List of Famous people born in France

Olivier Le Gac is a French cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Groupama–FDJ. He was named in the start list for the 2015 Vuelta a España and the 2016 Giro d'Italia. In June 2017, he was named in the startlist for the 2017 Tour de France.

Saint Richardis, also known as Richgard, Richardis of Swabia and Richarde de Souabe in French, was the Holy Roman Empress as the wife of Charles the Fat. She was renowned for her piety, and was the first abbess of Andlau. Repudiated by her husband, Richardis later became a Christian model of devotion and just rule. She was canonised in 1049.

Antoine Auguste Ernest Hébert was a French academic painter.

Georges Rouquier was a French film director, screenwriter and actor. He worked principally on documentary films, and his best-known work is Farrebique (1947) a lyrical evocation of farming life in Aveyron.

Robert Florey was a French-American director, screenwriter, film journalist and actor.

Bernard Aubertin was a French artist born in 1934 in Fontenay-aux-Roses, France. He died in August 2015 in Reutlingen, Germany.

Henri Chopin was an avant-garde poet and musician.

Louis Sclavis is a French jazz musician. He performs on clarinet, bass clarinet, and soprano saxophone in a variety of contexts, including jazz and free jazz.