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Jacques Ochs (1883–1971), French-born Belgian artist and Olympic fencing champion; Esteban Ocon, Formula One driver; Micheline Ostermeyer, Olympic champion in discus and shot put, bronze in high jump; Frédéric Ouvret (born 1970), former professional footballer; Simon Pagenaud, Indy car driver [5] Tony Parker, Belgian-born French citizen ...
This is a list of the member states of the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie.These governments belong to an international organisation representing countries and regions where French is the first ("mother") or customary language, where a significant proportion of the population are francophones (French speakers) or where there is a notable affiliation with French culture.
Population who can understand French in the EU and UK. The following figures are from a 2022 report of the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie (OIF). [8] No distinctions are made between native speakers of French and those who learnt it as a foreign language, between different levels of mastery or how often the language is used in daily life. [9]
French is also the second most geographically widespread language in the world after English, with about 60 countries and territories having it as a de jure or de facto official, administrative, or cultural language. [1] The following is a list of sovereign states and territories where French is an official or de facto language.
French people of Malian descent (2 C, 27 P) French people of Mauritanian descent (2 C, 6 P) French people of Mauritian descent (1 C, 18 P) N.
This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total. ... (218 P) + Malian emigrants to France (16 P) Pages in category "French people of Malian descent ...
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
The French people, especially the native speakers of langues d'oïl from northern and central France, are primarily descended from Romans (or Gallo-Romans, western European Celtic and Italic peoples), Gauls (including the Belgae), as well as Germanic peoples such as the Franks, the Visigoths, the Suebi and the Burgundians who settled in Gaul ...