List of Famous people born in France
Nacer Bouhanni
Nacer Bouhanni is a French professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam Arkéa–Samsic. A sprinter, he was the winner of the 2012 French National Road Race Championships. Although his first Grand Tour was in 2012, his real breakthrough was in 2014 when he won three stages and the points classification in the Giro d'Italia. In August 2014 it was announced that Bouhanni would leave FDJ and join Cofidis on an initial two-year deal from 2015.
Rogelio Salmona
Rogelio Salmona was a French Colombian architect. He was noted for his extensive use of red brick in his buildings and for using natural shapes like spirals, radial geometry and curves in his designs. During the latter part of his life, Salmona gained renown thanks to awards like the first prize at the 1986, 1988, and 1990 Colombian Architecture Biennials, and the Alvar Aalto Medal in 2003. His works are highly representative of Colombian architecture at the end of the twentieth century.
Annette Haas
Annette Haas-Hamburger (1912–2002) was a French pianist-concertist. She was the first wife of professor Jean Hamburger (1909–1992), a member of the Académie française, as well as the mother of architect Bernard Hamburger (1940–1982) and singer-songwriter Michel Berger (1947–1992). She is buried in Montmartre Cemetery.
Antoine Bourseiller
Antoine Bourseiller was a French comedian and opera and theatre director.
Fernand Raynaud
André Gustave Fernand Raynaud, best known as Fernand Raynaud, was a French stand-up comic star, an actor and a singer.
Xavier de Maistre
Xavier de Maistre is a French harpist.
Marie Tussaud
Anna Maria "Marie" Tussaud was a French artist known for her wax sculptures and Madame Tussauds, the wax museum she founded in London.
Thomas Robert Bugeaud
Thomas Robert Bugeaud, marquis de la Piconnerie, duc d'Isly was a Marshal of France and Governor-General of Algeria.
Jean-Michel Baylet
Jean-Michel Baylet is a French politician, Senator, and former leader of the moderate center-left Radical Party of the Left.
Lionel Charbonnier
Lionel André Michel Charbonnier is a French football manager and former professional player who played as a goalkeeper. After retiring, he became a football manager and managed Aceh United of the Liga Primer Indonesia in the season before they folded along with their independent league.