List of Famous people born in France

Alexandre Lippmann was a French Olympic champion épée fencer. He won two Olympic gold medals, as well as three other Olympic medals.

Louis-Antoine, Comte de Bougainville was a French admiral and explorer. A contemporary of the British explorer James Cook, he took part in the Seven Years' War in North America and the American Revolutionary War against Britain. Bougainville later gained fame for his expeditions, including a circumnavigation of the globe in a scientific expedition in 1763, the first recorded settlement on the Falkland Islands/Islas Malvinas, and voyages into the Pacific Ocean. Bougainville Island of Papua New Guinea as well as the Bougainvillea flower were named after him.

Alain Madelin is a French politician.

Harry Clemens Ulrich Graf von Kessler was an Anglo-German count, diplomat, writer, and patron of modern art. English translations of his diaries "Journey to the Abyss" (2011) and "Berlin in Lights" (1971) reveal anecdotes and details of artistic, theatrical, and political life in Europe, mostly in Germany, from the late 19th century through the collapse of Germany at the end of World War I until his death in Lyon in 1937.

Valentin Lavillenie is a French athlete specialising in the pole vault. He won the gold medal at the 2013 Jeux de la Francophonie. Lavillenie is the younger brother of another pole vaulter, a former world record holder Renaud Lavillenie.

Estelle Nze Minko is a French handball player for Győri Audi ETO KC and the French national team.

Thierry Laurey is a French professional football manager and former player who played as a defender and midfielder. He is currently in charge of Ligue 1 side Strasbourg.

Kévin Le Roux is a French volleyball player, member of the France men's national volleyball team and German club Berlin Recycling Volleys, 2015 European Champion, two–time gold medallist of the World League, Turkish Champion (2016).

Elizabeth Vidal is a French operatic coloratura soprano born in Nice to a Spanish father and a British mother. She was appointed teacher of singing at the Conservatory of Nice in 2009.

Dimitri Christophe Foulquier is a professional footballer who plays as a right back for Granada. Foulquier previously represented the France national under-21 football team, before switching to represent the Guadeloupe national football team.