List of Famous people born in France

Rachid Bouchareb is an Algerian-French film director.

Bruno Léchevin was a French trade unionist. He was President of the French Environment and Energy Management Agency from 2013 to 2018.

Cédric DePasquale, better known by his stage name Cedric Gervais, is a French DJ, record producer and actor residing in Miami Beach, Florida. In 2013, he produced a remix of Lana Del Rey's "Summertime Sadness", for which he won a Grammy Award.

Ferdinand Samuel Lop, later Samuel Ferdinand-Lop, known as Ferdinand Lop was a French journalist, draughtsman, English language teacher, writer, poet and humourist. He stood repeatedly as a satirical candidate for the French Presidency and for the Académie française.

Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre is a French film actress, director, producer, and screenwriter. Beginning as an actress in primarily French film and television, she transitioned into film directing and screenwriting. In 2019, she directed, associated produced, and co-wrote her debut feature film, The Mustang. For the film, she was nominated for Best First Feature at the 35th Independent Spirit Awards and she won the Bingham Ray Breakthrough Director Award at the 2019 Gotham Independent Film Awards. She also won Best First Feature at the 24th Satellite Awards. She had previously written and directed two shorts, Atlantic Avenue and Rabbit, debuting the latter at Sundance Film Festival. In 2019, she also directed three episodes, including the pilot, of the TV show The Act.

Bruno Bayen was a French novelist, playwright and theatre director.

Elizabeth Sombart is a French pianist, born in Strasbourg.

Romain Sicard is a French professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam Total Direct Énergie.

Bernard Boursicot is a French diplomat who was caught in a honeypot trap by Shi Pei Pu, a male Peking opera singer who performed female roles, whom Boursicot believed to be female. This espionage case became something of a cause célèbre in France in 1986, as Boursicot and Shi were brought to trial, owing to the nature of the unusual sexual subterfuge alleged.

Rouguy Diallo is a French athlete who specialises in the triple jump.