List of Famous people born in France

Louis Labeyrie is a French professional basketball player for Valencia Basket of the Liga ACB.

Michel Valentin Marcel Jouvet was a French neuroscientist and medical researcher.

Georges Fillioud was a French politician. He was a member of the French government in charge of mass media from 1981 to 1986, under former President François Mitterrand.

Georges Washington Louis Gilbert de La Fayette was the son of Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, the French officer and hero of the American Revolution, and Adrienne de La Fayette. He was named in honor of George Washington, under whom his father served in the Revolutionary War.

Nicole Berger was a French actress.

François VI, Duc de La Rochefoucauld, Prince de Marcillac was a noted French moralist and author of maxims and memoirs. He is part of the literary movement of classicism and best known for his maxims. Although he only officially published his Memoirs and his Maxims, his literary production is dense.

Jean-Pierre Rives is a French former rugby union player and visual artist. "A cult figure in France", according to the BBC, he came to epitomise the team's spirit and "ultra-committed, guts-and-glory style of play". He won 59 caps for France – 34 of them as captain – and was inducted into the International Rugby Hall of Fame. After retiring from the sport, Rives concentrated entirely on his art. He is both a painter and a sculptor, and exhibiting regularly at prominent public venues all over the globe. Rives was awarded the Order of the Legion of Honor and the National Order of Merit by the government of France.

Èlisa de Almeida is a French professional footballer who plays as a defender for Division 1 Féminine club Montpellier HSC and the France national team.

Frédéric Oudéa is a French businessmann who currently serves as CEO of Société Générale and as president of the European Banking Federation.

Jacques Clément was a French conspirator and the assassin of King Henry III.