List of Famous people born in France

Alexandre Geniez is a French professional cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam Total Direct Énergie.

Hippolyte Mège-Mouriès was a French chemist and inventor who is famous for his invention of margarine.

Jules-Henri Desfourneaux was the last French executioner to officiate in public. He came from a long line of executioners named Desfourneaux stretching back many hundreds of years . Like all French executioners since 1792 his method of application of the death penalty was beheading by guillotine.

Jack Pinoteau or Jacques Pinoteau was a French film director born at Clairefontaine-en-Yvelines. A brother of Claude Pinoteau and Arlette Merry, he is mostly known for his direction of the film Le Triporteur, after a novel by René Fallet which made Darry Cowl famous.

Charles de Bourbon was a French prince du sang and military commander at the court of Francis I of France. He is notable as the paternal grandfather of King Henry IV of France.

Sanjin Prcić is a Bosnian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Ligue 1 club Strasbourg and the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team.

Aurel Manga is a French athlete specialising in hurdling. He finished sixth at the 2016 European Championships and fifth at the 2017 European Indoor Championships.

Nicolas Todt is a French motorsport team owner.

Richard de Fournival or Richart de Fornival was a medieval philosopher and trouvère perhaps best known for the Bestiaire d'amour.

Jean Gandois, AM was a French businessman.