List of Famous people born in France

Nawell Azzouz, better known as Wallen is a French R&B singer. Her stage name comes from the rearrangement of the letters of her first name.

Rosette "Rose" Wolczak was a Jewish child victim of the Holocaust. Born in France in 1928, she came to Geneva, Switzerland, in 1943 as a refugee, and was expelled for what the Swiss authorities ruled to be indecent behavior. She was sent to the Auschwitz concentration camp, where she was gassed upon her arrival in November 1943.

Franck Montagny is a retired French professional racing driver. He briefly raced for the Super Aguri Formula One team in 2006.

Jérôme Garcès is a French rugby union referee who regularly officiates high-profile club matches in tournaments such as Pro14, Top 14 and the Heineken Cup.

Ève Josette Noelle Périsset is a French footballer who plays as a defender for Girondins de Bordeaux and the France national team.

Catherine Clément is a French philosopher, novelist, feminist, and literary critic, born in Boulogne-Billancourt. She received a degree in philosophy from the prestigious École Normale Supérieure, and studied under its faculty Claude Lévi-Strauss and Jacques Lacan, working in the fields of anthropology and psychoanalysis. A member of the school of French feminism and écriture féminine, she has published books with Hélène Cixous and Julia Kristeva.

Nicole Notat, born 26 July 1947 in Châtrices, Marne, is the former secretary general of the union CFDT. She is currently founder and president of Vigeo, a company committed to a concept of sustainable development.

Isabelle Caro was a French model and actress from Marseille, France, who became well known after appearing in a controversial advertising campaign "No Anorexia" which showed Caro with vertebrae and facial bones showing under her skin in a picture by photographer Oliviero Toscani.

Philippe Richert is a French politician of The Republicans party, president of the regional council of Grand Est from 2016 to 2017. He previously was the president of the regional council of Alsace, until its dissolution on 1 January 2016.

Jules Michelet was a French historian. He was born in Paris to a family with Huguenot traditions.