List of Famous people born in France

Zacharie Jacob, known as Montfleury, was a famed French actor and playwright of the 17th century.

Georges-Frédéric Cuvier was a French zoologist and paleontologist. He was the younger brother of noted naturalist and zoologist Georges Cuvier.

René Huyghe was a French writer on the history, psychology and philosophy of art. He was also a curator at the Louvre's department of paintings, a professor at the Collège de France and from 1960 a member of the Académie Française. He was the father of the writer François-Bernard Huyghe.

Constance Mayer was a French painter of portraits, allegorical subjects, miniatures and genre works. She had "a brilliant but bitter career."

Marie Elisabeth of France, was a French princess and member of the House of Valois.

Michel Bouvard is a French classical organist.

James Stanhope, 1st Earl Stanhope was a British soldier, diplomat and statesman who effectively served as Chief Minister between 1717 and 1721.