List of Famous people born in France

Patrick Kron was the chairman and chief executive of the French engineering conglomerate Alstom. Alstom is most well known for its Eurostar and TGV trains, and is headquartered at Levallois-Perret.

Óliver Laxe Coro is a French-born Spanish film director, screenwriter and actor of Galician ethnicity. His debut feature film You All Are Captains premiered at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival, where it won the FIPRESCI Prize. His third film Fire Will Come was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival, where it won the Jury Prize.

Candide Thovex is a French professional skier, filmmaker and entrepreneur. He is notable for his creative freestyle skiing movies and professional accomplishments. He first caught the attention of the world of outdoor and action sports by jumping Chad's Gap, a massive transfer jump of 120 feet (37 m) from take-off to landing over a 40 feet (12 m) deep gully in Alta, Utah, US. His point of view videos routinely go viral on the internet and are viewed by millions. He is widely considered to be one of the best freeskiers in the history of the sport.

Joseph Pérez was a French historian specializing in Spanish history. Pérez specialized in the births of the modern Spanish state and the Latin American nations. Among his books, he examined the independence movements of Latin America; Ferdinand and Isabella, the Catholic Monarchs; Holy Roman Emperor Charles V, and Philip II of Spain.

Alassane Alexandre Pléa is a French professional footballer who plays as a striker or winger for Borussia Mönchengladbach and the France national team.

Éric Piolle is a French engineer and politician. He was Regional Councillor of Rhône-Alpes from March 2010 to April 2014. He has served as mayor of Grenoble since 2014.

Julien Rassam was a French actor.

Armand Laurienté is a French professional footballer who plays as a forward for Ligue 1 club Lorient and the France U21 national team.

Prince Carlo of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Duke of Castro is one of the two claimants to the headship of the former House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies.

Sylvain Maillard is a French entrepreneur and politician serving as the member of the National Assembly for the 1st constituency of Paris since 2017. A member of La République En Marche! (LREM), his constituency encompasses the 1st, 2nd, 8th and part of the 9th arrondissement.