List of Famous people born in France
Maurice Martenot
Maurice Louis Eugène Martenot was a French cellist, a radio telegrapher during the first World War, and an inventor.
Eugène Cormon
Pierre-Étienne Piestre, known as Eugène Cormon, was a French dramatist and librettist. He used his mother's name, Cormon, during his career.
Colette Castel
Claude Marie Meunier
Claude Marie Meunier became a French division commander during the Napoleonic Wars. He joined a volunteer regiment in 1792 and fought on the Rhine and in Italy as a captain. After a stint in the Consular Guard as a major, he became colonel of the 9th Light Infantry Regiment in 1803. His regiment fought at Haslach and Dürenstein in 1805, Halle, Waren and Lübeck in 1806, and Mohrungen and Friedland in 1807. Transferred to Spain, he led his troops at Uclés, Medellín and Talavera in 1809. He was promoted general of brigade in 1810 and fought at Barrosa in 1811.
William Lubtchansky
William Lubtchansky was a French cinematographer.
Auguste Sabatier
Louis Auguste Sabatier, French Protestant theologian, was born at Vallon-Pont-d'Arc, Ardèche and died in Strasbourg.
Maurice Krafft
Jean-Jacques Schuhl
Jean-Jacques Schuhl is a French author, recipient of the 2000 Prix Goncourt literary award for his novel Ingrid Caven. The book is named for the German actress and singer Ingrid Caven, whom Schuhl lives with. Despite appearances, the novel is not her biography.
Georges Berthoin
Georges Berthoin is a French politician and diplomat who served as chief of staff to Jean Monnet from 1952 to 1955. He was made an officer of the Legion of Honour in 2006, and a commander of the Ordre national du Mérite in 2013.
Victor-Marie d'Estrées
Victor-Marie d'Estrées, Duke of Estrées count then duke (1723) of Estrées was a Marshal of France and subsequently known as the "Maréchal d'Estrées".