List of Famous people born in France

Jean-Pierre Jaussaud was a French racing driver, noted for winning the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1978 and 1980.

Aly Cissokho is a French professional footballer who last played for AFC Blois 1995. He plays as a left back and has been described as a "sprightly left-back with good speed and stamina".

Michel Durafour was a French conservative politician. He served in many government posts under Jacques Chirac, Raymond Barre and Michel Rocard, and was Mayor of Saint-Étienne from 1965 to 1977.

Françoise Cachin was a French art historian and curator. She was the founding director of the Musée d’Orsay and the author of numerous books on 19th-century French painting.

Jean-Paul Kauffmann is a French journalist and writer, a former student of the École supérieure de journalisme de Lille.

Laura Flippes is a French handballer for Paris 92 and the French national team.

Jean Edmond Cyrus Rostand was a French biologist and philosopher.

Octave Mirbeau was a French novelist, art critic, travel writer, pamphleteer, journalist, and playwright, who achieved celebrity in Europe and great success among the public, while still appealing to the literary and artistic avant-garde with highly transgressive novels that explored violence, abuse and psychological detachment. His work has been translated into thirty languages.

Jean-Luc Vasseur is a French football manager, currently in charge of the women's team of Lyon.

Claude of France was a queen consort of France by marriage to Francis I. She was also ruling Duchess of Brittany from 1514. She was a daughter of the French king Louis XII of France and the duchess regnant Anne of Brittany.