List of Famous people born in France
Jean-Claude Rossignol
Vincent Restencourt
Vincent Restencourt is a French former competitive figure skater. He is a three-time World Junior medalist, the 1998-1999 Junior Grand Prix Final champion, the 1999 Trophée Lalique silver medalist, and the 2000 Ondrej Nepela Memorial champion.
Augustin Crampon
Augustin Laurent
Augustin Laurent was a French coal miner, journalist and socialist politician. He was a national deputy both before and after World War II (1939–45). During the war he was active in the French Resistance. After the liberation of France he was Minister of Posts, Telegraphs, and Telephones in the provisional government between September 1944 and June 1945. He was active as a socialist in the post-war legislature until 1951, when he decided to focus on local politics. He was mayor of Lille from 1955 to 1973.
Isidore Dagnan
Isidore Dagnan, a French landscape painter, was born at Marseille in 1794, and died in Paris in 1873. His pictures consist chiefly of views in Southern France, Italy, and Switzerland. His works include the following:
- Fontainebleau. Palace. View of Lausanne, 1822; View in Dauphiné. 1827.
- Versailles. Trianon. Lake of Geneva, 1822;View of Paris from the Quai de la Cité, 1831 ; Banks of the Vigne near Vaucluse; Valley of the Lauterbrunnen, 1841; Petrarch's House; Old Beeches in the Forest of Fontainebleau.
Vincent Mauger
Vincent Mauger is a French contemporary sculptor born in 1976 in Rennes who lives and work near Nantes.
Vincent Ségal
Vincent Ségal, is a French cellist and bassist born in 1967 in the French city of Reims.
Annick Bocandé
Vincent Martin
Vincent Martin is a French rugby union player who plays for Montpellier HR in the Top 14. His position is centre, although he can also play as a wing. In November 2012, he was named in the France 30-man squad for the 2012 autumn internationals by coach Philippe Saint-André.