List of Famous people born in France

Charles Souchon better known as Ours is a French singer and songwriter. He is the second son of Alain Souchon and the younger brother of singer Pierre Souchon.

Françoise Sagan was a French playwright, novelist, and screenwriter. Sagan was known for works with strong romantic themes involving wealthy and disillusioned bourgeois characters. Her best-known novel was her first – Bonjour Tristesse (1954) – which was written when she was a teenager.

Yvan Colonna is a Corsican nationalist convicted for assassination. He is the son of Jean-Hugues Colonna, a former member of the National Assembly for the Socialist Party elected in the Alpes-Maritimes and a recipient of the French Légion d'honneur.

Alain Corneau was a French film director and writer.

Pascal Sevran was a French TV presenter and author.

Mathilda May is a French film actress.

Jérôme Kerviel is a French trader who was convicted and imprisoned in the 2008 Société Générale trading loss for breach of trust, forgery and unauthorized use of the bank's computers, resulting in losses valued at €4.9 billion.

Nicolas Peyrac is a French musician, writer and photographer.

Yannick Haenel is a French writer, cofounder of the literary magazine Ligne de risque.

Loïck Peyron, born 1 December 1959 in Nantes, is a French yachtsman, younger brother of the yachtsman Bruno Peyron.