List of Famous people born in France
Vincent Perrot
Vincent Perrot is a French journalist, radio and television presenter and drag racing driver.
Bernard Pivot
Bernard Pivot is a French journalist, interviewer and host of cultural television programmes. He has been Chairman of the Académie Goncourt since 2014.
Ludovic Ajorque
Ludovic Ajorque is a French professional footballer who plays as a forward for Ligue 1 club Strasbourg.
Isabelle Debré
Isabelle Debré was a member of the Senate of France from 2004 to 2017. A member of The Republicans Party, she represented the Hauts-de-Seine department, in Île-de-France region.
Éric Lartigau
Eric Lartigau is a French director and screenwriter.
Rod Paradot
Rod Paradot is a French actor. He won the César Award for Most Promising Actor in 2016 for his role in Standing Tall.
Sylvie Hoarau
Simon Pagenaud
Simon Pagenaud is a French professional racing driver. He currently drives the No. 22 Chevrolet for Team Penske in the IndyCar Series. After a successful career in sports car racing that saw him taking the top class championship title in the 2010 American Le Mans Series, he moved to Formula Racing in the Indycar Series where he became the 2016 IndyCar champion and the 2019 Indianapolis 500 winner, becoming the first French driver to win the Indianapolis 500 since Gaston Chevrolet in 1920 and the first polesitter to have won the race since Helio Castroneves in 2009. Pagenaud has a Jack Russell Terrier named Norman who accompanies the racer to many of his races. Norman is also active on social media.
Françoise Bernard
Andrée Jonquoy known under the pseudonym Françoise Bernard, was a French food writer and TV presenter.
Jean-Louis Servan-Schreiber
Jean-Louis Servan-Schreiber was a French journalist. He was the co-founder of L'Expansion and the founder of Psychologies and Radio Classique. He was the author of several books.