List of Famous people born in France

Princess Clémentine of Orléans, princess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and duchess in Saxony, was the sixth child of ten and youngest daughter of Louis-Philippe I, King of the French, and his wife Maria Amalia of the Two Sicilies. She was the mother of Ferdinand I, Tsar of Bulgaria.

Khalid Boutaïb is a Moroccan professional footballer who plays as a striker for French club Le Havre.

Claude Guéant is a French civil servant. The former chief of staff to Nicolas Sarkozy, he served as Minister of the Interior from 27 February 2011 until 15 May 2012. He is a member of the conservative Union for a Popular Movement (UMP).

Niels Patrick Nkounkou is a French professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Premier League club Everton.

Harry-Max was a French film actor. He appeared in more than eighty films from 1938 to 1975.

Yves Simon (born 3 May 1944 in Choiseul, Haute-Marne) is a French singer and writer.

Jérémy Kapone is a French actor, model, singer and songwriter, best known for his role in the French film LOL as Maël.

Alain Colas was a French sailor, the first to complete a solitary round-the-world race in a multihull. He met Éric Tabarly in Sydney in 1967, and bought Pen Duick IV from him in 1970, and won the "Transat" in 1972. In 1972, he started the construction of a 72m 4 masted monohull for the 1976 "Transat". He broke his right ankle, underwent 22 surgeries, and got back on his feet for the solitary transatlantic race. Éric Tabarly won, and Alain Colas arrived 2nd but was classed 5th. On 5 November 1978, he took part in his last race, the first Route du Rhum. On 16 November 1978, as he passed the Azores, he sent his last radio message saying that everything was alright and sailing well. Neither his boat Manureva nor his body were ever found.

Amandine Suzanne Monique Leynaud is a French handball player for Győri Audi ETO KC and the French national team.

Karina Testa is a French actress. She appeared in more than twenty films since 2001 including the lead role in Frontier(s).