List of Famous people born in France

Georges Auric was a French composer, born in Lodève, Hérault, France. He was considered one of Les Six, a group of artists informally associated with Jean Cocteau and Erik Satie. Before he turned 20 he had orchestrated and written incidental music for several ballets and stage productions. He also had a long and distinguished career as a film composer.

Mechtilde of the Blessed Sacrament, born Catherine de Bar was a French nun, the founder of the order of Benedictine Nuns of Perpetual Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament, who was recognized as the Servant of God in the Catholic Church.

Charles Lacquehay was a French professional cyclist who won the UCI Motor-paced World Championships in 1933 and 1935, finishing second in 1936. During his career that spanned from 1919 to 1938 he took part in 21 six-day races, winning five: in Paris, Berlin (1926), Breslau (1927) and Nice (1928).

Madeleine Sophie Barat, R.S.C.J. is a French saint of the Catholic Church and was the founder of the Society of the Sacred Heart, a worldwide religious institute of educators.

Nicolas Chaperon was a French painter, draughtsman and engraver, a student in Paris of Simon Vouet whose style he adopted before he was further matured by his stay in Rome (1642–51) in the studio of Nicolas Poussin.

General Jean Joseph Amable Humbert was a French soldier, a participant in the French Revolution, who led a failed invasion of Ireland to assist Irish patriots in 1798. Born in the townland of La Coâre Saint-Nabord, outside Remiremont Vosges, he was a sergeant in the National Guard of Lyon. He rapidly advanced through the ranks to become brigadier general on 9 April 1794 and fought in the Western campaigns before being allocated to the Army of the Rhine.

Dominicus Baudius, a latinised form of Dominique Baudier, was a French Neo-Latin poet, scholar and historian. From 1603 to 1613 he was a teacher at the University of Leiden.