List of Famous people born in France

Olivier Sadran is a French businessman. He is president of the airline catering company Newrest and of French football club Toulouse FC having been since 2001. Sadran took over the club following its bankruptcy, which resulted in the club being moved to the Championnat National. Under Sadran, Toulouse returned to Ligue 1 and later qualified for the UEFA Champions League for the 2007–08 season.

Louis-Nicolas d'Avout, better known as Davout, 1st Duke of Auerstaedt, 1st Prince of Eckmühl, a French military commander and Marshal of the Empire, served during both the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars. His talent for war, along with his reputation as a stern disciplinarian, earned him the nickname "The Iron Marshal". He is ranked along with Marshals André Masséna and Jean Lannes as one of Napoleon's finest commanders. His loyalty and obedience to Napoleon were absolute. During his lifetime, Davout's name was commonly spelled Davoust - this spelling appears on the Arc de Triomphe and in much of the correspondence between Napoleon and his generals.

Roger Nimier was a French novelist.

Guilbaut Colas is a French Mogul skier who competed in the 2006 Winter Olympics and has seven World Cup victories. Born in Échirolles, Colas competed in the 2010 Winter Olympics in Men's Moguls. Although he had the best time his "air score" was not as good and he finished sixth overall.

Flore Celestine Thérèse Henriette Tristán y Moscoso better known as Flora Tristan was a French-Peruvian socialist writer and activist. She made important contributions to early feminist theory, and argued that the progress of women's rights was directly related with the progress of the working class. She wrote several works, the best known of which are Peregrinations of a Pariah (1838), Promenades in London (1840), and The Workers' Union (1843).

Jérôme Valcke is a French football administrator, best known as the former Secretary General of FIFA. He was fired on 13 January 2016 as a result of allegations arising from the ongoing 2015 FIFA corruption case.

Loïg Chesnais-Girard is a French politician and the President of the Regional Council of Brittany. He was mayor of Liffré from 2008 to 2017.

Sigolène Vinson is a former lawyer and actress who became a novelist and journalist. She is the legal correspondent of Charlie Hebdo, where she survived the shooting on 7 January 2015.

Pierre Laborie was a French historian who was best known for his studies of French public opinion during World War II.

Guy Delorme was a French actor. He appeared in more than seventy films from 1951 to 1984.