List of Famous people born in France

Franz Freiherr von Mercy, Lord of Mandre and Collenburg, was a German general in the Thirty Years' War who fought for the Habsburg side.

Mickaël Le Bihan is a French professional footballer who plays as a striker for Ligue 2 team AJ Auxerre.

Julie Dreyfus is a French actress who is well known in Japan where she made her television debut on a French language lesson program on NHK's educational channel in the late 1980s. She has appeared on the TV show Ryōri no Tetsujin as a guest and judge. She is best known to western audiences for her appearances in the Quentin Tarantino films Kill Bill: Volume 1 and Inglourious Basterds, in which she played Sofie Fatale and Francesca Mondino respectively. Aside from her native French she is fluent in English and Japanese.

Billy Ketkeophomphone is a French professional footballer who plays as a striker for Dunkerque.

Charline Picon is a French windsurfer, who specialized in Neil Pryde RS:X class. She captured two bronze medals in her respective class at the Windsurfing World Championships, and an olympic title at the 2016 Summer Olympics after attaining a top ten finish at the 2012 Summer Olympics. As of September 2014, Picon is ranked as one of the top ten sailors in the world for the sailboard class by the International Sailing Federation, following her successes at the European and World Championships and at the Sailing World Cup series.

Frédérique Jossinet is a French Olympic judoka in the lightest class.

Jacques Sauvageot was a French politician and art historian.

Pierre Lacoste was a French marine officer and government official. He served as President of the Fédération des professionnels de l'intelligence économique in 2006.

Jean Lacouture was a journalist, historian and author. He was particularly famous for his biographies.

Johan Martial is a French professional footballer who plays as a centre-back. He was a France youth international for the under-19 and under-20 teams.