List of Famous people born in France

Judith El Zein is a French actress.

Malik Bentalha is a French humorist and actor of Algerian and Moroccan descent. He does stand-up comedy and has appeared in some films.

Gérard Philippe René André Larcher is a French politician serving as President of the Senate since 2014, previously holding the office from 2008 to 2011. A member of The Republicans, he has been a Senator for the Yvelines department since 1986, with an interruption between 2004 and 2007, when he was Minister for Employment, Labour and Professional Integration of Young People under President Jacques Chirac. Larcher also served as Mayor of Rambouillet from 1983 to 2004 and again from 2007 until 2014.

Nicolas Batum is a French professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Clippers of the National Basketball Association (NBA).

Henri Émile Benoît Matisse was a French artist, known for both his use of colour and his fluid and original draughtsmanship. He was a draughtsman, printmaker, and sculptor, but is known primarily as a painter. Matisse is commonly regarded, along with Pablo Picasso, as one of the artists who best helped to define the revolutionary developments in the visual arts throughout the opening decades of the twentieth century, responsible for significant developments in painting and sculpture.

Philippe Fragione, better known by his stage name Akhenaton, is a French rapper and hip hop producer of Italian origin. He has also worked under the aliases Chill, AKH, Sentenza, and Spectre. He became famous as a member of the group IAM, and has since made a number of records, both with IAM and as a solo artist.

Cécile Duflot is a French former politician. She has been a government minister and political party leader.

Maxence Boitez, better known by his artistic name Ridsa, is a French rapper and singer of Spanish descent.

Georges André Malraux was a French novelist, art theorist, and Minister of Cultural Affairs. Malraux's novel La Condition Humaine (1933) won the Prix Goncourt. He was appointed by President Charles de Gaulle as Minister of Information (1945–46) and subsequently as France's first Minister of Cultural Affairs during de Gaulle's presidency (1959–1969).

Julie Leclerc is a French radio and television host.