List of Famous people born in France
Yaël Braun-Pivet
Yaël Braun-Pivet is a French lawyer and politician of La République En Marche! (LREM) who was elected to the French National Assembly on 18 June 2017, representing the department of Yvelines.
Bruce Jouanny
Bruce Jouanny is a French racing driver.
Andréa Parisy
Andréa Parisy, was a French film actress.
Vincent Cespedes
Vincent Cespedes is a French philosopher, writer and composer.
Ludwig Briand
Ludwig Briand, is a French actor. Named after Ludwig van Beethoven, he got his first acting job in 1991 at the age of ten as Gavroche in the stage musical Les Misérables. Then another musical Paul And Virginie as Paul. After his role in the worldwide hit film Un indien dans la ville he returned to the stage as the lead in the musical Petit Arthur.
Élisabeth Revol
Élisabeth Revol is a French high-altitude climber. In January 2018 Revol became the first woman to have climbed Nanga Parbat in Pakistan in winter; on the descent she was heroically rescued, while her teammate Tomasz Mackiewicz died, an event which was widely covered by the mainstream press. Having narrowly avoided amputation of her left foot she traversed consecutively Mount Everest and Lhotse in May 2019.
Maurice Jarre
Maurice-Alexis Jarre was a French composer and conductor. Although he composed several concert works, Jarre is best known for his film scores, particularly for his collaborations with film director David Lean. Jarre composed the scores to all of Lean's films from Lawrence of Arabia (1962) on. Notable scores for other directors include The Train (1964), Mohammad, Messenger of God (1976), Lion of the Desert (1981), Witness (1985), Fatal Attraction (1987) and Ghost (1990).
Samuel Gigot
Samuel Florent Thomas Gigot is a French footballer who plays for FC Spartak Moscow in the Russian Premier League as a centre back. He is the brother of professional rugby league footballer Tony Gigot.
Morgane Polanski
Morgane Polanski is a French-Polish actress and model, best known for portraying Princess Gisla in the History Channel series Vikings.
Patrick Poivey
Patrick Poivey was a French actor. He was primarily known for being a voice actor, having dubbed Bruce Willis's films and series from 1987 until his death.