List of Famous people born in France

Louise-Justine Messiaen, née Delbos, more commonly known under her pseudonym Claire Delbos, was a French violinist and composer, and first wife of the composer Olivier Messiaen.

Thierry Peugeot is a French heir and business executive.

Maurice de La Sizeranne (1857–1924), blinded at age 9, was an important figure in the movement to support the blind.

Étienne de Vignolles, called La Hire, was a French military commander during the Hundred Years' War.

François Félix Tisserand was a French astronomer.

Jacqueline Audry was a French film director who began making films in post-World War II France and specialised in literary adaptations. She was the first commercially successful female director of post-war France.

Alice Joséphine Pons, known professionally as Lily Pons, was a French-American operatic soprano and actress who had an active career from the late 1920s through the early 1970s. As an opera singer, she specialized in the coloratura soprano repertoire and was particularly associated with the title roles in Lakmé and Lucia di Lammermoor. In addition to appearing as a guest artist with many opera houses internationally, Pons enjoyed a long association with the Metropolitan Opera in New York City, where she performed nearly 300 times between 1931 and 1960.