List of Famous people born in France

Françoise de Chalus, was a French noblewoman and courtier. She was the mother of Louis, comte de Narbonne-Lara, possibly by king Louis XV of France. She was the lady-in-waiting of Louise Élisabeth of France in 1749-59, and the influential favorite lady-in-waiting of Princess Marie Adélaïde of France in 1764-1800.

Juliette de La Genière is a French archaeologist. She worked at the University of Lille, where she founded the archaeology research centre, and the Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa.

Gaston Palewski, French politician, was a close associate of Charles de Gaulle during and after World War II. He is also remembered as the lover of the English novelist Nancy Mitford, and appears in a fictionalised form in two of her novels.

Maurice Faure was a member of the French Resistance and a minister in several French governments. He was born in Azerat, Dordogne.

Alain Sarde is a French film producer and actor.

Maurice Leloir was a French illustrator, watercolourist, draftsman, printmaker, writer and collector.