List of Famous people born in France

Gilbert Duclos-Lassalle is a former French professional road racing cyclist who was a specialist at one-day classic cycling races. He raced from 1977 to 1995, one of the best French riders of a generation that included Bernard Hinault and Laurent Fignon.

Victor Wembanyama is a French professional basketball player for Nanterre 92 of the LNB Pro A. A 2.18 m power forward, he is considered one of the best European prospects of his generation.

Daniel Leclercq was a French football defender and manager. He played 440 matches from 1967 to 1984 for US Valenciennes, Olympique de Marseille and RC Lens. He later managed clubs from 1986 to 2017. He remains the only manager to have led RC Lens to the Ligue 1 championship.

Caroline Rémy de Guebhard was a French journalist with anarchist, socialist, communist and feminist views, best known under the pen name Séverine.

Patricia Millardet was a French actress who played judge Silvia Conti in the Italian mafia series La piovra.

Jérôme Henri Carrein was the second-to-last convicted criminal to be executed by guillotine in France.

Joseph Vacher was a French serial killer, sometimes known as "The French Ripper" or "L'éventreur du Sud-Est" owing to comparisons to the more famous Jack the Ripper murderer of London, England, in 1888. His scarred face and plain, white, handmade rabbit-fur hat composed his trademark appearance. He killed 11 people, many of whom were adolescent farm workers, between 1894 and 1897.

Georges René Louis Marchais was the head of the French Communist Party (PCF) from 1972 to 1994, and a candidate in the French presidential elections of 1981.

Brice Dulin is a French rugby union player. His usual position is Fullback, and he currently plays for La Rochelle in the Top 14. He began his career at SU Agen, making his professional debut in 2009. He made his debut for France during their tour of Argentina in June 2012.

Kévin Tillie is a French volleyball player, member of the France men's national volleyball team and Italian club Top Volley Cisterna, 2015 European Champion, gold medallist of the 2015 World League, Polish Champion.