List of Famous people born in France

Robert Desnos was a French surrealist poet who played a key role in the Surrealist movement of his day.

Jacques Toubon is a right-wing French politician who held several major national and Parisian offices. He has been serving as Defender of Rights (Ombudsman) between 2014 and 2020.

Julié Pomagalski was a French snowboarder.

Robert Hirsch was a French actor. He was a sociétaire of the Comédie-Française since 1952. In 1990, he won César Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for his role in Hiver 54, l'abbé Pierre.

Joséphine de Meaux is a French actress and director.

Xavier Legrand is a French actor, scriptwriter and filmmaker. Legrand was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film for the 2013 film Avant que de tout perdre . His first feature Custody was in competition at the 74th Venice Film Festival and earned Legrand the Silver Lion for Best Director.

Edmund Dene Morel was a French-born British journalist, author, pacifist and politician.

Jean-Claude Arnault, known in Swedish media as "kulturprofilen", is a French-Swedish convicted sex offender and former photographer. He is an inmate in Tillberga Prison and was formerly incarcerated in Skogome Prison, a prison for sex offenders.

Patrick Pierre Hernandez is a French singer who had a worldwide hit with "Born to Be Alive" in 1979.

Alain-Philippe Malagnac (1949–2000) was the adopted son of French writer Roger Peyrefitte, their relationship being a subject of several of the latter's works. Malagnac was also an art collector and the husband of singer Amanda Lear.