List of Famous people born in Corsica, France
Gérard Mannoni
Gérard Mannoni was a French sculptor.
Émile Zuccarelli
Émile Zuccarelli is a French politician from Corsica. He serves as honorary President of the Radical Party of the Left and is a former mayor of Bastia. Before his defeat in the 2007 French legislative election, he was deputy for Upper Corsica.
Dominique Bucchini
Dominique Bucchini, born on January 24, 1943 in Sartène (Corse-du-Sud), is a French politician. Member of the French Communist Party (PCF), he was the mayor of Sartène, MEP and president of the Corsican Assembly.
Charles Pieri
François Coty
François Coty was a French perfumer, businessman, newspaper publisher, politician and patron of the arts. During World War I, he became one of the wealthiest men in France. He gained control in 1922 of daily newspaper Le Figaro. To check the growth of French socialism and Communism, he founded two other daily papers in 1928. In later years his wealth was much reduced. The company he founded in 1904 is now Coty, Inc., based in New York City.
Bonaventure Leca
Philippe Antoine d'Ornano
Philippe Antoine d'Ornano, 1st Comte d'Ornano was a French soldier and political figure who rose to the rank of Marshal of France. He was made Count d'Ornano of the French Empire in 1808. He was born a son of Lodovico Antonio Ornano and Isabella Maria Buonaparte, making him a second cousin of Napoleon Bonaparte.
Raymond Acquaviva
Ange Santini
Angelo Rinaldi
Angelo Rinaldi is a French writer and literary critic.