List of Famous people born in France

Jean-François Copé is a French politician. He is Mayor of Meaux. He was Spokesperson for the French Government between 2002 and 2007, and assumed other tenures in the government—including Minister of the Budget—at the same time. He was also Deputy (Député) for the 6th constituency of Seine-et-Marne, and President of the Union for a Popular Movement (UMP) Group in the French National Assembly. In November 2010 he became General Secretary of the UMP. In August 2012 he announced that he would run for the presidency of the UMP, facing the former Prime Minister François Fillon.

François Rabelais was a French Renaissance writer, physician, Renaissance humanist, monk and Greek scholar. He has historically been regarded as a writer of satire, the grotesque, bawdy jokes, and songs.

Pierre-Hugues Herbert is a French professional tennis player. In doubles, he has completed the Career Grand Slam, following titles at the 2015 US Open, the 2016 Wimbledon Championships, the 2018 French Open and the 2019 Australian Open partnering Nicolas Mahut. The pair have also claimed seven ATP Tour Masters 1000 titles, and an ATP Finals title. In singles, he has reached three ATP career finals, losing all three, and achieved his career high singles ranking of World No. 36 on 11 February 2019.

Emma de Caunes is a French actress, the daughter of actor and director Antoine de Caunes.

Claude Chirac,, the youngest daughter of French president Jacques Chirac, was her father's personal advisor from 1994 until his death in 2019.

Dimitri Yachvili Markarian is a French former rugby union footballer who played as a scrum-half for Biarritz and France.

Hélène Christine Marie Rigoine de Fougerolles is a French actress.

Sofiane Feghouli is a professional footballer who plays for Turkish Süper Lig club Galatasaray and the Algeria national team. He mainly operates as a right midfielder, but can also play as a winger and as an attacking midfielder. Feghouli made his senior international debut for Algeria in February 2012. He represented Algeria at the 2013, 2015 and 2019 Africa Cup of Nations, and the 2014 FIFA World Cup, where he scored Algeria's first goal in the competition.

Alessandra Sublet is a French radio and television presenter. She hosted the daily television program C à vous from September 2009 to June 2013 on France 5.

Géraldine Nakache is a French actress, director and screenwriter of Algerian Jewish descent.