List of Famous people born in France

Erwann Le Péchoux is a French foil fencer, four-time team World champion and 2014 European team champion. He competed in the individual and team foil events at the 2004 Summer Olympics and 2012 Summer Olympics and the individual foil at the 2008 where the Men's team foil event did not take place.

Jean de Gaulle is a French politician.

Charlie Dalin is a French sailor born on 10th May 1984 in le Havre. He is an offshore sailor having extensively competed in the Figaro class and also has an engineering degree in Naval Architecture.

Jérôme Fernandez is a retired French handball player. He was a captain of the France men's national handball team and currently holds the record for the number of goals for France's national team.

Mark Marie Robert Karpelès, also sometimes known by his online alias MagicalTux, is the former CEO of bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox. He moved to Japan in 2009.

Catherine Maunoury is a French aerobatic pilot.

Georges Prêtre was a French orchestral and opera conductor.

John the Fearless was a scion of the French royal family who ruled the Burgundian State from 1404 until his death in 1419. He played a key role in French national affairs during the early 15th century, particularly in the struggles to rule the country for the mentally ill King Charles VI, his cousin, and the Hundred Years' War with England. A rash, ruthless and unscrupulous politician, John murdered the King's brother, the Duke of Orléans, in an attempt to gain control of the government, which led to the eruption of the Armagnac–Burgundian Civil War in France and in turn culminated in his own assassination in 1419.

Renaud van Ruymbeke is an investigative magistrate, well known for specializing in political and financial corruption cases. He investigated the French-Taiwan Frigates Affair, which was related to the Clearstream, and the Urba Affair.

Edgar Degas was a French Impressionist artist famous for his pastel drawings and oil paintings.