List of Famous people born in France
Jean-Paul Huchon
Jean-Paul Huchon is a civil administrator and French politician. Mayor of Conflans-Sainte-Honorine from 1994 to 2001, he was the President of the regional council for Île-de-France from 1998 to 2015.
Vegedream
Sachtela Evrard Djedje, better known by the artistic name Vegedream, is a French hip hop, R&B and urban pop singer songwriter of Ivorian origin. He is signed to Universal Music France and is best known with his hit Ramenez la coupe à la maison (Bring the cup back home) that topped the French SNEP Singles Chart. He released his studio album Marchand de sable (Sandman) in 2018.
Bruno de Keyzer
Bruno de Keyzer was a French cinematographer.
Paul Valéry
Ambroise Paul Toussaint Jules Valéry was a French poet, essayist, and philosopher. In addition to his poetry and fiction, his interests included aphorisms on art, history, letters, music, and current events. Valéry was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 12 different years.
Roger Walkowiak
Roger Walkowiak was a French road bicycle racer who won the 1956 Tour de France. He was a professional rider from 1950 until 1960. He died on 6 February 2017 at the age of 89.
Annie Pétain
Eugénie Pétain was the wife of the French military commander and political leader Philippe Pétain who ruled Vichy France between 1940 and 1944.
Corinne Hermès
Corinne Hermès is a French singer. She represented Luxembourg at the Eurovision Song Contest 1983 where she won with "Si la vie est cadeau", which brought the Grand-Duchy its fifth and hitherto final victory.
Hugo Boucheron
Hugo Boucheron is a French representative rower, a dual Olympian and an Olympic and world champion. He won the double sculls event at the 2018 World Rowing Championships in Plovdiv. He competed in the men's double sculls at the 2016 Summer Olympics. Partnered with Matthieu Androdias he won the Olympic gold medal in the double scull at Tokyo 2020.
Jacques Crevoisier
Jacques Crevoisier was a French footballer and coach.
Pierre Camou
Pierre Camou was a French rugby union administrator. He was the President of the French Rugby Federation from 2008 to 2016, before he was succeeded by Bernard Laporte. Prior to becoming President of the FFR he was also the treasurer then vice-president of FIRA-AER.