List of Famous people born in France

Isabelle Kocher is a French businesswoman. She was the chief executive officer of Engie until February 24 2020.

Yoann Huget is a French rugby union player. He plays as a wing or fullback for Toulouse.

Francine Triplet Cousteau is the president of the non-profit organization Cousteau Society, and is the widow of oceanographer Jacques-Yves Cousteau. She is the mother of Jacques Cousteau's third and fourth children, Diane and Pierre-Yves.

Teddy Tamgho is a French triple jumper and long jumper. He specialises in the triple jump. He is the current triple jump world indoor record holder at 17.92 m, achieved in winning the final and gold medal at the 2011 European Indoor Championships. He is the world's sixth best ever triple jumper outdoors, with his best mark of 18.04 metres achieved in winning the final and gold medal at the 2013 World Championships.

Thierry Ascione is a retired professional tour male tennis player from France. He turned pro in 2000 and retired in September 2010, reaching a career-high singles ranking of World No. 81 in February 2004.

Nolan Roux is a French professional footballer who plays for Nîmes Olympique in Ligue 1, primarily in the striker role. He is a former French youth international, having previously represented the France under-21 team.

Arthur Jugnot is a French actor and stage director.

Christine Arron is a former track and field sprinter, who competed internationally for France in the 60 metres, 100 metres, 200 metres and the 4x100 metres relay. As of 2017, she is the world's sixth-fastest female 100 metres sprinter of all time with 10.73 secs, which is still the European record. She set the record when winning at the 1998 European Championships, where she also won a gold medal in the 4 × 100 m relay. Also in the relay, she is a 2003 World Championship gold medallist and a 2004 Olympic bronze medallist.

Augusta Mary Anne Holmès was a French composer of Irish descent. In 1871, Holmès became a French citizen and added the accent to her last name. She wrote the texts to almost all of her vocal music herself, including songs, oratorios, the libretto of her opera La Montagne noire and the programmatic poems for her symphonic poems including Irlande and Andromède.

Jean-François Marie de Surville was a merchant captain with the French East India Company. He commanded a voyage of exploration to the Pacific in 1769–70.