List of Famous people born in France

André Kouprianoff

First Name André
Last Name Kouprianoff
Born on October 14, 1938 (age 88)

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.

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René Vigliani

First Name René
Last Name Vigliani
Born on July 24, 1929 (age 97)

René Vigliani is a French former football referee.

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Pascal Marie Roland

First Name Pascal
Last Name Roland
Born on January 14, 1951 (age 75)
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Amédée Mannheim

First Name Amédée
Last Name Mannheim
Born on July 17, 1831
Died on December 11, 1906 (aged 75)

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.

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Jérôme Eugène Coggia

First Name Jérôme
Last Name Coggia
Born on February 18, 1849
Died on January 15, 1919 (aged 69)
Born in France, Corsica

Jérôme Eugène Coggia was a 19th-century French astronomer and discoverer of asteroids and comets, who was born in the Corsican town of Ajaccio.

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Jean-Luc Crétier

First Name Jean-Luc
Born on April 28, 1966 (age 60)
Height 185 cm | 6'1

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.

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Amédée Borrel

First Name Amédée
Last Name Borrel
Born on August 1, 1867
Died on September 15, 1936 (aged 69)
Born in France, Occitania

Amédée Marie Vincent Borrel was a French physician and microbiologist born in Cazouls-lès-Béziers, Hérault.

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Maxime Bouttier

First Name Maxime
Born on April 22, 1993 (age 33)
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François-Xavier-Marc-Antoine de Montesquiou-Fézensac

Born on August 3, 1757
Died on February 4, 1832 (aged 74)
Born in France, Occitania

Abbé François-Xavier-Marc-Antoine de Montesquiou-Fézensac was a French clergyman and politician.

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Anne Amieux

First Name Anne
Last Name Amieux
Born on June 18, 1871
Died on January 1, 1961 (aged 89)

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.

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