List of Famous people born in France

Louis Braille was a French educator and inventor of a system of reading and writing for use by the blind or visually impaired. His system remains virtually unchanged to this day, and is known worldwide simply as braille.

Firmine Richard is a French actress. Her film credits include 8 Women and Hunting and Gathering.

Michaël Bruno Dominique Cuisance is a French professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Ligue 1 club Olympique de Marseille, on loan from Bayern Munich. He has also represented France up to France U20's level.

Georges Stein, was a French Impressionist artist. The name is a pseudonym for his actual name, Séverin Louis Stein. A painter and draughtsman, he is known primarily for light-infused views of Paris and London. He also painted scenes from Melun, Vichy, Bern, Geneva, and Monte Carlo.

Selevasio Tolofua is a French rugby union player. His position is in the back row and he currently plays for Toulouse in the Top 14.

Cyrielle Clair is a French actress. She has appeared in 55 films and television shows since 1978. Clair starred in the 1983 film La Belle captive, which was entered into the 33rd Berlin International Film Festival.

Maurice Ronet was a French film actor, director, and writer.

Antoine Volodine is the pseudonym of a Russian-French writer. He initially was interested in the original Association des Écrivains et Artistes Révolutionnaires. His works often involve cataclysms and have scenes of interrogations. He won the Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire in 1987. Des anges mineurs, one of his best-known works, won the Prix du Livre Inter and Prix Wepler in 2000. He won the Prix Médicis in 2014 for his latest novel, Terminus radieux.

Yannick Bolasie is a professional footballer plays as a winger for Middlesbrough on loan from Premier League club Everton. Born in Lyon, he has played in the Football League for Plymouth Argyle, Barnet, Bristol City, Crystal Palace and Aston Villa. Bolasie has been capped at international level by the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Guillaume Musso is a French novelist.