Famous People

Ignace Ignace Hittorff

French architect (1792-1867)

1792 — 1867

Haig Chaliand

French political scientist and historian (1934–2025)

1934 — 2025

Firmin Gémier

French actor and theatre director (1869–1933)

1869 — 1933

Firmin Firmin Bocourt

French zoologist (1819–1904)

1819 — 1904

Firmin Didot

French printer, engraver, and type founder (1764-1836)

1764 — 1836

Firmin Clerget

French judoka

1987 — present

Firmin Coutard

French cinematographer (1924-2016)

1924 — 2016

Firmin Abauzit

French, and then Genevan, physician, theologian and philosopher (1679–1767)

1679 — 1767

Rosette Harry

pen name of Maria Rosette Shapira (April 1869 (some sources say 1875) – March 10, 1958), a French journalist and writer

1869 — 1958

Pellegrino Rossi

Italian economist, politician and jurist naturalized French (1787-1848)

1787 — 1848

Melvyn Richardson

French handball player

1997 — present

Mayer Schwob

French writer (1867–1905)

1867 — 1905

Silvestre Villeneuve

French naval officer during the Napoleonic Wars

1763 — 1806

Gerhart Gorz

Austrian born French philosopher and journalist (1923-2007)

1923 — 2007

Benedetto Joseph Labre

French mendicant and saint

1748 — 1783

Achilles Prisse d'Avennes

French egyptologist (1807-1879)

1807 — 1879

Rodolphe Julian

French painter, etcher and pedagogue, founder of the Académie Julian (1839-1907)

1839 — 1907

Rodolphe Alexandre

French politician (born 1953)

1953 — present

Rodolphe Salis

French theatre director (1851-1897)

1851 — 1897

Rodolphe Kreutzer

French violinist, conductor, composer (1766-1831)

1766 — 1831

Constant Biot

French engineer and sinologist (1803–1850)

1803 — 1850

Constant Lestienne

French tennis player

1992 — present

Constant Levassor

French engineer and racing driver (1843–1897)

1843 — 1897

Constant Coquelin

French actor (1841-1909)

1842 — 1909

Constant Troyon

French painter (1810-1865)

1810 — 1865

Constant Marie Constant Duméril

French zoologist

1774 — 1860

Edouard Pécas

French film director (1925-2003)

1925 — 2003

Edouard Pieyre de Mandiargues

French novelist (1909-1991)

1909 — 1991

Nello Lauredi

French cyclist (1924–2001)

1924 — 2001

Mariane Pearl

French journalist

1967 — present

Cecily Lefort

French resistance member (1900-1945)

1900 — 1945

Lyna Khoudri

Algerian-French actress

1992 — present

Faustine Merret

French windsurfer

1978 — present

Earvin Ngapeth

French volleyball player

1991 — present

Remigio of Auxerre

French philosopher and theologian

841 — 908

Enora Latuillière

French biathlete and cross-country skier

1992 — present

Randal Kolo Muani

French footballer (born 1998)

1998 — present

Simonne Daumier

French actress (1934–2004)

1934 — 2004

Simonne Pacôme

French actress (1923–2018)

1923 — 2018

Doria Achour

French-Tunisian actress and film director

1991 — present

Doria Tillier

French television presenter, model and film actor

1986 — present

Ulysse Chevalier

French historian (1841-1923)

1841 — 1923

Sylvio Lazzari

French composer (1857–1944)

1857 — 1944

Anselmo of Laon

French medieval theologian and philosopher

1050 — 1117

Delphin Enjolras

French painter (1857-1945)

1865 — 1945

Delphin Alard

French musician (1815–1888)

1815 — 1888

Ludmilla Tchérina

French artist (1924-2004)

1924 — 2004

Liane de Pougy

French courtesan, dancer and novelist, editor

1869 — 1950