List of Famous people born in France

Gérard Faier, known as Gérard Majax is one of the most famous French illusionists.

Chantal Rousselot (1946) stage name Cléo is a French yéyé singer popular 1966–1970. She recorded six singles, two of them with Richard Fontaine as the duo Cédric et Cléo, inspired by Sonny and Cher. She married Herbert Léonard whom she met in 1967.

Liv Sansoz is a French professional rock climber, ice climber, base jumper. She is known for being three times World Cup winner and twice World Champion in Lead climbing. She had a year off after a fall but returned and climbed every Alp over 4,000 metres.

François Flohic was a French naval officer and associate of General Charles de Gaulle. Born in Ploubazlanec, Brittany, he joined the Free French Naval Forces during World War II. He saw action escorting Atlantic convoys and took part in the D-day landings at Normandy, and in the course of his career eventually rose to the rank of admiral. After the war, he served as an advisor and aide-de-camp to de Gaulle, whom he had first met in 1943. He published several books of memoirs, including Ni chagrin ni pitié : souvenirs d'un marin de la France libre (1985) and De Gaulle intime (2010).

Angela Anaïs Juana Antolina Rosa Edelmira Nin y Culmell, known professionally as Anaïs Nin, was a French-Cuban American diarist, essayist, novelist and writer of short stories and erotica. Born to Cuban parents in France, Nin was the daughter of composer Joaquín Nin and Rosa Culmell, a classically trained singer. Nin spent her early years in Spain and Cuba, about sixteen years in Paris (1924–1940), and the remaining half of her life in the United States, where she became an author.

Jean-Christophe Péraud is a retired French cyclist who rode for Omega Pharma–Lotto and AG2R La Mondiale during his professional career. He was a member of the French team at the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics.

Mathieu Laine is a French entrepreneur and intellectual.

Mirka Madeleine Mora was a French-born Australian visual artist and cultural figure who contributed significantly to the development of contemporary art in Australia. Her media included drawing, painting, sculpture and mosaic.

Michel Noir is a French politician.

Jean-Luc Reitzer is a French politician of the Republicans who has been serving as a member of the National Assembly of France since 1988, representing the 3rd constituency of the Haut-Rhin department.