List of Famous people born in France

Jacques Gay was a French painter.

Jean-Blaise Martin, full name Nicolas Jean-Blaise Martin was a French opera singer whose tessitura lay between tenor and baritone, which became later known as "baryton-martin".

Charles Chamberland was a French microbiologist from Chilly-le-Vignoble in the department of Jura who worked with Louis Pasteur.

Abbé Jacques Testu de Belval was a French ecclesiastic and poet. Best known for his light poetry, he was also a preacher, translator and king's almoner. He was linked with Madame de Sévigné, Madame de Coulanges, Madame de Brancas, Madame de Schomberg, Madame de La Fayette and Marie-Madeleine de Rochechouart, abbess of Fontevrault Abbey. He was elected to the Académie française in 1665 and received in May that year.

Delphin Enjolras was a French academic painter. Enjolras painted portraits, nudes, interiors, and used mostly watercolours, oil and pastels. He is best known for his intimate portraits of young women performing mundane activities such as reading or sewing, often illuminated by lamplight. Perhaps his most famous work is the "Young Woman Reading by a Window."

Jacques Gallot was a French lutenist and composer.

Jacques de Féraudy (1886–1971) was a French stage and film actor. He also worked as a screenwriter and directed three films during the silent era.

Vincent Voiture, French poet and writer of prose, was the son of a rich wine merchant of Amiens. He was introduced by a schoolfellow, the count Claude d'Avaux, to Gaston, Duke of Orléans, and accompanied him to Brussels and Lorraine on diplomatic missions.