List of Famous people born in France

Jean-Joseph Languet de Gergy was a French ecclesiastic and theologian. He was first bishop of Soissons, then a member of the Académie française, and finally archbishop of Sens.

Adrien Étienne Gaudez was a French sculptor who worked in the 19th century. He produced several monumental figures that were cast in bronze. Gaudez studied sculpture under the tutelage of Francois Jouffroy at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts and in 1870 was a prisoner of war during the Franco-Prussian War.

Jean-Baptiste Rey was a French conductor and composer.

Jean Testu de Mauroy was a French clergyman and academic. He was the member elected to occupy seat 4 of the Académie française in 1688.

Hyacinthe Sigismond Gerdil, CRSP was an Italian theologian, bishop and cardinal, who was a significant figure in the response of the papacy to the assault on the Catholic Church by the upheavals caused by the French Revolution.

Louis Mathias was a priest of the Society of St Francis de Sales, missionary to India, first Catholic bishop of Shillong, and Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Madras and Mylapore (1935-1952).

Claude-François-Xavier Millot was a French churchman and historian.

Laurent Cassegrain was a Catholic priest who is notable as the probable inventor of the Cassegrain reflector, a folded two-mirror reflecting telescope design.

Jean Ballesdens was a French lawyer, editor and bibliophile, though he has left practically no writings. He is the first known collector of books with historic bindings.