List of French people of immigrant origin

Below are lists of notable French people of immigrant origin (at least one great-grandparent due to their families' lineages). == 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 Sportspeople 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, music composer, arranger, conductor, pianist and prolific movie & TV score 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, of partial Jewish ancestry 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, Harry Potter film series Eadgifu of Wessex, queen of France Michel Adanson, botanist and naturalist Henri d'Angoulême, military commander during the Wars of Religion.

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