian by ancestry, and was at one point married to the actress Hiam Abbass Hiam Abba ...

, actor *

Michaël Youn Michaël Benayoun (; born 1973), known professionally as Michaël Youn, is a French actor, singer, comedian and television personality. Life and career Youn was born Michaël Benayoun in Suresnes, France, to a family of Hungarian, Italian, ...

, actor *

Malik Zidi Malik Zidi (born 14 February 1975)ifrance.com
is a French film, television and theatre actor. He is a

, actor ;Singers and musicians AmelBent mf

* Chimène Badi, singer * Amel Bent, singer *

Cheb Mami Mohamed Khelifati ( ar, محمد خليفاتي, ), better known by his stage name Cheb Mami ( ar, شاب مامي, link=no, , born 11 July 1966), is an Algerian musician and singer-songwriter. He sings and speaks in Algerian Arabic and sometim ...

, singer *

Chico Bouchikhi Jalloul "Chico" Bouchikhi ( ar, جلول البوشيخي; born 1954 in Arles) is a musician and a co-founder of the Gipsy Kings. He later left the Gipsy Kings and founded Chico & the Gypsies. Early life Bouchikhi was born in Arles to a Moroc ...

, singer, co-founder of the Gipsy Kings *

Patrick Bruel Patrick Benguigui (; born 14 May 1959), better known by his stage name Patrick Bruel (), is a French singer-songwriter, actor and professional poker player. Biography Early life Patrick is the son of Pierre Benguigui and Augusta Kammoun, d ...

, singer *

Étienne Daho Étienne Daho (; ; born 14 January 1956) is a French singer. He has released a number of synth-driven and rock- surf influenced pop hit singles since 1981. Career Daho was born in Oran, French Algeria. He sings in a low, whispery voice somewha ...

, singer *

DJ Mam's Morad Mameri better known by his stage name DJ Mam's born in Marseille, France, in 1972 is a Marseille-based French DJ of Algerian descent. He is signed to Wagram Deutsch-Wagram (literally "German Wagram", ), often shortened to Wagram, is a vil ...

, DJ, music producer *

DJ Snake William Sami Étienne Grigahcine (born 13 June 1986), known by his stage name DJ Snake, is an Algerian French music producer and DJ, first achieving international recognition in 2013 by releasing an instrumentation-oriented single called " Turn D ...

, DJ *

Quentin Elias Quentin Elias (10 May 1974 – 25 February 2014) was a French singer, actor and model. Of Algerian heritage, he was the original lead singer of the French boy band Alliage with Steven Gunnell, Roman Lata Ares and Brian Torres from 1996 to 2000. ...

, singer, part of Alliage *

Kenza Farah Kenza Farah (born 8 July 1986) is a Franco-Algerian singer-songwriter. Her album '' Authentik'' won gold in its second week. It was followed up by '' Avec le cœur'' and ''Trésor''. Career Kenza Farah was born on 8 July 1986 in Béjaïa, Algeri ...

, singer * Faudel, singer * Indila, singer *

Jenifer Jennifer or Jenifer may refer to: People *Jennifer (given name) * Jenifer (singer), French pop singer * Jennifer Warnes, American singer who formerly used the stage name Jennifer * Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer * Daniel Jenifer Film and televis ...

, singer *

Camélia Jordana Camélia Jordana Aliouane (born 15 September 1992) is a French-Algerian pop singer. She rose to fame after participating in the television show ''Nouvelle Star'', the French version of ''Pop Idol'', in 2009, where she came in third. Life and ca ...

, singer * Khaled, singer *

Sheryfa Luna Sheryfa Luna (born Chérifa Babouche; 25 January 1989) is a French R&B singer born to an Algerian- Kabyle father and a French mother. She won the fourth series of the French edition of popular ''Popstars ''Popstars'' is an international rea ...

, singer *

Slimane Slimane or Sliman is an alternative of Suleiman (in Arabic name ) being the Arabic version of the name Solomon. The name means "man of peace". It is also a common given name and surname. It may refer to Given name ;Sliman * Sliman Mansour (bor ...

, singer *

Enrico Macias Gaston Ghrenassia (born 11 December 1938), known by his stage name Enrico Macias, is an Algerian-French singer, songwriter and musician of Algerian Jewish descent. Early years Gaston Ghrenassia was born to a Sephardic Algerian Jewish family i ...

, singer * Médine, rapper * Marcel Mouloudji, poet and singer *

Merwan Rim Merwan Rim (born 13 July 1977 in Sarcelles, France) is a French actor and singer-songwriter. Biography At the age of 17, Merwan Rim started to learn and instruments as an autodidact. Realizing his gift in musical arts, Merwan decided to become ...

, singer *

Martial Solal Martial Solal (born August 23, 1927) is a French jazz pianist and composer. Biography Solal was born in Algiers, French Algeria, to Algerian Jewish parents. He was persuaded to study clarinet, saxophone, and piano by his mother, who was an opera ...

, jazz pianist ;Sportsmen Zidane Zizu

* Karim Benzema, footballer *

Nabil Fekir Nabil Fekir (born 18 July 1993) is a French professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for La Liga club Real Betis and the France national team. An academy graduate of Lyon, he was promoted to the senior squad in July 2013. F ...

, footballer *

Alphonse Halimi Alphonse Halimi (February 18, 1932 – November 12, 2006) was a French boxer. He took the World Bantamweight Championship on April 1, 1957, in Paris, and the European Bantamweight Championship three years later. Early life He was born in Consta ...

, boxer *

Kylian Mbappé Kylian Mbappé Lottin (born 20 December 1998) is a French professional footballer who plays as a forward for club Paris Saint-Germain and the France national team. Considered one of the best players in the world, he is renowned for his dribb ...

, footballer *

Maxime Mermoz Maxime Mermoz (born 28 July 1986) is a French former professional rugby union player. Mermoz won the 2006 Under 21 Rugby World Championship. He earned his first cap for the senior France national team on 5 July 2008 against Australia. He made h ...

, professional rugby union footballer * Riyad Mahrez, footballer *

Alfred Nakache Alfred Nakache (1915–1983) was a Jewish French swimmer and water polo player. A member of the French team for the 1936 Berlin Summer Olympic Games, he also swam in the first post-war Summer Olympics in London in 1948. He is one of two Jewi ...

, swimmer, water polo * Samir Nasri, footballer *

Alain Mimoun Alain Mimoun, born Ali Mimoun Ould Kacha (1 January 1921 – 27 June 2013), was an Algerian-born French long-distance runner who competed in track events, cross-country running and the marathon. He was the 1956 Olympic champion in the marathon ...

, Olympic marathon champion *

Brahim Zaibat Brahim Zaibat, born 9 September 1986 in Lyon, is a French Dancer and choreographer of Algerian origin. Biography Brahim Zaibat start in a hip-hop band called Baby Boom Crew. In 2001, he is part of the Pockemon Crew. In 2005, he joined as a ...

, dancer *

Zinedine Zidane Zinedine Yazid Zidane (; born 23 June 1972), popularly known as Zizou, is a French professional football manager and former player who played as an attacking midfielder. He most recently coached Spanish club Real Madrid and is one of the most ...

, football manager and former player * Rédouane Hennouni-Bouzidi, athlete ;Others Datibercy

Fadela Amara Fadela Amara (born Fatiha Amara on 25 April 1964) is a French feminism, French feminist and politician, who began her political life as an advocate for women in the impoverished ''banlieues''. She was the Secretary of State for Urban Policies in ...

, Secretary of State *

Kader Arif Kader Arif ( ar, قادر عريف; born 3 July 1959 in Algiers) is a French politician of the French Socialist Party (PS) who served as Junior Minister for Veterans to the French Minister of Defence Jean-Yves Le Drian from 2012 until 2014. Pr ...

, Junior Minister for Veterans at the French Ministry of Defence * Jacques Attali, economist, writer *

Amin Maalouf Amin Maalouf (; ar, أمين معلوف; born 25 February 1949) is a Lebanese-born French"Amin ...

, author * Alain Bashung, author, composer, performer and comedian *

Azouz Begag Azouz Begag ( ar, عزوز بقاق ) (born 5 February 1957) is a French writer, politician and researcher in economics and sociology at the CNRS. He was the delegate minister for equal opportunities of France in the government of French Prime Min ...

, writer and politician *

Nabilla Benattia Nabilla Leona Grange Benattia-Vergara (; , ; born February 5, 1992), commonly known by her first name Nabilla, is a French- Swiss model and reality TV personality. She has appeared in ''L'Amour est aveugle'' (2009), '' Hollywood Girls'' (2012–20 ...

, reality TV personality *

Nina Bouraoui Yasmina "Nina" Bouraoui (Arabicنينا بو راوي, born 1967) is a French novelist and songwriter born in Rennes, Ille-et-Vilaine to an Algerian father from the town of Jijel and a French mother. She spent the first fourteen years of he ...

, writer * Hélène Cixous, writer *

Annie Cohen-Solal Annie Cohen-Solal is a French historian and writer. Her work investigates the interactions between art, literature and society, including intercultural aspects. After ''Sartre : A Life'' (1987) became an international success, she was the French c ...

, writer * Claude Cohen-Tannoudji, physicist, Nobel Prize (1997) *

Jean-François Copé Jean-François Copé (; born 5 May 1964) is a French politician serving as Mayor of Meaux since 1995 with an interruption from 2002 to 2005. He was Government Spokesman between 2002 and 2007, when assumed other tenures in the government—inclu ...

, politician *

Rachida Dati Rachida Dati (; ar, رشيدة داتي, link=no; born 27 November 1965) is a French politician who served as Member of the European Parliament, representing Île-de-France. Prior to her election, she held the cabinet post of Keeper of the Sea ...

, Minister of Justice *

Jacques Derrida Jacques Derrida (; ; born Jackie Élie Derrida; See also . 15 July 1930 – 9 October 2004) was an Algerian-born French philosopher. He developed the philosophy of deconstruction, which he utilized in numerous texts, and which was developed t ...

, philosopher *

Julien Dray Julien Dray (born 5 March 1955 in Oran, French Algeria) is a French politician. He is a member of the French Socialist Party, member of the regional council of Île-de-France and was a member of the National Assembly of France between 1988 a ...

, politician *

Jean-Pierre Elkabbach Jean-Pierre Elkabbach (born 29 September 1937) is a French journalist. Biography Elkabbach was born to an Algerian Jewish family in Oran in 1937, then the prefecture of the ''département d'Oran'' in French Algeria. He began his journalisti ...

, journalist *

Bernard-Henri Lévy Bernard-Henri Lévy (; ; born 5 November 1948) is a French public intellectual. Often referred to in France simply as BHL, he was one of the leaders of the " Nouveaux Philosophes" (New Philosophers) movement in 1976. His opinions, political acti ...

, writer and philosopher * Arnaud Montebourg, France's Minister of Industrial Renewal since May 2012« Berbéritude républicaine»
/ref> * Benjamin Stora, historian

Argentina

Keny Arkana Victoire Monnier (born December 20, 1982 in Boulogne-Billancourt), professionally known by her stage name Keny Arkana, is an Argentine- French rapper who is active in the alter-globalization and civil disobedience movements. In 2004 she founded ...

, singer and rap artist * Bérénice Bejo, actress * David Trezeguet, football player * Bigflo & Oli, hip-hop duo

Armenia

Simon Abkarian Simon Abkarian (Armenian language, Armenian: Սիմոն Աբկարյան, born March 5, 1962) is a French-Armenian actor. Life and career Born in Gonesse, Val d'Oise, of Armenians, Armenian descent, Abkarian spent his childhood in Lebanon. ...

, actor *

Serge Avédikian Serge Avédikian ( hy, Սերժ Ավետիքյան; born 1 December 1955), sometimes credited as Serje Avétikian, is an Armenian- French film and theatre actor, director, writer and producer, winner of Cannes Festival prize. Early life Avédik ...

, producer * Charles Aznavour, singer * Édouard Balladur, former Prime Minister * Jean Carzou, painter * Patrick Devedjian, ministre *

Youri Djorkaeff Youri Raffi Djorkaeff (born 9 March 1968) is a French former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder or forward. Throughout his club career, he played for teams in France, Italy, Germany, England, and the United States. At ...

, soccer player * Patrick Fiori, singer * Robert Guédiguian, film director * Francis Kurkdjian, perfumer * Marie Laforêt, actress *

Michel Legrand Michel Jean Legrand (; 24 February 1932 – 26 January 2019) was a French musical composer, arranger, conductor, and jazz pianist. Legrand was a prolific composer, having written over 200 film and television scores, in addition to many son ...

, musical composer, arranger, conductor, pianist and prolific film and television scores composer *

Missak Manouchian Missak Manouchian (Western hy, Միսաք Մանուշեան; , 1 September 1906 – 21 February 1944) was a French-Armenian poet and communist activist. An Armenian genocide survivor, he moved to France from an orphanage in Lebanon in 1925. H ...

, poet, communist militant during World War II *

André Manoukian André Antranik Manoukian (born 9 April 1957 in Lyon) is a French songwriter, arranger, jazz musician, and actor of Armenian descent. Between 2002-2017, he served as one of four judges in the French version of Pop Idol, ''Nouvelle Star''. Early ...

, composer, musician *

Mathieu Madénian __NOTOC__ Mathieu Madénian (born 23 July 1976) is a French comedian, actor and columnist. Life and career Madénian was born in Perpignan, southern France. He is of Armenian and German descent. He grew up in Saleilles, a town in the suburbs o ...

, humorist, actor * Alain Prost, racing driver *

Hélène Ségara Hélène Ségara (), born Hélène Aurore Alice Rizzo on 26 February 1971, is a singer of Music of France, French, Armenians, Armenian and Italy, Italian descent, who came to prominence playing the role of Esméralda (The Hunchback of Notre-Dame ...

, singer *

Jean Ter-Merguerian Jean Ter-Merguerian ( hy, Ժան Տեր-Մերկերյան; Marseille, 5 October 1935 – Marseille, 29 September 2015) was a French-Armenian virtuoso violinist and violin pedagogue. Biography Jean Ter-Merguerian has got the first prize for violin ...

, violinist * Michael Vartan, actor * Sylvie Vartan, singer *

Francis Veber Francis Paul Veber (born 28 July 1937) is a French film director, screenwriter and producer, and playwright. He has written and directed both French and American films. Nine French-language films with which he has been involved, as either writ ...

, film director, screenwriter and producer and theater playwright *

Henri Verneuil Henri Verneuil (; born Ashot Malakian; 15 October 1920 – 11 January 2002) was a French-Armenian playwright and filmmaker, who made a successful career in France. He was nominated for Oscar and Palme d'Or awards, and won Locarno International Fi ...

, filmmaker

Australia

Tina Arena Filippina Lydia "Tina" Arena (born 1 November 1967) is an Australian singer-songwriter, musician, musical theatre actress and record producer. She is one of Australia's highest-selling artists and has sold over 10 million records worldwid ...

, singer *

Katrina Patchett Katrina Patchett (born 12 December 1986) is a professional ballroom dancer from Perth, Western Australia. Early life She has been dancing since the age of three and competing since the age of seven. She was brought up in her mother (Julie Patch ...

, dancer

Austria

Marie Antoinette Marie Antoinette Josèphe Jeanne (; ; née Maria Antonia Josepha Johanna; 2 November 1755 – 16 October 1793) was the last queen of France before the French Revolution. She was born an archduchess of Austria, and was the penultimate child a ...

, last queen of France, from 1774 until 1792 *

Nora Arnezeder Nora Arnezeder (born 8 May 1989) is a French actress and singer. The recipient of a Lumières Award, she is an accomplished actress in the French film industry. Early life Arnezeder was born in Paris, France. Her father Wolfgang Arnezeder is Au ...

, actress *

Yael Grobglas Yael Grobglas ( he, יעל גרובגלס; born ) is a French-Israeli actress, best known for her roles as Petra Solano on The CW's television series ''Jane the Virgin''. Her first major role was in three seasons of the Israeli sci-fi TV series ...

, actress * Romy Schneider, actress *

Erich von Stroheim Erich Oswald Hans Carl Maria von Stroheim (born Erich Oswald Stroheim; September 22, 1885 – May 12, 1957) was an Austrian-American director, actor and producer, most noted as a film star and avant-garde, visionary director of the silent era. H ...

, actor

Bangladesh

Zamor Zamor ( christened Louis-Benoit) (1762 - February 7, 1820) was a French revolutionary of possibly Siddi Habshi origin from Bengal, who, as a boy of 11, was taken from Chittagong, Bengal Subah, Mughal Empire (now Bangladesh) by slave traders. Late ...

, servant of

Madame du Barry Jeanne Bécu, Comtesse du Barry (19 August 1743 – 8 December 1793) was the last ''maîtresse-en-titre'' of King Louis XV of France. She was executed, by guillotine, during the French Revolution due to accounts of treason—particularly being ...

Belgium

* Booba, rapper *

Jacqueline, Countess of Hainaut Jacqueline ( nl, Jacoba; french: Jacqueline; german: Jakobäa; 15 July 1401 – 8 October 1436), of the House of Wittelsbach, was a noblewoman who ruled the counties of Holland, Zeeland and Hainaut in the Low Countries from 1417 to 1433. She ...

, dauphine of France *

Raymond Devos Raymond Devos (; 9 November 1922 – 15 June 2006) was a Belgian-French humorist, stand-up comedian and clown. He is best known for his sophisticated puns and surreal humour. Early life Devos was born in Mouscron, Belgium, close to the Frenc ...

, humorist * Fiona Ferro, tennis player *

David Guetta Pierre David Guetta ( , ; born 7 November 1967) is a French DJ and music producer. He has over 10 million album and 65 million single sales globally, with more than 10 billion streams. In 2011, 2020 and 2021, Guetta was voted the number one D ...

, house music DJ *

Johnny Hallyday Jean-Philippe Léo Smet (; 15 June 1943 – 5 December 2017), better known by his stage name Johnny Hallyday, was a French rock and roll and pop singer and actor, credited for having brought rock and roll to France. During a career spanning 57 ...

, singer *

Pierre Louÿs Pierre Louÿs (; 10 December 1870 – 4 June 1925) was a French poet and writer, most renowned for lesbian and classical themes in some of his writings. He is known as a writer who sought to "express pagan sensuality with stylistic perfection". ...

, poet and writer *

Olivier Minne Olivier Minne (born 18 March 1967 in Ixelles, Belgium) is a Belgian-born French television presenter, actor and producer. Biography Minne was born in Belgium, the son of a Belgian father and a French mother. Minne studied in Brussels, at a Jesu ...

, television presenter *

Iris Mittenaere Iris Mittenaere (; born 25 January 1993) is a French model, television host, and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Universe 2016. She is the second Miss Universe from France after Christiane Martel, who was elected Miss Universe 1 ...

, Miss France 2016 *

Agnès Varda Agnès Varda (; born Arlette Varda; 30 May 1928 – 29 March 2019) was a Belgian-born French film director, screenwriter, photographer, and artist. Her pioneering work was central to the development of the widely influential French New Wave film ...

, film director

Benin

Flora Coquerel Flora Coquerel (born 14 April 1994) is a French model and beauty pageant titleholder. She is the 85th Miss France titleholder. She represented France at Miss Universe 2015 where she placed in the Top 5, which represents the third highest French ...

, Miss France 2014 *

Rudy Gestede Rudy Philippe Michel Camille Gestede (born 10 October 1988) is a professional footballer who last played as a striker for Iranian club Esteghlal. After coming through the youth ranks at Metz, Gestede spent a year on loan gaining experience w ...

, footballer *

Jules Koundé Jules Olivier Koundé (born 12 November 1998) is a French professional Association football, footballer who plays as a centre-back or right-back for La Liga club FC Barcelona, Barcelona and the France national football team, France national team ...

, footballer * Valériane Vukosavljević, basketball player

Bermuda

* Vanessa James, figure skater

Bosnia

* Josiane Balasko, actress

Brazil

* Florent Amodio, figure skater * Carla Bruni, singer and ex-First Lady of France * Gil de Ferran, driver *

Jean-Louis de Rambures Jean-Louis Vicomte de Bretizel Rambures (; 19 May 1930 – 20 May 2006) was a French journalist, author, translator of literature, literary critic, and cultural attaché. He introduced contemporary German literature to a broader French audience by ...

, journalist * Carlos Ghosn, businessman * Louane, singer *

Artur Avila Artur Avila Cordeiro de Melo (born 29 June 1979) is a Brazilian and naturalized French mathematician working primarily in the fields of dynamical systems and spectral theory. He is one of the winners of the 2014 Fields Medal, being the first La ...

, mathematician *

Pierre, Duke of Penthièvre Pierre Philippe Jean Marie d'Orléans (4 November 1845 – 17 July 1919) was Duke of Penthièvre and a grandson of French king Louis Philippe I and of Brazilian Emperor Pedro I. Declining a proposal to marry into the Brazilian royal family, ...

, French Duke * Princess Françoise of Orléans, French princess * Prince Antônio Gastão of Orléans-Braganza, Brazilian prince *

Prince Luís of Orléans-Braganza A prince is a male ruler (ranked below a king, grand prince, and grand duke) or a male member of a monarch's or former monarch's family. ''Prince'' is also a title of nobility (often highest), often hereditary, in some European states. The ...

, Brazilian prince *

Princess Francisca of Brazil Dona Francisca (2 August 1824 – 27 March 1898) was a princess of the Empire of Brazil (as daughter of Emperor Dom Pedro I, who also reigned as King Dom Pedro IV of Portugal, and his wife Maria Leopoldina of Habsburg), who became Princess o ...

, Brazilian princess *

Princess Januária of Brazil , title = Princess Imperial of BrazilCountess of Aquila , image = Januaria of Brazil 1865.(2).jpg , image_size = , caption = Princess Januária photographed in 1865 , spouse = , issue = ...

, Brazlian princess

Bulgaria

* Tzvetan Todorov, essayist and historian * Sylvie Vartan, singer

Cambodia

Frédéric Chau Frédéric Chau (born 6 June 1977) is a Vietnam-born French actor of Chinese-Cambodian descent. Life and career Frédéric Chau was born in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, to parents of the Chinese minority in Cambodia. In 1977, while his mother ...

, actor * Indila, singer * Bérénice Marlohe, actress * Elodie Yung, actress

Cameroon

Dieudonné M'bala M'bala Dieudonné M'bala M'bala (; born 11 February 1966), generally known by his stage name Dieudo, is a French comedian, actor and political activist. He has been convicted for hate speech, advocating terrorism, and slander in Belgium, France and Sw ...

, humorist *

Antoinette Nana Djimou Antoinette Nana Djimou Ida (born 2 August 1985 in Douala, Cameroon) is a Cameroonian-French heptathlete and pentathlete. She has won two European Athletics Championships heptathlon gold medals (in 2012 and 2014) and two European Athletics I ...

, heptathlete and pentathlete *

, footballer *

Yannick Noah Yannick Noah (; born 18 May 1960) is a French former professional tennis player and singer. Noah won the French Open in 1983, and is currently the captain of both France's Davis Cup and Billie Jean King Cup teams. During his nearly two-decade c ...

, former tennis player and singer *

Alex Song Alexandre Dimitri Song Billong (born 9 September 1987), better known as Alex Song, is a Cameroonian professional footballer who plays for Djiboutian side Arta/Solar7 as a central or defensive midfielder. He can also play as a central defender. ...

, footballer *

Aurélien Tchouaméni Aurélien Djani Tchouaméni (born 27 January 2000) is a French professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for La Liga club Real Madrid and the France national team. Early life Tchouaméni was born in Rouen, Seine-Maritime, bu ...

, footballer *

Gaëlle Nayo-Ketchanke Gaëlle Nayo-Ketchanke (born 20 April 1988) is a French weightlifter. She holds six French records. She is a 4 time silver medalist at the European Championships (2015, 2016, 2018 and 2021) at the women's 75 kg and 81 kg events. In Apr ...

, weightlifter * Dora Tchakounté, weightlifter

Canada

* Virginie Besson-Silla, film producer * Deanna Durbin, actress and singer *

Mylène Farmer Mylène Jeanne Gautier (; born 12 September 1961), known professionally as Mylène Farmer (), is a Canadian-born French singer, songwriter, occasional actress, writer, and entrepreneur. Having sold more than 30 million records in France, she is ...

, singer * Garou, singer * Vanessa James, figure skater *

Charlotte Le Bon Charlotte Le Bon (born 4 September 1986) is a Canadian actress, artist, former model and television presenter. She is known for her work in the Canal+ talk show '' Le Grand Journal'', and the films '' Yves Saint Laurent'', ''The Hundred-Foot Jo ...

, actress *

Axelle Lemaire Axelle Lemaire (born 18 October 1974) is a French former Socialist politician who served as a Deputy for the Third constituency for French overseas residents in the National Assembly of the French Parliament, for which she was elected in 2012. ...

, politician * Mary Pierce, tennis player * Natasha St-Pier, singer

Cape Verde

* Patrice Evra, footballer * Lisandro Cuxi, singer *

Sara Martins Sara Martins (born 19 August 1977) is a Portuguese-born French actress of Cape Verdean descent. She is known in France for her roles on television and in film and theatre. She also appeared as Detective Sergeant Camille Bordey in the joint Brit ...

, actress

Central Africa Republic

Kurt Zouma Kurt Happy Zouma (born 27 October 1994) is a French professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for club West Ham United and the France national team. Zouma began his career at Saint-Étienne, making his professional debut aged 16, and ...

, footballer

Chile

Sergio Coronado Sergio Coronado (born 13 May 1970) is a French politician, former member of the French National Assembly representing French residents overseas. Biography Early life Sergio Coronado left Chile with his family after the coup d'état of Gene ...

, politician *

Jena Lee Sylvia Elva Garcia (born 29 June 1987 in Chile), more commonly known under the stage name as Jena Lee, is a French singer, songwriter, and composer. Biography Born in Chile, Sylvia Elva Garcia was adopted by a French family at the age of nine m ...

, singer * Marisol Touraine, politician

China

, actor * Steevy Chong Hue, footballer *

Mylène Jampanoï Mylène Jampanoï (born Lena Jam-Panoï; 12 July 1980) is a French actress, model, and visual artist. Her first leading role was in the drama film '' The Chinese Botanist's Daughters'' (2006). She subsequently garnered international attention f ...

, actress * Bérénice Marlohe, actress * Jean Pasqualini, journalist * Dai Sijie, author and filmmaker *

Harmony Tan Harmony Tan (born 11 September 1997) is a French professional tennis player. Tan has career-high WTA rankings of world No. 90 in singles and 302 in doubles. She has won eight singles titles and one doubles title on tournaments of the ITF Women' ...

, tennis player *

Gao Xingjian Gao Xingjian (高行健 in Chinese - born January 4, 1940) is a Chinese émigré and later French naturalized novelist, playwright, critic, painter, photographer, film director, and translator who in 2000 was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature " ...

, novelist *

Yiqing Yin Yiqing Yin (; born 1985) is a Chinese-born, Paris-based Haute Couture designer and an official member of the Chambre Syndicale de la Haute Couture. Early life Yin was born in Beijing in 1985, and moved to France with her family at the age ...

, designer *

Jia Nan Yuan Jia Nan Yuan (or Yuan Jianan, born 11 July 1985) is a Chinese-born table tennis player representing France. Born in China, she moved to France at the age of 18, in 2003. In 2011, she acquired French citizenship. Since 2018, she represents Franc ...

, tennis player *

Qi Xuefei Qi Xuefei (; born 28 February 1992) is a Chinese-born French badminton player. As a Nanjing native, Qi came to France to play a few Inter-club matches in Rostrenen in 2014. She married her physiotherapist in 2015, and decided to settle in Rostren ...

, badminton player *

Pi Hongyan Pi Hongyan (; born 25 January 1979) is a former Chinese badminton player, who later represented France. Career Pi Hongyan is one of a number of talented Chinese-born badminton players who have emigrated from China, in part, because of the inte ...

, badminton player * Feng Xiao-min, artist *

Li Xue Li Xue (, born 14 April 1985) is a Chinese-born French table tennis player. She has competed for France at the 2012 File:2012 Events Collage V3.png, From left, clockwise: The passenger cruise ship Costa Concordia lies capsized ...

, table tennis player *

Lucie Zhang Lucie Zhang ( zh, 张润黎, born 27 October 2000) is a French actress. She received critical acclaim for her feature film debut ''Paris, 13th District'' (2021), which earned her César and Lumières Award nominations. She appeared on the UniFr ...

, actress * Fan Hui, Go player

Comores

* Rohff, rapper *

Soprano A soprano () is a type of classical female singing voice and has the highest vocal range of all voice types. The soprano's vocal range (using scientific pitch notation) is from approximately middle C (C4) = 261 Hz to "high A" (A5) = 880&n ...

, singer * Isaac Lihadji, footballer * Arnaud Assoumani, athlete

Congo, Democratic Republic of the

Loïc Badiashile Loïc Badiashile Mukinayi (born 5 February 1998) is a French professional Association football, footballer who plays as a Goalkeeper (association football), goalkeeper for Segunda División club Burgos CF, Burgos. He is a former France youth in ...

, footballer *

Presnel Kimpembe Presnel Kimpembe (born 13 August 1995) is a French professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Ligue 1 club Paris Saint-Germain and the France national team. He was part of the France squad that won the 2018 FIFA World Cup. Early ...

, footballer * Cheick Kongo, mixed martial artist * Steve Mandanda, footballer * Blaise Matuidi, footballer *

Steven Nzonzi Steven Nkemboanza Mike Christopher Nzonzi (born 15 December 1988) is a French professional footballer who is currently a free agent Nzonzi began his career with Ligue 2 side Amiens, impressing enough to earn a move to Premier League side Blackb ...

, footballer * Maître Gims, rapper *

Tony Yoka Anthony Victor James Yoka (born 28 April 1992) is a French professional boxer who has held the European heavyweight title since 2021. As an amateur he represented France at the 2015 World Championships and 2016 Olympics, winning gold medals in t ...

, boxer * Eduardo Camavinga, footballer * Madeleine Malonga, judoka

Congo, Republic of the

Yann M'Vila Yann Gérard M'Vila (born 29 June 1990) is a French professional footballer who plays for Super League Greece club Olympiacos. He operates primarily as a defensive midfielder, and is described by his former club as a player who possesses "excell ...

, footballer * Yohan M'Vila, footballer * Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, tennis player *

Séraphine Okemba Séraphine Okemba (born 3 December 1995) is a French rugby union and sevens player. She plays fifteens rugby for Stade Francais in France. She was named in France's sevens squad that won a silver medal in Rugby sevens at the 2020 Summer Olym ...

, rugby player

Croatia

* Josiane Balasko, actress * Emmanuelle Béart, actress *

Tamara Horacek Tamara Horacek (born Horaček; 5 November 1995) is a Croatian-born French handball player for Neptunes de Nantes. With the France women's national handball team, French national team she won a gold medal at the 2023 World Women's Handball Champio ...

, handball player * Nikola Karabatić, handball player *

Marko Muslin Marko Muslin (born 17 June 1985) is a French footballer who plays for FC Wohlen. Career Marko Muslin started his career at Stade Brest. He later signed with OGC Nice in 2001. He won the 2003–04 First League of Serbia and Montenegro and Serbia ...

, football player *

Grégory Sertic Grégory Sertic ( hr, Sertić; born 5 August 1989) is a French retired professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. Club career Bordeaux Born in Brétigny-sur-Orge, Essonne of Croatian descent, Sertic joined FC Girondins de B ...

, football player * Adrien Thomasson, football player

Cuba

* Chocolat, clown *

José-Maria de Heredia José-Maria de Heredia (22 November 1842 – 3 October 1905) was a Cuban-born French Parnassian poet. He was the fifteenth member elected for seat 4 of the Académie française in 1894. Biography Early years Heredia was born at Fortuna C ...

, poet *

Anaïs Nin Angela Anaïs Juana Antolina Rosa Edelmira Nin y Culmell (February 11, 1903 – January 14, 1977; , ) was a French-born American diarist, essayist, novelist, and writer of short stories and erotica. Born to Cuban parents in France, Nin was the d ...

, writer and novelist * Marie de Régnier, poet

Cyprus

* Diam's, singer

Denmark

* Anna Karina, actress * Ingeborg of Denamrk, queen of France in 1193

Egypt

* Richard Anthony, singer *

Guy Béart Guy Béhart-Hasson (; 16 July 1930 – 16 September 2015), known as Guy Béart, was a French singer and songwriter. Life and career Béart was born Guy Béhart-Hasson (originally spelled Béhar-Hassan) in Cairo, Egypt, to a Sephardic Jewish fa ...

, author, composer and performer * Emmanuelle Béart, actress *

Andrée Chedid Andrée Chedid ( ar, أندريه شديد) (20 March 1920 – 6 February 2011), born Andrée Saab Khoury, was an Egyptian-French poet and novelist of Syrian/Lebanese descent. She is the recipient of numerous literary ...

, poet and novelist * Louis Chedid, singer * Matthieu Chedid, author, composer, and rock performer * Indila, singer * Nagui, TV and radio personality

England

Olivia de Havilland Publicity Photo 1938

Jane Birkin Jane Mallory Birkin, Order of British Empire, OBE (born 14 December 1946) is an English-French singer and actress. She attained international fame and notability for her decade-long musical and romantic partnership with Serge Gainsbourg. She als ...

, actress * Claudette Colbert, actress * Nancy Cunard, writer * Deanna Durbin, actress and singer * Henrietta of England, English princess *

James FitzJames James Fitzjames (27 July 1813 – disappeared 26 April 1848) was a British Royal Navy officer who participated in two major exploratory expeditions, the Euphrates Expedition and the Franklin Expedition. Early life He was of illegitima ...

, military leader and son of James II of England *

Emma, Lady Hamilton Dame Emma Hamilton (born Amy Lyon; 26 April 176515 January 1815), generally known as Lady Hamilton, was an English maid, model, dancer and actress. She began her career in London's demi-monde, becoming the mistress of a series of wealthy men ...

, model and actress *

Olivia de Havilland Dame Olivia Mary de Havilland (; July 1, 1916July 26, 2020) was a British-American actress. The major works of her cinematic career spanned from 1935 to 1988. She appeared in 49 feature films and was one of the leading actresses of her time. ...

, actress * Delilah, singer * Charlotte Gainsbourg, actress * François Grosjean, psycholinguist and specialist on bilingualism *

Louise de Kérouaille Louise or Luise may refer to: * Louise (given name) Arts Songs * "Louise" (Bonnie Tyler song), 2005 * "Louise" (The Human League song), 1984 * "Louise" (Jett Rebel song), 2013 * "Louise" (Maurice Chevalier song), 1929 *"Louise", by Clan of ...

, mistress of Charles II of England * Emily Loizeau, singer *

Michael Lonsdale Michael Edward Lonsdale-Crouch (24 May 1931 – 21 September 2020), commonly known as Michael Lonsdale and sometimes named as Michel Lonsdale, was a French actor and author who appeared in over 180 films and television shows. He is best know ...

, actor *

Alexis Michalik Alexis Michalik, born 13 December 1982, is a Franco-British actor, scriptwriter and director. He adapted Shakespeare's ''Romeo and Juliet'' into his play ''R & J'' and he has written and staged his own plays, including '' Le Porteur d'histoire'' ...

, actor * Diana Mitford, socialite *

Jeanne Moreau Jeanne Moreau (; 23 January 1928 – 31 July 2017) was a French actress, singer, screenwriter, director, and socialite. She made her theatrical debut in 1947, and established herself as one of the leading actresses of the Comédie-Française. Mo ...

, actress and singer *

Oswald Mosley Sir Oswald Ernald Mosley, 6th Baronet (16 November 1896 – 3 December 1980) was a British politician during the 1920s and 1930s who rose to fame when, having become disillusioned with mainstream politics, he turned to fascism. He was a member ...

, politician *

Charlotte Rampling Tessa Charlotte Rampling (born 5 February 1946) is an English actress, known for her work in European arthouse films in English, French, and Italian. An icon of the Swinging Sixties, she began her career as a model. She was cast in the role ...

, actress *

Matthew Raymond-Barker Matthew Raymond-Barker (born 20 June 1989 in London, England) is an English singer who won the second season of the French ''X Factor'' in 2011. He received the grand cash prize and a recording deal with Sony Music. Early life Born in London, M ...

, singer * Louisa Maria Stuart, princess, daughter of James II of England * Peter Townsend, Royal Air Force officer *

Uffie Anna-Catherine Hartley (born December 9, 1987), known professionally as Uffie (), is an American-French singer, songwriter, rapper, DJ, and fashion designer formerly signed to French electronic music record label Ed Banger Records. Uffie's music ...

, singer *

Lucy Walter Lucy Walter (c. 1630 – 1658), also known as Lucy Barlow, was a Welsh noblewoman, the first mistress of King Charles II of England and mother of James, Duke of Monmouth. During the Exclusion Crisis, a Protestant faction wanted to make her son h ...

, mistress of Charles II of England * Emma Watson, actress *

Eadgifu of Wessex Eadgifu or Edgifu (d. in or after 951) also known as Edgiva or Ogive ( ang, Ēadgifu) was Queen of the West Franks as the wife of King Charles the Simple. She was a daughter of Edward the Elder, King of Wessex and England, and his second wife Æ ...

, queen of France

Fiji

* Alivereti Raka, rugby player *

Virimi Vakatawa Virimi Vakatawa (born 1 May 1992) is a Fijian-born French professional rugby union player who plays as a centre or a wing for Bristol Bears and the French national team. Arrived in France in 2010 and having obtained a French passport, he join ...

, rugby player

Gabon

Estelle Nze Minko Estelle Nze Minko (born 11 August 1991) is a French professional handball player for Győri ETO KC and the French national team. Achievements *EHF Cup: **''Winner:'' 2019 * Hungarian Championship **''Winner'': 2022 *Hungarian Cup **''Winner'' ...

, handball player * Orlann Ombissa-Dzangue, sprinter * Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, footballer *

Danièle Obono Danièle Obono (; born 12 July 1980) is a Gabonese-French politician serving as the member of the National Assembly for Paris's 17th constituency since 2017. She has also been the spokesperson for La France Insoumise. Obono was re-elected in ...

, politician * Owanto, artist

Georgia

Dimitri Amilakhvari Prince Dimitri Zedginidze-Amilakhvari, more commonly known as Dimitri Amilakhvari ( ka, დიმიტრი ამილახვარი, french: Dimitri Amilakvari) (31 October 1906 – 24 October 1942) was a French military officer of ...

, colonel of French army *

Mamuka Gorgodze Mamuka Gorgodze ( ka, მამუკა გორგოძე) (born 14 July 1984) is a Georgian former rugby union player, who played in the top French professional rugby competition, the Top 14. He played for Toulon, having signed with the cl ...

, rugby player * Victoria Ravva, volleyball player *

Nino Maisuradze Nino Maisuradze (; born 13 June 1982) is a Georgian and French chess player. She was awarded the title of Woman Grandmaster by FIDE in 2009. Maisuradze is a two-time French women's champion. Career Maisuradze was awarded the title International ...

, chess player *

Tornike Gordadze Tornike Gordadze ( ka, თორნიკე გორდაძე, french: Thorniké Gordadze) (born November 10, 1975) is a former Georgian minister and French political scientist. He was Georgia's State Minister for Euro-Atlantic Integration fr ...

, scientist * Géla Babluani, film director * Luka Mkheidze, judoka

Germany

, actress *

Margravine Johanna of Baden-Baden , spouse = Louis, Duke of Orléans , issue = , house = House of Zähringen , father = Louis William of Baden-Baden , mother = Sibylle of Saxe-Lauenburg , birth_date = , birth_place = Schloss Johannisburg, Ba ...

, princess *

Anne Henriette of Bavaria Anne of the Palatinate known in France as Anne of Bavaria, Princess Palatine (Anne Henriette Julie; 13 March 1648 – 23 February 1723) was a Princess of the Palatinate and Countess Palatine of Simmern by birth and was the wife of Henri Jules ...

, princess * Isabeau of Bavaria, queen of France from 1385 until 1422 *

Maria Anna Victoria of Bavaria Maria Anna Christine Victoria of Bavaria (french: Marie Anne Victoire; 28 November 1660 – 20 April 1690) was Dauphine of France by marriage to Louis, Grand Dauphin, son and heir of Louis XIV. She was known as ''la Grande Dauphine''. The Da ...

, dauphine of France * Sophie Charlotte of Bavaria, duchess consort of Alençon *

Daniel Cohn-Bendit Daniel Marc Cohn-Bendit (; ; born 4 April 1945) is a French-German politician of Jewish descent. He was a student leader during the unrest of May 1968 in France and was also known during that time as ''Dany le Rouge'' (French for "Danny the Red" ...

, politician * Laurent Fabius, politician *

Claire Feuerstein Claire Feuerstein (; ; born 28 February 1986) is a former tennis player from France. She made her debut in professional competition in 2002, aged 16, at an ITF tournament in Les Contamines, France. From 2002 to 2009, she played at many ITF t ...

, tennis player *

Marina Foïs Marina Sylvie Foïs (born 21 January 1970) is a French actress. Life and career Born in Boulogne-Billancourt in the department of Hauts-de-Seine in a family from Russian, Jewish Egyptian, German and Italian ancestry, Marina Foïs was discove ...

, actress *

Jean-Jacques Goldman Jean-Jacques Goldman (; born 11 October 1951) is a French singer-songwriter and music record producer. He is hugely popular in the French-speaking world. Since the death of Johnny Hallyday in 2017 he has been the highest grossing living French p ...

, singer * Antoine Griezmann, footballer * Robert Guédiguian, film director * Adèle Haenel, actress *

Stéphane Hessel Stéphane Frédéric Hessel (20 October 1917 – 26 February 2013) was a diplomat, ambassador, writer, concentration camp survivor, French Resistance member and BCRA agent. Born German, he became a naturalised French citizen in 1939. He be ...

, diplomat, writer * Patricia Kaas, singer *

Gérard Lenorman Gérard Lenorman (born 9 February 1945) is a French singer-songwriter. Lenorman was born at the Château de Bénouville, Calvados (Normandy) when it was a maternity hospital. He is the son of Madeleine Lenormand and an unknown German soldier. ...

, singer * Louane, singer *

Helene of Mecklenburg-Schwerin Duchess Helene of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (Helene Luise Elisabeth; 24 January 1814 – 17 May 1858) was a French Crown Princess after her marriage in 1837 to the eldest son of Louis Philippe I. She is known as the mother of the future Count of P ...

, Crown Princess * Jacques Offenbach, composer and cellist *

Edward, Count Palatine of Simmern Edward, Prince Palatine of the Rhine (''Eduard, Prinz von der Pfalz'') (5 October 1625 – 10 March 1663), was the sixth son of Frederick V, Elector Palatine (of the House of Wittelsbach), the "Winter King" of Bohemia, by his consort, the Scot ...

, count *

Elizabeth Charlotte, Madame Palatine Princess Elizabeth Charlotte of the Palatinate (german: Prinzessin Elisabeth Charlotte von der Pfalz), (french: Princesse Élisabeth-Charlotte du Palatinat); known as Liselotte von der Pfalz, 27 May 1652 – 8 December 1722) was a German m ...

, princess *

Louise Hollandine of the Palatinate Louise Hollandine of the Palatinate (18 April 1622 – 11 February 1709) was a painter and abbess. She was a daughter of Frederick V of the Palatinate and King of Bohemia, and Elizabeth of Bohemia, Elizabeth Stuart. Early life Born in April 162 ...

, princess, abbess and painter * Victoria of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, princess *

Gerberga of Saxony Gerberga of Saxony (c. 913 – 5 May 968/9 or 984?) was a French queen who ruled as regent of France during the minority of her son Lothair in 954–959. She was a member of the Ottonian dynasty. Her first husband was Gilbert, Duke of Lorraine. ...

, queen of France from 939 to 954 * Romy Schneider, actress * Albert Schweitzer, theologian, organist and writer * Gertrude Stein, novelist, poet and playwright *

Wendelin Werner Wendelin Werner (born 23 September 1968) is a German-born French mathematician working on random processes such as self-avoiding random walks, Brownian motion, Schramm–Loewner evolution, and related theories in probability theory and mathematica ...

, mathematician

Greece

Vassilis Alexakis Vassilis Alexakis ( el, Βασίλης Αλεξάκης; 25 December 1943 – 11 January 2021) was a Greek- French writer and self-translator of numerous novels in Greek, his mother tongue, and French. Biography Alexakis, the son of actor Gi ...

, writer *

Nikos Aliagas Nikos Aliagas ( el, Νικόλαος "Νίκος" Αλιάγας, ''Nikólaos "Níkos" Aliágas''; born 13 May 1969) is a Greek-French journalist and entertainer, known for being the host of the French reality program ''Star Academy''. Biograph ...

, talk show host, singer *

Maria Callas Maria Callas . (born Sophie Cecilia Kalos; December 2, 1923 – September 16, 1977) was an American-born Greek soprano who was one of the most renowned and influential opera singers of the 20th century. Many critics praised her ''bel cant ...

, soprano * Diam's, singer * Adele Exarchopoulos, actress *

Georges Guétary Georges Guétary (), born Lambros Vorloou ( el, Λάμπρος Βορλόου ; February 8, 1915 – September 13, 1997) was a French singer, dancer, cabaret performer and film actor, best known for his role in the 1951 musical ''An American ...

, singer and dancer * Gilles Marini, actor * Georges Moustaki, singer *

Jean Moréas Jean Moréas (; born Ioannis A. Papadiamantopoulos, Ιωάννης Α. Παπαδιαμαντόπουλος; 15 April 1856 – 31 March 1910), was a Greek poet, essayist, and art critic, who wrote mostly in the French language but also in Greek ...

, poet * Gabriella Papadakis, figure skater *

, film director * Iannis Xenakis, composer

Guinea

* Black M, rapper * Mohamed Sylla, rapper * Paul Pogba, footballer

Haiti

Alexander Dumas père par Nadar - Google Art Project

Edgar Degas Edgar Degas (, ; born Hilaire-Germain-Edgar De Gas, ; 19 July 183427 September 1917) was a French Impressionist artist famous for his pastel drawings and oil paintings. Degas also produced bronze sculptures, prints and drawings. Degas is es ...

, artist *

Alexandre Dumas Alexandre Dumas (, ; ; born Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie (), 24 July 1802 – 5 December 1870), also known as Alexandre Dumas père (where '' '' is French for 'father', to distinguish him from his son Alexandre Dumas fils), was a French writer ...

, writer *

Thomas-Alexandre Dumas Thomas-Alexandre Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie (; known as Alexandre Dumas; 25 March 1762 – 26 February 1806) was a Creole general, from The French colony of Saint-Domingue, in Revolutionary France. Along with his French contemporary Jo ...

, general *

Wagneau Eloi Wagneau Eloi (born 11 September 1973) is a Haitian former professional footballer who played as a striker. Born in Haiti, Eloi's family relocated to Paris, France when he was nine. In Paris, Eloi played for Red Star and Paris FC before join ...

, football player *

Kery James Alix Mathurin (; born 28 December 1977) better known as Kery James, is a French rapper, singer, songwriter, dancer and record producer from Orly, who was born in Guadeloupe to Haitian parents. Prior to his solo career, he was in Idéal J where h ...

, rapper *

, footballer *

Toussaint Louverture François-Dominique Toussaint Louverture (; also known as Toussaint L'Ouverture or Toussaint Bréda; 20 May 1743 – 7 April 1803) was a Haitian general and the most prominent leader of the Haitian Revolution. During his life, Louverture ...

, leader of Haitian Revolution *

Johny Placide Johny Placide (born 29 January 1988) is a professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Ligue 2 club Bastia. Born in France, he plays for and captains the Haiti national team. Club career Placide began his career on youth side with Le ...

, football player *

Charles Terres Weymann Charles Terres Weymann (2 August 1889 – 1976) was a Haitian-born early aeroplane racing pilot and businessman. During World War I he flew for Nieuport as a test pilot and was awarded the rank of Chevalier of the Legion of Honour. Early years ...

, aeroplane racing pilot

Hungary

Flickr - europeanpeoplesparty - EPP Summit October 2010 (105)-(cropped)

Lorànt Deutsch Lorànt Deutsch (; born László Matekovics on 27 October 1975), is a French actor and writer. Deutsch was born in Alençon to a Hungarian-Jewish father and a Romanian mother. An ardent Catholic, Deutsch says he is a royalist. In 2005, Deutsch ...

, actor and writer *

Clementia of Hungary Clementia of Hungary (french: Clémence; 1293–13 October 1328) was Queen of France and Navarre as the second wife of King Louis X. Life Clementia was the daughter of Charles Martel of Anjou, the titular King of Hungary, and Clemence of Austri ...

, queen of France from 1315 until 1316 *

Mathieu Kassovitz Mathieu Kassovitz (; born 3 August 1967) is a French actor, film director, film producer and screenwriter. He is the founder of MNP Entreprise, a film production company. He has won three César Awards: Most Promising Actor for '' See How They ...

, film director *

Nicolas Sarkozy Nicolas Paul Stéphane Sarközy de Nagy-Bocsa (; ; born 28 January 1955) is a French politician who served as President of France from 2007 to 2012. Born in Paris, he is of Hungarian, Greek Jewish, and French origin. Mayor of Neuilly-sur-Se ...

, French president * Sylvie Vartan, singer

India

* Indila, singer * Rudgy Pajany, singer *

J. R. D. Tata Jehangir Ratanji Dadabhoy Tata (29 July 1904 – 29 November 1993) was a French-Indian aviator, industrialist, entrepreneur and chairman of Tata Group. Born into the Tata family of India, he was the son of noted businessman Ratanji Dadabhoy ...

, aviator * Prithika Pavade, table tennis player * Shumona Sinha, writer

Indonesia

* Anggun, singer

Iran

Soraya Esfandiary-Bakhtiary Soraya Esfandiary-Bakhtiary ( fa, ثریا اسفندیاری بختیاری, Sorayâ Esfandiâri-Baxtiâri; 22 June 1932 – 26 October 2001) was Queen of the Imperial State of Iran as the second wife of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, whom she mar ...

, queen of Iran from 1951 until 1958 * Golshifteh Farahani, actress *

Robert Hossein Robert Hossein (30 December 1927 – 31 December 2020) was a French film actor, director, and writer. He directed the 1982 adaptation of ''Les Misérables'' and appeared in ''Vice and Virtue'', '' Le Casse'', ''Les Uns et les Autres'' and ''Ve ...

, actor, filmmaker * Yasmina Reza, filmmaker * Aravane Rezaï, tennis player * Marjane Satrapi, cartoonist and film director *

Alireza Firouzja Alireza Firouzja ( fa, علی‌رضا فیروزجا, ; born 18 June 2003) is an Iranian and French chess grandmaster. Firouzja is the youngest ever 2800- rated player, beating the previous record set by Magnus Carlsen by more than five months ...

, chess player

Ireland

Samuel Beckett Samuel Barclay Beckett (; 13 April 1906 – 22 December 1989) was an Irish novelist, dramatist, short story writer, theatre director, poet, and literary translator. His literary and theatrical work features bleak, impersonal and tragicomic expe ...

, novelist and writer *

Anastasia Griffith Anastasia Griffith (born 23 March 1978) is a British actress known for her roles on the FX legal drama ''Damages'' and the NBC medical series ''Trauma''. She has also acted in films and a video game. Early life and education Born in Paris, Fra ...

, actress * Margaret Kelly, dancer *

, actress * Marie-Louise O'Murphy, mistress of Louis XV *

Oscar Wilde Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde (16 October 185430 November 1900) was an Irish poet and playwright. After writing in different forms throughout the 1880s, he became one of the most popular playwrights in London in the early 1890s. He is ...

, writer

Israel

* Tal, singer * Arcadi Gaydamak, businessman and philanthropist *

Alexandre Gaydamak Alexandre "Sacha" Gaydamak ( he, אלכסנדר גאידמק, born May 1976 in France) is a French and Israeli businessman. A member of the wealthy Gaydamak family, he is the only son of Arcadi Gaydamak. In January 2006 he announced that he was ...

, businessman

Italy

Catherine de Médicis - entourage de François Clouet

* Roberto Alagna, tenor * Jean Alesi, racing driver *

Claude Bartolone Claude Bartolone (; born 1951) is a Tunisian-born French politician who was President of the National Assembly of France from 2012 to 2017. A member of the Socialist Party, he was first elected to the National Assembly, representing the Seine- ...

, President of the National Assembly *

Jean-Paul Belmondo Jean-Paul Charles Belmondo (; 9 April 19336 September 2021) was a French actor and producer. Initially associated with the New Wave of the 1960s, he was a major French film star for several decades from the 1960s onward. His best known credits ...

, actor * Jules Bianchi, motor racing driver * Caroline Bonaparte, sister of

Napoleon Napoleon Bonaparte ; it, Napoleone Bonaparte, ; co, Napulione Buonaparte. (born Napoleone Buonaparte; 15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821), later known by his regnal name Napoleon I, was a French military commander and political leader who ...

and queen of Naples from 1808 to 1815 * Elisa Bonaparte, sister of

and duchess of Toscany from 1809 to 1814 *

Jérôme Bonaparte Jérôme-Napoléon Bonaparte (born Girolamo Buonaparte; 15 November 1784 – 24 June 1860) was the youngest brother of Napoleon I and reigned as Jerome Napoleon I (formally Hieronymus Napoleon in German), King of Westphalia, between 1807 and 1 ...

, brother of

and king of Westphalia from 1807 to 1813 *

Joseph Bonaparte it, Giuseppe-Napoleone Buonaparte es, José Napoleón Bonaparte , house = Bonaparte , father = Carlo Buonaparte , mother = Letizia Ramolino , birth_date = 7 January 1768 , birth_place = Corte, Corsica, Republic of ...

, brother of

and king of Spain from 1808 to 1813 *

Letizia Bonaparte Maria-Letizia Buonaparte (née Ramolino; 24 August 1750 (or 1749) – 2 February 1836), known as Letizia Bonaparte, was a Corsican noblewoman, mother of Napoleon I of France. She became known as “” after the proclamation of the Empire. She ...

, noblewoman and mother of

Louis Bonaparte Louis Napoléon Bonaparte (born Luigi Buonaparte; 2 September 1778 – 25 July 1846) was a younger brother of Napoleon I, Emperor of the French. He was a monarch in his own right from 1806 to 1810, ruling over the Kingdom of Holland (a French cl ...

, brother of

and king of Holland from 1806 to 1810 * Lucien Bonaparte, brother of

Pauline Bonaparte Paula Maria Bonaparte Leclerc Borghese ( French: ''Pauline Marie Bonaparte''; 20 October 1780 – 9 June 1825), better known as Pauline Bonaparte, was an imperial French princess, the first sovereign Duchess of Guastalla, and the princess cons ...

, sister of

and duchess of Guastalla in 1806 *

Napoleon Bonaparte Napoleon Bonaparte ; it, Napoleone Bonaparte, ; co, Napulione Buonaparte. (born Napoleone Buonaparte; 15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821), later known by his regnal name Napoleon I, was a French military commander and political leader who ...

, statesman and military leader * Maria Carolina of Bourbon Two-Sicilies, princess * Georges Brassens, singer * Carla Bruni, singer and ex-First Lady of France * Carlo Buonaparte, lawyer, diplomat and father of

Calogero Calogero (from the el, καλόγερος, kalógeros, a familiar term for a monk) is common given name and family name, and a place name of Italian origin. Variants *(Masculine): Calocero **(Hypocoristic): Calò, Gero, Gerino *Feminine: Ca ...

, singer * Laetitia Casta, actress and model *

François Cavanna François Cavanna (22 February 1923 – 29 January 2014) was a French author and satirical newspaper editor. He contributed to the creation and success of ''Hara-Kiri'' and ''Charlie Hebdo''. He wrote in a variety of genres including reportage, ...

, writer * Francis Cabrel, singer * Lorenzo Callegari, football player *

Philippe Candeloro Philippe Candeloro (born 17 February 1972) is a French former competitive figure skater. He is a two-time Olympic bronze medalist (1994, 1998), a two-time World medalist (1994 silver, 1995 bronze), a two-time European silver medalist (1993, 1997 ...

, patineur *

Eric Cantona Eric Daniel Pierre Cantona (; ; born 24 May 1966) is a French actor, director, producer, and former professional footballer. Often regarded as one of the greatest players of his generation, Cantona is credited as having made Manchester United a d ...

, actor and footballer *

Concino Concini Concino Concini, 1st Marquis d'Ancre (23 November 1569 – 24 April 1617), was an Italian politician, best known for being a minister of Louis XIII of France, as the favourite of Louis's mother, Marie de Medici, Queen of France. In 1617 he was ki ...

, politician * Nicolas Cozza, football player * Dalida, singer *

, artist *

Leonora Dori Leonora Dori Galigaï (19 May 1568 – 8 July 1617) was a French courtier of Italian origin, an influential favourite of the French regent Marie de' Medici, mother of King Louis XIII of France. Galigaï was married to Concino Concini, the later m ...

, courtier *

Maria Teresa Felicitas d'Este Maria Teresa Felicitas (; 6 October 1726 – 30 April 1754) was a Princess of Modena by birth and Duchess of Penthièvre by marriage. She was the mother-in-law of Philippe Égalité and thus grandmother to the future Louis-Philippe of France. Yo ...

, princess *

Laurence Ferrari Laurence Ferrari ( ; born 5 July 1966) is a French journalist, best known as a former anchor of the TF1 weekday evening news ''Le 20H''."À TF1, Laurence Ferrari va remplacer Patrick Poivre d’Arvor", ''Le Monde'', Guy DutheiLemonde.frRetrieve ...

, journalist *

Léo Ferré Léo Ferré (24 August 1916 – 14 July 1993) was a French-born Monégasque poet and composer, and a dynamic and controversial live performer, whose career in France dominated the years after the Second World War until his death. He released s ...

, singer *

Aurélie Filippetti Aurélie Filippetti ( ; born 17 June 1973) is a French people, French politician and novelist. She served as Minister of Culture (France), French Minister of Culture and Communications from 2012 until 2014, first in the government of Jean-Marc ...

, Minister of Culture and Communication *

Geneviève Fioraso Geneviève Fioraso (born 10 October 1954) is a French politician, representative of the first district of Isère from June 2007 to June 2017, and a member of the Socialist Party. On 16 May 2012 she was appointed Minister for Higher Education ...

, Minister of Higher Education and Research *

, actress *

Florence Foresti Florence Foresti (; born 8 November 1973 in Vénissieux) is a French comedian and actress. Life and career Following her high school studies in literature, theatre and dramatic expression at Saint-Just de Lyon, Florence Foresti entered a scho ...

, comedian and actress *

Raymond Forni Raymond Forni (20 May 1941 – 5 January 2008) was a French Socialist politician. Biography The son of an Italian immigrant from Piedmont, Forni was born in Belfort, in 1941. His father died when he was 11. At 17, he had to stop studying, a ...

, politician *

Claude François Claude Antoine Marie François (; 1 February 1939 – 11 March 1978), also known by the nickname Cloclo, was a French pop singer, composer, songwriter, record producer, drummer and dancer. François co-wrote the lyrics of "Comme d'habitude" (c ...

, singer *

Joseph Gallieni Joseph Simon Gallieni (24 April 1849 – 27 May 1916) was a French soldier, active for most of his career as a military commander and administrator in the French colonies. Gallieni is infamous in Madagascar as the French military leader who e ...

, marshal of France * Max Gallo, writer and historian * Léon Gambetta, politician and statesman *

Emma of Italy Emma of Italy (c. 948 – after 987) was Queen of Western Francia as the wife of King Lothair, whom she married in 965. Their son, Louis V, was the last Carolingian king. Life Born around 948, Emma was the only child of Lothair II of Italy ...

, queen of France from 965 until 986 * Rozala of Italy, queen of France from 988 until 996 *

Fabrice Luchini Fabrice Luchini (; born Robert Luchini; 1 November 1951) is a French stage and film actor. He has appeared in films such as ''Potiche'', ''The Women on the 6th Floor'', and '' In the House''. For his role in the 2015 film '' Courted'' he won th ...

, actor *

Jean-Baptiste Lully Jean-Baptiste Lully ( , , ; born Giovanni Battista Lulli, ; – 22 March 1687) was an Italian-born French composer, guitarist, violinist, and dancer who is considered a master of the French Baroque music style. Best known for his operas, he ...

, composer *

Elsa Lunghini Elsa Lunghini, stage name Elsa (born 20 May 1973), is a French singer and actress. She was a teenage pop-star in the late-1980s. In 1986, she was the youngest singer to reach number one in the French charts, with the single " T'en va pas", and sh ...

, singer * Gilles Marini, actor * Anne Marie Martinozzi, aristocrat *

Chiara Mastroianni Chiara Charlotte Mastroianni (born 28 May 1972) is a French actress and singer. She is the daughter of Marcello Mastroianni and Catherine Deneuve. Early life Mastroianni was born to French actress Catherine Deneuve and Italian actor Marcello Ma ...

, actress * Cardinal Mazarin, cardinal, diplomat and politician *

Catherine de'Medici Catherine de' Medici ( it, Caterina de' Medici, ; french: Catherine de Médicis, ; 13 April 1519 – 5 January 1589) was an Florentine noblewoman born into the Medici family. She was Queen of France from 1547 to 1559 by marriage to King H ...

, queen of France from 1547 until 1559 *

Marie de' Medici Marie de' Medici (french: link=no, Marie de Médicis, it, link=no, Maria de' Medici; 26 April 1575 – 3 July 1642) was Queen of France and Navarre as the second wife of King Henry IV of France of the House of Bourbon, and Regent of the Kingdom ...

, queen of France from 1600 until 1610 *

Amedeo Modigliani Amedeo Clemente Modigliani (, ; 12 July 1884 – 24 January 1920) was an Italian painter and sculptor who worked mainly in France. He is known for portraits and nudes in a modern style characterized by a surreal elongation of faces, necks, and ...

, painter *

Yves Montand Ivo Livi (), better known as Yves Montand (; 13 October 1921 – 9 November 1991), was an Italian-French actor and singer. Early life Montand was born Ivo Livi in Monsummano Terme, Italy, to Giovanni Livi, a broom manufacturer, Ivo held strong ...

(Ivo Livi), actor * Maria Amalia of Naples and Sicily, queen of France from 1830 until 1848 * Edith Piaf, singer * Michel Platini, football administrator and former player * Marie Adélaïde of Savoy, dauphine of France *

, actress * Sylvie Testud, actress *

Albert Uderzo Alberto Aleandro Uderzo (; ; 25 April 1927 – 24 March 2020), better known as Albert Uderzo, was a French comic book artist and scriptwriter. He is best known as the co-creator and illustrator of the ''Astérix'' series in collaboration with Re ...

, writer, humorist and cartoonist, creator of ''Asterix'' * Valentina Visconti, duchess consort of Orléans *

Mario Zatelli Mario Zatelli (21 December 1912 – 7 January 2004) was a French football player and manager. Born in Sétif, Algeria and of Italian origin, he mostly played for Olympique de Marseille. He was in the roster for the 1938 FIFA World Cup; never ...

, footballer *

Émile Zola Émile Édouard Charles Antoine Zola (, also , ; 2 April 184029 September 1902) was a French novelist, journalist, playwright, the best-known practitioner of the literary school of naturalism, and an important contributor to the development of ...

, writer

Ivory Coast

Basile Boli Basile Boli (born 2 January 1967) is a Ivorian-born French former professional footballer who played as a defender, and a current television sports presenter. He spent the majority of his career with Auxerre and Marseille before ending his ca ...

, footballer *

Jean-Daniel Akpa Akpro Jean-Daniel Dave Lewis Akpa Akpro (born 11 October 1992) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for club Monza, on loan from Lazio. Born in France, he plays for the Ivory Coast national team. Club career Toulouse Akpa Akpro ...

, footballer *

Isabelle Boni-Claverie Isabelle Boni-Claverie (/ˈɪzəˌbɛl ˈboʊni-Claverie/) is an author, screenwriter, and film director born in the Ivory Coast. She moved to Switzerland when she was a few months old, then to France, but mostly grew up in Paris. She ...

, author, screenwriter, and director *

Grégory Choplin Grégory "Cheetah" Choplin (born 15 November 1980 in Saint-Denis) is a French- Ivorian Middleweight and Super Middleweight Muay Thai kickboxer. Choplin currently fights out of DEREK boxing in la Courneuve. He is from Saint-Denis, Paris, France. ...

, kickboxer *

Marie-Laure Delie Marie-Laure Delie (born 29 January 1988) is a French football player who currently plays for Madrid CFF of the Primera Division. She plays as a striker and is a member of the France women's national football team having made her debut for the ...

, footballer *

Didier Drogba Didier Yves Drogba Tébily (; born 11 March 1978) is an Ivorian retired professional footballer who played as a striker. He is the all-time top scorer and former captain of the Ivory Coast national team. He is best known for his career at ...

, footballer * Kaaris, rapper *

Cédric Kipré Cédric Julia wise Kipré (born 9 December 1996) is a professional footballer who plays as a defender for club West Bromwich Albion. Born in France, he plays for the Ivory Coast national team internationally. Club career Leicester City After ...

, footballer * Maé-Bérénice Méité, figure skater * Véronique Tadjo, writer * Charles-Antoine Kouakou, athlete

Jamaica

* Zita Hanrot, actress

Japan

Kenzō Takada was a Japanese fashion designer living in France. He founded Kenzo, a worldwide clothing brand, that also markets skin care and perfumes, Takada was the honorary president of the Asian Couture Federation. Early life Takada was born on 27 Febru ...

, designer * Megumi Satsu, singer *

Morio Matsui was a Japanese artist who lived and worked in Corsica, France from 1998 until his death. Biography Morio Matsui was born in Toyohashi, Aichi, the sixth in a family of seven children. His father was wounded in war, and his mother died when h ...

, artist *

, singer

Kenya

* Susan Jeptooo Kipsang, athlete * Simon Munyutu, athlete

Laos

Thu Kamkasomphou Thu Françoise Kamkasomphou ( lo, ທູ ຄຳຄະຊົມພູ, born 12 October 1968) is a Laotian

, table tennis player * Anousone Prasitharath, footballer *

Kayane Marie-Laure Norindr (born 17 June 1991 in Paris), also known as Kayane (), is a French esports player and journalist. She specializes in fighting games, in particular in the '' Dead or Alive'', ''Soulcalibur'' and ''Street Fighter'' series, and h ...

, esports player *

Billy Ketkeophomphone Billy Ketkeophomphone ( ; born 24 March 1990) is a professional footballer who plays as a striker . Born in France, he represents the Laos national team at international level. Club career Early career Born in Champigny-sur-Marne, Ketkeophomph ...

, footballer

Lebanon

* Louis Chedid, singer, songwriter * Matthieu Chedid, aka -M-, rock guitarist *

Gilbert Collard Gilbert Georges Jean Camille René Collard (; born 3 February 1948) is a French writer, barrister and politician serving as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) since 2019. A member of the National Rally (RN) until 2022, he was a member of t ...

, writer, barrister and politician; one of his great grandfathers, Fatallah Tarrazi, was from Lebanon * Carlos Ghosn, chairman and CEO of Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi alliance *

Eid Hourany Dr. Eid Hourany (18 March 1940 – 17 November 2008) was a French and Lebanese nuclear physicist. He studied in the Science Faculty in the Lebanese University ( ar, كلية العلوم، الجامعة اللبنانية) at Hadath Beirut. H ...

, nuclear physicist *

Antoine Karam Antoine Karam (born 21 February 1950, in Cayenne) served as the President of the Regional Council (''Conseil régional'') of French Guiana, a '' région d'outre-mer'' of France, from 1992 to 2010. Karam was born to a Lebanese father and a ...

, politician, President of the Regional Council of French Guiana * Vénus Khoury-Ghata, writer, poet * Thomas Langmann, film producer, actor of Lebanese Jewish descent *

Amin Maalouf Amin Maalouf (; ar, أمين معلوف; born 25 February 1949) is a Lebanese-born French"Amin ...

, author, novelist * Ibrahim Maalouf, musician, trumpet player, composer *

Pierre-Antoine Melki SoFly and Nius (stylized as soFLY and Nius) is a French music production and songwriting duo signed to Artist Publishing Group (APG). Members SoFly and Nius is made up of: *Raphaël Judrin (artist name SoFly), born in Paris in 1985 *Pierre-Ant ...

, aka Nius, music producer * Mika (singer), singer *

William Saliba William Alain André Gabriel Saliba (born 24 March 2001) is a French professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for club Arsenal and the France national team. Club career Saint-Étienne Saliba began playing football at the age of six ...

, footballer

Lithuania

* Joseph Kessel, writer *

Emmanuel Levinas Emmanuel Levinas (; ; 12 January 1906 – 25 December 1995) was a French philosopher of Lithuanian Jewish ancestry who is known for his work within Jewish philosophy, existentialism, and phenomenology, focusing on the relationship of ethics to me ...

, philosopher *

Michel Hazanavicius Michel Hazanavicius ( lt, Hazanavičius; born 29 March 1967) is a French film director, screenwriter, editor, and producer. He is best known for his 2011 film, '' The Artist'', which won the Academy Award for Best Picture at the 84th Academy Aw ...

, film director

Mali

N'Golo Kanté N'Golo Kanté (born 29 March 1991) is a French professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for club Chelsea and the France national team. Considered by many to be one of the world's best midfielders, Kanté is widely praised ...

, footballer * Aya Nakamura, singer *

Alassane Pléa Alassane Alexandre Pléa (born 10 March 1993) is a French professional footballer who plays as a striker or winger for Bundesliga club Borussia Mönchengladbach and the France national team. Club career Lyon Pléa made his senior debut for ...

, footballer * Djibril Sidibé, footballer * Moussa Sissoko, footballer *

Siraba Dembélé Pavlović Siraba Dembélé Pavlović (born 28 June 1986) is a French professional handballer who plays as a left wing for CSM București and is a retired captain for the French national team. International honours *EHF Cup: **''Winner:'' 2017 * EHF Challe ...

, handball player

Mauritius

* Vikash Dhorasoo, footballer *

Henri Le Sidaner Henri Eugène Augustin Le Sidaner (7 August 1862 – 14 July 1939) who was a contemporary of the Post-impressionists, was an intimist painter known for his paintings of domestic interiors and quiet street scenes. His style contained elements o ...

, painter *

Alix d'Unienville Alix Marrier d'Unienville, MBE (8 May 1918 – 10 November 2015) was a French-British agent in the Free French (RF) Section of the Special Operations Executive (SOE), during World War II . Biography D'Unienville was born in Mauritius to a weal ...

, spy * Willy William, singer *

Adam Siao Him Fa Adam Siao Him Fa (born 31 January 2001) is a French figure skater. He is the 2023 European champion, the 2022 Grand Prix de France champion, the 2022 CS Lombardia Trophy champion, the 2021 CS Nebelhorn Trophy and 2021 CS Lombardia Trophy silv ...

, figure skater

Mexico

Carlos de Beistegui Carlos de Beistegui e Yturbe (31 January 1895 – 17 January 1970),''England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858–1966, 1973–1995'' also known as Charlie de Beistegui, was an eccentric French-born Mex ...

, art collector and decorator *

Dominique Fernandez Dominique Fernandez (born 25 August 1929) is a French writer of novels, essays and travel books. Much of his writing explores homosexual experience and creativity. In 1982 he won the Prix Goncourt for his novel about Pier Paolo Pasolini; and in ...

, writer *

Adan Jodorowsky Adan may refer to: People * Adan (given name) * Adan (surname) Places * 'Adan or Aden, a city of Yemen * 'Adan Governorate, Yemen * Al-Adan, a district of the governorate of Mubarak Al-Kabeer in Kuwait * The Adan River, located in India * ...

, actor and musician *

Porfirio Díaz José de la Cruz Porfirio Díaz Mori ( or ; ; 15 September 1830 – 2 July 1915), known as Porfirio Díaz, was a Mexican general and politician who served seven terms as President of Mexico, a total of 31 years, from 28 November 1876 to 6 Decem ...

, 29th President of Mexico

Moldova

Cécilia Attias Cécilia María Sara Isabel Attias ( Ciganer-Albéniz, formerly Martin and Sarkozy; born 12 November 1957) was the second spouse of French president Nicolas Sarkozy until October 2007. Background Cecilia Attias was born Cécilia María Sara Is ...

, second wife of Nicolas Sarkozy *

Almira Skripchenko Almira Skripchenko (born 17 February 1976) is a Moldovan-French chess player who holds the titles of International Master (IM) and Woman Grandmaster (WGM). She won the European Individual Chess Championship#Results (women), European Women's Indiv ...

, chess player

Morocco

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Ary Abittan Ary Abittan (born 31 January 1974) is a French people, French actor and humorist. Life and career Ary Abittan was born on January 31, 1974, in Paris. He comes from a Sephardic Jewish (Maghrebi Jewish) family. His father is from Morocco and his ...

, actor * Richard Anconina, actor *

Pierre Assouline Pierre Assouline (born 17 April 1953) is a French writer and journalist. He was born in Casablanca, Morocco to a Jewish family. He has published several novels and biographies, and also contributes articles for the print media and broadcasts for ...

, journalist *

Aure Atika Aure Atika (born 12 July 1970) is a French actress, writer and director. Life and career The daughter of Jewish-Moroccan Ode Atika Bitton and Frenchman Michel Fournier (his father was born in Algeria from the Aimeur family of film actors and ...

, actress * José Bénazéraf, film director, scriptwriter and producer *

, politician *

Jamel Debbouze Jamel Debbouze (; ar, جمال دبوز, Jamāl Dabūz; born 18 June 1975) is a French-Moroccan actor, comedian, screenwriter, film producer and director. Best known for his stand-up comedy sketches, he also worked with director Alain Chabat in ...

, humorist *

Gad Elmaleh Gad Elmaleh ( ar, جاد المالح, Latn, ar, Gād el-Māleḥ; born 19 April 1971) is a Moroccan-Canadian stand-up comedian and actor who achieved fame in France, Morocco and the United States. He is best known in the French-speaking worl ...

, humorist *

Sofia Essaïdi Sofia Essaïdi ( ar, صوفيا السعيدي, born 6 August 1984) is a French- Moroccan singer and actress. She was born in Casablanca, to a Moroccan father and a French mother. Career From 30 August to 13 December 2003, she participated in ...

, singer and actress *

, house music DJ *

Roger Karoutchi Roger Karoutchi (born 26 August 1951) is a French teacher and politician who has been serving as the first Vice President of the Senate since 2020. He previously served as the French Ambassador to the OECD'Karoutchi ambassadeur auprès de l'OCD ...

, politician * Yasmine Lafitte, pornstar *

Élie Semoun Élie Semoun (born Élie Semhoun on 16 October 1963) is a French comedian, actor, director, writer and singer. Life and career Élie Semoun was born in France, to a Sephardic Jewish family of Moroccan-Jewish and Algerian-Jewish descent. In 1 ...

, humorist * Sofiane Oumiha, boxer *

Saïd Taghmaoui Saïd Taghmaoui (born 19 July 1973) is a French-American actor and screenwriter. One of his major screen roles was that of Saïd in the 1995 French film ''La Haine'', directed by Mathieu Kassovitz. Taghmaoui has also appeared in a number of Eng ...

, actor *

Elisa Tovati Elisa Tovati born Elisa Touati is a French singer, actress and television personality. Early years Elisa Tovati was born in 1976 to parents of Russo-Moroccan Jewish origins in Paris, France. She showed interest in theatre early in her life, an ...

, actress *

Najat Vallaud-Belkacem Najat Vallaud-Belkacem (; ar, link=no, نجاة فالو بلقاسم; Riffian-Berber: ⵏⴰⵊⴰⵜ ⴱⵍⵇⴰⵙⵎ; born 4 October 1977) is a former Moroccan- French jurist and politician of the Socialist Party (PS) who was the first Fr ...

, French Minister of Women's Rights and spokesperson for the government since May 2012 *

Roschdy Zem Roschdy Zem (born 27 September 1965) is a French actor and filmmaker of Moroccan descent. He shared the award for Best Actor for his role in the film '' Days of Glory'' at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival. Career Versatile and determined to not ...

, actor * Amel Bent, singer *

Amine In chemistry, amines (, ) are compounds and functional groups that contain a basic nitrogen atom with a lone pair. Amines are formally derivatives of ammonia (), wherein one or more hydrogen atoms have been replaced by a substituen ...

, singer * Amir, singer *

Frida Boccara Danielle Frida Hélène Boccara (29 October 1940 – 1 August 1996) was a Moroccan-born French singer of Italian descent, who performed and recorded in a number of languages, including French, Spanish, English, Italian, German, Dutch and Russia ...

, singer * Booba, rapper *

Édith Piaf Édith Piaf (, , ; born Édith Giovanna Gassion, ; December 19, 1915– October 10, 1963) was a French singer, lyricist and actress. Noted as France's national chanteuse, she was one of the country's most widely known international stars. Pia ...

, singer * La Fouine, rapper, singer * Sapho, singer *

Adil Rami Adil Rami (born 27 December 1985) is a French professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for club Troyes, for which he is the captain. Rami began his football career playing for amateur club Étoile Fréjus Saint-Raphaël, then known ...

, footballer

Netherlands

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* Mata Hari, exotic dancer and a spy * Tony Parker, basketball player *

Vincent van Gogh Vincent Willem van Gogh (; 30 March 185329 July 1890) was a Dutch Post-Impressionism, Post-Impressionist painter who posthumously became one of the most famous and influential figures in Western art history. In a decade, he created about 2 ...

, painter *

Bertha of Holland Bertha of Holland ( 1055 – 15 October 1094), also known as Berthe or Bertha of Frisia and erroneously as Berta or Bertrada, was Queen of France from 1072 until 1092, as the first wife of King Philip I of France. Bertha's marriage to the king in ...

, queen of France from 1072 until 1092 *

Ary Scheffer Ary Scheffer (10 February 179515 June 1858) was a Dutch-French Romantic painter. He was known mostly for his works based on literature, with paintings based on the works of Dante, Goethe, and Lord Byron, as well as religious subjects. He was als ...

, painter

New Zealand

* Katherine Mansfield, writer

Norway

* Eva Joly, politician and former judge *

Alexis Pinturault Alexis Pinturault () (born 20 March 1991) is a French World Cup alpine ski racer and Olympic medalist. With 34 World Cup victories, Pinturault is the most successful French skier in World Cup history. He represented France at six World Champion ...

, alpine ski racer *

Yann Tiersen Yann Tiersen (born 23 June 1970) is a French Breton musician and composer. His musical career is split between studio recordings, music collaborations and film soundtracks songwriting. His music incorporates a large variety of classical and c ...

, musician

Peru

Jorge Chávez Jorge Antonio Chávez Dartnell (January 13, 1887 – September 27, 1910), also known as Géo Chávez, was a Peruvian aviator. At a young age, he achieved fame for his aeronautical feats. He died in 1910 after a heavy wind broke the wings of ...

, aviator * Elodie Frenck, actress *

Flora Tristan Flore Célestine Thérèse Henriette Tristán y Moscoso better known as Flora Tristan (7 April 1803 – 14 November 1844) was a French-Peruvian socialist writer and activist. She made important contributions to early feminist theory, and argued ...

, socialist writer and activist *

Verónika Mendoza Verónika Fanny Mendoza Frisch (born 9 December 1980) is a Peruvian-French psychologist, educator, and politician. She is the founder and current leader of the New Peru movement. Born in Cuzco to a Peruvian father and French mother, Mendoz ...

, psychologist, educator, and politician

Philippines

Alphonse Areola Alphonse Francis Areola (; born 27 February 1993) is a French professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Premier League club West Ham United and the France national team. An academy graduate of PSG, he spent the early parts of his ...

, footballer *

Neal Maupay Neal Maupay (born 14 August 1996) is a French professional footballer who plays as a striker for Premier League club Brentford on loan from Everton. Maupay started his career with Nice and was a France youth international. He is eligible to ...

, footballer

Poland

* Guillaume Apollinaire, writer *

Robert Badinter Robert Badinter (; born 30 March 1928) is a French lawyer, politician and author who enacted the abolition of the death penalty in France in 1981, while serving as Minister of Justice under François Mitterrand. He has also served in high-leve ...

, lawyer, academic, essayist and politician * Stephane Bern, journalist, radio host and television presentator *

Claude Berri Claude Berri (; 1 July 1934 – 12 January 2009) was a French film director, writer, producer, actor and distributor. Early life Born Claude Beri Langmann in Paris, Berri was the son of Jewish immigrant parents. His mother, Beila (née Bercu), w ...

, film director *

Juliette Binoche Juliette Binoche (; born 9 March 1964) is a French actress and dancer. She has appeared in more than sixty feature films and has been the recipient of numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, a Silver Bear, ...

, actress *

Marie-George Buffet Marie-George Buffet (née Kosellek; born 7 May 1949) is a French politician. She was the head of the French Communist Party (PCF) from 2001 to 2010. She joined the Party in 1969, and she served in the government as Minister of Youth Affairs an ...

, politician *

Frédéric Chopin Frédéric François Chopin (born Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin; 1 March 181017 October 1849) was a Polish composer and virtuoso pianist of the Romantic period, who wrote primarily for solo piano. He has maintained worldwide renown as a leadin ...

, pianist *

Eve Curie Eve (; ; ar, حَوَّاء, Ḥawwāʾ; el, Εὕα, Heúa; la, Eva, Heva; Syriac: romanized: ) is a figure in the Book of Genesis in the Hebrew Bible. According to the origin story, "Creation myths are symbolic stories describing how the ...

, writer *

Marie Curie Marie Salomea Skłodowska–Curie ( , , ; born Maria Salomea Skłodowska, ; 7 November 1867 – 4 July 1934) was a Polish and naturalized-French physicist and chemist who conducted pioneering research on radioactivity. She was the first ...

, physicist and chemist *

Alain Finkielkraut Alain Finkielkraut (, ; ; born 30 June 1949) is a French philosopher and public intellectual. He has written books and essays on a wide range of topics, many on the ideas of tradition and identitary nonviolence, including Jewish identity and ant ...

, philosopher, writer and essayist *

Jean-Pierre Foucault Jean-Pierre Foucault (; born 23 November 1947 in Marseille) is a French television and radio host. He was born in Marseille, his mother was Jewish. He was the host of '' Qui Veut Gagner des Millions ?'', the French version of ''Who Wants to Be a ...

, television personality *

Judith Godrèche Judith Godrèche (born 23 March 1972) is a French actress and author. She has appeared in more than 30 films. Early life Godrèche was born in the 17th arrondissement of Paris. Her father is a psychoanalyst, and her mother a child therapist. He ...

, actress *

, singer * René Goscinny, writer, humorist, known around the world for the ''

Asterix ''Asterix'' or ''The Adventures of Asterix'' (french: Astérix or , "Asterix the Gaul") is a ''bande dessinée'' comic book series about a village of indomitable Gaulish warriors who adventure around the world and fight the Roman Republic, wi ...

'' books *

Władysław Czartoryski Prince Władysław (Ladislaus) Czartoryski (3 July 1828 – 23 June 1894) was a Polish noble, political activist in exile, collector of art, and founder of the Czartoryski Museum in Kraków. Life Son of Prince Adam Jerzy Czartoryski and Pri ...

, noble *

Constance Jablonski Constance Jablonski (born 17 April 1991) is a French model and one of the most famous supermodels from France. In 2006, she entered the French Elite Model Look Contest. As of 2010, she became one of the newer faces of Estée Lauder alongside L ...

, model *

Michel Jazy Michel Jazy (born 13 June 1936) is a French former middle-distance runner and long-distance runner. He won the 1500 metres silver medal at the 1960 Summer Olympics, as well as two golds (in 1962 and 1966) and one silver (in 1966) at the Europ ...

, middle distance runner * Irène Joliot-Curie, scientist *

Raymond Kopa Raymond Kopa (né Kopaszewski; 13 October 1931 – 3 March 2017) was a French professional footballer, integral to the France national team of the 1950s. At club level he was part of the legendary Real Madrid team of the 1950s, winning three Eu ...

, football player * Laurent Koscielny, football player * Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet, politician *

Marie Leszczyńska Maria Karolina Zofia Felicja Leszczyńska (; ; 23 June 1703 – 24 June 1768), also known as Marie Leczinska, was Queen of France as the wife of King Louis XV from their marriage on 4 September 1725 until her death in 1768. The daughter of Stanis ...

, queen of France from 1725 until 1768 * Louane, singer *

Jean-Marie Lustiger Aron Jean-Marie Lustiger (; 17 September 1926 – 5 August 2007) was a French cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He was Archbishop of Paris from 1981 until his resignation in 2005. He was made a cardinal in 1983 by Pope John Paul II. His lif ...

, Archbishop of Paris *

Frédéric Michalak Frédéric Michalak (born 16 October 1982) is a former French rugby union footballer. His early career was spent playing for his hometown team, Toulouse, in the Top 14 and in the Heineken Cup. He moved to South Africa to play for the Sharks in ...

, rugby player *

, actor * Jean-Pierre Mocky, film director * Natoo, YouTuber *

Ludovic Obraniak Ludovic Joseph Obraniak (; born 10 November 1984) is a football manager and former professional footballer. He primarily played as an attacking midfielder. Born in France, he played for the Poland national team. He was appointed to his first he ...

, football player *

Damien Perquis Damien Albert René Perquis (born 10 April 1984) is a former professional footballer and current assistant coach of Gazélec Ajaccio's B-team. A defender, he represented France at youth level, before acquiring Polish citizenship and playing f ...

, football player *

M. Pokora Matthieu Tota (; born 26 September 1985), artistically known as Matt Pokora and later M. Pokora (), is a French pop and R&B singer. In 2016, he became a coach for ''The Voice Kids France'' and '' The Voice: la plus belle voix''. Early life ...

, singer *

Roman Polanski Raymond Roman Thierry Polański , group=lower-alpha, name=note_a (né Liebling; 18 August 1933) is a French-Polish film director, producer, screenwriter, and actor. He is the recipient of numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, two ...

, film director * Michel Poniatowski, politician *

Catherine Ringer Catherine Ringer (, born 18 October 1957 in Suresnes, France) is a French singer, songwriter, composer, multi-instrumentalist, dancer, choreographer, actress, and co-founder of the pop rock group Les Rita Mitsouko. She is also the daughter of ...

, singer * Maria Josepha of Saxony, dauphine of France *

Simone Signoret Simone Signoret (; born Simone Henriette Charlotte Kaminker; 25 March 1921 – 30 September 1985) was a French actress. She received various accolades, including an Academy Award, three BAFTA Awards, a César Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, a ...

, actress *

Marie Walewska Marie Walewska, Countess Walewska (née Łączyńska; pl, Maria Walewska; 7 December 1786 – 11 December 1817) was a Polish noblewoman and an important figure at the court of Emperor Napoleon I with the role to influence him positively for th ...

, noblewoman and mistress of Napoleon I * Michel Wieviorka, sociologue * Georges Wolinski, cartoonist and comics writer

Portugal

Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo Guillaume Emmanuel "Guy-Manuel" de Homem-Christo (; born 8 February 1974) is a French musician, record producer, singer, songwriter, DJ and composer. He is known as one half of the former French house music duo Daft Punk, along with Thomas Bang ...

, musician (

Daft Punk Daft Punk were a French electronic music duo formed in 1993 in Paris by Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo. Widely regarded as one of the most influential acts in dance music history, they achieved popularity in the late 1990s as p ...

member) * Linda de Suza, singer *

Kevin Gameiro Kevin Dominique Gameiro (born 9 May 1987) is a French professional footballer who plays as a striker for Ligue 1 club Strasbourg. He is a strong striker who is known for his clinical finishing, which compensates for his relatively light frame. ...

, footballer * Antoine Griezmann, footballer * Louane, singer * Marie Myriam, singer *

Morgan Parra Morgan Parra (born 15 November 1988) is a French rugby union player who plays as a Scrum-half and occasionally Fly-half. He plays for Stade Français in the Top 14. He played most of his career with Clermont Auvergne after signing for them fro ...

, rugby player *

Robert Pires Robert Emmanuel Pires (born 29 October 1973) is a French association football, football coach and former professional Football player, player. Pires played for French clubs FC Metz, Metz and Olympique de Marseille, Marseille prior to his time wi ...

, footballer * Lisandro Cuxi, singer * Steven Da Costa, karateka

Romania

, politician *

, film director * Michel Drucker, French journalist and TV host *

Eugène Ionesco Eugène Ionesco (; born Eugen Ionescu, ; 26 November 1909 – 28 March 1994) was a Romanian-French playwright who wrote mostly in French, and was one of the foremost figures of the French avant-garde theatre in the 20th century. Ionesco inst ...

, writer * Cyprien Iov, YouTube celebrity *

Michèle Laroque Michèle Laroque (; born 15 June 1960) is a French actress, comedian, humorist, producer and screenwriter. Early life Michèle Laroque was born in Nice in the department of Alpes-Maritimes. She is the daughter of Romanian dancer and violinist ...

, actress * Pierre Moscovici, politician *

Anna de Noailles Anna, Comtesse Mathieu de Noailles (Anna Elisabeth Bibesco-Bassaraba de Brancovan) (15 November 1876 – 30 April 1933) was a French writer of Romanian and Greek descent, a poet and a socialist feminist. Biography Personal life Born Princess ...

, writer and socialist *

Ana Cata-Chitiga Ana Maria Filip (born Ana Maria Căta-Chițiga; 20 June 1989) is a Romanian-born French professional basketball player who plays as a center for Tango Bourges Basket and the French national team. She participated at the 2014 FIBA World Champions ...

, basketball player *

Cédric Pioline Cédric Pioline (born 15 June 1969) is a French former professional tennis player who played on the professional tour from 1989 to 2002. He reached the men's singles final at the 1993 US Open and at Wimbledon in 1997. On both occasions, he was ...

, tennis player * Élisabeth Roudinesco, historian * Maria Schneider, actress *

Paul-Loup Sulitzer Paul Loup Karl Sulitzer (born 22 July 1946, in Boulogne-Billancourt) is a French financier and author. Before he turned seventeen, he was already a self-made millionaire. Sulitzer used his financial experience and knowledge in his books, which of ...

, writer *

Pierre Vassiliu Pierre Vassiliu (23 October 1937 – 17 August 2014) was a French singer, songwriter and actor. His first record, "Armand", co-written with his brother Michel, appeared in 1962. It was an enormous success, selling 150,000 copies. This opened the ...

, singer

Russia

* Irina Alexandrovna, Russian princess * Natalia Brasova, Russian noblewoman *

Amira Casar Amira Casar is a British-born actress who grew up in England, Ireland, and France. Early life Amira is the daughter of a Kurds, Kurdish father and a Russian mother. She was born in London and was subsequently raised in England, Ireland, and Fran ...

, actress *

Carlos Carlos may refer to: Places ;Canada * Carlos, Alberta, a locality ;United States * Carlos, Indiana, an unincorporated community * Carlos, Maryland, a place in Allegany County * Carlos, Minnesota, a small city * Carlos, West Virginia ;Elsewhere ...

, singer *

Marc Chagall Marc Chagall; russian: link=no, Марк Заха́рович Шага́л ; be, Марк Захаравіч Шагал . (born Moishe Shagal; 28 March 1985) was a Russian-French artist. An early modernism, modernist, he was associated with se ...

, painter * Joe Dassin, singer *

Catherine Dolgorukov Princess Catherine Dolgorukova (; 15 February 1922) was a Russian aristocrat and the daughter of Prince Michael Dolgorukov (from Rurik dynasty) and Vera Vishnevskaya. Catherine was a long-time mistress of Tsar Alexander II of Russia and late ...

, mistress of tsar Alexander II of Russia *

François Feldman François Feldman (; born 23 May 1958) is a French singer. He had a great success in the 1980s and the 1990s in France. Biography The young François Feldman spent his adolescence listening to soul music, including songs by Marvin Gaye, Stevi ...

, singer * Charlotte Gainsbourg, actress *

Serge Gainsbourg Serge Gainsbourg (; born Lucien Ginsburg; 2 April 1928 – 2 March 1991) was a French musician, singer-songwriter, actor, author and filmmaker. Regarded as one of the most important figures in French pop, he was renowned for often provoca ...

, singer, poet, actor and director *

, actress *

Olga Khokhlova Olga Picasso (born Olga Stepanovna Khokhlova; russian: Ольга Степановна Хохлова; 17 June 1891 – 11 February 1955) was a ballet dancer in the Russian ballet. She was also the first wife of Pablo Picasso, one of his ear ...

, ballet dancer *

Pom Klementieff Pom Alexandra Klementieff (; born 3 May 1986) is a French actress and model. She was trained at the Cours Florent drama school in Paris and appeared in such French films as '' The Easy Way'' (2008) and '' Sleepless Night'' (2011), before making ...

, actress * Olga Kurylenko, actress *

Vladislav Tkachiev Vladislav Tkachiev (, born Moscow November 9, 1973) is a Russian-born Kazakh-French chess player. Biography In 1982, he moved to Kazakhstan with his parents and learnt to play chess a year later. A winner of the Kazakhstani Youth Championship in ...

, chess player *

Rudolf Nureyev Rudolf Khametovich Nureyev ( ; Tatar/ Bashkir: Рудольф Хәмит улы Нуриев; rus, Рудо́льф Хаме́тович Нуре́ев, p=rʊˈdolʲf xɐˈmʲetəvʲɪtɕ nʊˈrʲejɪf; 17 March 19386 January 1993) was a Soviet ...

, dancer *

Gérard Oury Gérard Oury (born Max-Gérard Houry Tannenbaum; 29 April 1919 – 20 July 2006) was a French film director, actor and writer. Life and career Max-Gérard Houry-Tannenbaum was the only son of Serge Tannenbaum, a violinist of Russian-Jewish orig ...

, film director * Léon Poliakov, historian * Michel Polnareff, singer * Maxime Rodinson, historian * Thierry Roland, TV commentator * Nathalie Sarraute, writer * Jacques Tati, film director and actor *

Marina Vlady Marina Vlady (born 10 May 1938) is a French actress. Biography Vlady was born in Clichy, Hauts-de-Seine to White Russian immigrant parents. Her father was an opera singer and her mother was a dancer. Her sisters, now all deceased, were the act ...

, actress *

Felix Yusupov Prince Felix Felixovich Yusupov, Count Sumarokov-Elston (russian: Князь Фе́ликс Фе́ликсович Юсу́пов, Граф Сумаро́ков-Эльстон, Knyaz' Féliks Féliksovich Yusúpov, Graf Sumarókov-El'ston; – ...

, Russian aristocrat * Irina Yusupova, Russian princess *

Léon Zitrone Léon Zitrone (25 November 1914 – 25 November 1995) was a Russian-born French journalist and television presenter. Biography Zitrone was born in Petrograd, Russia. He arrived in France with his family fleeing communism at the age of six. H ...

, journalist

Rwanda

Sonia Rolland Sonia Rolland (born 11 February 1981) is a French actress who was Miss France 2000. She was the first African-born winner of the Miss France pageant. Born in Kigali, Rwanda, to a Rwandan mother and a French father, Rolland and her family fled ...

, actress and Miss France 2000

Scotland

* Michel Adanson, botanist and naturalist * Henri d'Angoulême, military commander during the Wars of Religion. *

Brice Lalonde Brice Lalonde (; born 10 February 1946) is a former green party leader in France, who ran for President of France in the Presidential elections, 1981. In 1988 he was named Minister of the Environment, and in 1990 founded the green Ecology Gener ...

, politician *

Sebastian Roché Sebastian Roché (born 4 August 1964) is a French-American actor. He is known for his roles as Kurt Mendel in ''Odyssey 5'', Jerry Jacks in '' General Hospital'', Thomas Jerome Newton in ''Fringe'', Balthazar in '' Supernatural'', Mikael in bot ...

, actor * Janet Stewart, mistress of Henry II * Margaret Stewart, dauphine of France

Senegal

* Booba, rapper * Patrice Evra, footballer *

Bafétimbi Gomis Bafétimbi Gomis (; born 6 August 1985) is a French professional footballer who plays as a striker for Süper Lig club Galatasaray. Gomis played youth football with Saint-Étienne before making his professional debut for the club in 2004, als ...

, footballer *

Aïssa Maïga Aïssa Maïga (born 5 May 1975) is a Senegal-born French actress, director, writer, producer, and activist. Maïga has worked with major auteurs like Michael Haneke, Abderrahmane Sissako and Michel Gondry, and recently starred in Chiwetel Ejiofor� ...

, actress *

Benjamin Mendy Benjamin Mendy (born 17 July 1994) is a French professional footballer who plays as a left-back for club Manchester City. He played for the France national team from 2017 until 2019. After coming through Le Havre's youth academy, Mendy began ...

, footballer * MC Solaar, rap and hip hop artist * Omar Sy, actor *

Patrick Vieira Patrick Vieira (born 23 June 1976) is a French professional football manager and former player who is the manager of club Crystal Palace. He is widely considered as one of the greatest midfielders of his generation. Vieira began his career at ...

, footballer * Rama Yade, politician *

Mouhamadou Fall Mouhamadou Fall (born 25 February 1994 in Beaumont-sur-Oise) is a French sprinter who specializes in the 200 metres. He finished third at the 2019 European Team Championships and competed at the 2019 World Championships without reaching the fina ...

, sprinter

Serbia

Kristina Mladenovic - 2017 Citi Open - (35909721700)

Pierre Marinovitch Pierre Marinovitch ( sr, Petar Marinović; 1 August 1898 – 2 October 1919) was a French World War I flying ace credited with 21 confirmed and 3 probable aerial victories. He was the youngest French flying ace of the war, scoring his 5th vi ...

, World War I flying ace * Kristina Mladenovic, tennis player *

Sebastian Sebastian may refer to: People * Sebastian (name), including a list of persons with the name Arts, entertainment, and media Films and television * ''Sebastian'' (1968 film), British spy film * ''Sebastian'' (1995 film), Swedish drama film ...

, musician and DJ *

Vladimir Veličković Vladimir Veličković ( sr-cyr, Владимир Величковић; 11 August 1935 – 29 August 2019) was a Serbian painter who spent much of his adult life in Paris. Biography Veličković graduated from the Faculty of Architecture at Bel ...

, painter * Stefan Bajic, footballer

South Africa

* Pieter de Villiers, rugby player *

Brian Liebenberg Brian Liebenberg (born 19 September 1979 in Benoni) is a South Africa-born French former rugby union footballer. His usual position is at centre, where he plays for Top 14 club, Stade Français. He was a part of Stade Français' Top 16 victory ...

, rugby player *

Gerhard Vosloo Gerhard Vosloo (born 10 May 1979) is a South African rugby union player. His position is Flanker and he currently plays for Toulon in the Top 14. He began his career with the Lions in his native South Africa before moving to Castres in 2006. He st ...

, rugby player

South Korea

Julien Kang Julien Kang (; born 11 April 1982) is a Canadian television actor and model. In May 2012, Kang starred opposite Ryu Si-won as Kang Gu-ra, a rival fighter to Ryu's Seung-hyuk in Channel A's ''Goodbye Dear Wife''. Early life Kang was born in Sa ...

, actor * Daul Kim, model *

, actress *

Fleur Pellerin Fleur Pellerin (; Birth name, née Kim Jong-sook, born 29 August 1973) is a French businesswoman, former civil servant and Socialist Party (France), Socialist Party politician who served as a Government of France, French government minister from ...

, Ministry of Culture *

Jean-Vincent Placé Jean-Vincent Placé (born 12 March 1968) is a South Korean-born, France, French Green politics, Green politician. International adoption of South Korean children, Adopted by a French family as a child, Placé entered politics as a member of the R ...

, politician *

Lydie Solomon Lydie Solomon (Lydie Waï Solomon) (born 1982), is a French pianist and actress, born to a Franco-Romanian father and a Korean mother. She speaks fluent French, Korean, English, and Spanish and has a working knowledge of German and Italian. An ...

, pianist *

Joachim Son-Forget Joachim Jean-Marie Forget (; born 15 April 1983), known as Joachim Son-Forget ( , ) is a South Korean-born French politician. Holding a doctorate in neuroscience, he also works part-time as a radiologist in Switzerland. He has held Kosovar citiz ...

, politician

Spain

Albert Camus, gagnant de prix Nobel, portrait en buste, posé au bureau, faisant face à gauche, cigarette de tabagisme

Valls Schaefer Munich Economic Summit 2015 (cropped)

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Anne of Austria Anne of Austria (french: Anne d'Autriche, italic=no, es, Ana María Mauricia, italic=no; 22 September 1601 – 20 January 1666) was an infanta of Spain who became Queen of France as the wife of King Louis XIII from their marriage in 1615 unti ...

, queen of France from 1615 until 1643 *

Ruben Aguilar Ruben Aguilar (born 26 April 1993) is a French professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Ligue 1 club Monaco and the France national team. Early life Ruben Aguilar was born on 26 April 1993 in Grenoble, Isère. Club career Aguilar ...

, footballer * Àstrid Bergès-Frisbey, actress *

Albert Camus Albert Camus ( , ; ; 7 November 1913 – 4 January 1960) was a French philosopher, author, dramatist, and journalist. He was awarded the 1957 Nobel Prize in Literature at the age of 44, the second-youngest recipient in history. His work ...

, Nobel Prize-winning author *

, actor and footballer * Blanche of Castile, queen of France from 1223 until 1226 * Manu Chao, singer and musician *

Raymond Domenech Raymond Manuel Albert Domenech (; born 24 January 1952) is a French football manager and former player. He managed the France national team from 2004 to 2010, reaching the 2006 FIFA World Cup Final. He was dismissed after their elimination from ...

, former Manager of the French national soccer team *

Anh Duong Anh Duong (born 25 October 1960) is a French-American artist, actress, and model. She is known for her self-portraits, which she has compared to a visual diary, as well as portraits of significant art collectors and influencers. Early life D ...

, actress and model * Luis Fernández, football player * Louis de Funès, actor * José Garcia, actor *

Lucas Hernandez Lucas François Bernard Hernandez (; born 14 February 1996) is a French professional footballer who plays as a left back or centre back for club Bayern Munich and the France national team. Considered one of the best defenders in the world, ...

, footballer *

Theo Hernandez Theo is a given name and a hypocorism. Greek origin Many names beginning with the root "Theo-" derive from the Ancient Greek word ''theos'' (''θεός''), which means god, for example: *Feminine names: Thea, Theodora, Theodosia, Theophania, ...

, footballer *

Anne Hidalgo Ana María "Anne" Hidalgo Aleu (, ; born 1959) is a Spanish-French politician who has served as Mayor of Paris since 2014, the first woman to hold the office. She is a member of the Socialist Party. Hidalgo served as First Deputy Mayor of Paris ...

, politician * Raphaël Ibañez, rugby player *

Virginie Ledoyen Virginie Fernández (born 15 November 1976), known by her stage name Virginie Ledoyen (), is a French actress who has appeared in French, British and American films. Life and career Ledoyen was born in Aubervilliers, the daughter of Olga, a res ...

, actress *

Frédéric Lopez Frédéric Lopez (born 4 April 1967 in Pau) is a French television host. He currently works for France 2 on which he presents some shows. He began on radio in 1991 on Autoroute Info, the first traffic information radio. In 1992, he worked for T ...

, television host *

Maria Theresa of Spain Maria Theresa of Spain ( es, María Teresa de Austria; french: Marie-Thérèse d'Autriche; 10 September 1638 – 30 July 1683) was Queen of France from 1660 to 1683 as the wife of King Louis XIV. She was born an Infanta of Spain and Portugal a ...

, queen of France from 1660 until 1683 *

Maria Teresa Rafaela of Spain Maria may refer to: People * Mary, mother of Jesus * Maria (given name), a popular given name in many languages Place names Extraterrestrial *170 Maria, a Main belt S-type asteroid discovered in 1877 *Lunar maria (plural of ''mare''), large, da ...

, dauphine of France * Caroline Garcia, tennis player * Maria Malibran, mezza-soprano *

Olivier Martinez Olivier Martinez (born 12 January 1966) is a French actor. He became well known after roles in several French films such as '' Un, deux, trois, soleil'' (1993), which garnered him the César Award for "Most Promising Actor", '' The Horseman on ...

, actor *

Jean-Luc Mélenchon Jean-Luc Antoine Pierre Mélenchon (; born 19 August 1951) is a French politician who was a member of the National Assembly for the 4th constituency of Bouches-du-Rhône from 2017 to 2022. He led the ''La France Insoumise'' group in the Nation ...

, politician *

Eugénie de Montijo ''Doña'' María Eugenia Ignacia Agustina de Palafox y Kirkpatrick, 19th Countess of Teba, 16th Marchioness of Ardales (5 May 1826 – 11 July 1920), known as Eugénie de Montijo (), was Empress of the French from her marriage to Emperor Napo ...

, the last Empress of France from 1853 until 1870 *

La Belle Otero Agustina del Carmen Otero Iglesias (4 November 1868 – 10 April 1965), better known as Carolina Otero or La Belle Otero, was a Spanish actress, dancer and courtesan. She had a reputation for great beauty and was famous for her numerous lovers. ...

, actress and dancer *

Pablo Picasso Pablo Ruiz Picasso (25 October 1881 – 8 April 1973) was a Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist and Scenic design, theatre designer who spent most of his adult life in France. One of the most influential artists of the 20th ce ...

, painter and sculptor *

Paloma Picasso Paloma Picasso (born Anne Paloma Ruiz-Picasso y Gilot on 19 April 1949) is a French and Spanish fashion designer and businesswoman, best known for her jewelry designs for Tiffany & Co, and her signature perfumes. She is the daughter of artist P ...

, fashion designer *

, footballer * David Pujadas, journalist * Alexandre Lloveras, cyclist * Jean Reno, actor *

Olivia Ruiz Olivia Blanc (born 1 January 1980), known as Olivia Ruiz, is a French pop singer of partial Spanish descent belonging to the nouvelle chanson genre.

, singer * Jaime Semprún, essayist and translator *

Fernando Sor Fernando Sor (bapt. 14 Feb. 1778, died 10 July 1839) was a Spanish classical guitarist and composer of the Romantic music, Early Romantic era. Best known for writing solo classical guitar music, he also composed an opera (at the age of 19), thr ...

, guitarist and composer *

André Téchiné André Téchiné (; born 13 March 1943) is a French screenwriter and film director. He has a long and distinguished career that places him among the most accomplished post- New Wave French film directors. Téchiné belongs to a second generation ...

, film director * Mathieu Valbuena, footballer * Manuel Valls, French Socialist Party (PS) politician, Minister of the Interior * Ray Ventura, jazz bandleader * Pauline Viardot, mezza-soprano

Sweden

* Eva Green, actress *

Mathilda May Mathilda May (born Karin Haïm; 8 February 1965) is a French film actress. Early life May was born in Paris, France. Her father, playwright Victor Haïm, is of Sephardic Jewish ( Greek-Jewish and Turkish-Jewish) descent. Her mother is the Sw ...

, actress * Max von Sydow, actor

Switzerland

Benjamin Constant Henri-Benjamin Constant de Rebecque (; 25 October 1767 – 8 December 1830), or simply Benjamin Constant, was a French people, Franco-Switzerland, Swiss political thinker, activist and writer on political theory and religion. A committed repub ...

, activist and writer *

Fabrice Ehret Fabrice Ehret (born 28 September 1979) is a Swiss-born French former footballer who played as a left midfielder. Ehret has played for the French U-21 selection. Former Anderlecht coach Hugo Broos Hugo Henri Broos (born 10 April 1952) is a Bel ...

, football player *

Joseph Favre Joseph Favre (; 17 February 1849 – 17 February 1903) was a famously skilled Swiss chef who worked in Switzerland, France, Germany, and England. Although he initially only received primary education because of his humble origins, as an adult h ...

, chef * Françoise Giroud, journalist, writer ans politician * Eugène Grasset, artist *

Jean-Luc Godard Jean-Luc Godard ( , ; ; 3 December 193013 September 2022) was a French-Swiss film director, screenwriter, and film critic. He rose to prominence as a pioneer of the French New Wave film movement of the 1960s, alongside such filmmakers as Fran� ...

, film director *

Romain Grosjean Romain David Jeremie Grosjean (; born 17 April 1986) is a Swiss-French professional racing driver, competing under the French flag in the NTT IndyCar Series, driving the No. 28 Honda for Andretti Autosport. Grosjean had previously spent nine ...

, racing driver *

Le Corbusier Charles-Édouard Jeanneret (6 October 188727 August 1965), known as Le Corbusier ( , , ), was a Swiss-French architect, designer, painter, urban planner, writer, and one of the pioneers of what is now regarded as modern architecture. He was ...

, architect *

Jean-Paul Marat Jean-Paul Marat (; born Mara; 24 May 1743 – 13 July 1793) was a French political theorist, physician, and scientist. A journalist and politician during the French Revolution, he was a vigorous defender of the ''sans-culottes'', a radical ...

, journalist and politician during French Revolution * Quentin Mosimann, musician *

Jacques Necker Jacques Necker (; 30 September 1732 – 9 April 1804) was a Genevan banker and statesman who served as finance minister for Louis XVI. He was a reformer, but his innovations sometimes caused great discontent. Necker was a constitutional monarchi ...

, banker *

Jean-Jacques Rousseau Jean-Jacques Rousseau (, ; 28 June 1712 – 2 July 1778) was a Genevan philosopher, writer, and composer. His political philosophy influenced the progress of the Age of Enlightenment throughout Europe, as well as aspects of the French Revolu ...

, writer and composer

Thailand

* Emmanuelle Arsan, novelist *

Tristan Do Tristan Do ( th, ทริสตอง โด, born 31 January 1993) is a Thai professional footballer who plays as a right back for Thai League 1 club Bangkok United and the Thai national team. Club career In 2014, Do joined BEC Tero Sasana i ...

, footballer

Togo

* Corentin Tolisso, footballer *

Clarisse Agbegnenou Clarisse Bogdanna Agbegnenou (born 25 October 1992) is a French judoka. Competing in the −63 kg weight division she won the European title in 2013, the world title in 2014, an Olympic silver medal in 2016, and an Olympic gold medal at the 2020 ...

, judoka * Angelina Lanza, athlete

Tunisia

, actor * Kev Adams, actor *

Sami Bouajila Sami Bouajila (born 26 May 1966) is a French actor who has won two César Awards. Bouajila has worked and acted in two Oscar nominated films ('' Days of Glory'' and '' Outside the Law''), both directed by director Rachid Bouchareb. Early life B ...

, actor *

Michel Boujenah Michel Boujenah (born 3 November 1952) is a French-Tunisian Jewish actor, comedian, film director, and screenwriter. Life and career Michel Boujenah was born on 3 November 1952 in Tunis, Tunisia. He is the brother of Paul Boujenah, a film d ...

, humorist *

Dany Brillant Dany Brillant (; né Daniel Cohen-Biran, 28 December 1965 in Tunis), is a French singer of a Jewish- Tunisian origin. Born in Tunis, his parents immigrated to France while he was a newborn infant. They settled in Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois n ...

, singer *

Georges Cravenne Georges Cravenne (24 January 1914 – 10 January 2009), real name Joseph-Raoul Cohen, was a French film producer, publicity agent and founder of the César Award. He received an Honorary César in 2000. Marriages He married French actress Franç ...

, founder of the César Award * Marcel Dadi, guitar player * Morhad Amdouni, runner *

Hamida Djandoubi Hamida Djandoubi ( ar, حميدة جندوبي, Ḥamīda Jandūbī; 22 September 1949 – 10 September 1977) was a Tunisian convicted murderer sentenced to death in France. He moved to Marseille in 1968, and six years later he kidnapped, torture ...

, murderer and last person executed in France *

Gisèle Halimi Gisèle Halimi (born Zeiza Gisèle Élise Taïeb; 27 July 1927 – 28 July 2020) was a Tunisian-French lawyer, politician, essayist and Feminism in France, feminist activist. Biography Zeiza Gisèle Élise Taïeb was born in La Goulette, Tunisi ...

, lawyer *

Serge Halimi Serge Halimi (born 2 August 1955) is a French journalist working at '' Le Monde diplomatique'' since 1992. In March 2008 he became the editorial director. He is also the author of ''Le Grand Bond en Arrière''. Biography Serge Halimi was electe ...

, journalist *

Cyril Hanouna Cyril Valéry Isaac Hanouna (; ar, سيريل فاليري إسحاق حنونة, link=no; born 23 September 1974) is a French radio and television presenter, writer, author, columnist, producer, singer and occasional actor and comedian of Tunis ...

, television presenter, producer and comedian * Agnès Jaoui, actress * David Jemmali, soccer player *

Abdellatif Kechiche Abdellatif Kechiche (; ar, عبد اللطيف كشيش, born 7 December 1960) is a Tunisian- French actor, film director and screenwriter. He made his directorial debut in 2000 with '' La Faute à Voltaire'', which he also wrote. Known for his ...

, film director *

Lââm Lââm (born 1 September 1971) is a French singer of Tunisian descent. She has sold more than 4,000,000 singles & albums. Biography Lââm (whose real name is LamiaPierre Lellouche, politician * Didier Marouani, composer and musician *

Albert Memmi Albert Memmi ( ar, ألبير ممّي; 15 December 1920 – 22 May 2020) was a French-Tunisian writer and essayist of Tunisian-Jewish origins. Biography Memmi was born in Tunis, French Tunisia in December 1920, to a Tunisian Jewish Berber ...

, writer * Serge Moati, journalist and film director *

Yael Naim Yael Naim ( he, יעל נעים, born 6 February 1978) is a French-born Israeli singer and actress. She rose to fame in 2008 in the US after her hit single " New Soul" was used by Apple in an advertising campaign for its MacBook Air. The song pe ...

, singer * Dominique Strauss-Kahn, politician *

Ariel Zeitoun Ariel Zeitoun (born 26 September 1949) is a French director, producer, and screenwriter. Zeitoun started as a producer in 1979 with '. Later, he wrote the script for and directed ''Souvenirs, souvenirs''. In 2013 Zeitoun directed the historic ...

, film director, scriptwriter and producer *

Tunisiano Bachir Baccour (born 19 May 1979), better known by his stage name Tunisiano, is a Tunisian rapper living in France. Prior to pursuing a solo career, he was a member of M, Sniper and other rap groups. Career Bachir Baccour's parents were born in ...

, rapper * Riadh Tarsim, cyclist * Wissam Ben Yedder, footballer

Turkey

* Mirra Alfassa, spiritual guru * Édouard Balladur, politician *

Cansel Elçin Cansel Elçin (born September 20, 1973) is a Turkish actor. Biography Cansel Elçin was born on September 20, 1973, in İzmir, Turkey, but his family moved to France when he was 9 years old. Elcin grew up trilingually and can speak French, ...

, actor *

Mevlüt Erdinç Mevlüt Erdinç (surname spelt Erding in France; born 25 February 1987) is a former professional footballer who played as a forward. Born in France to Turkish parents, he spent most of his career in his country of birth, recording 295 games and ...

, footballer *

Deniz Gamze Ergüven Deniz Gamze Ergüven (born 4 June 1978), is a Turkish-French film director best known for her debut feature film ''Mustang''. Early life and education Ergüven was born in Ankara, Turkey but moved to France in the 1980s. She grew up and went to ...

, film director * Françoise Giroud, journalist, writer and politician *

Nedim Gürsel Nedim Gürsel (born 5 April 1951 in Gaziantep) is a Turkish writer. In the late 1960s, he published novellas and essays in Turkish magazines. After graduating from Galatasaray High School in 1970, he studied at the Sorbonne. In 1974, he graduated ...

, writer *

Mustapha Haciane Mustapha Haciane, also spelt as Mustafa Haciane, (born in 1935) is an Algerian novelist, playwright, and poet. His publications often tackle social issues. Biography Mustapha Haciane was born in 1935, in Rouiba, Algeria, into a family of Turki ...

, novelist and poet *

Tchéky Karyo Tchéky Karyo (; born 4 October 1953) is a French actor and musician of Turkish origin. Beginning his career as an actor on stage in classical and contemporary works, he began to work as a character actor in films in the 1980s. He has acted in nu ...

, actor *

, actress * Elif Shafak, novelist and women's right activist * Benjamin Stambouli, footballer *

Atila Turan Atila Turan (born 10 April 1992) is a professional footballer who plays for Turkish TFF Second League club Kocaelispor. Born in France, he represents the Turkey national team internationally, having played for France at youth international leve ...

, footballer

Ukraine

Mylène Demongeot Mylène Demongeot (born Marie-Hélène Demongeot; 29 September 1935 – 1 December 2022) was a French film, television and theatre actress and author with a career spanning seven decades and more than 100 credits in French, Italian, English an ...

, actress *

Pierre Bérégovoy Pierre Eugène Bérégovoy (; 23 December 1925 – 1 May 1993) was a French politician who served as Prime Minister of France under President François Mitterrand from 2 April 1992 to 29 March 1993. He was a member of the Socialist Party and M ...

, politician *

, singer * Charlotte Gainsbourg, actress * Olga Kurylenko, actress * Serge Lifar, dancer and choreographer *

Oksana Shachko Oksana Shachko ( uk, Оксана Шачко; 31 January 1987 – 23 July 2018) was a Ukrainian artist and activist. Along with Anna Hutsol and Alexandra Shevchenko, she was one of the founders of the radical feminist activist group Femen, which ...

, artist and activist *

Alexandra Shevchenko Olexandra Shevchenko ( uk, Олександра Шевченко) is a member of the Ukrainian radical feminist protest group FEMEN, which regularly demonstrates topless against manifestations of patriarchy, dictatorship, religion, and the sex ...

, artist and activist *

Anne of Kiev Anne of Kiev or Anna Yaroslavna, Russian: Анна Ярославна (c. 1030 – 1075) was a Rus' princess who became Queen of France in 1051 upon marrying King Henry I. She ruled the kingdom as regent during the minority of their son Philip ...

, queen of France from 1051 until 1060

United States

* Josephine Baker, dancer * Mickey Baker, guitarist * Sylvia Beach, bookseller * Sidney Bechet, jazz saxophonist * Àstrid Bergès-Frisbey, actress * Leos Carax, film director * Leslie Caron, actress * Natalie Clifford Barney, writer * Alexa Davalos, actress *

, artist * Lily-Rose Depp, actress * Isadora Duncan, dancer * Carole Fredericks, singer * Loïe Fuller, dancer * Virginie Amélie Avegno Gautreau, socialite * Guy Georges, serial killer * Franz-Olivier Giesbert, television presenter *

, actress * Rosella Hightower, dancer * Andrea King, actress * Brice Lelonde, politician * Tonie Marshall, film director * Chloé Mortaud, actress and Miss France 2009 * Tony Parker, basketball player * Mary Pierce, tennis player * Man Ray, painter and photographer * Nina Simone, singer * Yeardley Smith, actress and voice actress * Gertrude Stein, novelist, poet and playwright

Uruguay

* Jules Laforgue, poet * Elli Medeiros, singer * Jules Supervielle, poet

Venezuela

* Serge Blanco, former rugby union footballer * Marisol Escobar, sculptor * Laurence Debray, writer

Vietnam

* Ngô Bảo Châu, mathematician * Linh Dan Pham, actress * Aliette de Bodard, writer *

, actress and model *

, electronic sports player and journalist * Nikolai Kinski, actor * Thích Nhất Hạnh, Buddhist monk and peace activist * Trần Anh Hùng, film director * France Nuyen, actress * François Trinh-Duc, rugby player * Bopha Kong, taekwondo practitioner

References

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