List of Famous people born in France

François Victor Alphonse Aulard was the first professional French historian of the French Revolution and of Napoleon. His major achievement was to institutionalise and professionalise the practice of history in France. He argued:

From the social point of view, the Revolution consisted in the suppression of what was called the feudal system, in the emancipation of the individual, in greater division of landed property, the abolition of the privileges of noble birth, the establishment of equality, the simplification of life. [...] The French Revolution differed from other revolutions in being not merely national, for it aimed at benefiting all humanity.

Béatrice Altariba is a French actress who was active between 1956 and 1969.

François Benoist was a French organist, composer, and pedagogue.

Philippe Rombi is a French film score composer. His score for Bienvenue chez les Ch'tis was nominated for best original score for a comedy film at the fifth International Film Music Critics Association (IFCMA) Awards for Excellence in 2008.

François-Marie, Marquess of Barthélemy was a French politician and diplomat, active at the time of the French Revolution.

François Alfonsi is a French politician. He was a Member of the European Parliament from 2009 until 2014 for the South-East France constituency and is Mayor of Osani.

Antoine de Chézy was a French hydraulics engineer. He is known for the Chézy formula, which concerned the velocity of pipe flow, and in modified form he used it for open channel flow as well. He died in 1798 after being director of the École nationale des ponts et chaussées for less than a year. His son was the orientalist Antoine-Léonard de Chézy.