List of Famous people born in France
Yaman Okur
Marcel Gobillot
Marcel Gobillot was a French cyclist who competed in the road race at the 1920 Summer Olympics. He finished 14th individually and won a gold medal with the French time trial team. He placed ninth at the 1921 UCI Road World Championships.
Jean Baptiste Antoine Auget de Montyon
Antoine Jean Baptiste Robert Auget, Baron de Montyon was a French philanthropist, born in Paris.
Jean-Jacques Caffieri
Jean-Jacques Caffieri was a French sculptor. He was appointed sculpteur du Roi to Louis XV and later afforded lodgings in the Galeries du Louvre. He designed the fine rampe d'escalier which still adorns the Palais Royal. He is better known for his portrait busts, in terracotta or marble: his bust of Madame du Barry is at the Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg. He made a name with his busts of Pierre Corneille and Jean Racine for the foyer of the Comédie Française.
André Lefèvre
André Joseph Lefèvre was a French politician who was Minister of War in 1920.
Hyacinthe Gariel
Félix Goethals
Félix Goethals was a French professional road bicycle racer, who won seven stages in total in the Tour de France. His best final classification was a ninth place in 1920.
Henri Le Secq
Jean-Louis-Henri Le Secq des Tournelles was a French painter and photographer. After the French government made the daguerreotype open for public in 1839, Le Secq was one of the five photographers selected to carry out a photographic survey of architecture.
Marie-Rose Bouchemousse
Robert Guibé
Robert Guibé was a French Roman Catholic bishop and cardinal.