List of Famous people born in France

Pal Benko was a Hungarian-American chess player, author, and composer of endgame studies and chess problems.

Vincent Lafforgue is a French mathematician who is active in algebraic geometry, especially in the Langlands program, and a CNRS "Directeur de Recherches" at the Institute Fourier in Grenoble. He is the younger brother of Fields Medalist Laurent Lafforgue.

Jean-Marie Cavada is a French politician and former journalist and media executive who last served as a Member of the European Parliament for Ile de France from 2004 until 2019. Since 3 December 2011 he is president of the European Movement France.

Matthieu Androdias is a French representative rower. He is a three time Olympian, an Olympic champion and a world champion.

René Dosière is a French retired politician and activist who served as a member of the National Assembly from 1988 to 1993 and again from 1997 until 2017. He represented the 1st constituency of the Aisne department, and was a member of the Socialiste, radical, citoyen et divers gauche group. He was a member of the national bureau of the Jeunesse Etudiante Chrétienne between 1961 and 1962, in charge of high schools.

Yannick Borel is a French épée fencer, team European champion and team World champion in 2011 and 2017. He competed in the 2012 Summer Olympics, posting France's best result in men's épée.

Swan Rebbadj is a French rugby union player, playing as Lock for Toulon in the Top 14.

Grégory Baugé is a French professional racing cyclist.

Marina Chiche is a French classical violinist.

Cédric Vitu is a French professional boxer. He held the European light middleweight title between 2015 and 2017, the European Union light middleweight title between 2011 and 2012, and challenged for the WBA light middleweight title in 2018.