List of Famous people born in France
Michel Audiard
Paul Michel Audiard was a French screenwriter and film director, known for his witty, irreverent and slang-laden dialogues which made him a prominent figure on the French cultural scene of the 1960s and 1970s. He was the father of French film director Jacques Audiard.
Jean Bruller
Jean Marcel Adolphe Bruller was a French writer and illustrator who co-founded Les Éditions de Minuit with Pierre de Lescure. Born to a Hungarian-Jewish father, he joined the Resistance during the World War II occupation of northern France and his texts were published under the pseudonym Vercors.
Delphine Arnault
Delphine Arnault is a French businesswoman, director and executive vice president of Louis Vuitton.
Augustin Trébuchon
Augustin-Joseph Victorin Trébuchon was the last French soldier killed during World War I. He was shot 15 minutes before the Armistice came into effect, at 10.45am on 11 November 1918. The French Army, embarrassed to have sent men into battle after the armistice with the Germans had been signed, recorded the date of his death as earlier by one day.
Sarah Abitbol
Sarah Abitbol is a French former pair skater. With skating partner Stéphane Bernadis, she is the 2000 World bronze medalist, the 2000 Grand Prix Final silver medalist, a seven-time European medalist, and a ten-time French national champion.
Sarah Poniatowski
Sarah Lavoine is a designer and interior designer practicing in France.
Bouna Sarr
Bouna Junior Sarr is a French professional footballer who plays for Bundesliga club Bayern Munich.
Baptiste Lecaplain
Baptiste Lecaplain is a French comedian and actor. He does stand-up comedy and has appeared in some films.
Lomepal
Antoine Valentinelli, better known by his stage name Lomepal, is a French rapper and singer from the 13th arrondissement of Paris. He has released five EPs, and two studio albums: Flip, released in June 2017, and Jeannine, released in December 2018, were certified double platinum by the SNEP.
Jean-Louis Debré
Jean-Louis Debré is a former French judge and politician who served as President of the National Assembly from 2002 to 2007 and President of the Constitutional Council from 2007 to 2016. He was Minister of the Interior from 1995 until 1997 during the presidency of Jacques Chirac. Since 2016 he has been President of the Superior Council of Archives.