List of Famous people born in France

Louis Marie Antoine Destouff de Milet de Mureau baron was a French politician. He served as French Minister of Defence from 21 February to 2 July 1799 under the French Directory. His daughter Iphigénie became a flower painter.

William Clito was a member of the House of Normandy who ruled the County of Flanders from 1127 until his death and unsuccessfully claimed the Duchy of Normandy. As the son of Robert Curthose, the eldest son of William the Conqueror, William Clito was seen as a candidate to succeed his uncle King Henry I of England. Henry viewed him as a rival, however, and William allied himself with King Louis VI of France. Louis installed him as the new count of Flanders upon the assassination of Charles the Good, but the Flemings soon revolted and William died in the struggle against another claimant to Flanders, Thierry of Alsace.

Claude Roy was a French poet and essayist. He was born and died in Paris.

Michel Adanson was an 18th-century French botanist and naturalist of Scottish descent.

Pierre-Marc-Gaston de Lévis, second duke of Lévis, peer of France, was a French politician, aphorist and député to the National Constituent Assembly. His father was the first duke of Lévis, marshal Francis de Gaston. In 1816 he was elected to seat 6 of the Académie française. During the French Revolution, he escaped to England. Two of his three sisters and his mother were sent to the guillotine during the French Revolution.