List of Famous people born in France

Pierre Quinon was a pole vaulter from France who won the 1984 Olympic Games pole vault gold medal and held the pole vault outdoor world record for just four days in the summer of 1983.

Estelle Alphand is a French-born Swedish alpine skier, who competes in all events. She was born in Briançon, France, and she is the daughter of the former alpine skier and rally driver Luc Alphand. She has represented Sweden since the start of the 2018 season, having previously competed for France.

Jackie Sardou was a French actress.

Faudel Belloua is a French-Algerian raï singer and actor. He has released a number of successful studio albums, notably Baïda, Samra, Un Autre Soleil and Mundial Corrida and a very famous live 1998 album 1,2,3 Soleils jointly with Khaled and Rachid Taha.

Serge Marquand was a French actor and film producer. He died of advanced leukemia.

Thierry Séchan was a French journalist and writer.

Philippe Duquesne is a French actor. He is best known for playing in the cult TV series Les Deschiens (1993–2002), in which he plays alongside Yolande Moreau.

Paul Louis Marius Ricard was a French industrialist and creator of an eponymous pastis brand which merged in 1975 with its competitor Pernod to create Pernod Ricard. Ricard was also an environmentalist and the developer of two Mediterranean islands, as well as the builder of the Circuit Paul Ricard in Le Castellet.

Henda Ayari is a French writer, feminist and secular activist.

Camille Anne Françoise Abily is a French football manager and former player, best known as a star midfielder for both the French women's national team and for the Lyon club in the Division 1 Féminine. She currently is the assistant manager of Olympique Lyonnais.