List of Famous people born in France

Jean-Marc Daniel is a French Economist, Professor at ESCP Business School and editorial Director of Societal magazine. He describes himself as a classic liberal.

Catherine Bégin was a Canadian actress.

Jules Armand Stanislas Dufaure was a French statesman.

Sammy Traoré is a French and Malian football manager, as a player his preferred position was a defender. He made good use of the stepover technique, rarely seen in defenders, to maintain possession and also start attacking moves.

Virginie Pouchain, is a singer and hairdresser from the département of Ardèche in southern France. On 14 March 2006 she was selected by the viewers of France 3 and a jury presided by Charles Aznavour to represent France in Eurovision Song Contest 2006. For the French national grand finale, she sang Céline Dion's hit song Pour que tu m'aimes encore. In Athens, Virginie performed a song – written especially for the occasion by the German-born singer Corneille – entitled Il était temps. She finished in the third-to-last position scoring only five points.

Pierre Lacroix was a French rugby union player who played at scrum-half for the France national team.

Jean-Marie Le Chevallier was a French politician.

Marie-Hortense Fiquet Cézanne was a French artists' model. She is best known for her marriage to Paul Cézanne and the 27 portraits, mostly in oil, he painted of her between 1869 and the late 1890s.

Maurice Bernachon was a master chocolatier and founder of the Bernachon family business.

François Fortassin was a French politician and a member of the Senate of France. He represented the Hautes-Pyrénées department and was a secretary of the Senate and a member of the Radical Party of the Left.