List of Famous people born in France

François Rebsamen is a French politician who was the Minister of Social Affairs from 2014 to 2015. He is a member of the Socialist Party.

Louis VIII, nicknamed The Lion, was King of France from 1223 to 1226. From 1216 to 1217, he also claimed the Kingdom of England. Louis was the only surviving son of King Philip II of France by his first wife, Isabelle of Hainaut, from whom he inherited the County of Artois.

Catherine Barba Chiaramonti is a French entrepreneur and business executive who is active in digital retail. Through her recently established company, Catherine Barba Group, she helps retailing startups enter the digital market.

Tancrède Melet was a French slackliner.

Sébastien Chenu is a French politician serving as the member of the National Assembly for the 19th constituency of Nord since 2017. A former member of the Union for a Popular Movement (UMP), he has also been a spokesman of the National Rally since 2017 under the leadership of Marine Le Pen.

Hubert-Joseph Henry was a French Lieutenant-Colonel in 1897 involved in the Dreyfus affair. Arrested for having forged evidence against Alfred Dreyfus, he was found dead in his prison cell. He was considered a hero by the Anti-Dreyfusards.

Vincent Reffet was a French BASE jumper, skydiver, wingsuit flyer, and jetman.

Lydie Salvayre is a French writer. Born in the south of France to Republican refugees from the Spanish Civil War, she went on to study medicine in Toulouse and continues to work as a practicing psychiatrist.

Veronique Peck was a French-American arts patron, philanthropist and journalist. She was married to actor, political activist and philanthropist Gregory Peck from 1955 until his death in 2003.

Anatole France was a French poet, journalist, and novelist with several best-sellers. Ironic and skeptical, he was considered in his day the ideal French man of letters. He was a member of the Académie française, and won the 1921 Nobel Prize in Literature "in recognition of his brilliant literary achievements, characterized as they are by a nobility of style, a profound human sympathy, grace, and a true Gallic temperament".