List of Famous people born in France

Richard Leduc is a French actor. He appeared in more than thirty films from 1969 to 1999. Leduc makes his debut in 1967 television series Les oiseaux rares. He played the lead role of Simon in his feature film debut, Robert Benayoun's 1968 Paris n'existe pas. Shortly thereafter he starred in Alain Robbe-Grillet's L'Éden et après. In 1970 he played Félix de Vandenesse alongside Delphine Seyrig in Marcel Cravenne's film The lily of the valley, Maxence with Claude Jade in the TV saga Mauregard by Claude de Givray and the leading role of Saint-Brice in We are no longer in the forest. Robbe-Grillet also cast him for N. a pris les dés ..., Benayoun hired him a second time in 1975 for Serious as Pleasure as Bruno, co-star of Jane Birkin. In 1974, he played with Niels Arestrup a gay couple in Miss O'Gynie et les hommes fleurs, in which the two men resist the temptations of a young woman.

Pierre-Fidèle Bretonneau was a French medical doctor.

Jean-Paul Aimé Gobel is a French prelate of the Catholic Church who has worked in the diplomatic service of the Holy See.

Stéphane Caristan is a retired hurdler from France, who set the world's best year performance in 1986. He did so by winning the men's 110 metres hurdles final at the European Championships in Stuttgart, clocking 13.20, which was also his personal best. He competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1984. Caristan later became the coach of French sprinter Christine Arron.

Marcel Griaule was a French author and anthropologist known for his studies of the Dogon people of West Africa, and for pioneering ethnographic field studies in France. He worked together with Germaine Dieterlen and Jean Rouch on African subjects. His publications number over 170 books and articles for scholarly journals.

Rémi Pauriol is a French former professional road bicycle racer, who competed as a professional between 2006 and 2013.

Georges Albert Julien Catroux was a French Army general and diplomat who served in both World War I and World War II, and served as Grand Chancellor of the Légion d'honneur from 1954 to 1969.