List of Famous people born in France

Guillaume Faye

Guillaume Louis Marie Faye
First Name Guillaume
Last Name Faye
Born on November 7, 1949
Died on March 6, 2019 (aged 69)

Guillaume Faye was a French journalist, writer, and leading member of the French New Right. Earlier in his career, anti-Zionism permeated his work; later on, criticism of Islam became prominent in his writings.

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Jacques Garcia

First Name Jacques
Last Name Garcia
Born on September 25, 1947 (age 79)

Jacques Garcia, is a French architect, interior designer and garden designer, best known for his contemporary interiors of Paris hotels and restaurants.

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The Avener

Tristan Casara
First Name The
Born on January 23, 1987 (age 39)

Tristan Casara, known by his stage name The Avener, is a French deep house and electro music producer, born in Nice. He is best known for his 2014 single "Fade Out Lines", a deep house rework of "The Fade Out Line", a song by Phoebe Killdeer & The Short Straws.

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Mickael Barzalona

First Name Mickael
Born on August 3, 1991 (age 35)

Mickaël Barzalona is a French-born Thoroughbred horse racing jockey. Since March 2012, he is one of the retained jockeys for Godolphin Racing, and is their principal rider in France, mainly riding horses trained by André Fabre and Henri-Alex Pantall.

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Sandra Forgues

First Name Sandra
Last Name Forgues
Born on December 22, 1969 (age 56)
Born in France, Occitania
Height 178 cm | 5'10

Sandra Forgues, formerly known as Wilfrid Forgues, is a French slalom canoeist who competed as a male athlete from the late 1980s to the early 2000s (decade). In 2018, Forgues revealed publicly her identity as a trans woman.

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Claude Miller

First Name Claude
Last Name Miller
Born on February 20, 1942
Died on April 4, 2012 (aged 70)

Claude Miller was a French film director, producer and screenwriter.

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Maxime Vachier-Lagrave

First Name Maxime
Born on October 21, 1990 (age 36)

Maxime Vachier-Lagrave is a French chess player, the top ranked of his country. He was awarded the title of Grandmaster by FIDE in 2005, at age 14. His peak Elo rating of 2819 makes him the seventh-highest rated player of all time. He is often referred to by his initials, MVL.

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Marisol

Born on May 22, 1930
Died on April 30, 2016 (aged 85)

Marisol Escobar, otherwise known simply as Marisol, was a Venezuelan-American sculptor born in Paris, who lived and worked in New York City.

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Bernardino Piñera

First Name Bernardino
Last Name Piñera
Born on September 22, 1915
Died on June 21, 2020 (aged 104)

Monsignor Bernardino Piñera Carvallo was a Chilean Bishop of the Catholic Church.

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Jacques Verdier

Jacques Pierre Jean Marie Verdier
First Name Jacques
Last Name Verdier
Born on October 10, 1957
Died on December 15, 2018 (aged 61)
Born in France, Occitania

Jacques Verdier was a French sports journalist and writer for Midi Olympique.

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