List of Famous people born in France
Moustache
François-Alexandre Galepides, known by the stage name Moustache, was a French actor and jazz drummer of Greek descent. He was born 14 February 1929 in Paris and died 25 March 1987 in Arpajon in a car accident.
Robert Rochefort
Robert Rochefort is a French economist and politician.
Jacqueline Pagnol
Jacqueline Andrée Pagnol was a French actress. She acted in many French films in the 1940s and 1950s. She was the widow of French author and filmmaker Marcel Pagnol.
Michèle Mouton
Michèle Mouton is a French former rally driver. Competing in the World Rally Championship for the Audi factory team, she took four victories and finished runner-up in the drivers' world championship in 1982. She is still the last woman to compete in top-level rallying.
Jean-Pierre Jouyet
Jean-Pierre Jouyet was the ambassador of France to the United Kingdom.
Virginie de Clausade
Virginie de Clausade is a French-Belgian actress, radio and television presenter.
Sonia Ben Ammar
Sonia Ben Ammar is a French-Tunisian model, actress and singer, who is currently signed with IMG Models. In November 2019, she released her debut EP SONIA.
Mehdy Metella
Mehdy Metella is a French freestyle and butterfly swimmer. He was part of the freestyle and medley 4×100 m teams that won a gold and a silver medal at the 2014 European Aquatics Championships and gold and bronze at the 2015 World Championship. In both cases, he swam the butterfly leg in the medley relay.
Alfred Binet
Alfred Binet, born Alfredo Binetti, was a French psychologist who invented the first practical IQ test, the Binet–Simon test. In 1904, the French Ministry of Education asked psychologist Alfred Binet to devise a method that would determine which students did not learn effectively from regular classroom instruction so they could be given remedial work. Along with his collaborator Théodore Simon, Binet published revisions of his test in 1908 and 1911, the last of which appeared just before his death.
Mireille Hartuch
Mireille Hartuch was a French singer, composer, and actress. She was generally known by the stage name "Mireille," it being a common practice of the time to use a single name for the stage.