French people
Criminals
For collaboration with Nazi Germany see also the politicians section.
Resistance workers
Resistance workers during the German occupation of France in World War II
Lucie Samuel-Aubrac (1912–2007), human rights activistRaymond Aubrac (1914–2012), statesmanRobert Benoist (1895–1944), SOE operative, champion race car driverDenise Bloch (1915–1945), SOE operative: King's Commendation for Brave Conduct, Legion of Honor, French Resistance MedalAndrée Borrel (1919–1944), SOE operative: Croix de guerreBernadette Cattanéo (1899–1963), trade unionist and communist activistMadeleine Damerment (1917–1944), SOE operative: Legion of Honor, Croix de guerre, Médaille combattant volontaire de la RésistanceMarie Louise Dissard (1880–1957), U.S. Presidential Medal of Freedom recipientWilliam Grover-Williams (1903–1945), SOE operative, champion race car driverAimée Lallement (1898–1988), Righteous Among the NationsCecily Lefort (1900–1945), SOE operative: Croix de guerrePierre Mendès France (1907–1982), lawyer, statesmanJean Moulin (1899–1943), statesmanAgnès de La Barre de Nanteuil (1922–1944), assisted allied airmenAbbé Pierre (1912–2007), priest and founder of Emmaus Christian Pineau (1904–1995), statesmanEliane Plewman (1917–1944), SOE operative: Croix de guerreGermaine Ribière (1917–1999), Righteous among the Nations Élise Rivet (1890–1945), nun executed by Nazis for aiding the resistanceLilian Rolfe (1914–1945), SOE agent executed by the NazisOdette Sansom (1912–1995), SOE operative: George Cross, MBE, Legion of HonorSuzanne Spaak , Belgian-born agent: "Red Orchestra" intelligence network; executed 1944Violette Szabo (1921–1945), SOE operative: George Cross, Croix de guerreJean-Pierre Wimille (1908–1949), SOE operative, champion race car driver
Theologians
O.P. (Ordo Praedicatorum ) is the abbreviation used to indicate that someone is/was a member of the Dominican order , a Catholic religious order .
S.J. (Societas Iesu ) is the abbreviation used to indicate that someone is/was a member of the Society of Jesus , another Catholic religious order.
Jean Arnauld , philosopher and theologianDenis Bérardier , priest and theologianMarie-Émile Boismard O.P.Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet Jean Calvin Sebastian Castellio , translator of the BiblePierre Cauchon , condemned Joan of ArcRobert Ciboule , Roman Catholic theologianBernard of Clairvaux Jean Claude Yves Congar , O.P.Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange , O.P.Hubert Languet Maurice Leenhardt , ethnologist, theologianJean Louail , theologianAndré Paul , scholar in the fields of theology, biblical studies and ancient JudaismFrançois Picquet , 18th-century missionary in New France Jean Porthaise , theologianAlexander de Rhodes S.J., 17th-century missionary to IndochinaRichard of Saint-Laurent , canon at Rouen Auguste Sabatier Antonin Sertillanges O.P., founder of the Revue Thomiste Pierre Teilhard de Chardin S.J.Simon-Michel Treuvé 
