List of Famous people born in France
Claude Dauphin
Claude Dauphin was a French actor. He appeared in more than 130 films between 1930 and 1978.
Gérard d'Aboville
Gérard d'Aboville is the first man to row across two oceans solo: the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean. He crossed the Atlantic in 1980, travelling from Cape Cod to Brittany. D'Aboville previously built boats and organized races before undertaking this 3,500 mile trip, which he completed in 72 days.
Jacques Gaillot
Jacques Jean Edmond Georges Gaillot ;
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Philippe Rozier
Philippe Rozier is a French show jumping rider. He began riding internationally thirty years ago, beginning with a spot on the 1980 gold-medal French team at the Junior European Championships. He has won two silver medals at the world championships and ridden at 75 Nations' Cups. He competes for France in the Global Champions Tour, having supported the tour since it began in 2006.
Guillaume Sarkozy
Guillaume Georges Didier Sárközy de Nagy-Bócsa simply known as Guillaume Sarkozy, is a French entrepreneur and vice-president of the MEDEF, the French union of employers. Guillaume Sarkozy is the older brother of former French president Nicolas Sarkozy. He has a half-brother, Olivier Sarkozy.
Pierre Poujade
Pierre Poujade was a French populist politician after whom the Poujadist movement was named.
Emily Loizeau
Emily Loizeau is a French author, composer, and singer. Her debut album, released in 2006, was titled L'autre bout du monde.
Pierre Clémenti
Pierre André Clémenti was a French actor.
Henri Serre
Henri Serre is a French actor who is best known as Jim, a "vivid, melancholy, and finally tragic figure" in François Truffaut's Jules and Jim. Other appearances include The Fire Within, Section spéciale and Mister Frost.
Fernand de Brinon
Fernand de Brinon, Marquis de Brinon was a French lawyer and journalist who was one of the architects of French collaboration with the Nazis during World War II. He claimed to have had five private talks with Adolf Hitler between 1933 and 1937.