List of Famous people born in France

Gérard Souzay was a French baritone, regarded as one of the very finest interpreters of mélodie in the generation after Charles Panzéra and Pierre Bernac.

Paul Joseph Jamin was a French painter of the Academic Classicism school.

Sébastien Destremau is a professional sailor and sailing journalist born on 24 August 1964 in Plancoët and of both French and Australian nationality.

Octave Uzanne was a 19th-century French bibliophile, writer, publisher, and journalist.

Maurice Lugeon FRS(For) HFRSE FGS was a Swiss geologist, and the pioneer of nappe tectonics. He was a pupil of Eugène Renevier. Named for Maurice Lugeon, the lugeon is a measure of transmissivity in rocks, determined by pressurized injection of water through a bore hole driven through the rock. One Lugeon (Lu) is equivalent to one litre of water per minute, injected into 1 metre of borehole at an injection pressure of 10 atmospheres.

Georges Thill was a French opera singer, often considered to be his country's greatest lyric-dramatic tenor. Born in Paris, his career lasted from 1924 to 1953, peaking during the 1930s.

Frédéric Pietruszka is a French fencer. He won a gold medal in the team foil event at the 1980 Summer Olympics and a bronze in the same events at the 1976 and 1984 Summer Olympics.

Baron Emmanuel 'Toulo' de Graffenried was a Swiss motor racing driver. He participated in 23 World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on 13 May 1950, and scored a total of nine championship points. He also participated in numerous non-Championship Formula One races.