List of Famous people born in France

Carloto Cotta is a Portuguese actor, born in Paris on January 31, 1984. He grew up in Lisbon, and at the age of 15 he started his acting training at the Escola Profissional de Teatro de Cascais. He made his film debut in Miguel Gomes' 31 (2003). Since then, Cotta has been a regular presence in the Portuguese cinema. He got the attention of the critics and audiences with his lead role in the short film Arena (2009), that won the Palme d'Or at the Festival de Cannes. Carloto Cotta got international recognition with his performance in Tabu (2012).

Guy Paré was a French Cistercian, who became general of his order, Archbishop of Reims, and a Cardinal.

Benoît Richaud is a French figure skating choreographer and former competitive ice dancer. He competed at three World Junior Championships, placing as high as seventh. Benoît Richaud lives in Avignon, France, his hometown.

Alexandre Grimaldi-Coste is the son of Prince Albert II of Monaco and Nicole Coste. Since his parents have never married, Grimaldi is not in the line of succession to the Monegasque throne.

Gnaeus Julius Agricola was a Roman Italo-Gallic general responsible for much of the Roman conquest of Britain. Written by his son-in-law Tacitus, the De vita et moribus Iulii Agricolae is the primary source for most of what is known about him, along with detailed archaeological evidence from northern Britain.

Margaret of Burgundy was Queen of France and Navarre as the first wife of King Louis X, although locked in prison during her whole French queenship.

Bernard Simondi is a French former footballer and coach.

Adrien Taunay the Younger was a French painter and draftsman.

Kenizé Hussain de Kotwara, generally known as Kenizé Mourad, is a French journalist and novelist. Until 1983, she was a reporter for the Nouvel Observateur working in the Middle East. She then turned to literature, publishing the international best-seller De la part de la princesse morte in 1987 which told the story of her family. Les jardins de Badalpour, further documenting her family history, followed in 1998.