List of Famous people born in France

Yuksek

Born on June 3, 1977 (age 49)
Born in France, Grand Est

Pierre-Alexandre Busson better known as Yuksek, is a French electronic music producer, remixer, singer and DJ. Yüksek means "high" in Turkish.

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Herman Wedel-Jarlsberg

First Name Herman
Last Name Wedel-Jarlsberg
Born on September 21, 1779
Died on August 27, 1840 (aged 60)
Born in France, Occitania

Johan Caspar Herman Wedel Jarlsberg was a Norwegian statesman and count. He played an active role in the constitutional assembly at Eidsvoll in 1814 and was the first native Norwegian to hold the post of Governor-general of Norway with the authority of a viceroy, representing the absent king of Norway as head of the Norwegian cabinet during the union with Sweden.

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Jessica Cérival

First Name Jessica
Last Name Cérival
Born on January 20, 1982 (age 44)
Born in France, Brittany
Height 185 cm | 6'1

Jessica Cérival is a French track and field athlete who specialises in the shot put.

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Joseph de Riquet de Caraman

First Name Joseph
Last Name Caraman
Born on August 20, 1808
Died on March 12, 1886 (aged 77)

Joseph de Riquet de Caraman, 17th Prince de Chimay was a Belgian diplomat and industrialist.

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Julie Vlasto

Pénélope Julie Vlasto Serpieri
First Name Julie
Died on March 2, 1985 (aged 15)

Pénélope Julie "Diddie" Vlasto Serpieri was a female tennis player from France. She won the silver medal at the Paris Olympics in 1924 in women's singles, losing the final to Helen Wills Moody. Vlasto also won the version of the French national championships in 1924 that was open only to French nationals. She was a doubles partner of Suzanne Lenglen in many doubles tournaments during the early 1920s.

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Jean-Baptiste de Nompère de Champagny

First Name Jean-Baptiste
Last Name Champagny
Born on August 4, 1756
Died on July 3, 1834 (aged 77)

Jean-Baptiste de Nompère de Champagny, 1st Duc de Cadore was a French admiral and politician.

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Philippe de Commines

First Name Philippe
Last Name Commines
Born on January 1, 1447
Died on October 28, 1511 (aged 64)

Philippe de Commines was a writer and diplomat in the courts of Burgundy and France. He has been called "the first truly modern writer" and "the first critical and philosophical historian since classical times". Neither a chronicler nor a historian in the usual sense of the word, his analyses of the contemporary political scene are what made him virtually unique in his own time.

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Jack Depp

John Christopher Depp III
First Name Jack
Last Name Depp
Born on April 9, 2002 (age 24)
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Jean-Pierre Mustier

First Name Jean-Pierre
Last Name Mustier
Born on January 18, 1961 (age 65)

UniCredit S.p.A. is an international banking group headquartered in Milan. It is Italy's only systemically important bank and the world's 34th largest by assets. It was formed through the merger of Credito Italiano and Unicredito in 1998, but has a corporate identity stretching back to its first foundation in 1870 as Banca di Genova. UniCredit is listed on the Milan and Frankfurt stock exchanges, is a constituent stock of the Euro Stoxx 50 index of leading shares.

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Timothée Adolphe

First Name Timothée
Born on December 29, 1989 (age 36)

Timothée Adolphe is a blind French Paralympic athlete who competes in sprinting events in international level events. He participates in sprinting events with running guides Bruno Naprix and Jeffrey Lami.

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