| MVOTO | Jean-yves .' .... , French former footballer (5) |
| LAURENTBLANC | French former footballer who was manager of the French national team from 2010 to 2012 (7,5) |
| ALAIN | ___ Prost, French former racing driver (5) |
| ZIDANE | Zinedine --, French former footballer (6) |
| EVRA | Patrice -, French former footballer at Manchester United from 2006-14 |
| ERIC | ___ Cantona, French former footballer (4) |
| SAHA | Louis ___, French former footballer |
| HENRY | Thierry, French former striker who is Arsenal FC's all-time record goal scorer (5) |
| PLATINI | Michel ___, French former footballer banned from football administration by the FIFA Ethics Committee in 2015 |
| KELLER | Marc, French former footballer who played for West Ham United and Blackburn Rovers (6) |
| LAMA | Bernard ___ French former footballer who was a member of the 1998 World Cup-winning squad (4) |
| GINOLA | French former footballer who played for clubs including Newcastle United, David _ (6) |
| RONNY | ___ Turiaf French former basketball player who won an NBA championship with Miami Heat in 2012 |
| PETRO | Johan ___ French former basketball player who has played for the Seattle SuperSonics in the NBA |
| BORIS | ___ Diaw French former basketball player who won an NBA championship with the San Antonio Spurs in 2014 |
| COUSTEAU | Jacques Yves --, French naval officer and underwater explorer (8) |
| TANGUY | Yves, French-born surrealist painter who died in 1955 (6) |
| DIONNE | "Family Secrets: The ___ Quintuplets' Autobiography" (Jean-Yves Soucy bio) |
| ALAINPROST | French former racing driver born in 1955 who achieved 51 individual grand prix wins (5,5) |
| DAVIDGINOLA | French former professional footballer in I'm A Celeb in 2021 (5,6) |
