List of Famous people born in France

Hélène Vincent is a French actress and stage director.

Christophe Patrice Lemaire is a French-born jockey. He takes his middle name from his father, who made a name for himself in the world of French handicap racing.

Jérémy Morel is a professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Ligue 1 club Lorient and the Madagascar national team. Born in France, he opted to represent Madagascar internationally.

Geoffroy de Lagasnerie, born in 1981, is a French far-left philosopher and sociologist.

Liza del Sierra is a French pornographic actress, film director and producer.

Alain Decaux was a French historian. He was elected to the Académie française on 15 February 1979.

Françoise Cactus, born Françoise van Hove, was a French musician and author, active in Germany, best known as co-founder, vocalist, and multi-instrumentalist in the band Stereo Total. Cactus wrote several novels as well as contributing to German papers such as Die Tageszeitung. Prior to founding Stereo Total with Brezel Göring in 1993, Cactus played in the West Berlin band die Lolitas, one of only a few Western bands to play officially unsanctioned gigs in East Berlin during the final years of the dictatorship. She was originally from France, having moved to West Berlin in 1985.

Benjamin Bonzi is a French tennis player. Bonzi has a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 115 achieved on 3 May 2021. He also has a career high doubles ranking of World No. 149 achieved on 12 October 2020.

Rudolf Christian Karl Diesel was a German inventor and mechanical engineer, famous for the invention of the Diesel engine, and for his suspicious death at sea. Diesel was the namesake of the 1942 film Diesel.

Jean-Marie Pallardy is a French movie director.