List of Famous people born in France

Yves Camdeborde is a French chef. He specializes in bistro cuisine. Journalists call him the chef of "bistronomy".

Louis Burton is a French yachtsman who competes in ocean racing, he was born 4th June 1985 in Ivry-sur-Seine, France.

Valerie Garnier is a French basketball coach for French national team, which participated at the 2014 FIBA World Championship.

Christine "Kiki" Caron is a French former backstroke swimmer. She won the silver medal in 100 m backstroke at the 1964 Summer Olympics and the gold medal in the same event at the 1966 European Aquatics Championships. She also participated in the 1968 Summer Olympics where she was the first woman to carry the French flag at the opening ceremony. During her swimming career she won 29 national swimming titles. Her elder sister Annie was also a swimmer and competed at the 1960 Olympics.

Pierre de Saintignon was a French politician. He was a member of the French Socialist Party since 1967. He was elected councilor to the Lille municipality in 1989, 1995, 2001, 2008 and 2014, the first two terms under Pierre Mauroy and the other three under Martine Aubry. From 2001, he was the First Deputy-Mayor, in charge of finance, economic development and military matters. In 1998, 2004 and 2010 he was elected councilor the Regional Council of Nord-Pas-de-Calais, where he sat as first vice-president, in charge of economic development. Most of his political career was as an unofficial chief of staff, rather than as a foreground person. He was chosen to lead the PS list for the 2015 regional elections that were held on 6 and 13 December 2015.

Ghislain Printant is a French football manager, who most recently coached Ligue 1 team AS Saint-Étienne.

Sophie Montel is a French politician.

Baron Dominique Jean Larrey was a French surgeon in Napoleon's Grande Armée and an important innovator in battlefield medicine and triage. He is often considered the first modern military surgeon.

Frédéric Lodéon is a contemporary French cellist, conductor and radio personality.

Sabine Quindou is a French journalist, known for having co-hosted science education TV show C'est pas sorcier with Jamy Gourmaud and Frédéric Courant, produced by France 3.