List of Famous people born in France

Issa Laye Lucas Jean Diop is a French professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Premier League club West Ham United.

Ericka Bareigts is a French politician of the Socialist Party (PS) who served as Minister of Overseas France in the governments of successive Prime Minister Manuel Valls and Bernard Cazeneuve from 30 August 2016 to 10 May 2017. She was a member of the National Assembly from 2012 until 2016 and from 2017 until 2020. Since 4 July 2020 she has been serving as Mayor of Saint-Denis, Réunion.

Pierre Lemaitre is a Prix Goncourt-winning French author and a screenwriter, internationally renowned for the crime novels featuring the fictional character Commandant Camille Verhœven.

Philippe Harel is a French film director, actor and screenwriter.

Bernard Maris was a French economist, writer and journalist who was also a shareholder in Charlie Hebdo magazine. He was murdered on 7 January 2015, during the shooting at the headquarters of the magazine in Paris.

Olivier Jacque is a French former professional Grand Prix motorcycle road racer.

Noël Mamère is a French journalist and politician. He was the mayor of Bègles in Gironde as well as deputy to the French National Assembly for that constituency. He was for several years a member of the party Europe Écologie–The Greens, but left it in late September 2013.

Laurent Pietraszewski is a French politician of La République En Marche! (LREM) who has been serving as Secretary of State for Pensions in the governments of successive Prime Ministers Édouard Philippe and Jean Castex since his first appointment in December 2019.

Alexandra Lacrabère is a French handball player for Fleury Loiret HB and the French national team.

Claude-Frédéric Bastiat was a French economist, writer and a prominent member of the French Liberal School.