List of Famous people born in France
Éric Rochant
Éric Rochant is a French film director and screenwriter. He is an alumnus of the IDHEC (FEMIS) from the generation of Arnaud Desplechin and Noémie Lvovsky. Rochant is of Jewish background.
Jean-Claude Gayssot
Jean-Claude Gayssot is a French politician. A member of the French Communist Party (PCF), he was Minister of Transportation in the government of Lionel Jospin of the Socialist Party from 1997 to 2002. He gave his name to the 1990 Gayssot Act repressing Holocaust denial and speech in favor of racial discrimination. He is also responsible for the Act on housing projects, which imposes a 20% housing projects limit in each town lest they pay a penalty fine, in an attempt to struggle against spatial segregation.
Isabelle Le Callennec
Isabelle Le Callennec is a French politician who represented Ille-et-Vilaine's 5th constituency in the National Assembly from 2012 to 2017.
Sébastien Nadot
Sébastien Nadot, is a French historian, writer and politician. In the 2017 elections, he was elected as a member of La République En Marche! to the French National Assembly, representing the department of Haute-Garonne's 10th constituency. In December 2018, he was excluded from LREM for having voted against the 2019 draft budget. In May 2020, he was one of the 17 initial members of the new Ecology Democracy Solidarity group in the National Assembly.
Daniel Ivernel
Daniel Ivernel was a French film actor. He appeared in 50 films between 1947 and 1981.
Michel Crauste
Michel Crauste was a French international rugby union player. He played as a flanker and Number 8 for Racing Club de France and FC Lourdes.
Hugues Renson
Hugues Renson is a French politician of La République En Marche! (LREM) who has been serving as Vice President of the National Assembly of France since 28 June 2017.
Françoise Bertin
Françoise Bertin was a French actress.
Jean-Christophe Bahebeck
Jean-Christophe Bahebeck is a French professional footballer who plays as a forward for Serbian SuperLiga club Partizan.
Louis-Michel le Peletier, marquis de Saint-Fargeau
Louis-Michel le Peletier, Marquis of Saint-Fargeau was a French politician and martyr of the French revolution.