List of Famous people born in France
Yoane Wissa
Yoane Wissa is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for Premier League club Brentford.
Muriel Pénicaud
Muriel Pénicaud is a former French business executive who has been serving as her country's ambassador to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) since 2020. She previously served as the Minister of Labour in the government of Prime Minister Édouard Philippe from 17 May 2017 to 6 July 2020. In the private sector, she was the executive vice president of human resources at Dassault Systèmes from 2002 to 2008, and at Groupe Danone from 2008 to 2014.
Sofiane Boufal
Sofiane Boufal is a professional footballer who plays as a winger or attacking midfielder for Ligue 1 club Angers SCO and the Morocco national team.
Max Boublil
Max Boublil is a French actor of Sephardi Jewish descent, singer and comedian. He has released 2 albums.
Sylvie Goulard
Sylvie Goulard is a French politician and civil servant who served as Minister of the Armed Forces from 17 May to 21 June 2017 in the First Philippe government. She decided to quit along with other Democratic Movement (MoDem) ministers, before the MoDem was investigated on potentially fictitious employment of parliamentary assistants. On 17 January 2018, Goulard was appointed Deputy Governor of the Bank of France, succeeding Denis Beau.
Soko
Stéphanie Alexandra Mina Sokolinski, known professionally as Soko, is a French singer-songwriter, musician and actress.
René de Chambrun
René Aldebert Pineton de Chambrun, was a French-American aristocrat, lawyer, businessman and author. He practised law at the Court of Appeals of Paris and the New York State Bar Association. He was the author of several books about World War II and his father-in-law, Vichy France Prime Minister Pierre Laval, to whom he served as legal counsel. He defended Coco Chanel in her lawsuit against Pierre Wertheimer over her marketing rights to Chanel No. 5. He was the chairman of Baccarat, the crystal manufacturer, from 1960 to 1992.
Marion Bartoli
Marion Bartoli is a French former professional tennis player. She won the 2013 Wimbledon Championships singles title after previously being runner-up in 2007, and was a semifinalist at the 2011 French Open. She also won eight Women's Tennis Association singles and three doubles titles. She announced her immediate retirement from professional tennis on 14 August 2013.
Raphael Hamburger
Raphaël Michel Hamburger is a French producer and a soundtrack music supervisor.
Sandrine Bonnaire
Sandrine Bonnaire is a French actress, film director and screenwriter who has appeared in more than 40 films. She won the César Award for Most Promising Actress for À Nos Amours (1983), the César Award for Best Actress for Vagabond (1985) and the Volpi Cup for Best Actress for La Cérémonie (1995). Her other films include Under the Sun of Satan (1987), Monsieur Hire (1989), East/West (1999) and The Final Lesson (2015).