List of Famous people born in France

Pierre-Louis Pierson was a French photographer and portraitist. His studio was located at 5, boulevard des Capucines, on the border between the 2nd and 9th arrondissements in the centre of Paris.

Wilfried Happio is a French athlete specialising in the 400 metres hurdles. Born by French father and a Ivorian mother, He won gold medals at the 2017 European U20 and 2019 European U23 Championships.

Claire Bertrand-Eisenschitz, also known as Claire Bertrand, was a French expressionist artist born in Sèvres on 22 June 1890. She died on 8 December 1969. She was the wife of the painter Willy Eisenschitz, also a French painter and draftsman.

Jean-Luc Vilmouth was a French sculptor. He was born on 5 March 1952 at Creutzwald and died on the 19 December 2015 in Taipei. He taught at the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris.

Laurent Huard is a French football coach who had a playing career. He is currently the assistant manager of AS Saint-Étienne.

Claude Barma, was a French-Italian director and screenwriter, and an early creator of French television programmes.

Bob Wollek, nicknamed "Brilliant Bob", was a race car driver from Strasbourg, France. He was killed on 16 March 2001 at age 57 in a road accident in Florida while riding a bicycle back to his accommodation after the day's practice sessions for the following day's race, the 12 Hours of Sebring. He won a total of 76 races in his career, 71 in Porsche cars.

Jean-Michel Boris was a French artistic director. He was Director General of the concert hall Olympia from 1979 to 2001.

Christine Delphy is a French sociologist, feminist, writer and theorist. Known for pioneering materialist feminism, she co-founded the French Women's Liberation Movement in 1970 and the journal Nouvelles questions féministes with Simone de Beauvoir in 1981.