List of Famous people born in France

Jean Salmon Macrin was a Neo-Latin poet of French nationality. His poetry sold massively well, and was thought of as quite influential during his lifetime; however his fame did not live on, and his poetry was never republished after the 16th century.

Jean Puy was a French Fauvist artist.

Fleury Mesplet was a French-born Canadian printer best known for founding the Montreal Gazette, Quebec's oldest daily newspaper, in 1778.

Jean Gallois may refer to:

• Jean Gallois (abbot) (1632–1707), French scholar and abbé
• Jean Gallois (musicologist) (1929–2022), pseudonym of Jean Gaillard, French musicologist

Marie Albe was a French actress and journalist. She attended the University of Provence.

Marin le Roy, sieur du Parc et de Gomberville was a French poet and novelist.

Jean Crespin was a French Protestant lawyer who became a significant printer and martyrologist in Geneva.