List of Famous people born in France

Marcel Chevalier worked as the last chief executioner in France. He succeeded his wife's uncle, André Obrecht, in 1976 and held his position until 1981, when capital punishment was abolished under president François Mitterrand and justice minister Robert Badinter. The method of application of the death penalty for civil capital offences in France from 1791 to 1981 was beheading with the guillotine. Military executions were by firing squad.

William Abadie is an actor best known for his roles in recent television series such as Gossip Girl (2007–2009), Chuck (2008), Homeland (2013), Person of Interest (2014), Gotham (2016) and Emily in Paris (2020).

Salim Kechiouche is an Algerian-French actor.

Laurent Paganelli is a former footballer, currently a journalist (consultant) for Canal +, since 1997. He holds the record of the youngest player in French Division 1.

Claudie Fritsch-Mentrop, known by her stage name Desireless, is a French singer. Between 1986 and 1988, her hit single "Voyage, voyage" made it to number one on many European and Asian single charts.

Gérard Holtz is a French sports journalist.

Pascale Marguerite Cécile Claude Colette Nicolas, better known as Pascale Ogier, was a French actress. She won the Volpi Cup, and posthumously received a César Award nomination for her role in the 1984 film, Full Moon in Paris.

Jean Carmet was a French actor.

Lova Moor is a French dancer and singer.

Louis XVIII, known as the Desired, was King of France from 1814 to 1824, except for the Hundred Days in 1815. He spent twenty-three years in exile: during the French Revolution and the First French Empire (1791–1814), and during the Hundred Days.