List of Famous people born in France
Jean-Pascal Lacoste
Jean-Pascal Lacoste is a French singer, actor and TV host.
Laurent Lafitte
Laurent Lafitte is a French actor. He is known for playing the role of Patrick in Elle. In March 2016 he was named as the host of the opening and closing ceremonies at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival.
Ludger Sylbaris
Ludger Sylbaris was an Afro-Caribbean man who was one of three survivors in the city of Saint-Pierre on the Caribbean island of Martinique during the devastating volcanic eruption of Mount Pelée on May 8, 1902. Saint-Pierre, known as the "Paris of the West Indies", was in the direct path of a pyroclastic flow, which destroyed the city and killed an estimated 30,000 people.
Prince Gaston, Count of Eu
Prince Gaston of Orleans, Count of Eu, the first son of Louis, Duke of Nemours, and Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, was a French prince and military commander who fought in the Spanish-Moroccan War and the Paraguayan War. Gaston was married to Princess Isabel, heiress to the Brazilian throne.
Djibril Cissé
Djibril Cissé is a French former professional footballer who played as a striker.
Claire Keim
Claire Keim is a French actress and singer.
Agnès Buzyn
Agnès Buzyn is a French hematologist, university professor, medical practitioner and political figure who served as the Minister of Solidarity and Health in the government of Prime Minister Édouard Philippe from 17 May 2017 to 16 February 2020.
Jean-Pierre Papin
Jean-Pierre Roger Guillaume Papin is a French football manager and former professional player who played as a forward. He was named the Ballon d'Or and IFFHS World's Top Goal Scorer of the Year in 1991. Papin is the manager of Championnat National 2 club C'Chartres Football.
François Civil
François Civil is a French actor. He has appeared in both French and English language feature films and is known for his roles in Frank (2014), As Above, So Below (2014), The Wolf's Call (2019), Someone, Somewhere (2019) and Who You Think I Am (2019). Civil was twice included in the César Awards Révélations list, in 2009 and 2012 respectively, and received a Trophée Chopard at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival.
Géraldine Pailhas
Géraldine Pailhas is a French actress. She had her first international success in 1995 as Doña Anna, the unfulfilled love of Johnny Depp in the comedy Don Juan DeMarco. She is married to actor Christopher Thompson and has two children. In 2003, she was the main presenter at the César Awards ceremony.