List of Famous people born in France

David Benyamine is a French professional poker player with a World Poker Tour title. Benyamine was a professional tennis player in his early career but had to retire because of shoulder pain. He was also a successful top ten billiards player in France. He learned poker at the age of 12 and plays high-stakes cash games on a regular basis. Benyamine is a Pot-Limit Omaha specialist.

Johanna Kou is a New Caledonian badminton player. In 2009, she won the women's singles event at the Tahiti International tournament. She competed in four Pacific Games with the acquired of six gold, 4 silver and 2 bronze medals.

Henri Marie Ducrotay de Blainville was a French zoologist and anatomist.

Antoine François Fourcroy was a French chemist and a contemporary of Antoine Lavoisier. Fourcroy collaborated with Lavoisier, Guyton de Morveau, and Claude Berthollet on the Méthode de nomenclature chimique, a work that helped standardize chemical nomenclature.

Pierre Frank was a French Trotskyist leader. He served on the secretariat of the Fourth International from 1948 to 1979.

Isabelle Blanc is a French snowboarder and Olympic champion. She won a gold medal at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City.

Emile Acollas was a French professor of jurisprudence born in La Châtre, Indre and educated in Bourges and Paris.

David Derepas is a French cyclist. He started his career as a mountain biker with Team Lapierre, before moving on to compete on the road, track and in cyclo-cross. He also rode in the 2003 and 2004 editions of the Giro d'Italia.

Nathalie Lemel, was a militant anarchist and feminist who participated on the barricades at the Commune de Paris of 1871. She was deported to Nouvelle Calédonie with Louise Michel.