List of Famous people born in France

Benoît Cosnefroy is a French cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam AG2R Citroën Team. In July 2019, he was named in the startlist for the 2019 Tour de France. In the 2020 Tour de France, he led the mountains classification and wore the polka dot jersey for 15 consecutive stages; he ultimately finished sixth in the final classification standings.

Henri of Orléans, Count of Paris, was the Orléanist claimant to the throne of France as Henry VI from 1940 until his death.

Jeanne Françoise Julie Adélaïde Récamier, known as Juliette, was a French socialite, whose salon drew Parisians from the leading literary and political circles of the early 19th century. As an icon of neoclassicism, Récamier cultivated a public persona of herself as a great beauty and her fame quickly spread across Europe. She befriended many intellectuals, sat for the finest artists of the age, and spurned an offer of marriage from Prince Augustus of Prussia.

Catherine Guillouard is a French businesswoman.

Jean-Pierre Masseret was a member of the Senate of France, representing the Moselle department from 1983 to 2011, when he lost for reelection. He is a member of the Socialist Party. He is President of the Lorraine (region) region since 2004, reelected in 2010, after being a member of the regional council since 1986. He was mayor of Talange from 1995 to 1997, and Secretary of State for Veterans affairs from 1997 to 2001, in Lionel Jospin's Government. He was also municipal councillor of Metz and general councillor of Moselle.

Jules Eugène Louis Jouvet was a French actor, director, and theatre director.

Princess Erika is a French singer and actress with Cameroonian origins. She is particularly known for her reggae songs "Trop de bla-bla" ou "Faut qu'j'travaille".

Muriel Mayette is a French actress.

Noah Klieger was an Israeli journalist and sports administrator. Klieger, a survivor of the Nazi concentration camps Auschwitz, Mittelbau-Dora and Ravensbruck, covered trials of Nazi criminals after the end of World War II, besides working as a sports journalist in Israel. He also was the president of the basketball club Maccabi Tel Aviv and chairman of the FIBA's media council. In 2010 he was awarded the FIBA Order of Merit, and in 2012 became a Chevalier of the Légion d'honneur. In 2015, Klieger was inducted into the FIBA Hall of Fame for his contributions.

Yvette Lundy was a French resistance fighter during the French Resistance of World War II. She provided the inspiration for the character of Mademoiselle Lise Lundi in the 2009 film Korkoro, written and directed by Tony Gatlif.