List of Famous people born in France

Émile Jean-Horace Vernet, more commonly known as simply Horace Vernet, was a French painter of battles, portraits, and Orientalist subjects.

Marie d'Albret, Countess of Rethel, Countess of Nevers was the suo jure Countess of Rethel, a title which she inherited at the age of nine upon the death of her mother, Charlotte of Nevers, Sovereign Countess of Rethel, on 23 August 1500. She was the wife of Charles II of Cleves, Count of Nevers.

Jean-Frédéric Phélypeaux, Count of Maurepas was a French statesman and Count of Maurepas.

André Weil was a French mathematician, known for his foundational work in number theory and algebraic geometry. He was a founding member and the de facto early leader of the mathematical Bourbaki group. The philosopher Simone Weil was his sister. The writer Sylvie Weil is his daughter.

Gaspard III de Coligny, duc de Châtillon, was a French Huguenot, who served under Louis XIII, and was appointed Marshal of France in 1622. He was described as "a mediocre general, but absolutely loyal".

Nicolas Chopin was a teacher of the French language in Prussian- and Russian-ruled Poland, and father of Polish composer Frédéric Chopin.

Jean-Jacques Becker is a French historian, born 14 May 1928 in Paris. He is a specialist of contemporary history.