List of Famous people born in France

Pierre-Paul Riquet, Baron de Bonrepos was the engineer and canal-builder responsible for the construction of the Canal du Midi.

Serg Simon is a former French rugby union player and a physician. He previously played for Union Bordeaux Begles, AS Merginac, Stade Bordelais and Stade Francais in France before playing for English side Gloucester Rugby

André Lafargue was a French journalist and theatre critic.

André Chéret was a French comic book artist. He is best known for creating Rahan in 1969 alongside Roger Lécureux.

Jean-Noël Guérini is a member of the Senate of France, representing the Bouches-du-Rhône department since 1998. He was the president of the General council of Bouches-du-Rhône from 1998 to 2015 and member of the municipal council of Marseille since 1977. He was a member of the Socialist Party.

Youssouf Sabaly is a professional footballer who plays for French club Bordeaux and the Senegal national football team. He plays as a right-back, but is versatile and can also play at left-back.

Theodor Eicke was a German SS functionary during the Nazi era. He was one of the key figures in the development of Nazi concentration camps during the Holocaust.

Sylvie Kauffmann is a French journalist for Agence France-Presse (AFP) and the newspaper Le Monde. She worked for AFP in France in 1979 and as a foreign correspondent from 1980 to 1988. Kauffmann joined Le Monde as Moscow correspondent in 1988 and later Eastern and Central Europe correspondent from 1989 to 1993. She worked in the United States from 1993 to 2001 and Latin America in 2002 and 2003. Kauffman was appointed deputy chief editor of Le Monde in 2003 and covering Southeast Asia as reporter-in-large from 2006 to 2009. In 2010, she was appointed the newspaper's first woman editor-in chief, serving in the role until 2011.

Yohan Ben Alouane is a professional footballer who plays as a defender for Greek club Aris. Born and brought up in France, Benalouane represented the country as a youth before switching to Tunisia at senior international level.

Fabrice Nicolino is a French journalist born in Paris in 1955.