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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
Édouard Balladur – former Prime Minister of France, born in Izmir, Turkey; Mansour Bahrami – tennis player, born in Arak, Iran; Constantin Brâncuși – sculptor, painter, and photographer, born in Hobița, Romania; Carla Bruni – model, singer, former first lady of France, born in Turin, Italy
Franco-American Flag [citation needed]. French Americans are U.S. citizens or nationals of French descent and heritage. The majority of Franco-American families did not arrive directly from France, but rather settled French territories in the New World (primarily in the 17th and 18th centuries) before moving or being forced to move to the United States later on (see Quebec diaspora and Great ...
A. George Abert; Abhayananda; Ahmad Abousamra; Hélène Deschamps Adams; Anne Aghion; Felix Agnus; Michel Alaux; Marcel Albert; Antony Alda; Diran Alexanian; William ...
In general, Italian immigrants were able to learn French without major difficulties, given the linguistic proximity of the two Latin languages. At the time of the great Italian migratory waves, France had a rather rigid assimilation policy, which forced most of the immigrants and their descendants to abandon their mother tongue in favor of French.
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From 1880 to 1930, around 80,000 Frenchmen immigrated to Chile. 80% of them were coming from Southwestern France, especially from Basses-Pyrénées (Basque country and Béarn), Gironde, Charente-Inférieure and Charente and regions situated between Gers and Dordogne. [48] Most of French immigrants settled in the country between 1875 and 1895.
The African proportion of both migrants and residents in France is increasing, as by 2022, nearly a majority, 48.2%, of all immigrants living in France come from Africa, 32.3% come from Europe, 13.5% come from Asia and 6% come from the Americas and Oceania. [26] 61.7% of all immigrants living in France come from non-European origins in 2022.