List of Famous people born in France

Claude Deruet (1588–1660) was a famous French Baroque painter of the 17th century, from the city of Nancy.

André Calmettes (1861-1942) was a French actor and film director.

Dominique Boschero is a French-Italian actress.

Élisabeth Hildebert de Rozières, known as Babette de Rozières is a famous French chef, television presenter and politician.

Pernette Du Guillet was a female French poet of the Renaissance.

Bertran de Born was a baron from the Limousin in France, and one of the major Occitan troubadours of the twelfth century.

François Beaugendre was an early twentieth century French road racing cyclist who participated in the 1903 Tour de France and finished ninth overall. Beaugendre also rode the first four stages of the 1904 Tour de France, where he finished 7th, 11th, 3rd and 3rd, and did not start the fifth stage. Months after this Tour finished, many cyclists were disqualified, and Beaugendre's results were upgraded to 3rd, 6th, 2nd and 1st; Beaugendre was therefore declared winner of the fourth stage, and following the disqualifications he had been leader at the moment he left the race.