List of Famous people born in France

Prince Charles-Louis d'Orléans

First Name Prince

Last Name D'Orléans

Born in France, Île-de-France

Prince Charles Louis of Orléans, Duke of Chartres is a leading aristocrat and royal pretender, as the elder son of Prince Jacques, Duke of Orléans and Gersende de Sabran-Pontevès, daughter of Foulques, 7th Duke of Sabran.

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Robert Bothereau

First Name Robert

Last Name Bothereau

Born on February 22, 1901

Died on May 31, 1985 (aged 84)

Born in France, Centre-Val de Loire

Robert Eugène Amilcar Bothereau was a French trade union leader. He was the secretary general of Workers' Force from 1948 to 1963.

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Robert Grossmann

First Name Robert

Last Name Grossmann

Born on October 14, 1940 (age 86)

Born in France, Grand Est

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Robert Broussard

First Name Robert

Last Name Broussard

Born on April 24, 1936 (age 90)

Born in France, New Aquitaine

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Christine Petit

Marie-Christine Chavance

First Name Christine

Last Name Petit

Born on February 4, 1948 (age 78)

Born in France, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

Christine Petit is a French geneticist. She holds professorships at the Collège de France and the Pasteur Institute.

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Robert Calméjane

First Name Robert

Last Name Calméjane

Born on May 19, 1929

Died on December 10, 2002 (aged 73)

Born in France, Île-de-France

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Robert Camelot

First Name Robert

Last Name Camelot

Born on May 20, 1903

Died on November 4, 1992 (aged 89)

Born in France, Grand Est

Robert Camelot was a French architect.

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Robert Cantarella

First Name Robert

Last Name Cantarella

Born on November 29, 1957 (age 68)

Born in France, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

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Charles Brunier

First Name Charles

Last Name Brunier

Born on May 31, 1901

Died on January 26, 2007 (aged 105)

Born in France, Île-de-France, Paris

Charles Brunier was a French convicted murderer and veteran of both the First and Second World Wars, who claimed in 2005 to have been the inspiration for Papillon. Circumstantial evidence, including his butterfly tattoo and his having been on Devil's Island at the time, supported the claim.

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Marie-Louise O'Murphy

First Name Marie-Louise

Born on October 21, 1737

Died on December 11, 1814 (aged 77)

Born in France, Normandy

Marie-Louise O'Murphy was one of the lesser mistresses of King Louis XV of France, and possibly the model for the famous painting by François Boucher.

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