List of Famous people born in France
Jean-Pierre Rivère
Jean-Pierre Rivère is a French businessman and chairman of football club OGC Nice. Born in Condom, Gers in 1957, he founded Nice Iselection, a realty software firm that was eventually acquired by Nexity. In 2011, he assumed the chairman's role of OGC Nice.
Éric Coquerel
Éric Coquerel is a French politician representing la France Insoumise. He was elected to the French National Assembly on 18 June 2017, representing the department of Seine-Saint-Denis.
Christelle Dubos
Christelle Dubos is a French politician of La République En Marche! (LREM) who was elected to the French National Assembly on 18 June 2017, representing the department of Gironde.
Frédérique Dumas
Frédérique Dumas is a French film producer and the CEO of Studio 37, the film production subsidiary of Orange.
Marie Laurencin
Marie Laurencin was a French painter and printmaker. She became an important figure in the Parisian avant-garde as a member of the Cubists associated with the Section d'Or.
Gérard Fromanger
Gérard Fromanger was a French visual artist. A painter who also employed collage, sculpture, photography, cinema, and lithography, he was associated with the French artistic movement of the 1960s and 1970s called Figuration Narrative, somewhat like pop art. Fromanger was alsi associated with photorealism.
Yacine Louati
Yacine Louati is a French volleyball player, member of the France men's national volleyball team and Jastrzębski Węgiel, PlusLiga.
Didier Notheaux
Didier Notheaux was a French football player and coach.
Stéphane Bak
Stéphane Bak is a French actor and comedian. He was considered to be "The youngest comedian in France," in 2012. As an actor his most notable film roles include Christopher Barratier's Team Spirit, David Moreau's Alone, and Paul Verhoeven’s award-winning Elle. More recently, Bak has starred in André Téchiné’s Farewell to the Night and Joël Karekezi’s The Mercy of the Jungle.
Roger-Pol Droit
Roger-Pol Droit is a French academic and philosopher. Alumnus of the École normale supérieure de Saint-Cloud, he has written numerous books, most notably 101 Experiments in the Philosophy of Everyday Life, which has been translated into twenty-two languages. For 25 years, he has studied the way the East is seen in Western philosophy.