List of Famous people born in France

Jean Ignace de La Ville was a French churchman and diplomat. He was a Bishop of the titular see of Tricomie, a diplomat and a high ranking civil servant for the Foreign Minister d'Argenson.

Antoine Girard, sieur de Saint-Amant was a French poet.

Jacques Bellange was an artist and printmaker from the Duchy of Lorraine whose etchings and some drawings are his only securely identified works today. They are among the most striking Northern Mannerist old master prints, mostly on Catholic religious subjects, and with a highly individual style. He worked for fourteen years in the capital, Nancy as court painter to two Dukes of Lorraine, before dying at the age of about forty, and almost all his prints were produced in the three or four years before his death. None of his paintings are known to have survived, but the prints have been known to collectors since shortly after his death, though they were out of critical favour for most of this period. In the 20th century they have been much more highly regarded, although Bellange is still not a well-known figure.

Jean Jaubert de Barrault was Bishop of Bazas, Bishop of Diocèse étranger, then archbishop of Arles.

Jean Joffre (1872–1944) often styled simply as Joffre was a French film and stage actor. A character actor he played a variety of supporting roles in theatre and the cinema during his career. His final screen appearance was in the 1943 film The Count of Monte Cristo.

Amable de Bourzeis was a French churchman, writer, hellenist, and Academician.

Claude de L'Estoile was a French playwright and poet. He was a founder member of the Académie française.