List of Famous people born in France

Marie-Jeanne Rose Bertin was a French milliner, known as the dressmaker to Queen Marie Antoinette. She was the first celebrated French fashion designer and is widely credited with having brought fashion and haute couture to the forefront of popular culture.

Pierre Arpaillange was a French author, senior judge and Government Minister.

Nicolas Koretzky is a French actor, who played as 'Morlot' in the French TV series Résistance.

Pope John XXII, born Jacques Duèze, was head of the Catholic Church from 7 August 1316 to his death in 1334.

Constance de Salm was a French poet and miscellaneous writer. She wrote a series of poetical "Epistles", one "To Women", another "On the Blindness of this Age". She also wrote, My Threescore Years (1833); The Twenty-Four Hours of a Sensible Woman; and Cantata on the Marriage of Napoleon. Through her second marriage, she became Princess of Salm-Dyck. Salm was "the first woman to be admitted to the Lyceum des Arts".

Yoan Cardinale is a French professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for OGC Nice in Ligue 1.

André Dewavrin DSO, MC was a French officer who served with Free French Forces intelligence services during World War II.

Christophe Aribert is a French chef with two Michelin stars and 4 toques Gault Millau. He runs the kitchen of the restaurant at the Grand Hotel Les Terrasses at Uriage-les-Bains.

Lucienne Bogaert was a French actress. She started her career in theatre, but later also worked in film. After she divorced her husband Robert Bogaert, she retained his name for professional purposes.

Philippe Grenier was a French politician who served as a member of the Chamber of Deputies for Doubs from 1896 to 1898. He became a convert to Islam during a trip to French Algeria in 1894 and later the first Muslim member of the French Parliament in history.