List of Famous people born in France

Victor Cosson was a French professional road bicycle racer from 1937 to 1950. In his second year as a professional cyclist, he finished third in the 1938 Tour de France. His biggest victory was the Paris–Camembert edition of 1943. He was born in Lorges.

Michel Herbillon is a French politician of the Republicans who currently serves as a member of the National Assembly of France, representing the Val-de-Marne department.

Marie-Jean Hérault de Séchelles was a French judge and politician who took part in the French Revolution.

Serge Daney was a French movie critic. He was a major figure of Cahiers du cinéma which he co-edited in the late 1970s. He also wrote extensively about films, television, and society in the newspaper Libération and founded the quarterly review Trafic shortly before his death. Highly regarded in French and European film criticism circles, his work remains little known to English-speaking audiences, largely because it has not been consistently translated.

Jean Mistler was a French writer born in Sorèze, Tarn. In 1966 he was elected to the Académie française.