List of Famous people born in France

Henri Attal was a French actor.

Michel Bernard was a French middle- and long-distance runner. He competed at the 1960 and 1964 Olympics in the 1500 m and 5000 m and finished in seventh place in all events. During his career he won nine national titles, in the 1500 m, 5000 m and 10000 m. Between 1985 and 1987 he was president of the Fédération française d'athlétisme.

Pierre Guillaume was an officer of the French Navy. He took part in the Algiers putsch of 1961 and in the Organisation armée secrète right- wing terrorist group, which opposed what it regarded as De Gaulle's treacherous abandonment of Algeria to the FLN terrorists.

Serge Riaboukine is a French actor.

Guerlain Chicherit is a French rally and rallycross driver, and a professional skier who was four times world champion in freeriding.

Michel Pouzol is a French politician, who was the former Deputy for the Third Constituency of Essonne from 17 June 2012 to 20 June 2017. Pouzol is a member of the Socialist Party.

Monique Papon was a French politician who was member of the Senate of France, representing the Loire-Atlantique department. She was a member of the Union for a Popular Movement; most recently she served as a vice-president of the Senate.

Georges Albert Maurice Victor Bataille was a French philosopher and intellectual working in philosophy, literature, sociology, anthropology, consumerism, and history of art. His writing, which included essays, novels, and poetry, explored such subjects as erotism, mysticism, surrealism, and transgression. His work would prove influential on subsequent schools of philosophy and social theory, including poststructuralism.

François de Roubaix was a French film score composer. In a decade, he created a musical style with new sounds, until his accidental death at 36.

Georges-Jean Arnaud was a French author.