List of Famous people born in France

Jérémy Amelin is a French recording artist and entertainer. Born in Montargis, France and raised in Montcresson, France. Amelin was a finalist of French music TV show Star Academy 5 — broadcast on TV channel TF1.

Alexia Barlier is a French actress born in Paris, France. She was brought up in both French and English language. She stars in the Michael Bay film 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi (2016).

Daniel Bevilacqua, better known by the stage name Christophe, was a French singer and songwriter. He was born in the Paris suburb of Juvisy-sur-Orge, to an Italian father.

Pierre de Ronsard was a French poet or, as his own generation in France called him, a "prince of poets".

Demba Ba is a professional footballer who plays as a striker for Turkish club İstanbul Başakşehir and the Senegal national team.

Francis II was King of France from 1559 to 1560. He was also King consort of Scotland as a result of his marriage to Mary, Queen of Scots, from 1558 until his death in 1560.

Pierre Perret is a French singer and composer. Pierre Perret resides in the city of Nangis.

Michel Onfray is a French writer and philosopher. Having a hedonistic, epicurean, and atheist world view, he is a highly prolific author on philosophy, having written more than 100 books. His philosophy is mainly influenced by such thinkers as Nietzsche, Epicurus, the Cynic and Cyrenaic schools, as well as French materialism.

Savinien de Cyrano de Bergerac was a French novelist, playwright, epistolarian, and duelist.

Jacques Mesrine was a French criminal responsible for numerous murders, bank robberies, burglaries, and kidnappings in France, the US, and Canada. Mesrine repeatedly escaped from prison and made international headlines during a final period as a fugitive when his exploits included trying to kidnap the judge who had previously sentenced him. An aptitude for disguise earned him the moniker "The Man of a Thousand Faces" and enabled him to remain at large while receiving massive publicity as a wanted man. Mesrine was widely seen as an anti-establishment 'Robin Hood' figure. In keeping with his charismatic image, he was rarely without a glamorous female companion. A two-part film which came out in 2008 was based on Mesrine's life.