List of Famous people born in France
Armand Reclus
Jacqueline de Ribes
Jacqueline, comtesse de Ribes is a French aristocrat, designer, fashion icon, businesswoman, producer and philanthropist. She has been a member of the International Best Dressed List since 1962.
Héloïse d'Ormesson
Georges Henri Manzana Pissarro
Georges Henri Manzana Pissarro (1871–1961) was a French artist who worked in Impressionist and Post-Impressionist styles. He was also a designer of textiles, decorative objects, furniture and glassware.
François Calderaro
François Calderaro is a retired French football striker. Whilst at PSG he played as a substitute as they won the 1993 Coupe de France Final against FC Nantes.
Claude Jeancolas
Claude Jeancolas was a French writer, art historian and journalist. He is best known for his expertise on Arthur Rimbaud.
Clément Maynadier
Clément Maynadier is a French rugby union Hooker and he currently plays for Bordeaux Bègles and the France national team.
Jean-Baptiste Say
Jean-Baptiste Say was a liberal French economist and businessman who argued in favor of competition, free trade and lifting restraints on business. He is best known for Say's law—also known as the law of markets—which he popularized. Scholars disagree on the surprisingly subtle question of whether it was Say who first stated what is now called Say's law. Moreover, he was one of the first economists to study entrepreneurship and conceptualized entrepreneurs as organizers and leaders of the economy.
Gautier Larsonneur
Gautier Larsonneur is a French professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Stade Brestois 29.
Pierre-Christian Taittinger
Pierre-Christian Taittinger was a French politician, mayor of the 16th arrondissement of Paris between 1989 and 2008 and Senator for Paris between 1977 and 1995. After studying law he became a lawyer in 1947 and was elected as a municipal councillor for Paris in 1953 and remained so until his death in 2009.