List of Famous people born in France
Paul Demange
Paul Demange was a French film actor who had roles in over 200 films from 1933 to 1977.
Paul Dubrule
Paul Dubrule is a French businessman and politician. He co-founded AccorHotels in 1967. He served as a member of the French Senate from 1999 to 2004, representing Seine-et-Marne. In 2002, he established the Ecole d'Hôtellerie et de Tourisme Paul Dubrule in Siem Reap, Cambodia. The Rue Paul Dubrule in Lesquin was named in his honor in 2016.
Francis Décamps
Pierre Corvol
Pierre Corvol is a French doctor and biology researcher. He was director of the Collège de France from 2006 to August 2012.
Pierre Dionisi
François Mahé
François Mahé was a French professional road bicycle racer. He was professional from 1950 to 1965. Highlights from his career include one day in the yellow jersey as leader of the general classification in the 1953 Tour de France, a stage win in 1954 Tour de France as well as a stage win in Vuelta a España, Paris–Nice, Tour de Luxembourg and the Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré and coming second in the 1952 edition of the GP Ouest-France and the 1954 edition of Tour of Flanders.
Mathilde Gabriel-Péri
Mathilde Rose Thérèse Gabriel-Péri was a French politician. She was elected to the National Assembly in 1945 as one of the first group of French women in parliament. She served in the National Assembly until 1958.
François Joseph of Lorraine, Duke of Guise
François Joseph de Lorraine, Duke of Guise, Duke of Alençon and Duke of Angoulême, was the only son of Louis Joseph de Lorraine, Duke of Guise and Élisabeth Marguerite d'Orléans, suo jure duchess of Alençon.
Dora Werzberg
Dora Werzberg Amelan was a French nurse and social worker. In 1942, she rescued Jewish children through Œuvre de secours aux enfants (OSE). She worked in the Camp de Rivesaltes and the Gurs internment camp, and took care of children who had survived the Nazi concentration camps. She died during the COVID-19 pandemic due to complications brought on by COVID-19.