French expatriates in India

French politician and diplomat; 95th Prime Minister of France

French photographer (1908–2004)

French actress and writer

Greek-French writer (1905-1982)

French writer

French orientalist (1731–1805)

Charles Sobhraj is a French serial killer, fraudster, and thief whose victims were mainly Western tourists travelling on the hippie trail of South Asia during the 1970s. He is of Sindhi and Vietnamese origin. He was known as the Bikini Killer because of the attire of several of his victims, as well as the Splitting Killer and the Serpent for "his snake-like ability to avoid detection by authorities".

French historian, musicologist and Indologist (1907–1994)

French botanist (1864–1918)

French photographer (1845–1929)

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French missionary

adventurer and early industrialist in Madagascar

Catholic Religious Sister, missionary, and foundress (1839–1904)

French journalist

Roman Catholic missionary (1813–1859)

French mountaineer and explorer (1834–1909)

French soldier and adventurer (1785–1839)

French artist, actress and model

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French theologian

French Indologist (1922-2010)

French missionary and botanist (1749-1836)

Catholic missionary and writer (1829-1878)

French military personnel

French explorer

French convert to Hinduism (1894–1969)

French missionary

French Indianist and missionary

Roman Catholic bishop (1796–1861)

Italian Kathakali dancer