List of Famous people born in France

Jean-François Gilles Colson, the son of Jean-Baptiste Gilles, was born in Dijon in 1733. He was a pupil of his father, of Frère Imbert at Avignon, and of Nonotte at Lyons. On coming to Paris he was presented to the Duke of Bouillon, who kept him in constant employment for forty years as architect, sculptor, painter, and even gardener. He gained a high reputation as a portrait painter, and left several manuscripts on perspective, poetry, and the fine arts. He died in Paris in 1803.

Maurice Teynac (1915–1992) was a French actor. In 1948 he starred in the film The Lame Devil under Sacha Guitry.

Anne-Hilarion de Costentin, Comte de Tourville was a French naval commander who served under King Louis XIV. He was made Marshal of France in 1693.

Maurice Ville was a French racing cyclist. He rode in the 1924 Tour de France, where he finished 2nd in stages 1 and 2, but dropped out on the 3rd stage. He also won the 1923 Volta a Catalunya and finished 2nd in the 1924 Paris–Roubaix.

Maurice Yvain was a French composer, noted for his operettas of the 1920s and 1930s, some of which were written for Mistinguett, at one time the best-paid female entertainer in the world. In the 1930s and 1940s he became a major success in the United States and several of his pieces appeared in the famous Ziegfeld Follies on Broadway. He also composed music for several films of notable directors such as Anatole Litvak, Julien Duvivier and Henri-Georges Clouzot and his music blended with the then "spirit of Paris".