List of Famous people born in France

Hélène Langevin-Joliot is a French nuclear physicist. She was educated at the IN2P3 at Orsay, a laboratory which was set up by her parents Irène Joliot-Curie and Frédéric Joliot-Curie. She is a member of the French government's advisory committee. Currently, she is a professor of nuclear physics at the Institute of Nuclear Physics at the University of Paris and a director of research at the CNRS. She is also known for her work in actively encouraging women to pursue careers in scientific fields. She is chairperson of the panel that awards the Marie Curie Excellence award, a prize given to outstanding European researchers. She was president of the French Rationalist Union from 2004 to 2012.

Jacques Tati was a French mime, filmmaker, actor, and screenwriter. Throughout his long career, he worked as a comic actor, writer, and director. In a poll conducted by Entertainment Weekly of the Greatest Movie Directors, Tati was voted the 46th greatest of all time. With only six feature-length films to his credit as director, he directed fewer films than any other director on this list of 50.

Nathalie Élimas is a French politician of the Democratic Movement (MoDem) who served as State Secretary for Priority Education at the Ministry of National Education in the government of Prime Minister Jean Castex from 2020 to 2022. She was previously a member of the National Assembly from 2017 until 2020, representing Val-d'Oise's 6th constituency.

Laurent Boutonnat is a French composer and film and music video director, best known as the songwriting partner of Mylène Farmer and the director of several groundbreaking music videos.

Marc Ruchmann is a French actor, director and musician.

Bernard Daniel Jacques Loiseau was a French chef. He died by suicide by self-inflicted gunshot in 2003 when newspaper reports hinted that his restaurant might lose its 3-star status. This decision was likely due to increased bouts of clinical depression.

Remi Anri Doi, also called Rémi Feutrier is a Japanese handball player for C' Chartres Métropole handball and the Japanese national team.

Jacqueline Gourault is a French politician of the Democratic Movement (MoDem) who has been serving as Minister of Territorial Cohesion and Relations with Local Authorities in the governments of successive Prime Ministers Édouard Philippe and Jean Castex since 2018.

Napoléon, Prince Imperial, also known as Louis-Napoléon, was the only child of Napoleon III, Emperor of the French, and Empress Eugénie. After his father was dethroned in 1870, he moved with his family to England. On his father's death in January 1873, he was proclaimed by the Bonapartist faction as Napoleon IV.

Alain Jean Giresse is a French football coach and former player who played as a midfielder. He was French footballer of the year in 1982, 1983 and 1987. Nominally an attacking midfielder or central midfielder, Giresse was an intelligent playmaker who possessed fine agility and acceleration due to his short frame. He was most recently head coach of Tunisia. He is father of Thibault Giresse, also football player.