List of Famous people born in France

Chimène Badi, also known by her mononym Chimène, is a French singer of Algerian descent.

Sarah El Haïry is a French politician of the Democratic Movement (MoDem) who has been serving as State Secretary for the Youth people at the Ministry of National Education in the government Prime Minister Jean Castex. She was previously a member of the French National Assembly from 2017 until 2020, representing the department of Loire-Atlantique.

Zabou Breitman, or simply Zabou, is a French actress and director. She is the daughter of actors Jean-Claude Deret and Céline Léger. At the age of four, she appeared in her first movie. Since 1981, Zabou has acted in dozens of roles in films, TV movies, and theaters. She made her directoral debut in 2001 with Se souvenir des belles choses, for which she won a César Award for Best Debut. In 2012, she participated in Rendez-vous en terre inconnue.

Estelle Mossely is a French professional boxer who has held the IBO female lightweight title since 2019. As an amateur, she won gold medals at the 2016 Rio Olympics and the 2016 World Championships. As of September 2020, she is ranked as the world's fourth best active female lightweight by The Ring and seventh by BoxRec.

Vaimalama Chaves is a French model, beauty pageant titleholder, and singer who was crowned Miss France 2019. Chaves had previously won Miss Tahiti 2018 and became the fourth representative from French Polynesia to win the Miss France title.

Sandrine Kiberlain is a French actress and singer. Her most notable roles were in the films The Patriots (1994), A Self Made Hero (1996), For Sale (1998), Alias Betty (2001), Mademoiselle Chambon (2009), 9 Month Stretch (2013), and Number One Fan (2014). Kiberlain has appeared in over sixty films and won two César Awards from eight nominations.

Eddy de Pretto is a French singer-songwriter and actor.

Jacques Daniel Michel Piccoli was a French actor, producer and film director with a career spanning 70 years. He was lauded as one of the greatest French character actors of his generation who played a wide variety of roles and worked with many acclaimed directors, being awarded with a Best Actor Award at the Cannes Film Festival and a Silver Bear for Best Actor at the Berlin Film Festival.

Lambert Wilson is a French actor, singer and activist. He is best known internationally for his portrayal of The Merovingian in The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions.

Julien Michel Friedman is a German lawyer, former CDU politician and talk show host. From 2000 to 2003 Friedman was vice president of the Central Council of Jews in Germany, and president of the European Jewish Congress from 2001 to 2003. From 1998 to 2003 he had his own show on German television. Since 2004 he has been hosting a weekly talk show on N24 called Studio Friedman. Friedman is a lawyer by profession and studied law and philosophy.