List of Famous people born in France
André Kouprianoff
André Kouprianoff is a retired French speed skater who won three all-round medals at the European and world championships in 1960–1962. He competed at the 1960 and 1964 Winter Olympics in 500 m to 10,000 m distances with the best achievement of eighth place in 1,500 m in 1960.
René Vigliani
René Vigliani is a French former football referee.
Pascal Marie Roland
Amédée Mannheim
Victor Mayer Amédée Mannheim was the inventor of the modern slide rule. Around 1850, he introduced a new scale system that used a runner to perform calculations. This type of slide rule became known under the name of its inventor: the Mannheim.
Jérôme Eugène Coggia
Jérôme Eugène Coggia was a 19th-century French astronomer and discoverer of asteroids and comets, who was born in the Corsican town of Ajaccio.
Jean-Luc Crétier
Jean-Luc Crétier is a retired French World Cup alpine ski racer. He was one of the four members of the "Top Guns" team, created and trained by Serge Guillaume outwith the mainstream of the French Alpine Ski Federation, along with Luc Alphand, Franck Piccard, and Denis Rey.
Amédée Borrel
Amédée Marie Vincent Borrel was a French physician and microbiologist born in Cazouls-lès-Béziers, Hérault.
Maxime Bouttier
François-Xavier-Marc-Antoine de Montesquiou-Fézensac
Abbé François-Xavier-Marc-Antoine de Montesquiou-Fézensac was a French clergyman and politician.
Anne Amieux
Anne-Léontine Nicolas Amieux was a French educator. She was principal of the École normale supérieure de jeunes filles at Sèvres from 1919 to 1936.