List of Famous people born in France

Jean-Baptiste Lamy, was an American Roman Catholic prelate who served as the first Archbishop of Santa Fe, New Mexico. Willa Cather's novel Death Comes for the Archbishop is based on his life and career.

François Timoléon, abbé de Choisy was a French cross-dresser, abbé, and author.

Philippe Vignolo, known as Philousports was a French internet personality. He was best known for his GIFs and sports commentary on Twitter since April 2011, where he had over 260,000 followers. He suffered from myopathy and had been using a wheelchair since the age of nine.

Henri Nouvel was a Jesuit priest who spent forty years as a missionary to Native American communities of New France. Nouvel was the first missionary on the north shore of the Saint Lawrence River; and he visited Saginaw 26 years before the French built a fort in Detroit (1701).

Edme Mongin was a French preacher and bishop of Bazas. He was born in Baroville and died, aged about 78, in Bazas. He was the son of Etienne Mongin and Anne Bailly.

Bénézet is a saint of the Catholic Church.

Gustave Glotz was a French historian of ancient Greece. He was a supporter of the theory that history never follows a simple, logical course.

Jean-Baptiste Duvoisin was a Roman Catholic priest, theologian and writer, who was Bishop of Nantes from 1802 until his death in 1813. He was praised by the Napoleon I for being, in theological matters, "a torch of which he did not wish to lose sight," and was often consulted by the Emperor on religious questions.

Guillaume Colletet was a French poet and a founder member of the Académie française. His son was François Colletet.