List of Famous people born in France

Symphorien Champier (1471–1539), a Lyonnese doctor born in Saint-Symphorien, France, was a relation of the Chevalier de Bayard through his wife, Marguerite Terrail.

Capucine was a French fashion model and actress known for her comedic roles in The Pink Panther (1963) and What's New Pussycat? (1965). She appeared in 36 films and 17 television productions between 1948 and 1990.

Yoann Offredo is a French former professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2008 and 2020, for the FDJ and Circus–Wanty Gobert teams. His only professional victory came at the 2009 Tour de Picardie, where he won stage 4.

Gonzague Saint Bris was an award-winning French novelist, biographer, and journalist. He won the 2002 Prix Interallié for Les Vieillards de Brighton. He was the founder of La Forêt des livres, an annual book festival, and the Cabourg Film Festival. He was also a juror for the prix Contrepoint, a French literary award. With his family, he was a co-proprietor of Clos Lucé.

Vincent Clerc is a former French rugby union player who played on the wing.

Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais was a French polymath. At various times in his life, he was a watchmaker, inventor, playwright, musician, diplomat, spy, publisher, horticulturist, arms dealer, satirist, financier, and revolutionary.

Maxence Guy Lacroix is a French professional player who plays as a centre-back for Bundesliga club VfL Wolfsburg.

Alec Nathan Wildenstein was an American billionaire businessman, art dealer, racehorse owner, and breeder.

Aimé Fernand David Césaire was a Francophone and Martinican poet, an Afro-Caribbean author and politician from the region of Martinique. He was "one of the founders of the négritude movement in Francophone literature". His works include the book-length poem Cahier d'un retour au pays natal (1939), Une Tempête, a response to Shakespeare's play The Tempest, and Discours sur le colonialisme, an essay describing the strife between the colonizers and the colonized. His works have been translated into many languages.

Romain Faivre is a French professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Ligue 1 club Brest and the France U21 national team.