List of Famous people born in France

Bruno Génésio is a French retired footballer who played as a midfielder and is the current manager of Ligue 1 team Rennes.

Joséphine Bonaparte was the Empress of the French as the first wife of Emperor Napoleon I. She is widely known as Joséphine de Beauharnais.

Mohammed Merah was a French, of Algerian origin, self-proclaimed jihadist who admitted to killing seven people, including three children, in several shootings in southwestern France in March 2012. He was killed on 22 March 2012 following a police siege and standoff.

Marie Françoise Gilot is a French painter, best known for her long, stormy relationship with Pablo Picasso, with whom she had two children. Gilot was already launched as an accomplished artist, notably in watercolours and ceramics, but her professional career was eclipsed by her social celebrity, and when she split from Picasso, he discouraged galleries from buying her work, as well as unsuccessfully trying to block her memoir, Life with Picasso.

Denise Darcel was a French vaudevillian, actress and singer, who from 1948 and 1963, appeared in films in Hollywood, and briefly on the stage, television and radio.

Catherine Wilkening is a French film and television actress. She is best known for her performance as Mireille, the Mary Magdalene figure in Denys Arcand's 1989 film Jesus of Montreal, and her lead role in the French police drama television series Marc Eliot.

Mac Lesggy is a French agricultural engineer, television presenter and producer.

Joris Gnagnon is a French professional footballer who plays as a defender for La Liga club Sevilla.

Lou Doillon is a French singer-songwriter, artist, actress and model.

Héloïse Martin is a French actress.