List of Famous people born in France

Louise de La Vallière was a mistress of Louis XIV of France from 1661 to 1667. She later became the Duchess of La Vallière and Duchess of Vaujours in her own right. She has no known surviving descendants. Louise was also very religious and she led a religious penance for herself near the end of her life.

Jeanne-Marie Lanvin was a French haute couture fashion designer. She founded the Lanvin fashion house and the beauty and perfume company Lanvin Parfums.

Nicole Lapierre is a French writer. She is the emeritus director of research at CNRS. She published her first book, La Femme majeure in 1973, in collaboration with Edgar Morin and Bernard Paillard. Her later books include Le Silence de la mémoire (1989), Changer de nom (1995), La famille providence (1997), Le Nouvel Esprit de famille (2001), Pensons ailleurs (2004) and Causes communes (2011). She is a winner of the Prix Medicis.

Étienne Chatiliez is a French film director. He was born in Roubaix, France.

Hélène Boucher was a well-known French pilot in the early 1930s, when she set several women's world speed records, including one which was also a world record for either sex. She was killed in an accident in 1934.

Grégory Gadebois is a French actor.

Paul Cornu was a French engineer.

Benjamin Toniutti is a French volleyball player, member of the France men's national volleyball team and ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle, 2015 European Champion, gold medallist of the World League, Champions League winner (2021), German Champion (2015), three–time Polish Champion.

Karina Lombard is an American-French actress. She is best known for her role as Isabelle Two in Legends of the Fall, chief Nonhelema in Timeless, and Marina Ferrer in the first season of The L Word.

Edmond Simeoni was a Corsican doctor, politician and nationalist. He was the brother of Max Simeoni, Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 1989 to 1994 and father of Gilles Simeoni.