List of Famous people born in France

Farida Khelfa

First Name Farida
Last Name Khelfa
Born on May 23, 1960 (age 66)

Farida Khelfa is a French documentary filmmaker and former model.

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Jacques Pills

First Name Jacques
Last Name Pills
Born on January 7, 1906
Died on September 12, 1970 (aged 64)

Jacques Pills was a French singer and actor. His impresario was Bruno Coquatrix. In 1959, Pills was the Monegasque entrant at the Eurovision Song Contest 1959 with the song "Mon ami Pierrot". The song ended last, in eleventh place and got only one point.

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Laurent Brochard

First Name Laurent
Last Name Brochard
Born on March 26, 1968 (age 58)

Laurent Brochard is a retired professional road racing cyclist from France. In 1997 he won a stage of the Tour de France and became world road champion in San Sebastián, Spain.

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Xavier Lemaître

First Name Xavier
Last Name Lemaître
Born on December 31, 1965 (age 60)

Xavier Lemaître is a French actor.

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Pape Badiane

First Name Pape
Last Name Badiane
Born on February 10, 1980
Died on December 24, 2016 (aged 36)
Height 208 cm | 6'10

Pape Badiane was a French professional basketball player who played 23 times for the men's French national basketball team between 2007 and 2008. He died on 23 December 2016 in a traffic accident.

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Manitas de Plata

Ricardo Baliardo
First Name Manitas
Born on August 7, 1921
Died on November 5, 2014 (aged 93)
Born in France, Occitania

Ricardo Baliardo, better known as Manitas de Plata, was a flamenco guitarist of Spanish Gitano descent born in southern France. Despite achieving worldwide fame, he was criticized for not following certain rhythmic rules (compás) that are traditional in flamenco.

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Yann-Fañch Kemener

Jean-François Louis Quémener
First Name Yann-Fañch
Born on April 7, 1957
Died on March 16, 2019 (aged 61)

Yann-Fañch Kemener was a traditional singer and ethnomusicologist from Brittany, born in Sainte-Tréphine (Côtes-d'Armor), France.

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Bérangère Abba

First Name Bérangère
Born on October 22, 1976 (age 50)
Born in France, Grand Est

Bérangère Abba is a French politician of La République En Marche! (LREM) who has been serving as Secretary of State for Biodiversity in the government of Prime Minister Jean Castex since 2020. A lingerie shopkeeper, she was elected municipal councillor of Chaumont in 2014. She was a member of the French National Assembly from 2017 until 2020, representing the Haute-Marne's 1st constituency.

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Marie NDiaye

First Name Marie
Last Name NDiaye
Born on June 4, 1967 (age 59)

Marie NDiaye is a French novelist and playwright. She published her first novel, Quant au riche avenir, when she was 17. She won the Prix Goncourt in 2009. Her play Papa doit manger is the sole play by a living female writer to be part of the repertoire of the Comédie française.

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Christian Marty

Christian Henri Marty
First Name Christian
Last Name Marty
Born on November 12, 1945
Died on July 25, 2000 (aged 54)

Christian Marty was a French aviator who served as the captain of Air France Flight 4590. Prior to the crash, Marty was an athlete in extreme sports.

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