List of French people of immigrant origin

Below are lists of notable French people of immigrant origin (at least one great-grandparent).

Algeria

 * Actors and filmmakers
 * Kev Adams, actor
 * Isabelle Adjani, actress
 * Daniel Auteuil, actor
 * Jean-Pierre Bacri, actor
 * Leïla Bekhti, actress
 * Yamina Benguigui, film director, Junior Minister for French Nationals Abroad and Relations with La Francophonie (French-language countries worldwide) at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
 * Jean Benguigui, actor
 * Richard Berry, actor
 * Dany Boon, actor, comedian
 * Rachid Bouchareb, film director
 * Sofia Boutella, actress
 * Rachida Brakni, actress
 * Alain Chabat, comedian, film director, scriptwriter and producer
 * Élie Chouraqui, film director, producer and scriptwriter
 * Gérard Darmon, actor
 * Samir Guesmi, actor
 * Roger Hanin, actor filmmaker
 * Hafsia Herzi, actress
 * Salim Kechiouche, actor
 * Claude Lelouch, film director, producer, scriptwriter and actor
 * Jalil Lespert, actor
 * Maïwenn, actress, film director
 * Kad Merad, actor
 * Samy Naceri, actor
 * Marie-José Nat, actress
 * Mehdi Nebbou, actor
 * Safy Nebbou, actor
 * Daniel Prévost, actor and comedian
 * Tahar Rahim, actor
 * Sabrina Ouazani, actress
 * Samy Seghir, actor
 * Zinedine Soualem, actor
 * Michaël Youn, actor
 * Malik Zidi, actor


 * Singers and musicians
 * Chimène Badi, singer
 * Amel Bent, singer
 * Cheb Mami, singer
 * Chico Bouchikhi, singer, co-founder of the Gipsy Kings
 * Patrick Bruel, singer
 * Étienne Daho, singer
 * DJ Mam's, DJ, music producer
 * DJ Snake, DJ
 * Quentin Elias, singer, part of Alliage
 * Kenza Farah, singer
 * Faudel, singer
 * Indila, singer
 * Jenifer, singer
 * Camélia Jordana, singer
 * Khaled, singer
 * Sheryfa Luna, singer
 * Slimane, singer
 * Enrico Macias, singer
 * Médine, rapper
 * Marcel Mouloudji, poet and singer
 * Merwan Rim, singer
 * Martial Solal, jazz pianist


 * Sportsmen
 * Karim Benzema, footballer
 * Nabil Fekir, footballer
 * Alphonse Halimi, boxer
 * Kylian Mbappé, footballer
 * Maxime Mermoz, professional rugby union footballer
 * Riyad Mahrez, footballer
 * Alfred Nakache, swimmer, water polo
 * Samir Nasri, footballer
 * Alain Mimoun, Olympic marathon champion
 * Brahim Zaibat, dancer
 * Zinedine Zidane, football manager and former player
 * Rédouane Hennouni-Bouzidi, athlete


 * Others
 * Fadela Amara, Secretary of State
 * Kader Arif, Junior Minister for Veterans at the French Ministry of Defence
 * Jacques Attali, economist, writer
 * Amin Maalouf, author
 * Alain Bashung, author, composer, performer and comedian
 * Azouz Begag, writer and politician
 * Nabilla Benattia, reality TV personality
 * Nina Bouraoui, writer
 * Hélène Cixous, writer
 * Annie Cohen-Solal, writer
 * Claude Cohen-Tannoudji, physicist, Nobel Prize (1997)
 * Jean-François Copé, politician
 * Rachida Dati, Minister of Justice
 * Jacques Derrida, philosopher
 * Julien Dray, politician
 * Jean-Pierre Elkabbach, journalist
 * Bernard-Henri Lévy, writer and philosopher
 * Arnaud Montebourg, France's Minister of Industrial Renewal since May 2012
 * Benjamin Stora, historian

Argentina

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

Armenia

 * Simon Abkarian, actor
 * Serge Avédikian, producer
 * Charles Aznavour, singer
 * Édouard Balladur, former Prime Minister
 * Jean Carzou, painter
 * Patrick Devedjian, ministre
 * Youri Djorkaeff, soccer player
 * Patrick Fiori, singer
 * Robert Guédiguian, film director
 * Francis Kurkdjian, perfumer
 * Marie Laforêt, actress
 * Michel Legrand, 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, humorist, actor
 * Alain Prost, racing driver
 * Hélène Ségara, singer
 * Jean Ter-Merguerian, violinist
 * Michael Vartan, actor
 * Sylvie Vartan, singer
 * Francis Veber, film director, screenwriter and producer and theater playwright
 * Henri Verneuil, filmmaker

Australia

 * Tina Arena, singer
 * Katrina Patchett, dancer

Austria

 * Marie Antoinette, last queen of France, from 1774 until 1792
 * Nora Arnezeder, actress
 * Yael Grobglas, actress
 * Romy Schneider, actress
 * Erich von Stroheim, actor

Bangladesh

 * Zamor, servant of Madame du Barry

Belgium

 * Booba, rapper
 * Jacqueline, Countess of Hainaut, dauphine of France
 * Raymond Devos, humorist
 * Fiona Ferro, tennis player
 * David Guetta, house music DJ
 * Johnny Hallyday, singer
 * Pierre Louÿs, poet and writer
 * Olivier Minne, television presenter
 * Iris Mittenaere, Miss France 2016
 * Agnès Varda, film director

Benin

 * Flora Coquerel, Miss France 2014
 * Rudy Gestede, footballer
 * Jules Koundé, footballer
 * Valériane Vukosavljević, basketball player

Bermuda

 * Vanessa James, figure skater

Bosnia

 * Josiane Balasko, actress

Brazil

 * Florent Amodio, figure skater
 * Carla Bruni, singer and ex-First Lady of France
 * Gil de Ferran, driver
 * Jean-Louis de Rambures, journalist
 * Carlos Ghosn, businessman
 * Louane, singer
 * Artur Avila, mathematician
 * Pierre, Duke of Penthièvre, French Duke
 * Princess Françoise of Orléans, French princess
 * Prince Antônio Gastão of Orléans-Braganza, Brazilian prince
 * Prince Luís of Orléans-Braganza, Brazilian prince
 * Princess Francisca of Brazil, Brazilian princess
 * Princess Januária of Brazil, Brazilian princess

British Isles

 * Samuel Beckett, novelist and writer
 * Anastasia Griffith, actress
 * Margaret Kelly, dancer
 * Jeanne Moreau, actress
 * Marie-Louise O'Murphy, mistress of Louis XV
 * Oscar Wilde, writer
 * Jane Birkin, actress
 * Claudette Colbert, actress
 * Nancy Cunard, writer
 * Deanna Durbin, actress and singer
 * Henrietta of England, English princess
 * James FitzJames, military leader and son of James II of England
 * Emma, Lady Hamilton, model and actress
 * Olivia de Havilland, actress
 * Delilah, singer
 * Charlotte Gainsbourg, actress
 * François Grosjean, psycholinguist and specialist on bilingualism
 * Louise de Kérouaille, mistress of Charles II of England
 * Emily Loizeau, singer
 * Michael Lonsdale, actor
 * Alexis Michalik, actor
 * Diana Mitford, socialite
 * Jeanne Moreau, actress and singer
 * Oswald Mosley, politician
 * Charlotte Rampling, actress
 * Matthew Raymond-Barker, singer
 * Louisa Maria Stuart, princess, daughter of James II of England
 * Peter Townsend, Royal Air Force officer
 * Uffie, singer
 * Lucy Walter, mistress of Charles II of England
 * Emma Watson, actress
 * Eadgifu of Wessex, queen of France

Bulgaria

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

Cambodia

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

Cameroon

 * Dieudonné M'bala M'bala, humorist
 * Antoinette Nana Djimou, heptathlete and pentathlete
 * Kylian Mbappé, footballer
 * Yannick Noah, former tennis player and singer
 * Alex Song, footballer
 * Aurélien Tchouaméni, footballer
 * Gaëlle Nayo-Ketchanke, weightlifter
 * Dora Tchakounté, weightlifter

Canada

 * Virginie Besson-Silla, film producer
 * Deanna Durbin, actress and singer
 * Mylène Farmer, singer
 * Garou, singer
 * Vanessa James, figure skater
 * Charlotte Le Bon, actress
 * Axelle Lemaire, politician
 * Mary Pierce, tennis player
 * Natasha St-Pier, singer

Cape Verde

 * Patrice Evra, footballer
 * Lisandro Cuxi, singer
 * Sara Martins, actress

Central Africa Republic

 * Kurt Zouma, footballer

Chile

 * Sergio Coronado, politician
 * Jena Lee, singer
 * Marisol Touraine, politician

China

 * Frédéric Chau, actor
 * Steevy Chong Hue, footballer
 * Mylène Jampanoï, actress
 * Bérénice Marlohe, actress
 * Jean Pasqualini, journalist
 * Dai Sijie, author and filmmaker
 * Harmony Tan, tennis player
 * Gao Xingjian, 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, Go player

Comores

 * Rohff, rapper
 * Soprano, singer
 * Isaac Lihadji, footballer
 * Arnaud Assoumani, athlete

Congo, Democratic Republic of the

 * Loïc Badiashile, footballer
 * Presnel Kimpembe, footballer
 * Cheick Kongo, mixed martial artist
 * Steve Mandanda, footballer
 * Blaise Matuidi, footballer
 * Steven Nzonzi, footballer
 * Victor Wembanyama, basketball player
 * Maître Gims, rapper
 * Tony Yoka, boxer
 * Eduardo Camavinga, footballer
 * Madeleine Malonga, judoka

Congo, Republic of the

 * Yann M'Vila, footballer
 * Yohan M'Vila, footballer
 * Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, tennis player
 * Séraphine Okemba, rugby player

Croatia

 * Josiane Balasko, actress
 * Emmanuelle Béart, actress
 * Tamara Horacek, handball player
 * Nikola Karabatić, 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, poet

Cyprus

 * Diam's, singer

Denmark

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

Egypt

 * Richard Anthony, singer
 * Guy Béart, author, composer and performer
 * Emmanuelle Béart, actress
 * Andrée Chedid, poet and novelist
 * Louis Chedid, singer
 * Matthieu Chedid, author, composer, and rock performer
 * Indila, singer
 * Nagui, TV and radio personality

Fiji

 * Alivereti Raka, rugby player
 * Virimi Vakatawa, rugby player

Gabon

 * Estelle Nze Minko, handball player
 * Orlann Ombissa-Dzangue, sprinter
 * Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, 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, film director
 * Luka Mkheidze, judoka

Germany

 * Isabelle Adjani, actress
 * Margravine Johanna of Baden-Baden, princess
 * Anne Henriette of Bavaria, princess
 * Isabeau of Bavaria, 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, politician
 * Laurent Fabius, politician
 * Claire Feuerstein, tennis player
 * Marina Foïs, actress
 * Jean-Jacques Goldman, singer
 * Antoine Griezmann, footballer
 * Robert Guédiguian, film director
 * Adèle Haenel, actress
 * Stéphane Hessel, diplomat, writer
 * SCH, rapper
 * Patricia Kaas, singer
 * Gérard Lenorman, singer
 * Louane, singer
 * Helene of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Crown Princess
 * Jacques Offenbach, composer and cellist
 * Edward, Count Palatine of Simmern, 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, queen of France from 939 to 954
 * Romy Schneider, actress
 * Albert Schweitzer, theologian, organist and writer
 * Gertrude Stein, novelist, poet and playwright
 * Wendelin Werner, mathematician

Greece

 * Vassilis Alexakis, writer
 * Nikos Aliagas, talk show host, singer
 * Maria Callas, soprano
 * Diam's, singer
 * Adele Exarchopoulos, actress
 * Georges Guétary, singer and dancer
 * Gilles Marini, actor
 * Georges Moustaki, singer
 * Jean Moréas, poet
 * Gabriella Papadakis, figure skater
 * Agnès Varda, film director
 * Iannis Xenakis, composer

Guinea

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

Haiti

 * Edgar Degas, artist
 * Alexandre Dumas, writer
 * Thomas-Alexandre Dumas, general
 * Wagneau Eloi, football player
 * Kery James, rapper
 * Presnel Kimpembe, footballer
 * Toussaint Louverture, leader of Haitian Revolution
 * Johny Placide, football player
 * Charles Terres Weymann, aeroplane racing pilot

Hungary

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

India

 * Indila, singer
 * Rudgy Pajany, singer
 * J. R. D. Tata, aviator


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

Indonesia

 * Anggun, singer

Iran

 * Soraya Esfandiary-Bakhtiary, queen of Iran from 1951 until 1958
 * Golshifteh Farahani, actress
 * Robert Hossein, actor, filmmaker
 * Yasmina Reza, filmmaker
 * Aravane Rezaï, tennis player
 * Marjane Satrapi, cartoonist and film director
 * Alireza Firouzja, chess player

Ireland

 * Samuel Beckett, novelist and writer
 * Anastasia Griffith, actress
 * Margaret Kelly, dancer
 * Jeanne Moreau, actress
 * Marie-Louise O'Murphy, mistress of Louis XV
 * Oscar Wilde, writer

Israel

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

Italy

 * Roberto Alagna, tenor
 * Jean Alesi, racing driver
 * Jordan Bardella, politician
 * Claude Bartolone, President of the National Assembly
 * Jean-Paul Belmondo, actor
 * Jules Bianchi, motor racing driver
 * Caroline Bonaparte, sister of Napoleon and queen of Naples from 1808 to 1815
 * Elisa Bonaparte, sister of Napoleon and duchess of Toscany from 1809 to 1814
 * Jérôme Bonaparte, brother of Napoleon and king of Westphalia from 1807 to 1813
 * Joseph Bonaparte, brother of Napoleon and king of Spain from 1808 to 1813
 * Letizia Bonaparte, noblewoman and mother of Napoleon
 * Louis Bonaparte, brother of Napoleon and king of Holland from 1806 to 1810
 * Lucien Bonaparte, brother of Napoleon
 * Pauline Bonaparte, sister of Napoleon and duchess of Guastalla in 1806
 * Napoleon Bonaparte, statesman and military leader
 * Maria Carolina of Bourbon Two-Sicilies, princess
 * Georges Brassens, singer
 * Carla Bruni, singer and ex-First Lady of France
 * Carlo Buonaparte, lawyer, diplomat and father of Napoleon
 * Calogero, singer
 * Laetitia Casta, actress and model
 * François Cavanna, writer
 * Francis Cabrel, singer
 * Lorenzo Callegari, football player
 * Philippe Candeloro, patineur
 * Eric Cantona, actor and footballer
 * Concino Concini, politician
 * Nicolas Cozza, football player
 * Dalida, 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, actress
 * Florence Foresti, comedian and actress
 * Raymond Forni, politician
 * Claude François, singer
 * Joseph Gallieni, marshal of France
 * Max Gallo, writer and historian
 * Léon Gambetta, politician and statesman
 * Emma of Italy, queen of France from 965 until 986
 * Rozala of Italy, queen of France from 988 until 996
 * Fabrice Luchini, actor
 * Jean-Baptiste Lully, composer
 * Elsa Lunghini, singer
 * Gilles Marini, actor
 * Anne Marie Martinozzi, aristocrat
 * Chiara Mastroianni, actress
 * Cardinal Mazarin, cardinal, diplomat and politician
 * Catherine de'Medici, queen of France from 1547 until 1559
 * Marie de' Medici, queen of France from 1600 until 1610
 * Amedeo Modigliani, painter
 * Yves Montand (Ivo Livi), actor
 * Maria Amalia of Naples and Sicily, queen of France from 1830 until 1848
 * Edith Piaf, singer
 * Michel Platini, football administrator and former player
 * Marie Adélaïde of Savoy, dauphine of France
 * Hélène Ségara, actress
 * Sylvie Testud, actress
 * Albert Uderzo, writer, humorist and cartoonist, creator of Asterix
 * Valentina Visconti, duchess consort of Orléans
 * Mario Zatelli, footballer
 * Émile Zola, writer

Ivory Coast

 * Basile Boli, footballer
 * Jean-Daniel Akpa Akpro, footballer
 * Isabelle Boni-Claverie, author, screenwriter, and director
 * Grégory Choplin, kickboxer
 * Marie-Laure Delie, footballer
 * Didier Drogba, footballer
 * Kaaris, rapper
 * Cédric Kipré, footballer
 * Maé-Bérénice Méité, figure skater
 * Véronique Tadjo, writer
 * Charles-Antoine Kouakou, athlete

Jamaica

 * Zita Hanrot, actress

Japan

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

Kenya

 * Susan Jeptooo Kipsang, athlete
 * Simon Munyutu, athlete

Laos

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

Lebanon

 * Louis Chedid, singer, songwriter
 * Matthieu Chedid, aka -M-, rock guitarist
 * Gilbert Collard, writer, barrister and politician; one of his great grandfathers, Fatallah Tarrazi, was from Lebanon
 * Carlos Ghosn, chairman and CEO of Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi alliance
 * Eid Hourany, nuclear physicist
 * Antoine Karam, politician, President of the Regional Council of French Guiana
 * Vénus Khoury-Ghata, writer, poet
 * Thomas Langmann, film producer, actor of Lebanese Jewish descent
 * Amin Maalouf, author, novelist
 * Ibrahim Maalouf, musician, trumpet player, composer
 * Pierre-Antoine Melki, aka Nius, music producer
 * Mika (singer), 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
 * 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

 * 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, 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, singer
 * Amine, singer
 * Amir, singer
 * Frida Boccara, singer
 * Booba, rapper
 * Édith Piaf, singer
 * La Fouine, rapper, singer
 * Sapho, singer
 * Adil Rami, footballer
 * Matteo Guendouzi, footballer

Netherlands

 * 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, 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, actor
 * Jean-Pierre Mocky, film director
 * 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
 * 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, footballer
 * Louane, singer
 * Marie Myriam, singer
 * Morgan Parra, rugby player
 * Robert Pires, footballer
 * Lisandro Cuxi, singer
 * Steven Da Costa, karateka
 * Armando Teixeira

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
 * Paul-Loup Sulitzer, writer
 * Pierre Vassiliu, singer

Russia

 * Irina Alexandrovna, Russian princess
 * Natalia Brasova, Russian noblewoman
 * Amira Casar, actress
 * Carlos, singer
 * Marc Chagall, painter
 * Joe Dassin, singer
 * Catherine Dolgorukov, mistress of tsar Alexander II of Russia
 * François Feldman, singer
 * Charlotte Gainsbourg, 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, mistress of Henry II
 * Margaret Stewart, dauphine of France

Senegal

 * Booba, rapper
 * Patrice Evra, 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

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

South Africa

 * 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

 * Anne of Austria, queen of France from 1615 until 1643
 * Ruben Aguilar, footballer
 * Àstrid Bergès-Frisbey, actress
 * Albert Camus, Nobel Prize-winning author
 * Eric Cantona, 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
 * Lucas Hernandez, footballer
 * Théo 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
 * Clara Morgane, singer and actress
 * 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
 * Mathieu Dossevi

Tunisia

 * Ary Abittan, actor
 * Kev Adams, 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, 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, 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 (died in 1975), dancer of African-American heritage
 * 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, daughter of Paradis
 * Isadora Duncan, dancer
 * Carole Fredericks, singer
 * Loïe Fuller, dancer
 * Virginie Amélie Avegno Gautreau, socialite
 * Guy Georges, serial killer
 * Franz-Olivier Giesbert, television presenter
 * Kathie Lee Gifford, actress, singer, and talk show host
 * 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, tennis player
 * Man Ray, painter and photographer
 * Nina Simone (died in 2003), singer
 * Yeardley Smith, actress and voice actress
 * Gertrude Stein, novelist, poet and playwright

Uruguay

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

Venezuela

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

Vietnam

 * Ngô Bảo Châu, mathematician
 * Linh Dan Pham, actress
 * Aliette de Bodard, writer
 * 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
 * Céline Tran, actress
 * François Trinh-Duc, rugby player
 * Bopha Kong, taekwondo practitioner