List of Famous people born in France

Jean-Marie Besset is a French contemporary playwright, translator and theater director.

Marie-Joseph-Alexandre Déodat de Séverac was a French composer.

Michel Hénon was a French mathematician and astronomer. He worked for a long time at the Nice Observatory.

Paul Antoine Aristide Montel was a French mathematician. He was born in Nice, France and died in Paris, France. He researched mostly on holomorphic functions in complex analysis.

Marianne Loir or Marie-Anne Loir was a French painter who specialized in portraits.

Pierre Cressoy (1924–1980) was a French film actor.

Jacques Doniol-Valcroze was a French actor, critic, screenwriter, and director. In 1951, Doniol-Valcroze was a co-founder of the renowned film magazine Cahiers du cinéma, along with André Bazin and Joseph-Marie Lo Duca. The magazine was initially edited by Doniol-Valcroze between 1951-1957. As critic, he championed numerous filmmakers including Orson Welles, Howard Hawks, and Nicholas Ray. In 1955, then 23-year-old François Truffaut made a short film in Doniol-Valcroze's apartment, Une Visite. Jacques's daughter Florence played a minor part in it.

Laurent Depouilly is a French figure skater. He is the 1986 French national champion. He represented France at the 1984 Winter Olympics, where he placed 15th. He is married to Nathalie Depouilly and their daughter Chloe Depouilly is a competitive skater.

Albert Wolsky is an American costume designer. He has worked both on stage shows as well as for film, and has been nominated for an Academy Award for Best Costume Design seven times, winning two awards for his work on the films All That Jazz (1979) and Bugsy (1991).

Gustave Clarence Rodolphe Boulanger was a French figure painter known for his classical and Orientalist subjects.