List of Famous people born in France
Clarisse Agbégnénou
Clarisse Agbegnenou is a French judoka. Competing in the −63 kg weight division she won the European title in 2013, the world title in 2014 and an Olympic silver medal in 2016.
Valérie Kaprisky
Valérie Kaprisky is a French actress.
Alain Barrière
Alain Barrière was a French singer, who was active from the 1950s until his death and was known for participating in the 1963 Eurovision Song Contest.
Gilles Simon
Gilles Simon is a French professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 6 attained on 5 January 2009. He turned professional in 2002 and has won 14 singles titles on the ATP Tour.
Kungs
Valentin Brunel, better known by his stage name Kungs, is a French DJ, record producer and musician. A native of Toulon, he released his first album Layers in 2016 after success with "This Girl", a collaboration with Cookin' on 3 Burners that became an international hit for him, and the follow-ups "Don't You Know" featuring Jamie N Commons and "I Feel So Bad" featuring Ephemerals.
Jean-Pierre François
Jean-Pierre François is a French singer and former footballer. He remained particularly known for his 1989 summer hit "Je te survivrai", a love song written by Didier Barbelivien, which reached number 2 on the French Singles Chart.
Georges Pontier
Georges Pontier is a French prelate of the Catholic Church who was Archbishop of Marseille from 2006 to 2019 and President of the Episcopal Conference of France from 2013 to 2019.
Yohann Diniz
Yohann Diniz is a French race walker. He is the current world-record holder for the 50 km race, with a time of 3:32:33, and for the 50,000 metres track walk, with a time of 3:35:27.
Earvin N'Gapeth
Earvin N'Gapeth is a French volleyball player, member of the France national volleyball team and Russian club Zenit Kazan, 2015 European Champion, gold medallist of the World League, French Champion (2010), Italian Champion (2016).
Patrice Quarteron
Patrice "The Dark Ronin" Quarteron is a French heavyweight kickboxer, fighting out of Évry, Essonne. He is two time French and European Muay Thai champion and current IKF Muay Thai Super Heavyweight World champion.