List of Famous people born in France

Mohamed Salim Farès is a French-born Algerian professional footballer who plays for Italian side Lazio and the Algeria national team as a wing-back or winger.

Victor Lafay is a French cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Cofidis. In October 2020, he was named in the startlist for the 2020 Vuelta a España.

Alain Corbin is a French historian. He is a specialist of the 19th century in France and in microhistory.

Dimitri Bascou is a French track and field athlete who specialises in the 110 metres hurdles. He is known for his explosive and fast starts. He won the gold medal at the 2016 European Championships and the bronze medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Azouz Begag is a French writer, politician and researcher in economics and sociology at the CNRS. He was the delegate minister for equal opportunities of France in the government of French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin till 5 April 2007. He resigned to support the moderate centrist candidate François Bayrou, one of the two UMP ministers to do so.

Christophe Tiozzo is a French former professional boxer who held the Lineal and WBA super middleweight championship. In amateur boxing, Tiozzo won the bronze medal at light middleweight in the 1984 Summer Olympics. He is the brother of three-time world champion Fabrice Tiozzo.

Michèle Moretti is a French actress. She has appeared in more than one hundred films since 1961.

Christian Cambon is a French politician of the Republicans (LR) who has been serving as a member of the Senate since 2004, representing the Val-de-Marne department.

Antoine Frérot is a French businessman. Since 2009, he is the chief executive officer of Veolia Environment.

Thomas Hugues is a French journalist, producer and television host.