List of Famous people born in France

Marie Tabarly is a French professional yacht sailor based in Lorient, France in Brittany. She is the daughter of Éric Tabarly, who died while sailing in the Irish Sea in 1998. Marie originally had a career as an equine behaviourist but put it on hold after her horse got injured and decided to focus on sailing instead. She has a long history sailing many different yachts from a young age, such as Geronimo, the French trimaran which has broken many records, such as with Olivier de Kersauson, for which she was named the godmother at its christening.

Louis Marie Joseph de Brigode was a French politician under the First French Empire and the Bourbon Restoration. He was from an old noble family from French Flanders and his elder brother Romain-Joseph de Brigode-Kemlandt was also a nobleman and politician. He is also notable as the first husband of Émilie Pellapra.

Louis Pasteur Vallery-Radot was a French physician, biographer of his grandfather Louis Pasteur and editor of Pasteur's complete works. In 1936 he was elected as a member of the Académie Nationale de Médecine.

Clotilde Ngouabi née Martin was a French-born public figure who served as the first First Lady of the Republic of the Congo from 1969 to 1972, as the wife of President Marien Ngouabi.

Camille Hyacinthe Odilon Barrot was a French politician who was briefly head of the council of ministers under Prince Louis Napoleon in 1848–49.

Daniel Charles Mio was a French politician and teacher. He was known for his development of the Parc naturel régional Scarpe-Escaut.

Louise Hervieu was a French writer, artist, painter, draftsman, and lithographer.