List of Famous people born in France

Eva Gonzalès

First Name Eva
Last Name Gonzalès
Died on May 6, 1883

Eva Gonzalès was a French Impressionist painter.

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François Bachelot

First Name François
Last Name Bachelot
Born on April 19, 1940
Died on June 14, 2019 (aged 79)

François Bachelot was a French physician and politician.

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Alain Robert

Robert Alain Philippe
First Name Alain
Born on August 7, 1962 (age 64)

Alain Robert is a French rock climber and urban climber, from Digoin, Saône-et-Loire, Burgundy, France. Known as "the French Spider-Man" or "the Human Spider," Robert is famous for his free solo climbing, scaling skyscrapers using no climbing equipment except for a small bag of chalk and a pair of climbing shoes.

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Karim Ouchikh

First Name Karim
Last Name Ouchikh
Born on March 13, 1965 (age 61)

Karim Ouchikh is a French politician.

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Jean Giono

Jean Fernand Giono
First Name Jean
Last Name Giono
Born on March 30, 1895
Died on October 9, 1970 (aged 75)

Jean Giono was a French author who wrote works of fiction mostly set in the Provence region of France.

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Claire Burger

First Name Claire
Last Name Burger
Born on November 30, 1977 (age 48)
Born in France, Grand Est

Claire Burger is a French film director, film editor and screenwriter. She received the Camera d'Or award for her debut feature film Party Girl at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival.

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Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine

First Name Prince
Last Name Lorraine
Born on December 12, 1712
Died on July 4, 1780 (aged 67)
Born in France, Grand Est

Prince Charles Alexander Emanuel of Lorraine was a Lorraine-born Austrian general and soldier, field marshal of the Imperial Army, and governor of the Austrian Netherlands.

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Ilona Mitrecey

First Name Ilona
Born on September 1, 1993 (age 33)

Ilona Mitrecey, more commonly known as Ilona, is a French singer.

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PLK

Mathieu Claude Daniel Pruski
Born on April 15, 1997 (age 29)

Mathieu Claude Daniel Pruski better known by the stage name PLK, is a French rapper of Polish descent. His father is Polish with his grandfather immigrating from Poland to France in World War II. His mother is Corsican. Pruski grew up in 14e arrondissement in Paris. He started writing lyrics when he was nine and composing when he was 13. Being called "mini Polak", he adopted Polak (PLK) as his artistic name to emphasize his Polish roots. At 14, he was part of the formation La Confrérie alongside Ormaz and Zeu. He later became a member of the formation Panama Bende a band formed by seven young artists from Paris together releasing the EP Bende Mafia in 2016 and the album ADN in 2017.

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Patrice Leconte

First Name Patrice
Born on November 12, 1947 (age 78)

Patrice Leconte is a French film director, actor, comic strip writer, and screenwriter.

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