List of Famous people born in France

Roger Vailland was a French novelist, essayist, and screenwriter.

François-Melchior-Charles-Bienvenu de Miollis was the Bishop of Digne from 1805 to 1838. He was the inspiration for Victor Hugo's character Bishop Myriel in the novel Les Misérables.

Bernard Devauchelle is a French oral and maxillofacial surgeon, best known for successfully completing the first face transplant in November 2005 at Amiens University Hospital.

William Julien Emile Edouard Laparra was a French painter of portraits and genre scenes. The composer, Raoul Laparra, was his younger brother.

Bernard Coutaz was a French musical publisher, founder of the Harmonia Mundi label.

Lucien Petipa was a French ballet dancer in the early 19th century, who was the brother of Marius Petipa, the famous ballet master of the Russian Imperial Ballet. He was born in Marseilles and died in Versailles.

Bernard Charlès is a French business executive. He is the chief executive officer and the vice-chairman of the board of directors of Dassault Systèmes, "the 3DEXPERIENCE Company", world leader in 3D design software, 3D digital mock-up and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions. Charlès is the 13th best-performing CEO in the world according to the Harvard Business Review 2017 ranking. In 2018 Dassault Systèmes was named the most sustainable corporation in the world in the Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations in the World index by Corporate Knights. In 2018, he was named one of the "Best CEOs In The World" by the CEOWORLD magazine.