List of Famous people born in France

Philippe Gardent, is a former American footballer and rugby league footballer.

Jean-Michel Boucheron is a French politician, formerly a member of the National Assembly of France (1978-1988 mayor of Angoulême and briefly Secretary of State for Local Authorities. He represented a portion of the Charente department in the Assembly, and is a member of the Socialist Party.

Denis Zanko is a French former professional footballer and current manager. He made over 250 league appearances for five different clubs during his playing career before becoming a coach in 1995. He went on to manage Valence and Le Mans B, and was appointed first-team manager at Le Mans in December 2011.

Maurice Failevic was a French film director. A communist, he directed more than 50 films about class struggles, depicting the lives of members of the French working class, from peasants during the French Revolution to the unemployed, factory workers and banlieue dwellers in the 20th century. He directed films for cinema and television as well as documentaries.

Marcel Artelesa was a French footballer who played as a defender. He played for France in the 1966 FIFA World Cup in England.

Sir Austen Henry Layard was an English traveller, archaeologist, cuneiformist, art historian, draughtsman, collector, politician and diplomat. He is best known as the excavator of Nimrud and of Nineveh, where he uncovered a large proportion of the Assyrian palace reliefs known, and in 1851 the library of Ashurbanipal.

Bernard Piras was a French politician, a member of the Senate of France, representing the Drôme department between 1996 and 2014. He was also the mayor of Bourg-lès-Valence from 2001 to 2014.

Georgette Elgey was a French journalist and historian. She was the author of Histoire de la IVe République, published in 6 volumes from 1965 to 2012.

Larry Francis Abdel Azouni is a Tunisian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Portuguese Primeira Liga club Nacional. Born in France, he opted to represent Tunisia internationally.