List of Famous people born in France

Jean-Pierre Mocky, pseudonym of Jean-Paul Adam Mokiejewski, was a French film director, actor, screenwriter and producer.

Sébastien Chabal is a French former rugby union player. He played number eight and lock for Bourgoin (1998–2004), Sale Sharks (2004–2009), Racing Métro 92 Paris, and for the French national team.

Gaël Romeo Kakuta Mambenga is a professional footballer who plays as a left winger for Ligue 1 club RC Lens, on loan from Amiens SC, and the DR Congo national football team.

Eugénie Brazier, known as "la mère Brazier", was a French chef who, in 1933, became the first person to attain a total of six Michelin stars, three each at two restaurants: La Mère Brazier on Rue Royale, one of the main streets of Lyon, and a second, also called La Mère Brazier, in the Alpine foothills at Col de la Luère. This was unmatched until Alain Ducasse was awarded six stars with the publication of the 1998 Michelin Guide. She was also the first woman to earn three Michelin stars.

Prince Henrik of Denmark was the prince consort of Queen Margrethe II of Denmark from 14 January 1972 until his death.

Henry III was King of France from 1574 until his death as well as King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1573 to 1575.

Tony Gallopin is a French professional road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam AG2R Citroën Team.

Pierre Gagnaire is a French chef, and the head chef and owner of the eponymous Pierre Gagnaire restaurant at 6 rue Balzac in Paris. Gagnaire is an iconoclastic chef at the forefront of the fusion cuisine movement. Beginning his career in St. Etienne where he won three Michelin Stars, Gagnaire tore at the conventions of classic French cooking by introducing jarring juxtapositions of flavours, tastes, textures, and ingredients. On his website, Gagnaire gives his mission statement as the wish to run a restaurant which is 'facing tomorrow but respectful of yesterday'.

Karim Boudiaf is a French-born naturalized Qatari footballer of Algerian origins. He currently plays for Al-Duhail in the Qatar Stars League. He can play as a central defender and as a defensive midfielder.

Hugh of Saint-Cher, O.P. was a French Dominican friar who became a cardinal and noted biblical commentator.