List of Famous people born in France
Rose Valland
Rose Antonia Maria Valland was a French art historian, member of the French Resistance, captain in the French military, and one of the most decorated women in French history. She secretly recorded details of the Nazi plundering of National French and private Jewish-owned art from France; and, working with the French Resistance, she saved thousands of works of art.
Amanda Sthers
Amanda Queffélec-Maruani, known professionally as Amanda Sthers, is a French novelist, playwright, screenwriter and filmmaker.
Laura Flessel-Colovic
Laura Flessel-Colovic is a French politician and épée fencer who served as Minister of Sports from 2017 to 2018. Born in Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe, she has won the most Olympic medals of any French sportswoman, with five. Before 2007, she was a member of the Levallois Sporting Club Escrime, and now works with Lagardère Paris Racing. She is married and has one daughter.
Berty Albrecht
Berty Albrecht.
Jade Jagger
Jade Sheena Jezebel Jagger is a British jewellery designer, home designer, and former model. She is the daughter of Rolling Stones lead singer Mick Jagger and 1970s fashion icon and human rights advocate Bianca Jagger.
Guillaume Cizeron
Guillaume Cizeron is a French ice dancer. With his partner, Gabriella Papadakis, he is the 2018 Olympic silver medalist, a four-time World champion, a five-time consecutive European champion (2015–2019), the 2017 and 2019 Grand Prix Final champion, and a six-time French national champion (2015–2020). They have won ten gold medals on the Grand Prix series. Earlier in their career, they won silver at the 2012 Junior Grand Prix Final and 2013 World Junior Championships.
Claudette Colbert
Claudette Colbert was an American actress.
Yael Naim
Yael Naim, is an Israeli-French singer-songwriter. She rose to fame in 2008 in the US after her hit single "New Soul" was used by Apple in an advertising campaign for its MacBook Air. The song peaked at No. 7 on the Billboard Hot 100. In 2013, the French government made her a knight of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres.
Adrien Silva
Adrien Sébastien Perruchet da Silva ComM, known as Adrien Silva, is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for Italian club Sampdoria and the Portugal national team. A central midfielder, he is known for his dribbling and passing skills.
Mathieu Gallet
Mathieu Gallet is a French senior civil servant and political advisor. He was the chief executive of the Institut national de l'audiovisuel from 2010 to 2014. He was the CEO of Radio France from 2014 to 2018. The following year, in 2019, he launched Majelan, a podcast distribution and production platform.