List of Famous people born in France

Paul Émile Appell was a French mathematician and Rector of the University of Paris. Appell polynomials and Appell's equations of motion are named after him, as is rue Paul Appell in the 14th arrondissement of Paris and the minor planet 988 Appella.

Charles Henri Frédéric Dumont de Sainte-Croix was a French zoologist.

Marie Daëms (1928–2016) was a French stage, film and television actress. After studying at the Lycée Jules-Ferry in Paris, Daëms made her stage debut in 1947 and her first screen appearance in 1949. She was married to the actor François Périer between 1949 and 1959.

André Gabriel Edmée Pirro was a French musicologist and an organist.

André Parrot was a French archaeologist specializing in the ancient Near East. He led excavations in Lebanon, Iraq and Syria, and is best known for his work at Mari, Syria, where he led important excavations from 1933 to 1975.