List of Famous people born in France
Marcel Pinte
Marcel Pinte was a member of the French Resistance opposing the Nazi occupation of France during World War II. He was notable for his youth, dying at age six, and is regarded as France's youngest resistance hero.
Valérie Zenatti
Valérie Zenatti is a French writer, translator and screenwriter.
Jacques Monory
Jacques Monory was a French painter and filmmaker whose work, highly influenced by photography and cinema, is an allegory of the contemporary world with a focus on the violence of everyday reality. His canvases evoke a heavy atmosphere, pulling subject matter from modern civilization through the lens of his signature monochrome color blue.
Fabien Thiémé
Fabien Thiémé was a French politician.
Franck Chambilly
Franck Chambilly is a French judoka.
Eugène Maës
Eugène Maës was a French footballer who played as a striker.
Patrick de Gayardon
Patrick de Gayardon was a French skydiver, skysurfer and a BASE jumper.
Jean-Louis Tixier-Vignancour
Jean-Louis Tixier-Vignancour was a French lawyer and far-right politician. Elected to the National Assembly in 1936, he initially collaborated with the Vichy regime before leaving for Tunisia in 1941. After a military court declared Tixier-Vignancour ineligible to hold public office for ten years for his early WWII activities, he joined the nationalist group Jeune Nation but left in 1954, opposed to their use of violence. He was re-elected to the Assembly in 1956, but lost his seat during the first legislative elections of the Fifth Republic.
Victor-François, 2nd duc de Broglie
Victor François de Broglie, 2nd duc de Broglie was a French aristocrat and soldier and a marshal of France. He served with his father, François-Marie, 1st duc de Broglie, at Parma and Guastalla, and in 1734 obtained a colonelcy.
Marcel Conche
Marcel Conche, is a French philosopher, emeritus professor at the Sorbonne University (Paris).