List of Famous people born in France
Pierre Sprey
Pierre Michel Sprey was a defense analyst and record producer. As a defense analyst working together with John Boyd and Thomas P. Christie, he was a member of the self-dubbed 'Fighter Mafia', which advocated the use of energy–maneuverability theory in fighter design.
Blanche of France, Duchess of Orléans
Blanche of France was the posthumous daughter of King Charles IV of France and his third wife, Jeanne d'Évreux. She is the last direct Capetian; she was the last-surviving member of her family, and her marriage to her cousin Philippe d'Orléans proved childless. With Blanche's death in 1393, the House of Capet continued to exist only via its numerous cadet branches.
Thomas Vincensini
Thomas Vincensini is a French footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Championnat National club SC Bastia, on loan from RC Lens.
Dionys Mascolo
Dionys Mascolo was a French literary editor, resistance fighter, left-wing political activist, author, and former husband of Marguerite Duras.
Florence Devouard
Florence Jacqueline Sylvie Devouard, is the former Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Wikimedia Foundation between October 2006 and July 2008.
Henri Montan Berton
Henri-Montan Berton was a French composer, teacher, and writer, mostly known as a composer of operas for the Opéra-Comique.
Alfred Vulpian
Edmé Félix Alfred Vulpian was a French physician and neurologist. He was the co-discoverer of Vulpian-Bernhardt spinal muscular atrophy and the Vulpian-Heidenhain-Sherrington phenomenon.
Paul Taffanel
Claude-Paul Taffanel was a French flautist, conductor and instructor, regarded as the founder of the French Flute School that dominated much of flute composition and performance during the mid-20th century.
Jules Lemaître
François Élie Jules Lemaître was a French critic and dramatist.