List of Famous people born in France

Yves Nicolin is the Mayor of Roanne. He was a member of the National Assembly of France, representing the Loire's 5th constituency from 1993 to 2017 as a member of UDF, UMP and then the Republicans.

Raoul Victor Patrice Castex was a French Navy admiral and a military theorist.

Marie Modiano is a French singer and writer.

Yvette Farnoux, was a French resistance fighter, and concentration camp survivor. On 15 March 1990, she was awarded the Grand Officer of the Legion of Honor, then the Grand Cross on 31 December 2008. She studied at the Lycée Molière. She worked at the unemployment office, of the Secours national. In the Resistance, she worked with Berty Albrecht; and succeeded her as national head of social services for the united movements of the Resistance. Arrested, she was deported on 29 April 1944, from the Drancy internment camp to Auschwitz, and then Ravensbrück.

Mikaël Cherel is a French professional road bicycle racer, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam AG2R Citroën Team.

Jacob ben Meir, best known as Rabbeinu Tam, was one of the most renowned Ashkenazi Jewish rabbis and leading French Tosafists, a leading halakhic authority in his generation, and a grandson of Rashi. Known as "Rabbeinu", he acquired the Hebrew suffix "Tam" meaning straightforward; it was originally used in the Book of Genesis to describe his biblical namesake, Jacob.

Charles O'Brien,, 6th Viscount Clare was an Irish military officer in French service, known to posterity as the Maréchal de Thomond.

François Joseph Westermann was a French general of the Revolutionary Wars and political figure of the French Revolution.