List of Famous people born in France

Jean-François Lyotard was a French philosopher, sociologist, and literary theorist. His interdisciplinary discourse spans such topics as epistemology and communication, the human body, modern art and postmodern art, literature and critical theory, music, film, time and memory, space, the city and landscape, the sublime, and the relation between aesthetics and politics. He is best known for his articulation of postmodernism after the late 1970s and the analysis of the impact of postmodernity on the human condition. Lyotard was a key personality in contemporary Continental philosophy and author of 26 books and many articles. He was a director of the International College of Philosophy founded by Jacques Derrida, François Châtelet, Jean-Pierre Faye, and Dominique Lecourt.

Étienne Eugène Cicéri was a French painter, illustrator, engraver and theatrical designer.

Olivier Guez is a French journalist, essayist and writer. He won the 2017 Prix Renaudot for his novel The Disappearance of Josef Mengele.

Michel Decoust is a French composer and conductor.

Olivier Carré is a member of the National Assembly of France from 2007 to 2017. He represents the Loiret department, and was a member of The Republicans until 2017. He was member of the Economic, Environmental and Regional Planning Committee.