List of Famous people born in France

Bleuette Bernon was a French film actress who appeared in five films made by Georges Méliès around the turn of the 20th century. The earliest films, made before 1900, were usually without plot and had a runtime of just a few minutes. However, Méliès evolved the genre of the fictional motion picture, and Bernon became one of the earliest character actors in movies. In 1899, she played the title character in Méliès's Jeanne d'Arc, and Cinderella in Cendrillon. In 1901, she appeared in Barbe-bleue. In 1902 she appeared in a minor role in A Trip to the Moon, which is the best known film of Méliès, as one "lady in the Moon". In 1903 she appeared as Aurora in Le Royaume des fées.

Joseph Villevieille (1829–1916) was a French painter.

Philibert Hugonet was a French Roman Catholic bishop and cardinal.

Léon Walther was a French film and stage actor who played on numerous occasions in Sacha Guitry's films and plays.

Claude Le Tonnelier de Breteuil was a French cleric.

Antoine-Joseph Yvon Villarceau was a French astronomer, mathematician, and engineer.

Jules Joseph Garipuy (1817–1893) was the Director at the Toulouse Museum and a Beaux-Arts Academy professor who taught several renowned artists, including Jean-Paul Laurens, André Rixens, Edouard Debat-Ponsan, Jean Joseph Benjamin Constant, Henri Martin and Henri Rachou.

Michel Villedo (1598–1667) was a French stonemason from Creuse, who became advisor and architect of royal buildings for Louis XIV of France.