List of Famous people born in France

Louis de Guiringaud was a French politician who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs under Raymond Barre between 1976 and 1978. Previous to his appointment as a French Minister, Guiringuaud served as France's permanent representative to the UN from 1972 to 1976, also presiding as a member of the United Nations Security Council.

André Mahé was a French road bicycle racer. He was born in Paris, France. He was a professional rider from 1945 until 1954. He jointly won the 1949 classic cycle race Paris–Roubaix with Serse Coppi in controversial fashion. In 1950 he won the classic Paris–Tours race.

Sandra Dimbour is a former French badminton player from Racing Club de France, Paris. Join the INSEP in 1989, Dimbour competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics in 1992, 1996, and 2000. She had won 15 times National Championships, 8 in the singles, 5 in the women's doubles, and 2 in the mixed doubles event. After retirement from the international tournament, she started a career as a badminton coach. Dimbour was a member of the French National Olympic and Sports Committee from 2002-2009.

Alexandre-François Debain was a French inventor who developed the harmonium. He made a new action system, in which, when depressing a note on the keyboard, a valve opened thereby emitting sound from the instrument. He patented it in Paris in 1842.

Yannick Talabardon is a French former professional road bicycle racer, who competed as a professional between 2002 and 2013. He won the Most Combative rider award for Stage 7 of the 2011 Tour de France for his role in the early breakaway.

Louis Étienne Watelet was a French landscape painter and art teacher.