List of Famous people born in Corsica, France

Filippo Antonio Pasquale de' Paoli was a Corsican patriot, statesman and military leader who was at the forefront of resistance movements against the Genoese and later French rule in the island. He became the president of the Executive Council of the General Diet of the People of Corsica, and also designed and wrote the Constitution of the state.

Laurent Marcangeli is a French politician. He was mayor of Ajaccio, the capital of Corsica, in 2014 and since 2015 to present. He was a deputy in the National Assembly from 2012 to 2017 and again from 2022, representing Corse-du-Sud's 1st constituency. He was a member of the nationwide right-wing parties Rally for the Republic, Union for a Popular Movement and The Republicans before starting his own party "Ajaccio !" in 2018. In 2022, he stood for the party Horizons, part of President Emmanuel Macron's Ensemble Citoyens coalition.

Nathalie Santamaria is a French singer. She represented France in the Eurovision Song Contest 1995, performing twelfth on the night, before Hungary, and after Croatia, with the song "Il me donne rendez-vous", and placed fourth of twenty-three, with 94 points.

Marc'Andria Maurizzi is a French chess grandmaster.

François Alfonsi is a French politician. He was a Member of the European Parliament from 2009 until 2014 for the South-East France constituency and is Mayor of Osani.

Jérôme Eugène Coggia was a 19th-century French astronomer and discoverer of asteroids and comets, who was born in the Corsican town of Ajaccio.