List of Famous people born in France

Allan-Roméo Nyom is a professional footballer who plays as a right back for La Liga club Getafe CF.

Florent Marius Piétrus is a French professional basketball player, who lastly played for Orléans Loiret Basket of the LNB Pro A. His younger brother, Mickaël Piétrus, played in the National Basketball Association (NBA).

Ivo of Kermartin, T.O.S.F., also known Yvo, Yves, or Ives, was a parish priest among the poor of Louannec, the only one of his station to be canonized in the Middle Ages. He is the patron of Brittany, lawyers and abandoned children. His feast day is 19 May. Poetically, he is referred to as "Advocate of the Poor".

Pope Gregory XI was head of the Catholic Church from 30 December 1370 to his death in 1378. He was the seventh and last Avignon pope and the most recent French pope recognized by the modern Catholic Church. In 1377, Gregory XI returned the Papal court to Rome, ending nearly 70 years of papal residency in Avignon, France. His death shortly after was followed by the Western Schism involving two Avignon-based antipopes.

Faouzi Ghoulam is a professional footballer who plays as a left back for Serie A club Napoli and the Algerian national team.

José Anigo is a French football former manager and former defender.

Érick Zonca is a French film director and screenwriter.

Fabien Pierre Aurélien Dominique Gilot is a French Olympic and world champion swimmer.

Nicolas Chauvin is a legendary, possibly apocryphal or fictional French soldier and patriot who is supposed to have served in the First Army of the French Republic and subsequently in La Grande Armée of Napoleon. His name is the eponym of chauvinism, originally a term for excessive nationalistic fervor, but later used to refer to any form of bigotry or bias.

Léo Joseph Paul Westermann is a French professional basketball player, who currently plays for Barcelona of the Liga ACB and the EuroLeague. Standing at 1.98 m, he plays the point guard position. He also represents the senior French national basketball team.