List of Famous people born in France

Jean-Jacques Baude was a French administrator and politician. He was a deputy from 1830 to 1839, and again from 1842 to 1846.

Jeanne Cheirel (1869–1934) was a French film and stage actress. She was in the original cast of two of Georges Feydeau's plays Tied by the Leg (1894) and The Turkey (1896). She made her screen debut in a 1909 short film and continued acting in cinema until her death in 1934. She was the aunt of the actress Micheline Cheirel.

Arthur Honegger was a Swiss composer, who was born in France and lived a large part of his life in Paris. He was a member of Les Six. His most well known work is probably Antigone, composed between 1924 and 1927 to the French libretto by Jean Cocteau based on the tragedy Antigone by Sophocles. It premiered on 28 December 1927 at the Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie with sets designed by Pablo Picasso and costumes by Coco Chanel. However, his most frequently performed work is probably the orchestral work Pacific 231, which was inspired by the sound of a steam locomotive.

Claudine Monteil is a French writer, women's rights specialist, historian, and a former French diplomat.

Henri Charles de La Trémoille was a French military commander. He the son of Henry de La Trémoille, duc of Thouars and of La Trémoille, and his wife, Marie de La Tour d'Auvergne.

Joël Gallopin is a former French racing cyclist. He rode in four editions of the Tour de France between 1978 and 1981.