List of Famous people born in France
Serhou Guirassy
Serhou Yadaly Guirassy is a French professional footballer who plays for Ligue 1 club Rennes as a forward.
Pierre Bodein
Pierre Fernand Bodein is a French criminal and spree killer who, since 1969, has alternated stays between psychiatric hospitals and prisons. Nicknamed "Pierrot le fou", his criminal record includes seven convictions, three of which are murders, including violent rapes. He is the 11th child of a family of 16 children, descending from a Yenish community.
Louis Bonaparte
Louis Napoléon Bonaparte was a younger brother of Napoleon I, Emperor of the French. He was a monarch in his own right from 1806 to 1810, ruling over the Kingdom of Holland. In that capacity he was known as Louis I.
Raymonde de Laroche
Raymonde de Laroche, is thought to be the first woman to pilot a plane. She did become the world's first licensed female pilot on 8 March 1910.
Corinne Marchand
Corinne Marchand is a French actress. She is best known for playing the pop singer Cléo in Cléo from 5 to 7.
Jacques Abardonado
Jacques Abardonado is a French former footballer who played as a defender.
Serge Kampf
Capgemini SE is a French multinational corporation that provides consulting, technology, professional, and outsourcing services. It is headquartered in Paris, France. Capgemini has over 270,000 employees in over 50 countries, of whom nearly 120,000 are in India.
Jean Cau
Jean Cau was a French rower who competed in the 1900 Summer Olympics. He was part of the French boat Cercle de l'Aviron Roubaix, which won the gold medal in the coxed four.
Edmond Adolphe de Rothschild
Edmond Adolphe Maurice Jules Jacques de Rothschild or Baron Edmond de Rothschild was a French-Swiss banker, the founder of the Edmond de Rothschild Group in 1953. His investments extended to vineyards, yacht racing, farming and hospitality.
Charles de Lorencez
Charles Ferdinand Latrille, Comte de Lorencez was a French Army general under Napoleon III during the 19th century. He was a relative of the Empress Charlotte, who was the only daughter of King Leopold I, King of the Belgians and wife of the French puppet monarch, Maximilian I of Mexico. He was most notable for losing the Battle of Puebla in the early stages of the Second French intervention in Mexico although he would continue to have military command during France's war with Prussia.