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 na ...

Kev Adams Kev Adams or Kev' Adams (born Kevin Smadja; 1 July 1991) is a French comedian, actor, humorist, screenwriter and film producer. Early life Adams was born in 1991 in the 16th district of Paris. His father is a real estate agent of Algerian Jewi ...

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), '' ...

Daniel Auteuil Daniel Auteuil (; born 24 January 1950) is a French actor and director who has appeared in a wide range of film genres, including period dramas, romantic comedies, and crime thrillers. In 1996 he won the Best Actor Award at the Cannes Film Fest ...

Jean-Pierre Bacri Jean-Pierre Bacri (24 May 1951 – 18 January 2021) was a French actor and screenwriter. He frequently worked in collaboration with Agnès Jaoui. Life and career One of Bacri's earliest film appearances was ''Subway''. He co-wrote with Jaoui ...

Leïla Bekhti Yasmine Leïla Bekhti (born 6 March 1984) is a French film and television actress. She is best known for her roles in ''Tout ce qui brille'' (2007) and, in 2006, ''Paris, je t'aime'' and ''Sheitan (film), Sheitan''. Early life Bekhti was born in ...

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 ...

Jean Benguigui Jean Benguigui (born 8 April 1944 in Oran) is a French actor. He is of Jewish-Algerian descent. In 2006 and 2007 he played the role of impresario Cartoni in a new adaptation of the operetta Le Chanteur de Mexico at the Théâtre du Châtelet T ...

Dany Boon Dany Boon (; born Daniel Farid Hamidou on 26 June 1966) is a French actor, film director, screenwriter and producer. Starting out as a comedian during the 1990s, he found success in 2008 as an actor and director in the film comedy ''Welcome to ...

Rachid Bouchareb Rachid Bouchareb (born 1 September 1953) is a French film director and producer. His films are based on the complex history of France and its relationship with its former colony, Algeria. His films also examine racial discrimination and conflic ...

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 Bout ...

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

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 ...

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, daug ...

Samir Guesmi Samir Guesmi (born 7 October 1967) is a French actor. He has appeared in more than 90 films and television shows since 1988. Filmography Actor Filmmaker Theatre References External links * 1967 births Living people French male f ...

Roger Hanin Roger is a given name, usually masculine, and a surname. The given name is derived from the Old French personal names ' and '. These names are of Germanic origin, derived from the elements ', ''χrōþi'' ("fame", "renown", "honour") and ', ' ...

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 ...

Claude Lelouch Claude Barruck Joseph Lelouch (; born 30 October 1937) is a French film director, writer, cinematographer, actor and producer. Lelouch grew up in an Algerian Jewish Family. He emerged as a prominent director in the 1960s. Lelouch gained criti ...

Maïwenn Maïwenn Le Besco (; born 17 April 1976), known mononymously as Maïwenn, is a French actress and filmmaker. Early life Maïwenn Le Besco was born on 17 April 1976 in Les Lilas, Seine-Saint-Denis, the daughter of artist Catherine Belkhodja. ...

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 start ...

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 ...

Tahar Rahim Tahar Rahim (born 4 July 1981) is a Franco-Algerian actor. He is known for his starring role as Malik El Djebena in the 2009 award-winning French movie '' A Prophet'' by Jacques Audiard, FBI Agent Ali Soufan in '' The Looming Tower'', Judas in ...

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, ...

Chimène Badi Chimène Badi (; born 30 October 1982 in Melun, Seine-et-Marne), also known by her mononym Chimène, is a French singer of Algerian descent. Early life Badi was born in Melun in the Paris suburbs to a family of Algerian origin. She spent her enti ...

Amel Bent Amel Bent Bachir ( ar, آمال بنت بشير; born 21 June 1985) is a French R&B and pop singer who gained fame after reaching the semi-finals of season 2 of French TV singing competition ''Nouvelle Star''. She is best-selling artist to come ...

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 Do ...

Faudel Faudel Belloua ( ar, فُضيل بيلوى; born June 6, 1978) is a French raï singer and actor of Algerian descent. He released studio albums, notably '' Baïda'', '' Samra'', ''Un Autre Soleil'' and ''Mundial Corrida'' and the live album '' ...

Indila Adila Sedraïa (born 26 June 1984), known as Indila, is a French singer and songwriter. She collaborated with many musicians on vocals and songwriting prior to releasing her first single, " Dernière danse" ("Last Dance"), in November 2013, whic ...

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 ...

Marcel Mouloudji Marcel André Mouloudji (16 September 1922 – 14 June 1994) was a French singer and actor who was born in Paris and died in Neuilly-sur-Seine. He sang songs written by Boris Vian and Jacques Prévert. Personal life Mouloudji was born to Algeria ...

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 oper ...

Karim Benzema Karim Mostafa Benzema (born 19 December 1987) is a French professional footballer who plays as a striker for and captains La Liga club Real Madrid. A creative and prolific forward, Benzema is regarded as one of the best strikers of all time. ...

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 ...

Riyad Mahrez Riyad Karim Mahrez ( ar, رياض كريم محرز, Riyāḍ Karīm Maḥraz; born 21 February 1991) is a professional footballer who plays as a winger for club Manchester City and captains the Algeria national team. Mahrez began his career ...

Samir Nasri Samir Nasri (born 26 June 1987) is a French former professional footballer. He primarily played as an attacking midfielder and a winger, although he had also been deployed in central midfield. Nasri was known for his dribbling, ball control ...

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 mos ...

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. ...

Jacques Attali Jacques José Mardoché Attali (; born 1 November 1943) is a French economic and social theorist, writer, political adviser and senior civil servant, who served as a counselor to President François Mitterrand from 1981 to 1991, and was the firs ...

Alain Bashung Alain Bashung (, born Alain Claude Baschung; 1 December 1947 – 14 March 2009) was a French singer, songwriter and actor. Credited with reviving the French chanson in "a time of French musical turmoil", he is often regarded in his home country a ...

Hélène Cixous Hélène Cixous (; ; born 5 June 1937) is a French writer, playwright and literary critic. She is known for her experimental writing style and great versatility as a writer and thinker, her work dealing with multiple genres: theater, literary a ...

Claude Cohen-Tannoudji Claude Cohen-Tannoudji (; born 1 April 1933) is a French physicist. He shared the 1997 Nobel Prize in Physics with Steven Chu and William Daniel Phillips for research in methods of laser cooling and trapping atoms. Currently he is still an activ ...

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 an ...

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 ...

Arnaud Montebourg Arnaud Montebourg (; born 30 October 1962) is a French politician, lawyer and entrepreneur who served as the Minister of Industrial Renewal from 2012 to 2014,« Berbéritude républicaine»
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Benjamin Stora Benjamin Stora (born 2 December 1950) is a French historian, expert on North Africa, who is widely considered one of the world's leading authorities on Algerian history. He was born in a Jewish family that left the country following its War of ...

, historian

Argentina

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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 a ...

, singer and rap artist *

Bérénice Bejo Bérénice Bejo (; born 7 July 1976) is a French-Argentine actress best known for playing Christiana in ''A Knight's Tale'' (2001) and Peppy Miller in '' The Artist'' (2011). Her work in the latter earned her a nomination for the Academy Award ...

, actress *

David Trezeguet David Sergio Trezeguet (born 15 October 1977) is a French former professional footballer who played as a striker. Trezeguet began his career in Argentina with Club Atlético Platense at the age of eight, progressing through their youth sys ...

, football player *

Bigflo & Oli Bigflo & Oli is a French hip-hop duo from Toulouse. The duo is composed of two brothers, Florian "Bigflo" Ordoñez and Olivio "Oli" Ordoñez. Their debut album ''La Cour des grands'' was released in 2015 and received a gold record award in France ...

, hip-hop duo

Armenia

* Simon Abkarian, actor * Serge Avédikian, producer *

Charles Aznavour Charles Aznavour ( , ; born Shahnour Vaghinag Aznavourian, hy, Շահնուր Վաղինակ Ազնավուրեան, ; 22 May 1924 – 1 October 2018) was a French-Armenian singer, lyricist, actor and diplomat. Aznavour was known for his dist ...

, singer *

Édouard Balladur Édouard Balladur (; born 2 May 1929) is a French politician who served as Prime Minister of France under François Mitterrand from 29 March 1993 to 17 May 1995. He unsuccessfully ran for president in the 1995 French presidential election, c ...

, former Prime Minister *

Jean Carzou __NOTOC__ Jean Carzou ( hy, Ժան Գառզու, born in Aleppo; 1 January 1907 – 12 August 2000) was a French–Armenian artist, painter, and illustrator, whose work illustrated the novels of Ernest Hemingway and Albert Camus. Life and care ...

, painter *

Patrick Devedjian Patrick Devedjian ( hy, Պատրիկ Դեւեջեան; 26 August 1944 – 28 March 2020) was a French politician of the Union for a Popular Movement (UMP) party. A close adviser of Nicolas Sarkozy since the 1990s, he was Minister under the Pri ...

, 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. A ...

, soccer player *

Patrick Fiori Patrick Fiori (; born Patrick Jean-François Chouchayan, 23 September 1969) is a French singer of Armenian descent. Biography Beginnings Fiori was born to a Armenians in France, French-Armenian father (Jacques Chouchayan) and a Corsican people, ...

, singer *

Robert Guédiguian Robert Jules Guédiguian (born 3 December 1953) is a French film director, screenwriter, producer and actor. Most of his films star Ariane Ascaride and Jean-Pierre Darroussin. Life and career Guédiguian is the son of a German mother and an Armen ...

, film director *

Francis Kurkdjian Francis Kurkdjian (born 14 May 1969) is a French perfumer and businessman of Armenian descent. He is best known for creating the men's fragrance Le Male for Jean Paul Gaultier in 1995, which has become one of the world's best-selling perfumes. ...

, perfumer *

Marie Laforêt Marie Laforêt (born Maïtena Marie Brigitte Doumenach; 5 October 1939 – 2 November 2019) was a French singer and actress, particularly well known for her work during the 1960s and 1970s. In 1978, she moved to Geneva, and acquired Swiss citize ...

, 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, poet, communist militant during World War II * André Manoukian, 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 suburb ...

, humorist, actor *

Alain Prost Alain Marie Pascal Prost (; born 24 February 1955) is a French retired racing driver and Formula One team owner. A four-time Formula One World Drivers' Champion, from 1987 until 2001 he held the record for most Grand Prix victories until Micha ...

, racing driver *

Hélène Ségara Hélène Ségara (), born Hélène Aurore Alice Rizzo on 26 February 1971, is a singer of French, Armenian and Italian descent, who came to prominence playing the role of Esmeralda in the French musical ''Notre Dame de Paris''. She has sold ov ...

, singer * Jean Ter-Merguerian, violinist *

Michael Vartan Michael S. Vartan (born November 27, 1968) is a French-American actor, known for his role as Michael Vaughn on the ABC television action drama ''Alias'', his role on the TNT medical drama '' Hawthorne'', and his role on the '' E!'' drama '' The A ...

, actor *

Sylvie Vartan Sylvie Vartan (; born Sylvie Georges Vartanian; hy, Սիլվի Ժորժ Վարդանյան. on 15 August 1944) is an Armenian-Bulgarian-French singer and actress. She is known as one of the most productive and tough-sounding yé-yé artists. ...

, singer * Francis Veber, 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 ...

, filmmaker

Australia

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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, dancer

Austria

* Marie Antoinette, last queen of France, from 1774 until 1792 * Nora Arnezeder, actress * Yael Grobglas, actress *

Romy Schneider Romy Schneider (; born Rosemarie Magdalena Albach; 23 September 1938 – 29 May 1982) was a German-French actress. She began her career in the German genre in the early 1950s when she was 15. From 1955 to 1957, she played the central chara ...

, actress * Erich von Stroheim, actor

Bangladesh

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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. La ...

, servant of Madame du Barry

Belgium

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Booba Élie Yaffa (; born 9 December 1976), better known under his stage name Booba, is a French rapper. After a brief stint as a break dancer in the early 1990s, Booba partnered with his friend Ali to form Lunatic. The duo released a critically a ...

, 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, humorist *

Fiona Ferro Fiona Ferro (born 12 March 1997) is a French professional tennis player born in Belgium. Ferro has won two singles titles on the WTA Tour and four singles titles on the ITF Circuit. She has career-high WTA rankings of No. 39 in singles, attaine ...

, 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 Jes ...

, 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, film director

Benin

* Flora Coquerel, 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 ...

, footballer * Jules Koundé, footballer * Valériane Vukosavljević, basketball player

Bermuda

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Vanessa James Vanessa James (born 27 September 1987) is a Canadian retired pair skater. Representing France with her former skating partner, Morgan Ciprès, she is the 2019 European Champion, the 2018 World bronze medallist, the 2017 European bronze meda ...

, figure skater

Bosnia

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Josiane Balasko Josiane Balasko (born Josiane Balašković; 15 April 1950) is a French actress, writer, and director. She has been nominated seven times for César Awards, and won twice. Career One of Balasko's most recognized roles among English speakers is ...

, actress

Brazil

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Florent Amodio Florent Amodio (born 12 May 1990) is a French figure skating coach and former competitor. He is the 2011 European champion, a four-time French national champion (2010, 2013-2015), and the 2008 JGP Final champion. He has represented France at t ...

, figure skater *

Carla Bruni Carla Bruni-Sarkozy

, singer and ex-First Lady of France *

Gil de Ferran Gil de Ferran (born November 11, 1967 in Paris, France) is a French-born Brazilian professional racing driver and team owner. De Ferran was the 2000 and 2001 Champ Car champion driving for Team Penske and the winner of the 2003 Indianapolis 5 ...

, 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 Carlos Ghosn (; ; ar, كارلوس غصن; , born 9 March 1954) is a businessman who holds Brazilian and French nationality. Ghosn was the CEO of Michelin North America, chairman and CEO of Renault, chairman of AvtoVAZ, chairman and CEO of Ni ...

, businessman * Louane, singer * Artur Avila, mathematician * Pierre, Duke of Penthièvre, French Duke * Princess Françoise of Orléans, French princess *

Prince Antônio Gastão of Orléans-Braganza Captain Prince Antônio Gastão of Orléans-Braganza MC ( pt, Antônio Gastão de Orléans e Bragança; 9 August 1881 – 29 November 1918) was a Brazilian prince who served in the forces of the British Empire during World War I. Life Antô ...

, Brazilian prince * Prince Luís of Orléans-Braganza, Brazilian prince * Princess Francisca of Brazil, Brazilian princess * Princess Januária of Brazil, Brazlian princess

Bulgaria

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Tzvetan Todorov Tzvetan Todorov (; ; bg, Цветан Тодоров; 1 March 1939 – 7 February 2017) was a Bulgarian-French historian, philosopher, structuralist literary critic, sociologist and essayist. He was the author of many books and essays, whi ...

, essayist and historian *

Sylvie Vartan Sylvie Vartan (; born Sylvie Georges Vartanian; hy, Սիլվի Ժորժ Վարդանյան. on 15 August 1944) is an Armenian-Bulgarian-French singer and actress. She is known as one of the most productive and tough-sounding yé-yé artists. ...

, singer

Cambodia

* Frédéric Chau, actor *

Indila Adila Sedraïa (born 26 June 1984), known as Indila, is a French singer and songwriter. She collaborated with many musicians on vocals and songwriting prior to releasing her first single, " Dernière danse" ("Last Dance"), in November 2013, whic ...

, singer *

Bérénice Marlohe Bérénice Lim Marlohe (born 19 May 1979) is a French actress. She played anti-heroine Bond girl Sévérine in the twenty-third ''James Bond'' film ''Skyfall''. Her television credits include ''Père et Maire'', ''Femmes de loi'', and ''Equip ...

, actress * Elodie Yung, actress

Cameroon

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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, heptathlete and pentathlete * Kylian Mbappé, 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 ...

, former tennis player and singer * Alex Song, 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, but ...

, footballer * Gaëlle Nayo-Ketchanke, weightlifter * Dora Tchakounté, weightlifter

Canada

* Virginie Besson-Silla, film producer *

Deanna Durbin Edna Mae Durbin (December 4, 1921 – April 17, 2013), known professionally as Deanna Durbin, was a Canadian-born actress and singer, who moved to the USA with her family in infancy. She appeared in musical films in the 1930s and 1940s. With t ...

, 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 Vanessa James (born 27 September 1987) is a Canadian retired pair skater. Representing France with her former skating partner, Morgan Ciprès, she is the 2019 European Champion, the 2018 World bronze medallist, the 2017 European bronze meda ...

, figure skater * Charlotte Le Bon, 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 Mary Caroline Pierce (born 15 January 1975) is a retired tennis professional who represented France internationally in team competitions and the Olympics. She was born in Canada to an American father and a French mother, and holds citizenship of ...

, tennis player *

Natasha St-Pier Natasha St-Pier (born 10 February 1981) is a Canadian singer of Acadian origin who has spent most of her career in France. She was coach in the second and third season of The Voice Belgique (''The Voice of Belgium''). Career Natasha St-Pier r ...

, singer

Cape Verde

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Patrice Evra Patrice Latyr Evra (; born 15 May 1981) is a French football coach and former professional player. Originally a forward, he primarily played as a left-back. Evra served as captain for both Manchester United and the France national team. His ...

, footballer *

Lisandro Cuxi Lisandro Monteiro Furt (born 17 July 1999), better known by his stage name Lisandro Cuxi, is a Portuguese-French singer-songwriter and dancer. In 2017, Cuxi won the sixth season of '' The Voice: la plus belle voix'' as part of Team M. Pokora. ...

, singer * Sara Martins, actress

Central Africa Republic

* Kurt Zouma, footballer

Chile

* Sergio Coronado, politician * Jena Lee, singer *

Marisol Touraine Marisol Touraine (; born 7 March 1959) is a French politician who served as Minister of Social Affairs and Health under Prime Ministers Jean-Marc Ayrault,Angelique ChrisafisWomen in the French cabinet ''The Guardian'', 18 May 2012Olivier Auguste ...

, politician

China

* Frédéric Chau, actor * Steevy Chong Hue, footballer * Mylène Jampanoï, actress *

Bérénice Marlohe Bérénice Lim Marlohe (born 19 May 1979) is a French actress. She played anti-heroine Bond girl Sévérine in the twenty-third ''James Bond'' film ''Skyfall''. Her television credits include ''Père et Maire'', ''Femmes de loi'', and ''Equip ...

, actress *

Jean Pasqualini Jean Pasqualini (; 1926 – 9 October 1997) was a French and Chinese journalist who wrote a memoir of his experiences as a political prisoner in the Laogai labor camp system. Born in Beijing, Jean Pasqualini was the son of a Chinese mother a ...

, journalist *

Dai Sijie Dai Sijie (born 1954) is a Chinese French author and filmmaker. Early life Dai was born in Putian, Fujian, in 1954. His parents, Professor Dai Baoming and Professor Hu Xiaosu, were professors of medical sciences at West China University ...

, author and filmmaker * Harmony Tan, 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, designer * Jia Nan Yuan, tennis player * Qi Xuefei, badminton player * Pi Hongyan, badminton player * Feng Xiao-min, artist * Li Xue, table tennis player * Lucie Zhang, actress *

Fan Hui Fan Hui (; born 27 December 1981) is a Chinese-born French Go player. Becoming a professional Go player in 1996, Fan moved to France in 2000 and became the coach of the French national Go team in 2005. He was the winner of the European Go Champio ...

, Go player

Comores

*

Rohff Housni M'Kouboi (; born 15 December 1977), better known as Rohff and at times stylized as Roh2f, is a French rapper. Born in Antananarivo, Madagascar, to a family of Comoran origin, he immigrated in 1985 to France living in Vitry-sur-Seine, in ...

, rapper * Soprano, singer * Isaac Lihadji, footballer *

Arnaud Assoumani Arnaud Assoumani (born 4 September 1985) is a T46 French athlete. He represented France in the F46 long jump at the 2008 Summer Paralympics The 2008 Summer Paralympic Games (), the 13th Summer Paralympic Games, took place in Beijing, Chi ...

, athlete

Congo, Democratic Republic of the

* Loïc Badiashile, footballer * Presnel Kimpembe, footballer *

Cheick Kongo Cheick Kongo is a French heavyweight Mixed Martial artist and former Kickboxer who fights in Bellator MMA. A professional MMA competitor since 2001, he has also competed for the Ultimate Fighting Championship. As of May 10, 2022, he is #4 in the ...

, mixed martial artist *

Steve Mandanda Steve Mandanda Mpidi (; born 28 March 1985) is a French professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Ligue 1 club Rennes. Mandanda spent most of his professional career with Marseille, making over 600 appearances across all competition ...

, footballer *

Blaise Matuidi Blaise Matuidi (born 9 April 1987) is a French former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He most notably played for Paris Saint-Germain, Juventus, and the France national team. Matuidi began his football career playing for ...

, footballer * Steven Nzonzi, footballer *

Maître Gims Gandhi Bilel Djuna (; born 6 May 1986), better known by his stage name Maître Gims () and more recently just Gims (, ; sometimes stylized as GIMS), is a Congolese-French rapper, singer and songwriter. He grew up in France and currently lives i ...

, rapper * Tony Yoka, boxer *

Eduardo Camavinga Eduardo Celmi Camavinga (born 10 November 2002) is a French professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for La Liga club Real Madrid and the France national team. Early life Camavinga was born in a refugee camp in Cabinda, Angola in 2002 ...

, footballer * Madeleine Malonga, judoka

Congo, Republic of the

* Yann M'Vila, footballer * Yohan M'Vila, footballer *

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (; born 17 April 1985) is a French former professional tennis player. He was ranked as high as world No. 5 by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), which he achieved in February 2012. Tsonga won 18 singles titles on th ...

, 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 Ol ...

, rugby player

Croatia

*

Josiane Balasko Josiane Balasko (born Josiane Balašković; 15 April 1950) is a French actress, writer, and director. She has been nominated seven times for César Awards, and won twice. Career One of Balasko's most recognized roles among English speakers is ...

, actress *

Emmanuelle Béart Emmanuelle Béart (born 14 August 1963)
''Tecinema.jeuxactu.com''. Retrieved 21 April 2020. is a F ...

, actress * Tamara Horacek, handball player *

Nikola Karabatić Nikola Karabatić (born 11 April 1984) is a French handball player for Paris Saint-Germain and the French national team. With the French national handball team, he has won three Olympic gold medals (Summer Olympics of 2008, 2012 and 2020), four ...

, handball player * Marko Muslin, football player * Grégory Sertic, football player * Adrien Thomasson, football player

Cuba

* Chocolat, clown * José-Maria de Heredia, poet * Anaïs Nin, writer and novelist *

Marie de Régnier Marie de Régnier (; 20 December 1875 – 6 February 1963), also known by her maiden name Marie de Heredia or her pen-name Gérard d'Houville (), was a French novelist and poet, and closely involved in the artistic circles of early twentieth-cent ...

, poet

Cyprus

*

Diam's Mélanie Georgiades (; born 25 July 1980 in Nicosia), better known by her stage name Diam's (), is a French rapper of Greek Cypriot origin. Biography Mélanie Marie Georgiades was born on July 25, 1980 in Nicosia, capital of Cyprus. Her mothe ...

, singer

Denmark

*

Anna Karina Anna Karina (born Hanne Karin Blarke Bayer; September 22, 1940 – December 14, 2019)

, 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 f ...

, author, composer and performer *

Emmanuelle Béart Emmanuelle Béart (born 14 August 1963)
''Tecinema.jeuxactu.com''. Retrieved 21 April 2020. is a F ...

, 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 literar ...

, poet and novelist *

Louis Chedid Louis Chedid (born 1 January 1948, in Ismaïlia) is a French singer-songwriter of Lebanese and Egyptian origin. Biography Louis Chedid is the son of the writer Andrée Chedid and the father of Matthieu Chedid (better known as -M-). As a child ...

, singer *

Matthieu Chedid Matthieu Chedid (born 21 December 1971), better known by his stage name -M-, is a French rock singer-songwriter and guitar player. Since 2018, he has been the most awarded artist at the Victoires de la Musique Awards with 13 awards, tied with A ...

, author, composer, and rock performer *

Indila Adila Sedraïa (born 26 June 1984), known as Indila, is a French singer and songwriter. She collaborated with many musicians on vocals and songwriting prior to releasing her first single, " Dernière danse" ("Last Dance"), in November 2013, whic ...

, singer *

Nagui Nagui Fam (; born 14 November 1961) is an Egyptian-born French TV and radio personality of Egyptian and Italian descent. In his professional life, he goes by his first name Nagui. Biography His television career began in 1987 on M6, and swi ...

, TV and radio personality

England

Olivia de Havilland Publicity Photo 1938

*

Jane Birkin Jane Mallory Birkin, 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 also had a prolific career ...

, actress *

Claudette Colbert Claudette Colbert ( ; born Émilie Claudette Chauchoin; September 13, 1903July 30, 1996) was an American actress. Colbert began her career in Broadway productions during the late 1920s and progressed to films with the advent of talking pictures ...

, actress *

Nancy Cunard Nancy Clara Cunard (10 March 1896 – 17 March 1965) was a British writer, heiress and political activist. She was born into the British upper class, and devoted much of her life to fighting racism and fascism. She became a muse to some of the ...

, writer *

Deanna Durbin Edna Mae Durbin (December 4, 1921 – April 17, 2013), known professionally as Deanna Durbin, was a Canadian-born actress and singer, who moved to the USA with her family in infancy. She appeared in musical films in the 1930s and 1940s. With t ...

, actress and singer *

Henrietta of England Henrietta Anne of England (16 June 1644 O.S. N.S.">New_Style.html" ;"title="6 June 1644 New Style">N.S.– 30 June 1670) was the youngest daughter of King Charles I of England and Queen Henrietta Maria. Fleeing England with her mother and go ...

, English princess * James FitzJames, 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 me ...

, 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 Delilah ( ; , meaning "delicate";Gesenius's ''Hebrew-Chaldee Lexicon'' ar, دليلة, Dalīlah; grc, label= Greek, Δαλιδά, Dalidá) is a woman mentioned in the sixteenth chapter of the Book of Judges in the Hebrew Bible. She is loved ...

, singer *

Charlotte Gainsbourg Charlotte Lucy Gainsbourg (; born 21 July 1971) is a British-French actress and singer. She is the daughter of English actress Jane Birkin and French musician Serge Gainsbourg. After making her musical debut with her father on the song " Lemo ...

, actress *

François Grosjean François Grosjean is a Professor Emeritus and former Director of the Language and Speech Processing Laboratory at the University of Neuchâtel (Switzerland). His specialty is psycholinguistics and his domains of interest are the perception, compr ...

, psycholinguist and specialist on bilingualism * Louise de Kérouaille, mistress of Charles II of England *

Emily Loizeau Emily Loizeau (born 7 February 1975) is a French author, composer, and singer. Her debut album, released in 2006, was titled ''L'autre bout du monde'' (The Other Side of the World). Biography Loizeau was born in Neuilly-sur-Seine, near Paris, ...

, singer * Michael Lonsdale, 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 Diana, Lady Mosley (''née'' Freeman-Mitford; 17 June 191011 August 2003) was one of the Mitford sisters. In 1929 she married Bryan Walter Guinness, heir to the barony of Moyne, with whom she was part of the Bright Young Things social group o ...

, socialite * Jeanne Moreau, 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, actress * Matthew Raymond-Barker, singer *

Louisa Maria Stuart Louisa Maria Teresa Stuart (french: link=no, Louise Marie Thérèse; 28 June 1692 – 18 April 1712), known to Jacobitism, Jacobites as The Princess Royal, was the last child of James II and VII, the deposed king of England, List of Scottish monar ...

, 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 musi ...

, 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 Emma Charlotte Duerre Watson (born 15 April 1990) is an English actress and activist. Known for her roles in both blockbusters and independent films, as well as for her women's rights work, she has received a selection of accolades, includi ...

, 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 Ratu Alivereti Raka (born 9 December 1994) is a Fijian born rugby union player who plays for the France national rugby union team. He played wing for Nadroga and now for French Top 14 side Clermont. Early life and career Raka was born in Nakoro ...

, rugby player * Virimi Vakatawa, rugby player

Gabon

* Estelle Nze Minko, handball player * Orlann Ombissa-Dzangue, sprinter *

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang Pierre-Emerick Emiliano François Aubameyang (born 18 June 1989) is a professional footballer who plays as a striker for Premier League club Chelsea. He is renowned for his pace, finishing, and off-ball movement. Born in France, he is a former ...

, footballer * Danièle Obono, politician * Owanto, artist

Georgia

* Dimitri Amilakhvari, colonel of French army * Mamuka Gorgodze, rugby player * Victoria Ravva, volleyball player * Nino Maisuradze, chess player * Tornike Gordadze, scientist *

Géla Babluani Géla Babluani ( ka, გელა ბაბლუანი) is a Georgian–French film director. Babluani was born in Tbilisi, son of prominent director Temur Babluani. At 17 years of age, he and his three siblings were sent to study in France. ...

, film director *

Luka Mkheidze Luka Mkheidze ( ka, ლუკა მხეიძე, born 5 January 1996) is a French judoka of Georgian descent. Mkheidze came to France with refugee status in 2010. He won one of the bronze medals in the men's 60 kg event at the 2020 Summer ...

, judoka

Germany

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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), '' ...

, actress * Margravine Johanna of Baden-Baden, princess * Anne Henriette of Bavaria, princess *

Isabeau of Bavaria Isabeau of Bavaria (or Isabelle; also Elisabeth of Bavaria-Ingolstadt; c. 1370 – September 1435) was Queen of France from 1385 to 1422. She was born into the House of Wittelsbach as the only daughter of Duke Stephen III of Bavaria-Ingols ...

, queen of France from 1385 until 1422 * Maria Anna Victoria of Bavaria, 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 Laurent Fabius (; born 20 August 1946) is a French politician serving as President of the Constitutional Council since 8 March 2016. A member of the Socialist Party, he previously served as Prime Minister of France from 17 July 1984 to 20 Mar ...

, politician * Claire Feuerstein, 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 disco ...

, 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 Antoine Griezmann (; born 21 March 1991) is a French professional footballer who plays as a forward for La Liga club Atlético Madrid and the France national team. A versatile player, Griezmann is known for his attacking, passing, and supporti ...

, footballer *

Robert Guédiguian Robert Jules Guédiguian (born 3 December 1953) is a French film director, screenwriter, producer and actor. Most of his films star Ariane Ascaride and Jean-Pierre Darroussin. Life and career Guédiguian is the son of a German mother and an Armen ...

, film director *

Adèle Haenel Adèle Haenel (; born 11 February 1989) is a French actress. She is the recipient of several accolades, including two César Awards from seven nominations and one Lumières Award from two nominations. Haenel began her career as a child actres ...

, actress * Stéphane Hessel, diplomat, writer *

Patricia Kaas Patricia Kaas (; born 5 December 1966) is a French singer. Her music is a mix of pop, cabaret, jazz, and chanson. Since the appearance of her 1988 debut album '' Mademoiselle chante...'', Kaas has sold over 17 million records worldwide. She h ...

, 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, Crown Princess *

Jacques Offenbach Jacques Offenbach (, also , , ; 20 June 18195 October 1880) was a German-born French composer, cellist and impresario of the Romantic period. He is remembered for his nearly 100 operettas of the 1850s to the 1870s, and his uncompleted opera ' ...

, 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 * Louise Hollandine of the Palatinate, 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 Romy Schneider (; born Rosemarie Magdalena Albach; 23 September 1938 – 29 May 1982) was a German-French actress. She began her career in the German genre in the early 1950s when she was 15. From 1955 to 1957, she played the central chara ...

, actress *

Albert Schweitzer Ludwig Philipp Albert Schweitzer (; 14 January 1875 – 4 September 1965) was an Alsatian-German/French polymath. He was a theologian, organist, musicologist, writer, humanitarian, philosopher, and physician. A Lutheran minister, Schweit ...

, theologian, organist and writer *

Gertrude Stein Gertrude Stein (February 3, 1874 – July 27, 1946) was an American novelist, poet, playwright, and art collector. Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in the Allegheny West neighborhood and raised in Oakland, California, Stein moved to Paris ...

, novelist, poet and playwright * Wendelin Werner, mathematician

Greece

* Vassilis Alexakis, 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, soprano *

Diam's Mélanie Georgiades (; born 25 July 1980 in Nicosia), better known by her stage name Diam's (), is a French rapper of Greek Cypriot origin. Biography Mélanie Marie Georgiades was born on July 25, 1980 in Nicosia, capital of Cyprus. Her mothe ...

, 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 Gilles Marini (; born 26 January 1976) is a French actor known for his roles in the film ''Sex and the City'', and in the American television shows '' Brothers & Sisters'', '' Switched at Birth'' and ''Devious Maids''. He was also the runner-up i ...

, actor *

Georges Moustaki Georges Moustaki (born Giuseppe Mustacchi; 3 May 1934 – 23 May 2013) was an Egyptian-French singer-songwriter of Jewish Italo-Greek origin. He wrote about 300 songs for some of the most popular singers in France, including Édith Piaf, Dalida, ...

, singer * Jean Moréas, poet *

Gabriella Papadakis Gabriella Maria Papadakis (born 10 May 1995) is a French ice dancer. With her partner, Guillaume Cizeron, she is a 2022 Olympic champion, 2018 Olympic silver medalist, a five-time World champion (2015–2016, 2018–2019, 2022), a five-time con ...

, figure skater * Agnès Varda, film director *

Iannis Xenakis Giannis Klearchou Xenakis (also spelled for professional purposes as Yannis or Iannis Xenakis; el, Γιάννης "Ιωάννης" Κλέαρχου Ξενάκης, ; 29 May 1922 – 4 February 2001) was a Romanian-born Greek-French avant-garde c ...

, composer

Guinea

*

Black M Alpha Diallo (born 27 December 1984), better known by his stage name Black M (originally Black Mesrimes), is a French rapper, singer, songwriter and member of the Sexion d'Assaut group. In 2014, he released his first solo album, entitled '' Les ...

, rapper * Mohamed Sylla, rapper *

Paul Pogba Paul Labile Pogba (born 15 March 1993) is a French professional footballer who plays for club Juventus and the France national team. He operates primarily as a central midfielder, but can be deployed as a left winger, attacking midfielder, d ...

, footballer

Haiti

Alexander Dumas père par Nadar - Google Art Project

* Edgar Degas, artist * Alexandre Dumas, 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 officer, general, from The French colony of Saint-Domingue, in French Revolution, Revolutionary France. Along ...

, general * Wagneau Eloi, 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 ...

, rapper * Presnel Kimpembe, 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, football player * Charles Terres Weymann, 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, Deuts ...

, actor and writer * Clementia of Hungary, queen of France from 1315 until 1316 * Mathieu Kassovitz, film director * Nicolas Sarkozy, French president *

Sylvie Vartan Sylvie Vartan (; born Sylvie Georges Vartanian; hy, Սիլվի Ժորժ Վարդանյան. on 15 August 1944) is an Armenian-Bulgarian-French singer and actress. She is known as one of the most productive and tough-sounding yé-yé artists. ...

, singer

India

*

Indila Adila Sedraïa (born 26 June 1984), known as Indila, is a French singer and songwriter. She collaborated with many musicians on vocals and songwriting prior to releasing her first single, " Dernière danse" ("Last Dance"), in November 2013, whic ...

, singer * Rudgy Pajany, singer * J. R. D. Tata, aviator * Prithika Pavade, table tennis player *

Shumona Sinha Shumona Sinha, also spelled ''Sumana Sinha''; (Bengali: সুমনা সিনহা, Calcutta, 27 June 1973), is a naturalised French writer born in Calcutta, West Bengal, India, who lives in France. In her interviews for the French media, ...

, writer

Indonesia

*

Anggun Anggun Cipta Sasmi (; born 29 April 1974), better known as Anggun C. Sasmi or more often mononymously as Anggun, is an Indonesian-born French singer-songwriter and television personality. Born in Jakarta, she began performing at the age of sev ...

, singer

Iran

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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 Rahavard Farahani ( fa, رهاورد فراهانی; born 10 July 1983), known professionally as Golshifteh Farahani (), is an Iranian-French actress. She is known for her performances in ''M for Mother'' (2006), '' Body of Lies'' (2008), ''Abo ...

, 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 '' ...

, actor, filmmaker *

Yasmina Reza Yasmina Reza (born 1 May 1959) is a French playwright, actress, novelist and screenwriter best known for her plays Art and ''God of Carnage''. Many of her brief satiric plays have reflected on contemporary middle-class issues. The 2011 blac ...

, filmmaker *

Aravane Rezaï Aravane Rezaï (; fa, ارغوان رضایی ''Arghavān-e Rezāyi'' , born 14 March 1987) is an Iranian–French tennis player. She has defeated many top players on the WTA Tour, such as Justine Henin, Venus Williams, Victoria Azarenk ...

, tennis player *

Marjane Satrapi Marjane Satrapi (; fa, مرجان ساتراپی ; born 22 November 1969) is a French-Iranian graphic novelist, cartoonist, illustrator, film director, and children's book author. Her best-known works include the graphic novel ''Persepolis'' a ...

, 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, novelist and writer * Anastasia Griffith, actress * Margaret Kelly, dancer * Jeanne Moreau, actress *

Marie-Louise O'Murphy Marie-Louise O'Murphy (; 21 October 1737 – 11 December 1814), also variously called ''Mademoiselle de Morphy'', ''La Belle Morphise'', ''Louise Morfi'' or ''Marie-Louise Morphy de Boisfailly'', was one of the lesser mistresses (''petites maî ...

, mistress of Louis XV * Oscar Wilde, writer

Israel

* Tal, singer *

Arcadi Gaydamak Arcadi Aleksandrovich Gaydamak ( he, ארקדי אלכסנדרוביץ' גאידמק; russian: Аркадий Александрович Гайдамак; born 8 April 1952 in Moscow, USSR) is a Russian-born French-Israeli businessman, philanthr ...

, 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 Roberto Alagna (; born 7 June 1963) is a French operatic tenor. He obtained French citizenship in 1981, while also retaining his previous Italian citizenship. Early years Alagna was born in Clichy-sous-Bois, outside the city of Paris, in 1963 t ...

, tenor *

Jean Alesi Jean Alesi (born Giovanni Alesi, 11 June 1964) is a French professional racing driver of Italian origin. After successes in minor categories, notably winning the 1989 Formula 3000 Championship, his Formula One career included spells at Tyrrell ...

, racing driver * Claude Bartolone, 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 Jules Lucien André Bianchi (; 3 August 1989 – 17 July 2015) was a French motor racing driver who drove for the Marussia F1 Team in the FIA Formula One World Championship. Bianchi had previously raced in Formula Renault 3.5, GP2 and Form ...

, motor racing driver *

Caroline Bonaparte Carolina Maria Annunziata Bonaparte Murat Macdonald (French: ''Caroline Marie Annonciade Bonaparte''; 25 March 1782 – 18 May 1839), better known as Caroline Bonaparte, was an Imperial French princess; the seventh child and third daughter of Ca ...

, 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 Maria Anna Elisa Bonaparte Baciocchi Levoy (French: ''Marie Anne Elisa Bonaparte''; 3 January 1777 – 7 August 1820), better known as Elisa Bonaparte, was an imperial French princess and sister of Napoleon Bonaparte. She was Princess of Lucca ...

, 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 duchess of Toscany from 1809 to 1814 * Jérôme Bonaparte, brother 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 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

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 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

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 ...

*

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

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 king of Holland from 1806 to 1810 *

Lucien Bonaparte Lucien Bonaparte, 1st Prince of Canino and Musignano (born Luciano Buonaparte; 21 May 1775 – 29 June 1840), was French politician and diplomat of the French Revolution and the Consulate. He served as Minister of the Interior from 1799 to 1800 ...

, brother 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 ...

*

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

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 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 wh ...

, statesman and military leader * Maria Carolina of Bourbon Two-Sicilies, princess *

Georges Brassens Georges Charles Brassens (; 22 October 1921 – 29 October 1981) was a French singer-songwriter and poet. As an iconic figure in France, he achieved fame through his elegant songs with their harmonically complex music for voice and guitar and a ...

, singer *

Carla Bruni Carla Bruni-Sarkozy

, singer and ex-First Lady of France *

Carlo Buonaparte Carlo Maria Buonaparte or Charles-Marie Bonaparte (27 March 1746 – 24 February 1785) was a Corsican lawyer and diplomat, best known as the father of Napoleon Bonaparte and grandfather of Napoleon III. Buonaparte served briefly as a personal ...

, lawyer, diplomat and father 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 ...

* Calogero, singer *

Laetitia Casta Laetitia Marie Laure Casta (; born 11 May 1978)FMD profile
Retrieved 4 December 2009. is a ...

, actress and model * François Cavanna, writer *

Francis Cabrel Francis Christian Cabrel (; born 23 November 1953) is a French singer-songwriter, composer and guitarist. Considered one of the most influential French musical artists of all time, he has released a number of albums falling mostly within the real ...

, singer * Lorenzo Callegari, football player * Philippe Candeloro, 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 Iolanda Cristina Gigliotti (; 17 January 1933 – 3 May 1987), professionally known as Dalida, was an Italian-French singer and actress born in Egypt. She sang in eleven languages and sold millions of records internationally. Her best known son ...

, singer * Edgar Degas, artist * Leonora Dori, courtier * Maria Teresa Felicitas d'Este, princess * Laurence Ferrari, journalist * Léo Ferré, singer * Aurélie Filippetti, Minister of Culture and Communication * Geneviève Fioraso, Minister of Higher Education and Research *

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 disco ...

, actress * Florence Foresti, 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 Max Gallo (; 7 January 1932 – 18 July 2017) was a French writer, historian and politician. He wrote over one hundred books. The son of Italian immigrants (his father was of Piedmontese descent and his mother was from the region of Parma), Gall ...

, writer and historian *

Léon Gambetta Léon Gambetta (; 2 April 1838 – 31 December 1882) was a French lawyer and republican politician who proclaimed the French Third Republic in 1870 and played a prominent role in its early government. Early life and education Born in Cahors, Ga ...

, politician and statesman * Emma of Italy, queen of France from 965 until 986 *

Rozala of Italy Rozala of Italy (also known as Rozala of Lombardy, Rozala of Ivrea or Susanna of Ivrea; –1003) was countess consort of Flanders by marriage to Arnulf II of Flanders, and queen of the Franks by marriage to Robert II of France. She was regen ...

, 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 t ...

, actor * Jean-Baptiste Lully, composer * Elsa Lunghini, singer *

Gilles Marini Gilles Marini (; born 26 January 1976) is a French actor known for his roles in the film ''Sex and the City'', and in the American television shows '' Brothers & Sisters'', '' Switched at Birth'' and ''Devious Maids''. He was also the runner-up i ...

, actor *

Anne Marie Martinozzi Anne Marie Martinozzi, Princess of Conti (1637 – 4 February 1672) was a French aristocrat and court official. She was a niece of King Louis XIV of France's chief minister Cardinal Mazarin, and the wife of Armand de Bourbon, Prince of Conti ...

, aristocrat * Chiara Mastroianni, actress *

Cardinal Mazarin Cardinal Jules Mazarin (, also , , ; 14 July 1602 – 9 March 1661), born Giulio Raimondo Mazzarino () or Mazarini, was an Italian cardinal, diplomat and politician who served as the chief minister to the Kings of France Louis XIII and Louis X ...

, 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 ...

, queen of France from 1547 until 1559 * Marie de' Medici, queen of France from 1600 until 1610 * Amedeo Modigliani, 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 stron ...

(Ivo Livi), actor *

Maria Amalia of Naples and Sicily french: link=no, Marie-Amélie Thérèse de Bourbon-Siciles , house = Bourbon-Two Sicilies , father = Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies , mother = Maria Carolina of Austria , birth_date = , birth_place = Caserta Palace, Naples , ...

, queen of France from 1830 until 1848 *

Edith Piaf Edith is a feminine given name derived from the Old English words ēad, meaning 'riches or blessed', and is in common usage in this form in English, German, many Scandinavian languages and Dutch. Its French form is Édith. Contractions and var ...

, singer *

Michel Platini Michel François Platini (born 21 June 1955) is a French football administrator and former player and manager. Regarded as one of the greatest footballers of all time, Platini won the Ballon d'Or three times in a row, in 1983, 1984 and 1985, a ...

, football administrator and former player *

Marie Adélaïde of Savoy Marie Adélaïde of Savoy (6 December 1685 – 12 February 1712) was the wife of Louis, Dauphin of France, Duke of Burgundy. She was the eldest daughter of Victor Amadeus II, Duke of Savoy, and of Anne Marie d'Orléans. Her betrothal to the Duk ...

, dauphine of France *

Hélène Ségara Hélène Ségara (), born Hélène Aurore Alice Rizzo on 26 February 1971, is a singer of French, Armenian and Italian descent, who came to prominence playing the role of Esmeralda in the French musical ''Notre Dame de Paris''. She has sold ov ...

, actress *

Sylvie Testud Sylvie Testud (born 17 January 1971) is a French actress hose film career est Actress for '' Fear and Trembling'' (2003), and the European Film Award for Best Actress for '' Lourdes'' (2009). Her other film roles include '' Beyond Silence'' ( ...

, 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 ...

, writer, humorist and cartoonist, creator of ''Asterix'' * Valentina Visconti, duchess consort of Orléans * Mario Zatelli, 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 c ...

, footballer * Jean-Daniel Akpa Akpro, footballer * Isabelle Boni-Claverie, 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, Fra ...

, kickboxer * Marie-Laure Delie, footballer * Didier Drogba, footballer *

Kaaris Okou Gnakouri Armand Olivier (; born 30 January 1980), better known by his stage name Kaaris (, ; stylized as KΛΛRIS), is a Ivorian-born French rapper, record producer, composer and actor. '' Or Noir'', his major album on Therapy Music / AZ / ...

, rapper * Cédric Kipré, footballer *

Maé-Bérénice Méité Maé-Bérénice Méité (; born 21 September 1994) is a French figure skater. She is the 2011 Ondrej Nepela Memorial champion, the 2016 International Cup of Nice champion, the 2015 Winter Universiade silver medalist, and a six-time French nationa ...

, figure skater *

Véronique Tadjo Véronique Tadjo (born 1955) is a writer, poet, novelist, and artist from Côte d'Ivoire. Having lived and worked in many countries within the African continent and African diaspora, diaspora, she feels herself to be Pan-Africanism, pan-African ...

, writer * Charles-Antoine Kouakou, athlete

Jamaica

*

Zita Hanrot Zita Hanrot (born 7 December 1989) is a French actress. She won the César Award for Most Promising Actress in 2016 for her role in the film ''Fatima''. Life and career Zita Hanrot was born in 1989, to a Jamaican mother and a French father. She ...

, actress

Japan

* Kenzō Takada, designer * Megumi Satsu, singer * Morio Matsui, artist *

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 musi ...

, singer

Kenya

* Susan Jeptooo Kipsang, athlete *

Simon Munyutu Simon Munyutu (born 27 December 1977 in Nakuru, Kenya) is a French athlete who specialises in the men's marathon. Munyutu competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also ...

, athlete

Laos

* Thu Kamkasomphou, table tennis player * Anousone Prasitharath, footballer * Kayane, esports player * Billy Ketkeophomphone, footballer

Lebanon

*

Louis Chedid Louis Chedid (born 1 January 1948, in Ismaïlia) is a French singer-songwriter of Lebanese and Egyptian origin. Biography Louis Chedid is the son of the writer Andrée Chedid and the father of Matthieu Chedid (better known as -M-). As a child ...

, singer, songwriter *

Matthieu Chedid Matthieu Chedid (born 21 December 1971), better known by his stage name -M-, is a French rock singer-songwriter and guitar player. Since 2018, he has been the most awarded artist at the Victoires de la Musique Awards with 13 awards, tied with A ...

, aka -M-, rock guitarist * Gilbert Collard, writer, barrister and politician; one of his great grandfathers, Fatallah Tarrazi, was from Lebanon *

Carlos Ghosn Carlos Ghosn (; ; ar, كارلوس غصن; , born 9 March 1954) is a businessman who holds Brazilian and French nationality. Ghosn was the CEO of Michelin North America, chairman and CEO of Renault, chairman of AvtoVAZ, chairman and CEO of Ni ...

, chairman and CEO of Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi alliance * Eid Hourany, 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 ...

, politician, President of the Regional Council of French Guiana *

Vénus Khoury-Ghata Vénus Khoury-Ghata (born 1937 in Bsharri, Lebanon) is a French-Lebanese poet and writer. Early life Venus Khoury-Ghata was born into a Maronite family, the daughter of a soldier that spoke French and a mother that was a peasant. She is the old ...

, writer, poet *

Thomas Langmann Thomas Langmann (born 24 May 1971) is a French film producer and actor, known for producing '' The Artist'' (2011), for which he received an Academy Award for Best Picture as producer in 2012. Career Langmann began his career as an actor in his ...

, film producer, actor of Lebanese Jewish descent * Amin Maalouf, author, novelist *

Ibrahim Maalouf Ibrahim Maalouf ( ar, ابراهيم معلوف, ; born 5 November 1980 in Beirut) is a French-Lebanese trumpeter, producer, arranger, and composer. In 2022, he became the first Lebanese instrumentalist nominated at the Grammy Awards for his albu ...

, musician, trumpet player, composer * Pierre-Antoine Melki, aka Nius, music producer *

Mika (singer) Michael Holbrook Penniman Jr. (born 18 August 1983), known professionally as Mika ( , stylised as MIKA), is a singer-songwriter born in Beirut, Lebanon, and raised in Paris and London. After recording his first extended play, '' Dodgy Holida ...

, singer * William Saliba, footballer

Lithuania

* Joseph Kessel, writer * Emmanuel Levinas, philosopher * Michel Hazanavicius, film director

Mali

* N'Golo Kanté, footballer * Aya Nakamura, singer * Alassane Pléa, footballer * Djibril Sidibé (footballer, born 1992), Djibril Sidibé, footballer * Moussa Sissoko, footballer * Siraba Dembélé Pavlović, handball player

Mauritius

* Vikash Dhorasoo, footballer * Henri Le Sidaner, painter * Alix d'Unienville, spy * Willy William, singer * Adam Siao Him Fa, figure skater

Mexico

* Carlos de Beistegui, art collector and decorator * Dominique Fernandez, writer * Adan Jodorowsky, actor and musician * Porfirio Díaz, 29th President of Mexico

Moldova

* Cécilia Attias, second wife of Nicolas Sarkozy * Almira Skripchenko, chess player

Morocco

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* Ary Abittan, actor * Richard Anconina, actor * Pierre Assouline, journalist * Aure Atika, actress * José Bénazéraf, film director, scriptwriter and producer * Rachida Dati, politician * Jamel Debbouze, humorist * Gad Elmaleh, humorist * Sofia Essaïdi, singer and actress *

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 * Roger Karoutchi, politician * Yasmine Lafitte, pornstar * Élie Semoun, humorist * Sofiane Oumiha, boxer * Saïd Taghmaoui, actor * Elisa Tovati, actress * Najat Vallaud-Belkacem, French Minister of Women's Rights and spokesperson for the government since May 2012 * Roschdy Zem, actor *

Amel Bent Amel Bent Bachir ( ar, آمال بنت بشير; born 21 June 1985) is a French R&B and pop singer who gained fame after reaching the semi-finals of season 2 of French TV singing competition ''Nouvelle Star''. She is best-selling artist to come ...

, singer * Amine (singer), Amine, singer * Amir (singer), Amir, singer * Frida Boccara, singer *

Booba Élie Yaffa (; born 9 December 1976), better known under his stage name Booba, is a French rapper. After a brief stint as a break dancer in the early 1990s, Booba partnered with his friend Ali to form Lunatic. The duo released a critically a ...

, rapper * Édith Piaf, singer * La Fouine, rapper, singer * Sapho (singer), Sapho, singer * Adil Rami, footballer

Netherlands

Vincent van Gogh - Self-Portrait - Google Art Project (454045)

* Mata Hari, exotic dancer and a spy * Tony Parker, basketball player * Vincent van Gogh, painter * Bertha of Holland, queen of France from 1072 until 1092 * Ary Scheffer, painter

New Zealand

* Katherine Mansfield, writer

Norway

* Eva Joly, politician and former judge * Alexis Pinturault, alpine ski racer * Yann Tiersen, musician

Peru

* Jorge Chávez, aviator * Elodie Frenck, actress * Flora Tristan, socialist writer and activist * Verónika Mendoza, psychologist, educator, and politician

Philippines

* Alphonse Areola, footballer * Neal Maupay, footballer

Poland

* Guillaume Apollinaire, writer * Robert Badinter, lawyer, academic, essayist and politician * Stephane Bern, journalist, radio host and television presentator * Claude Berri, film director * Juliette Binoche, actress * Marie-George Buffet, politician * Frédéric Chopin, pianist * Eve Curie, writer * Marie Curie, physicist and chemist * Alain Finkielkraut, philosopher, writer and essayist * Jean-Pierre Foucault, television personality * Judith Godrèche, 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 * René Goscinny, writer, humorist, known around the world for the ''Asterix'' books * Władysław Czartoryski, noble * Constance Jablonski, model * Michel Jazy, middle distance runner * Irène Joliot-Curie, scientist * Raymond Kopa, football player * Laurent Koscielny, football player * Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet, politician * Marie Leszczyńska, queen of France from 1725 until 1768 * Louane, singer * Jean-Marie Lustiger, Archbishop of Paris * Frédéric Michalak, rugby player *

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 * Jean-Pierre Mocky, film director * Natoo (YouTuber), Natoo, YouTuber * Ludovic Obraniak, football player * Damien Perquis, football player * M. Pokora, singer * Roman Polanski, film director * Michel Poniatowski, politician * Catherine Ringer, singer * Maria Josepha of Saxony, Dauphine of France, Maria Josepha of Saxony, dauphine of France * Simone Signoret, actress * Marie Walewska, noblewoman and mistress of Napoleon I * Michel Wieviorka, sociologue * Georges Wolinski, cartoonist and comics writer

Portugal

* Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo, musician (Daft Punk member) * Linda de Suza, singer * Kevin Gameiro, footballer *

Antoine Griezmann Antoine Griezmann (; born 21 March 1991) is a French professional footballer who plays as a forward for La Liga club Atlético Madrid and the France national team. A versatile player, Griezmann is known for his attacking, passing, and supporti ...

, footballer * Louane, singer * Marie Myriam, singer * Morgan Parra, rugby player * Robert Pires, footballer *

Lisandro Cuxi Lisandro Monteiro Furt (born 17 July 1999), better known by his stage name Lisandro Cuxi, is a Portuguese-French singer-songwriter and dancer. In 2017, Cuxi won the sixth season of '' The Voice: la plus belle voix'' as part of Team M. Pokora. ...

, singer * Steven Da Costa, karateka

Romania

* Jean-François Copé, politician * Claude Berri, film director * Michel Drucker, French journalist and TV host * Eugène Ionesco, writer * Cyprien Iov, YouTube celebrity * Michèle Laroque, actress * Pierre Moscovici, politician * Anna de Noailles, writer and socialist * Ana Cata-Chitiga, basketball player * Cédric Pioline, tennis player * Élisabeth Roudinesco, historian * Maria Schneider (actress), Maria Schneider, actress * Paul-Loup Sulitzer, writer * Pierre Vassiliu, singer

Russia

* Irina Alexandrovna, Russian princess * Natalia Brasova, Russian noblewoman * Amira Casar, actress * Carlos (singer), Carlos, singer * Marc Chagall, painter * Joe Dassin, singer * Catherine Dolgorukov, mistress of tsar Alexander II of Russia * François Feldman, singer *

Charlotte Gainsbourg Charlotte Lucy Gainsbourg (; born 21 July 1971) is a British-French actress and singer. She is the daughter of English actress Jane Birkin and French musician Serge Gainsbourg. After making her musical debut with her father on the song " Lemo ...

, actress * Serge Gainsbourg, singer, poet, actor and director * Judith Godrèche, actress * Olga Khokhlova, ballet dancer * Pom Klementieff, actress * Olga Kurylenko, actress * Vladislav Tkachiev, chess player * Rudolf Nureyev, dancer * Gérard Oury, 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, actress * Felix Yusupov, Russian aristocrat * Irina Yusupova, Russian princess * Léon Zitrone, journalist

Rwanda

* Sonia Rolland, actress and Miss France 2000

Scotland

* Michel Adanson, botanist and naturalist * Henri d'Angoulême, military commander during the Wars of Religion. * Brice Lalonde, politician * Sebastian Roché, actor * Janet Stewart, Lady Fleming, Janet Stewart, mistress of Henry II * Margaret Stewart, Dauphine of France, Margaret Stewart, dauphine of France

Senegal

*

Booba Élie Yaffa (; born 9 December 1976), better known under his stage name Booba, is a French rapper. After a brief stint as a break dancer in the early 1990s, Booba partnered with his friend Ali to form Lunatic. The duo released a critically a ...

, rapper *

Patrice Evra Patrice Latyr Evra (; born 15 May 1981) is a French football coach and former professional player. Originally a forward, he primarily played as a left-back. Evra served as captain for both Manchester United and the France national team. His ...

, footballer * Bafétimbi Gomis, footballer * Aïssa Maïga, actress * Benjamin Mendy, footballer * MC Solaar, rap and hip hop artist * Omar Sy, actor * Patrick Vieira, footballer * Rama Yade, politician * Mouhamadou Fall, sprinter

Serbia

Kristina Mladenovic - 2017 Citi Open - (35909721700)

* Pierre Marinovitch, World War I flying ace * Kristina Mladenovic, tennis player * Sebastian (French musician), Sebastian, musician and DJ * Vladimir Veličković, painter * Stefan Bajic (footballer, born 2001), Stefan Bajic, footballer

South Africa

* Pieter de Villiers (rugby union), Pieter de Villiers, rugby player * Brian Liebenberg, rugby player * Gerhard Vosloo, rugby player

South Korea

* Julien Kang, actor * Daul Kim, model * Pom Klementieff, actress * Fleur Pellerin, Ministry of Culture * Jean-Vincent Placé, politician * Lydie Solomon, pianist * Joachim Son-Forget, 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, queen of France from 1615 until 1643 * Ruben Aguilar (footballer), Ruben Aguilar, footballer * Àstrid Bergès-Frisbey, actress * Albert Camus, Nobel Prize-winning author *

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 * Blanche of Castile, queen of France from 1223 until 1226 * Manu Chao, singer and musician * Raymond Domenech, former Manager of the French national soccer team * Anh Duong, actress and model * Luis Fernández, football player * Louis de Funès, actor * José Garcia (actor), José Garcia, actor * Lucas Hernandez, footballer * Theo Hernandez, footballer * Anne Hidalgo, politician * Raphaël Ibañez, rugby player * Virginie Ledoyen, actress * Frédéric Lopez, television host * Maria Theresa of Spain, queen of France from 1660 until 1683 * Maria Teresa Rafaela of Spain, dauphine of France * Caroline Garcia, tennis player * Maria Malibran, mezza-soprano * Olivier Martinez, actor * Jean-Luc Mélenchon, politician * Eugénie de Montijo, the last Empress of France from 1853 until 1870 * La Belle Otero, actress and dancer * Pablo Picasso, painter and sculptor * Paloma Picasso, fashion designer * Robert Pires, footballer * David Pujadas, journalist * Alexandre Lloveras, cyclist * Jean Reno, actor * Olivia Ruiz, singer * Jaime Semprún, essayist and translator * Fernando Sor, guitarist and composer * André Téchiné, 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, actress * Max von Sydow, actor

Switzerland

* Benjamin Constant, activist and writer * Fabrice Ehret, football player * Joseph Favre, chef * Françoise Giroud, journalist, writer ans politician * Eugène Grasset, artist * Jean-Luc Godard, film director * Romain Grosjean, racing driver * Le Corbusier, architect * Jean-Paul Marat, journalist and politician during French Revolution * Quentin Mosimann, musician * Jacques Necker, banker * Jean-Jacques Rousseau, writer and composer

Thailand

* Emmanuelle Arsan, novelist * Tristan Do, footballer

Togo

* Corentin Tolisso, footballer * Clarisse Agbegnenou, judoka * Angelina Lanza, athlete

Tunisia

* Ary Abittan, actor *

Kev Adams Kev Adams or Kev' Adams (born Kevin Smadja; 1 July 1991) is a French comedian, actor, humorist, screenwriter and film producer. Early life Adams was born in 1991 in the 16th district of Paris. His father is a real estate agent of Algerian Jewi ...

, actor * Sami Bouajila, actor * Michel Boujenah, humorist * Dany Brillant, singer * Georges Cravenne, founder of the César Award * Marcel Dadi, guitar player * Morhad Amdouni, runner * Hamida Djandoubi, murderer and last person executed in France * Gisèle Halimi, lawyer * Serge Halimi, journalist * Cyril Hanouna, television presenter, producer and comedian * Agnès Jaoui, actress * David Jemmali, soccer player * Abdellatif Kechiche, film director * Lââm, singer * Pierre Lellouche, politician * Didier Marouani, composer and musician * Albert Memmi, writer * Serge Moati, journalist and film director * Yael Naim, singer * Dominique Strauss-Kahn, politician * Ariel Zeitoun, film director, scriptwriter and producer * Tunisiano, rapper * Riadh Tarsim, cyclist * Wissam Ben Yedder, footballer

Turkey

* Mirra Alfassa, spiritual guru *

Édouard Balladur Édouard Balladur (; born 2 May 1929) is a French politician who served as Prime Minister of France under François Mitterrand from 29 March 1993 to 17 May 1995. He unsuccessfully ran for president in the 1995 French presidential election, c ...

, politician * Cansel Elçin, actor * Mevlüt Erdinç, footballer * Deniz Gamze Ergüven, film director * Françoise Giroud, journalist, writer and politician * Nedim Gürsel, writer * Mustapha Haciane, novelist and poet * Tchéky Karyo, actor * Mathilda May, actress * Elif Shafak, novelist and women's right activist * Benjamin Stambouli, footballer * Atila Turan, footballer

Ukraine

* Mylène Demongeot, actress * Pierre Bérégovoy, politician * Serge Gainsbourg, singer *

Charlotte Gainsbourg Charlotte Lucy Gainsbourg (; born 21 July 1971) is a British-French actress and singer. She is the daughter of English actress Jane Birkin and French musician Serge Gainsbourg. After making her musical debut with her father on the song " Lemo ...

, actress * Olga Kurylenko, actress * Serge Lifar, dancer and choreographer * Oksana Shachko, artist and activist * Alexandra Shevchenko, artist and activist * Anne of Kiev, 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 * Edgar Degas, 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 * Anastasia Griffith, 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 Mary Caroline Pierce (born 15 January 1975) is a retired tennis professional who represented France internationally in team competitions and the Olympics. She was born in Canada to an American father and a French mother, and holds citizenship of ...

, tennis player * Man Ray, painter and photographer * Nina Simone, singer * Yeardley Smith, actress and voice actress *

Gertrude Stein Gertrude Stein (February 3, 1874 – July 27, 1946) was an American novelist, poet, playwright, and art collector. Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in the Allegheny West neighborhood and raised in Oakland, California, Stein moved to Paris ...

, 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 * Anh Duong, actress and model * Kayane, 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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