List of Famous people born in France
Alfons Paoli Schwartz
Antonio Neumane
Antonio Neumane was a composer, pianist, and orchestra director. His most notable work is the music of the Ecuadorian National Anthem "Salve, Oh Patria" with the text written by Juan León Mera.
Claude de Saint Simon
Philippe Hersent
Philippe Hersent was a French actor. He appeared in more than eighty films from 1930 to 1978.
Léonor Joseph Havin
Léonor-Joseph Havin (1799-1868) was a French politician.
Hippolyte Aucouturier
Hippolyte Aucouturier was a French professional road bicycle racer. Aucouturier, a professional between 1900 and 1908, won two stages at the first Tour de France in 1903 and won three stages and finished second in the 1905 Tour de France. He also won Paris–Roubaix twice, in 1903 and 1904. His elder brother Francois was also a racing cyclist.
Gilles Deschamps
Gilles Deschamps was a teacher and bishop of Coutances. He was created cardinal by Antipope John XXIII on July 6, 1411, and thus considered a pseudocardinal. Jean Gerson studied under both Deschamps and D'Ailly.
Louis Couturat
Louis Couturat was a French logician, mathematician, philosopher, and linguist. Couturat was a pioneer of the constructed language Ido.
Alain de Coëtivy
Alain (II) de Coëtivy was a prelate from a Breton noble family. He was bishop of Avignon, Uzès, Nîmes and of Dol, titular cardinal of Santa Prassede, then cardinal-bishop of Palestrina and cardinal-bishop of Sabina. Many sources mention him as the Cardinal of Avignon.
Auguste Drapiez
Pierre Auguste Joseph Drapiez was a Belgian naturalist. The standard author abbreviation Drapiez is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.