List of Famous people born in France
Orlane Kanor
Orlane Kanor is a French handball player for Metz Handball and the French national team.
Floc'h
Jean-Claude Floch, known as Floc'h, is a French illustrator, comics artist, and writer. He is known for his use of the style known as ligne claire. His older brother Jean-Louis Floch was also a cartoonist and illustrator.
Naïma Moutchou
Naïma Moutchou is a French lawyer and politician of La République En Marche! (LREM) who has been serving as a member of the French National Assembly since the 2017 elections, representing the department of Val-d'Oise.
Louis Mexandeau
Louis Mexandeau is a French politician. He served as Minister of the Postal Services from 1981 to 1986 under François Mitterrand, and as Secretary for Veteran Affairs from 1991 to 1993.
Mathieu Gorgelin
Mathieu Gorgelin is a French professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Ligue 2 club Le Havre.
Jimmy Pahun
Jimmy Pahun is a French politician who has represented Morbihan's 2nd constituency in the National Assembly since 2017.
Boris Jardel
Indochine is a French pop rock and new wave band formed in Paris in 1981. They became very successful in the Francophonie, Europe and Latin America in the 1980s, with songs like "L'Aventurier" and "Canary Bay". Following the release of several critically acclaimed, but commercially unsuccessful, albums in the 1990s, the group returned to stardom with the release of Paradize in 2002. The band has sold over 13 million albums and singles, making them the best selling French band.
Michel Ragon
Michel Ragon was a French art and literature critic and writer. His primary focus was on anarchic and libertarian literature.
Bernard Guyot
Bernard Guyot was a French road cyclist. His sporting career began with U.S. Creteil. As an amateur he competed in the individual road race at the 1964 Summer Olympics, won the Peace Race in 1966, and placed fourth in the team time trial at the 1966 UCI Road World Championships. In 1967 he turned professional and won 10 races before retiring in 1974. He raced the Tour de France in 1968-1972, placing 27th in 1968 and 28th in 1971. In the national professional road championship, Guyot placed second in 1972 and third in 1969. His father Bernard Sr. and brothers Claude and Serge were also competitive cyclists.
André Brincourt
André Brincourt was a French writer and journalist.