List of Famous people born in France

Théodore Ballu was a French architect who designed numerous public buildings in Paris. He is the grandfather of the industrialist and politician Guillaume Ballu.

Edmond Hervé is a French politician, a member of the Socialist Party and French senator from 2008 to 2014. He was the mayor of Rennes from 1977 to 2008, succeeding Henri Fréville.

Pierre-Jean Rémy is the pen-name of Jean-Pierre Angremy who was a French diplomat, novelist, and essayist. He was elected to the Académie française on 16 June 1988, and won the 1986 Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française for his novel Une ville immortelle.

Marguerite "Margot" Laffite is a French racing driver and television presenter.

Jean Favier was a French historian, who specialized in Medieval history. From 1975 to 1994, he was director of the French National Archives. From 1994 to 1997, he was president of the Bibliothèque nationale de France.

William Henry Waddington was a French statesman who served as Prime Minister in 1879, and as an Ambassador of France.

Roger Duchêne was a French biographer specializing in the letters of Madame de Sévigné.