List of Famous people born in France

Nedim Remili is a French handball player for Paris Saint-Germain and the French national team.

Yves Jeuland is a French author and director of more than thirty documentary films made for television and cinema, alternating archival and direct cinema films.

Arnaud Desplechin is a French film director and screenwriter.

Ginette Garcin was a French actress of stage, film and television.

Jean Raspail was a French author, traveler and explorer. Many of his books are about historical figures, exploration and indigenous peoples. He was a recipient of the prestigious French literary awards Grand Prix du Roman and Grand Prix de littérature by the Académie française. The French government honoured him in 2003 by appointing him to the Legion of Honor, with the grade of Officer. Internationally, he is best known for his controversial 1973 novel The Camp of the Saints, which is about mass third-world immigration to Europe.

Jacques Vivier was a French professional road bicycle racer from 1951 to 1957.

Mathieu Debuchy is a French professional footballer who plays for and captains Ligue 1 club Saint-Étienne. He is often deployed as a right back, but began his career playing as a midfielder usually acting as a deep-lying playmaker.

Marie Joseph Louis Adolphe Thiers was a French statesman and historian. He was the second elected President of France, and the first President of the French Third Republic.

Pierre François Marie Louis Boulle was a French novelist best known for two works, The Bridge over the River Kwai (1952) and Planet of the Apes (1963), that were both made into award-winning films.

Dominique Reynié is a French academic. He is a professor of political science at the Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris.