List of Famous people born in France

Catherine Ferry is a French singer. In 1976, at the Eurovision Song Contest, Catherine Ferry represented France with the song "Un, deux, trois". She ranked second in the contest. Among the backing vocalists was Daniel Balavoine, who wrote the B side "Petit Jean". She worked and was produced mainly by Daniel Balavoine a famous French singer who wrote nearly 30 songs for her.

Jacques Dufilho was a French actor. He was born at Bègles (Gironde) and he died at Ponsampère (Gers).

Franck Fernandel was a French actor, singer and songwriter, and writer.

Rabah Slimani is a French rugby union player who can play on both sides of the scrum; tight head prop and loose head prop, and he currently plays for ASM Clermont Auvergne in the Top 14.

Mia Hansen-Love is a French film director, screenwriter, and former actress. She has won several accolades for her work. Her first feature film, All Is Forgiven, won the Louis Delluc Prize for Best First Film in 2007 along with Céline Sciamma's Water Lilies. Hansen-Løve's film Father of My Children won the Special Jury Prize in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival. In 2014, Hansen-Løve was awarded the status of Chevalier in the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. In 2016, she won the Silver Bear for Best Director for her film Things to Come at the 66th Berlin International Film Festival, as well as becoming a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

Eugénie Angot is a French equestrian. She competed in individual jumping and team jumping at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.

Samuël Adebiyi, better known by his stage name Féfé, is a French singer and rapper originating from Nigeria.

Anne-Dauphine Julliand is a French woman writer. Her two published works are Deux petits pas sur le sable mouillé in 2011 and Une journée particulière in 2013, essays recounting her family life experience with the serious illness of two of her children. She then made the documentary film Everyday Heroes , released in 2017.

Marie-Jeanne Bardot is a French actress and writer. She starred in the 1960 film Sex Kittens Go to College with Mamie van Doren.

Catherine Rouvel is an acclaimed French actress. Her career spans from 1959 in television to 2004.