List of Famous people born in France

Henri-Irénée Marrou was a French historian. A Christian humanist in outlook, his work was primarily in the spheres of Late Antiquity and the history of education. He is best known for his work History of Education in Antiquity. He also edited, for Sources Chrétiennes, the early Christian work Letter to Diognetus, the only manuscript of which perished in a fire at the University of Strasbourg during the Franco-Prussian War. Marrou edited the collection Patristica Sorbonensia, published by Le Seuil. His work has been criticised by the philosopher Ilsetraut Hadot. Marrou also wrote under the pseudonym of Henri Davenson. His Carnets posthumes were published in 2006 under the editorial supervision of his daughter Françoise Marrou-Flamant.

Gerloc, baptised in Rouen as Adela in 912, was the daughter of Rollo, of Normandy, Count of Rouen, and his wife, Poppa of Bayeux. She was the sister of William I Longsword of Normandy.

Rémy Stricker was a French pianist, music educator, radio producer, musicologist and writer.

Raymond Roussel was a French poet, novelist, playwright, musician, and chess enthusiast. Through his novels, poems, and plays he exerted a profound influence on certain groups within 20th century French literature, including the Surrealists, Oulipo, and the authors of the nouveau roman.

Hervé Bugnet is a retired French footballer who played as a striker.

Captain Prince Antônio Gastão of Orléans-Braganza MC was a Brazilian prince who served in the forces of the British Empire during World War I.

Luc Marie Daniel Ravel, C.R.S.V. is a French Catholic bishop. He was appointed bishop of the Diocese of the French Armed Forces by Pope Benedict XVI on 7 October 2009. He was consecrated bishop at the Cathedral of Notre Dame de Paris on 29 November 2009. He was appointed archbishop of Strasbourg by Pope Francis on 18 February 2017.

Louis Charles de Bourbon, Count of Eu was a grandson of Louis XIV of France and his maîtresse-en-titre Madame de Montespan. He was the last member of the legitimised house of Maine branch of the House of Bourbon, a legitimised, cadet branch of the Capetian dynasty