List of Famous people born in France
Solène Ndama
Solène Ndama is a French athlete competing in the 100 metres hurdles, heptathlon and pentathlon.
Philippe Junot
Philippe Junot is a venture capitalist and property developer with business interests in Paris, and New York City. He is also known as the first husband of Princess Caroline of Monaco.
Charles Barbier de La Serre
Charles Barbier de la Serre was the creator of night writing.
Éric Alauzet
Éric Alauzet is a French politician of La République En Marche! (LREM) who was elected to the French National Assembly since the 2012 elections, representing the 2nd constituency of the department of Doubs.
Kévin Réza
Kévin Reza is a French professional road bicycle racer, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam B&B Hotels p/b KTM. He was named in the start list for the 2015 Vuelta a España.
Fernand Braudel
Fernand Braudel was a French historian and a leader of the Annales School. His scholarship focused on three main projects: The Mediterranean, Civilization and Capitalism (1955–79), and the unfinished Identity of France (1970–85). His reputation stems in part from his writings, but even more from his success in making the Annales School the most important engine of historical research in France and much of the world after 1950. As the dominant leader of the Annales School of historiography in the 1950s and 1960s, he exerted enormous influence on historical writing in France and other countries. He was a student of Henri Hauser (1866-1946).
Joseph Monier
Joseph Monier was a French gardener and one of the principal inventors of reinforced concrete.
Jean-Pierre Michel
Jean-Pierre Michel was a member of the Senate of France, representing the Haute-Saône department from 2004 to 2014. He was a member of the Socialist Party. In 2014 he ran for a second term, but lost by a 57%-34% margin to Alain Joyandet and by a 60%-34% margin to mayor Michel Raison.
Guy Debord
Guy Ernest Debord was a French Marxist theorist, philosopher, filmmaker, member of the Letterist International, founder of a Letterist faction, and founding member of the Situationist International. He was also briefly a member of Socialisme ou Barbarie.
Jacques Santi
Jacques Santi was a French film producer from Paris, France. He was an actor best known for roles such as Bob Morane (1961), The Aeronauts (1967).