List of Famous people born in France

Frédéric Delpla is a French fencer. He won a gold medal in the team épée event at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Jean-Noël Ferrari is a French fencer. He won a gold medal in team foil at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Athens, together with Lionel Plumenail, Brice Guyart and Patrice Lhotellier.

Marthe-Marguerite Le Valois de Villette de Mursay, marquise de Caylus (1673–1729), was a French noblewoman and writer.

Lucien Louis Capet was a French violinist, pedagogue and composer.

Paul-François Foucart was a French archaeologist, known for his research involving the Eleusinian Mysteries. He was the father of Egyptologist Georges Foucart.

Benoit Daeninck is a French road and track cyclist, who most recently competed for French amateur team CC Nogent-sur-Oise. He competed in the team pursuit event at the 2010 and 2011 UCI Track Cycling World Championships.

Gilles Delion is a French former road bicycle racer. His greatest achievements include winning the Giro di Lombardia in 1990 and the young rider classification in the 1990 Tour de France.

Thierry Jonquet was a French writer who specialised in crime novels with political themes. He was born in Paris; his most recent and best known novel outside France was Mygale (1984), then published in the US in 2003 by City Lights. Mygale was also published in the UK as Tarantula in 2005. He wrote over 20 novels in French, including Le bal des débris, Moloch and Rouge c'est la vie.