List of Famous people born in France

Ronny Rodelin

First Name Ronny
Born on November 18, 1989 (age 36)
Born in France, Réunion
Height 192 cm | 6'4

Sylvio Ronny Rodelin is a French professional footballer who plays as a forward for En Avant de Guingamp.

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Paul Virilio

Paul Charles Viriglio
First Name Paul
Last Name Virilio
Born on January 4, 1932
Died on September 10, 2018 (aged 86)

Paul Virilio was a French cultural theorist, urbanist, and aesthetic philosopher. He is best known for his writings about technology as it has developed in relation to speed and power, with diverse references to architecture, the arts, the city and the military.

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Claude Parent

First Name Claude
Last Name Parent
Born on February 26, 1923
Died on February 27, 2016 (aged 93)

Claude Parent, born in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France, was a French architect.

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Jean-François Bernard

First Name Jean-François
Born on May 2, 1962 (age 64)

Jean-François Bernard is a former French professional road bicycle racer.

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Clément Michelin

Clément Jérôme Michelin
First Name Clément
Last Name Michelin
Born on May 11, 1997 (age 29)
Born in France, Occitania
Height 178 cm | 5'10

Clément Jérôme Michelin is a French professional footballer who plays as a defender for Ligue 1 club RC Lens. He has also represented the France national youth teams starting from the France national under-17 football team.

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Hugues Obry

First Name Hugues
Last Name Obry
Born on May 19, 1973 (age 53)
Height 185 cm | 6'1

Hugues Obry is a retired French fencer and current coach. He won a gold medal in team épée at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, together with Érik Boisse, Fabrice Jeannet and Jérôme Jeannet. He won two silver medals at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.

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Sonia Bompastor

First Name Sonia
Born on June 8, 1980 (age 46)
Height 162 cm | 5'4

Sonia Bompastor is a retired French football player who played for French club Lyon of the Division 1 Féminine. She primarily plays in the midfield position, preferably on the left side. Bompastor can also play in the left back position. She is a two-time winner of the National Union of Professional Footballers (UNFP) Female Player of the Year, and following a move to the Women's Professional Soccer (WPS) league in the United States, earned Player of the Month and All-Star honors.

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Laurent Malet

First Name Laurent
Last Name Malet
Born on September 3, 1955 (age 71)

Laurent Marie Guespin-Malet is a French actor, and the twin brother of actor Pierre Malet.

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Albert Séverin Roche

First Name Albert
Last Name Roche
Born on March 5, 1895
Died on April 15, 1939 (aged 44)

Albert Severin Roche was a distinguished French soldier, known for his numerous successful missions and capture of enemy soldiers throughout the First World War.

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Pierre Papillaud

Pierre Bernard Papillaud
First Name Pierre
Last Name Papillaud
Born on July 1, 1935
Died on June 13, 2017 (aged 81)

Pierre Bernard Papillaud was a French billionaire businessman.

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