# 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