List of Famous people born in France

Édouard Henri Jean Bonnefous was a French politician. Before World War II (1939–45) he was active in the study of international affairs. After the war he was elected a deputy on the Rally of Left Republicans platform in 1946, and remained a deputy until 1958. He served as a minister in several cabinets, and was also active in the Council of Europe. He was a strong advocate of greater European integration. From 1959 to 1986 he was a member of the Senate, where he became a critic of General de Gaulle, and an advocate of protection of the environment.

Isabelle Alonso is a French writer of Spanish extraction. Her parents were exiled Spanish Republicans, and Alonso became a naturalized French citizen at the age of eight. She has published a series of books exploring her family history, among them L'Exil est mon pays (2006), Fille de rouge (2009) and Maman (2010).

Jean-Baptiste Boffinton was a French Bonapartist politician.

Jean-Baptiste-François Bompart was a French privateer, navy officer and admiral. He was related to the noted Admiral Maxime de Bompart.

Antoine Léandre Sardou (1803–1894) was a French philologist.