List of Famous people born in France
Jules Bonnot
Jules Joseph Bonnot was a French anarchist bank robber famous for his involvement in a criminal anarchist organization dubbed "The Bonnot Gang" by the French press. He viewed himself as a professional and avoided bloodshed, preferring to outwit his targets. Often posing as a businessman, his taste in expensive clothing earned him the pseudonym "Le Bourgeois" among comrades.
Hubert de Givenchy
Count Hubert James Marcel Taffin de Givenchy was a French fashion designer who founded the house of Givenchy in 1952. He is famous for having designed much of the personal and professional wardrobe of Audrey Hepburn and clothing for Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy. He was named to the International Best Dressed List Hall of Fame in 1970.
Caroline Garcia
Caroline Garcia is a French professional tennis player. She has won seven singles and six doubles titles on the WTA tour, one singles and one doubles title on the WTA 125K series, and has one singles and four doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 10 September 2018, she reached her best WTA singles ranking of world No. 4, and on 24 October 2016 she peaked at No. 2 in the doubles rankings, tied with fellow Frenchwoman Kristina Mladenovic.
Julie Depardieu
Julie Marion Depardieu is a French actress who has appeared in a number of successful films.
Caroline Cellier
Caroline Cellier was a French actress. She appeared in such films as L'année des méduses , La vie, l'amour, la mort, Le zèbre and Le Plaisir .
Olivier de Funès
Olivier de Funès, is a French former film actor and Air France pilot, son of renowned actor Louis de Funès.
Karen Cheryl
Isabelle Morizet is a French singer, actress, radio and television presenter.
Jean Lefebvre
Jean Marcel Lefebvre was a French film actor.
Jack Lang
Jack Mathieu Émile Lang is a French politician. A member of the Socialist Party, he served as Minister of Culture from 1981 to 1986 and again from 1988 to 1993, as well as Minister of National Education from 1992 to 1993 and 2000 to 2002.
Pierre de Coubertin
Charles Pierre de Frédy, Baron de Coubertin was a French educator and historian, founder of the International Olympic Committee, and its second president. He is known as the father of the modern Olympic Games.