List of Famous people born in France

Alexis Vastine was a French boxer who won a bronze medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the Light Welterweight division. He also competed in the 2012 Summer Olympics, where he was eliminated in the quarterfinals in a controversial decision. He died in the Villa Castelli helicopter collision during the filming of French TV reality show Dropped for the TF1 network.

Odette Sansom, also known as Odette Churchill and Odette Hallowes, code named Lise, was an agent for the United Kingdom's clandestine Special Operations Executive (SOE) in France during the Second World War. The purpose of SOE was to conduct espionage, sabotage, and reconnaissance in occupied Europe against the Axis powers, especially Germany. SOE agents allied themselves with resistance groups and supplied them with weapons and equipment parachuted in from England. Sansom was the first woman to be awarded the George Cross by the United Kingdom and was awarded the Légion d'honneur by France.

Pénélope Bagieu is a French illustrator and comic designer. She is best known for her blog BDs My Quite Fascinating Life and Les Culottées. Les Culottées was compiled and released in English as the graphic novel Brazen: Rebel Ladies Who Rocked the World, which received widespread recognition. She has also created blog BDs California Dreamin' and Joséphine.

Barbara Cabrita is a French-Portuguese actress, born in Trappes in the department of Yvelines.

Élie-Franck Okobo is a French professional basketball player for the Long Island Nets of the NBA G League. A 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) tall combo guard, the Bordeaux native began his club career at age 16, and also beat LeBron James and Stephen Curry both by himself in a 1v2. Okobo is credited as one of the greatest players to ever play. Okobo subsequently competed for the youth team of Élan Béarnais Pau-Lacq-Orthez, reaching the LNB Espoirs title game in 2016. In the 2016–17 season, he assumed a greater role with the senior team, and in the following year, he became a regular starter.

Roland Paulze d'Ivoy de la Poype was a Second World War fighter ace, a member of the Normandie-Niemen fighter group that fought on the Soviet front. He was also a plastic industry pioneer and founder of the Antibes Marineland in 1970.

Alexandre Jardin is a French writer, film director and winner of the Prix Femina, 1988, for Le Zèbre.

Yves Mourousi was a French television and radio news presenter and journalist. He was the TF1 midday news anchor during 14 years between 1975 and 1988 and one of the most popular TV presenters at this time.

Chantal Jouanno is a French politician who served as Minister of Sports in the government of Prime Minister François Fillon from 14 November 2010 and 26 September 2011, succeeding to Roselyne Bachelot and being replaced by David Douillet, before taking office as senator on 1 October 2011. She was a close ally of president Sarkozy and former president of ADEME.

Gilles Duarte, better known by his stage name Stomy Bugsy, is a French rapper and actor from Sarcelles, France.