List of Famous people born in France

Yannick, real name Yannick M'Bolo, is a French hip-hop/chanson musician. He is best known for his internationally successful song "Ces soirées-là", a 2000 dance-based re-imaging of the Four Seasons' hit pop song "December, 1963 ".

Catherine Leroy was a French-born photojournalist and war photographer, whose stark images of battle illustrated the story of the Vietnam War in the pages of Life magazine and other publications.

Michaël Henry Ciani is a French former professional footballer who played as a centre back.

Dorian Lévêque is a French footballer who most recently played as a defender for Ligue 2 club Le Mans.

Arthur Vichot is a French former professional cyclist, who rode professionally between 2010 and 2020, for the Groupama–FDJ and B&B Hotels–Vital Concept teams. He is the nephew of Frédéric Vichot, who won stages in the Tour de France in 1984 and 1985.

René Barjavel was a French author, journalist and critic who may have been the first to think of the grandfather paradox in time travel. He was born in Nyons, a town in the Drôme department in southeastern France. He is best known as a science fiction author, whose work often involved the fall of civilisation due to technocratic hubris and the madness of war, but who also favoured themes emphasising the durability of love.

Gilles Leroy is a French writer. He studied at the Lycée Lakanal in Sceaux, which appears in his 1996 novel Les Maîtres du monde as the "Lycée Ducasse". His novel Alabama song won the Prix Goncourt in 2007.

Liliane Lebon, known professionally as Lily Lian, was a French singer, who is considered to have been one of the last street singers of Paris. After her career went into decline, she attempted to get by as a record label singer, where she made the acquaintance of Édith Piaf, Tino Rossi, Maurice Chevalier, and Yves Montand. She helped jumpstart the career of Pascal Sevran, who hosted her on his show numerous times.

Marcel Garrouste was a French politician. A member of the Socialist Party (PS), he served as a member of the National Assembly from 1978 to 1986 and again from 1988 to 1993.

Didier Flamand is a French actor and theatre director. He has appeared in more than 150 films and television shows since 1973. He starred in Raúl Ruiz's 1978 film The Suspended Vocation.