List of Famous people born in France
Rémi Gaillard
Rémi Gaillard is a French prankster who uploads videos on YouTube. As of January 2021, his channel is the 86th most subscribed comedy channel on YouTube with more than 7,1 millions suscribers.
Soan
Julien Decroix, better known as Soan, is a French singer-songwriter who won in 2009 the seventh season of the French music competition Nouvelle Star.
Charles de Courson
Charles- Amédée de Courson is a member of the National Assembly of France and a former 'rapporteur', and current secretary of its Finance Commission. He represents the Marne department, and is a member of the Union of Democrats and Independents as part of the Centrists. Amongst his many interventions, he has opposed same sex marriage, and has denounced the "illusion of security at airports".
Valérie Nicolas
Valérie Nicolas is a French handball goalkeeper and former player of the French national team. She became World Champion in 2003 with the French team, and was also voted Most Valuable Player and Best Goalkeeper. She was voted into the All-Star Team in the 2007 World Championship. Among her other triumphs are a silver medal from the World Championships, two bronze medals from the European Championships, victories at the Champions League, the EHF Cup, the Cup Winners' Cup, and both French and Danish national championships.
René Fonck
Colonel René Paul Fonck was a French aviator who ended the First World War as the top Entente fighter ace and, when all succeeding aerial conflicts of the 20th and 21st centuries are also considered, Fonck still holds the title of "all-time Allied Ace of Aces". He received confirmation for 75 victories out of 142 claims. Taking into account his probable claims, Fonck's final tally could conceivably be nearer 100 or above. He was made an Officer of the Legion of Honor in 1918 and later a Commander of the Legion of Honor after the war, and raised again to the dignity of Grand Officer.
Marc-Édouard Nabe
Marc-Édouard Nabe is a French writer, painter and jazz guitarist.
Karim Laghouag
Karim Florent Laghouag is a French Olympic equestrian. He represented his country at the 2016 Summer Olympics, where he won the gold medal in the team eventing and finished 28th individually with the horse Entebbe.
Lionel Beauxis
Lionel Beauxis is a French rugby union player. He currently plays at fly half for Oyonnax.
Christian Poncelet
Christian Poncelet was a conservative French politician. A member of President Nicolas Sarkozy's Union for a Popular Movement (UMP), he was President of the Senate from 1998 to 2008. In addition to being a Senator, he was Mayor of Remiremont (Vosges) and has been the President of the General Council of Vosges.
Louis Auguste, Duke of Maine
Louis-Auguste de Bourbon, duc du Maine was an illegitimate son of the French king Louis XIV and his official mistress, Madame de Montespan. The king's favourite son, he was the founder of the semi-royal House of Bourbon-Maine named after his title and his surname.