List of Famous people born in France

Jean-Victor Schnetz was a French academic painter well regarded for his historical and genre paintings.

Cyril Bessy is a retired French cyclist.

Étienne Thobois is a French badminton player. He competed in the men's singles tournament at the 1996 Summer Olympics. He serves as director general of the Paris Organising Committee for the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Paul Topinard was a French physician and anthropologist who was a student of Paul Broca and whose views influenced the methodology adopted by Herbert Hope Risley in his ethnographic surveys of the people of India. He became director of the École d'Anthropologie and secretary-general of the Société d'Anthropologie de Paris, both in succession to Broca. He was elected as a member to the American Philosophical Society in 1886.

Anthony Langella is a former French cyclist. He competed in the men's team pursuit at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Léon Hégélé was a French Roman Catholic bishop.