List of Famous people born in France
Larusso
Larusso is a French singer.
François Bégaudeau
François Bégaudeau is a French writer, journalist, and actor. He is best known for co-writing and starring in Entre les murs (2008), a film based on his 2006 novel of the same name. The film won the Palme d'Or at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival and received an Academy Award nomination for Best Foreign Language Film in 2009.
Reda Kateb
Reda Kateb is a French actor.
Jean-Yves Le Drian
Jean-Yves Le Drian is a French politician serving as Minister of Europe and Foreign Affairs since 2017. He previously was Minister of Defence from 2012 to 2017 under President François Hollande. He was nominated by Emmanuel Macron to serve as Foreign Minister in the First Philippe government on 17 May 2017. A former member of the Socialist Party, he has been an Independent since 2018.
Jacques Spiesser
Jacques Spiesser is a French actor, born in Angers.
Régis Laspalès
Régis Laspalès is a French comedian and actor best known for his collaboration with Philippe Chevallier.
Stéphane Audran
Stéphane Audran was a French film and television actress, known for her performances in award-winning movies such as The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972) and Babette's Feast (1987) and in critically acclaimed films like The Big Red One (1980) and Violette Nozière (1978).
Michael Lonsdale
Michael Edward Lonsdale-Crouch, commonly known as Michael Lonsdale and sometimes billed as Michel Lonsdale, was a British-French actor who appeared in over 180 films and television shows. He is best known in the English-speaking world for his roles as the villain Hugo Drax in the 1979 James Bond film Moonraker, the detective Claude Lebel in The Day of the Jackal, and M. Dupont d'Ivry in The Remains of the Day.
Daphné Bürki
Daphné Bürki is a French television presenter and columnist.
Eric Ripert
Éric Frank Ripert is a French chef, author and television personality specializing in modern French cuisine and noted for his work with seafood.