List of Famous people born in France

Ludwig Häusser was a German historian.

Jean-Michel Tessier is a French former cyclist. He rode in the 2000 Giro d'Italia, but did not finish.

Alphonse Lavallée (1791–1873) is the founder of the École Centrale Paris, a French Grande École.

Jean-François Pierre Peyron, full name of Pierre Peyron, was a French Neoclassical painter.

Joseph-Marie Sardou, S.C.J. was a French Roman Catholic archbishop.

Gérard Denis Auguste Defois is a French prelate of the Catholic Church who was the ordinary of a series of French dioceses from 1990 until his retirement in 2008. He was Archbishop of Sens-Auxerre from 1990 to 1995, Archbishop of Reims from 1995 to 1998, and finally of Bishop of Lille with the personal title of archbishop from 1998 to 2008. Before becoming a bishop he worked for the French Bishops Conference and held academic positions. He has published extensively.