List of Famous people born in France

Darius Paul Dassault born Darius Paul Bloch was a French general who was in the French Résistance in World War II.

Abdoulay Diaby is a professional footballer who plays mainly as a left winger for Belgian club RSC Anderlecht, on loan from Portuguese club Sporting CP. Born in France, he represents Mali at international level.

Thomas Martinot-Lagarde is a French sprinter who specialises in the 110 metres hurdles. He is the older brother of Pascal Martinot-Lagarde.

Fonky Family or La Fonky Family, is a French hip hop band from Marseille, consisting of four rappers, Le Rat Luciano, Menzo, Don Choa and Sat, producer Pone, DJ Djel, dancer Blaze, singer Karima, Flex (fetus) Nandell, and manager Fafa.

Marie-Louise Damien, better known by the stage name Damia, was a French singer and actress.

Marie Wattel is a French swimmer. She competed in the women's 100 metre butterfly event at the 2016 Summer Olympics. She qualified to represent France at the 2020 Summer Olympics.

Robert Doisneau was a French photographer. In the 1930s, he made photographs on the streets of Paris. He was a champion of humanist photography and with Henri Cartier-Bresson a pioneer of photojournalism.

Gérard Lhéritier is a French manuscript dealer and expert in balloon mail. He is a sponsor of the National Library of France and around 2004 was the buyer of the manuscript of the Marquis de Sade’s 120 Days of Sodom. In 1990 he founded Aristophil but in March 2015, was arrested by French police in connection with an investigation into a suspected pyramid scheme fraud at the firm. In 2012, he won the largest ever EuroMillions jackpot awarded in France at €170 million.

Claude Vigée was a French poet who wrote in French and Alsatian. He described himself as a "Jew and an Alsatian, thus doubly Alsatian and doubly Jewish".

Alexandre Dumoulin is a French rugby union player. His position is centre and he currently plays for Montpellier in the Top 14. In January 2015 he was named in the France 31-man squad for the 2015 Six Nations Championship by coach Philippe Saint-André. He made his debut for France on 8 November 2014 against Fiji.