List of Famous people born in France

Magaye Serigne Falilou Gueye is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for Liga I club Dinamo București. He is a former French youth and under-21 international, but in 2012 he accepted a call up from Senegal for the Olympic games tournament, eligible due to his Senegalese parentage. Gueye started his professional career with RC Strasbourg in France, before moving to Everton in 2010. He made 24 appearances for Everton in four seasons, spending time on loan at Brest, before leaving the club and joining Millwall in 2014. He was a talented sprinter but stopped to focus on his football career. His 100m personal best remains 10.13s.

Viviane Wade née Vert is a French-born Senegalese public figure who served as First Lady of Senegal from 2000 to 2012, as the wife of President Abdoulaye Wade.

Joseph "Nin-Nin" Reinhardt (1912-1982) was the younger brother of guitarist Django Reinhardt and played rhythm guitar on most of Django's pre-war recordings, especially those with the Quintette du Hot Club de France between 1934 and 1939. He was a pioneer of the amplified jazz guitar in France and performed for years on a home-made instrument of his own design.

Charles Granval was a French stage and film actor. He was Jean-Pierre Granval's father.

Hippolyte Philibert Passy was a French cavalry officer, economist and politician.

René Seyssaud was a Provençal painter and is known as a precursor of Fauvism.