List of Famous people born in France

Rémy Cabella is a French professional footballer who plays for Russian Premier League club FC Krasnodar and the France national team. He plays as an attacking midfielder and has been described as a fast, agile and creative offensive midfielder who can play on the wing or behind a striker.

Jonathan Danty is a French rugby union player. He plays at centre for Stade Français in the Top 14.

Gérard Davet is a French investigative journalist for Le Monde.

Jacqueline Chabbi is a historian and a professor of Arab Studies at the University of Paris-VIII. Her research concerns the history of the medieval Muslim world.

Cécilia María Sara Isabel Attias was the second spouse of French President Nicolas Sarkozy until October 2007.

Alex Christophe Dupont, best known as Leos Carax, is a French film director, critic, and writer. Carax is noted for his poetic style and his tortured depictions of love. His first major work was Boy Meets Girl (1984), and his notable works include Les Amants du Pont-Neuf (1991) and Holy Motors (2012). His professional name is an anagram of his real name, 'Alex', and 'Oscar'.

Pierre-Marc Blaise was a French film actor. He is best known for the role of Lucien Lacombe in Louis Malle's 1974 film Lacombe, Lucien. An amateur selected for Malle's film, Blaise went on to act in three additional films, The Big Delirium, The Porcelain Anniversary and Per le antiche scale, all released in 1975. His career was cut short when he was killed in a car accident in 1975.

Ophélie Bau is a French actress.

Anthony Patrick Knockaert is a French professional footballer who plays as a winger for Championship club Nottingham Forest on loan from Premier League club Fulham.

Jeff Jason Reine-Adélaïde is a French professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Ligue 1 club OGC Nice, on loan from Lyon. He is also a France U21 international.