List of Famous people born in France

Mamignan Touré is a French basketball and 3x3 basketball player, for Basket Lattes Montpellier Agglomération, and the French national team.

François Maurin, was the Chief of Staff of the Armies in 1971 to until 1975.

Éric Jacques Levisalles, stagename Eric Lévi is a French rock musician based in London.

Joan Hartock is a Martiniquais footballer who most recently played as a goalkeeper for US Quevilly-Rouen. He previously played for Brest and Lyon.

Thierry de Montbrial is the Executive Chairman of the French Institute of International Relations (Ifri), which he founded in 1979. He is also the founder and Chairman of the World Policy Conference (WPC), which he created in 2008. He has been a member of the French Academy of Moral and Political Sciences since 1992. He is an honorary member of numerous foreign academies.

Marie-Anne Detourbay was a French demimonde and salon-holder. She was a famous courtesan during the Second Empire, and also hosted a literary salon which had some influence during the Second Empire and the Third Republic. She is also known for her relationship with Jules Lemaître.

Marc Restout was a French painter. The son of Marguerin Restout, he belonged to the famous Restout dynasty of painters. He was a prolific painter and won a major reputation in Flanders, Holland and Rome, having accompanied Poussin to Rome in 1642. By his death he was an échevin in Caen.

Axelle Étienne is a French cyclist who competes in the BMX.