List of Famous people born in France

Philippe Bergeroo is a French former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. For France, he earned a total number of three international caps during the late 1970s, early 1980s. He was a member of the French squad in the 1986 FIFA World Cup and the team that won the European Championship in 1984.

Charles Plumier was a French botanist, after whom the Frangipani genus Plumeria is named. Plumier is considered one of the most important of the botanical explorers of his time. He made three botanizing expeditions to the West Indies, which resulted in a massive work Nova Plantarum Americanarum Genera (1703–04) and was appointed botanist to king Louis XIV of France.

Jordan Ferri is a French professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Montpellier. He principally plays as a central midfielder and is known for his passing ability.

Léonore Baulac is a French ballet dancer. She is an étoile at the Paris Opera Ballet.

Jean-Georges Noverre was a French dancer and balletmaster, and is generally considered the creator of ballet d'action, a precursor of the narrative ballets of the 19th century. His birthday is now observed as International Dance Day.

Jean-Yves Le Gallou is a French politician. He served as a member of the European Parliament since the 1994 election.

Maria Deraismes was a French author, Freemason, and major pioneering force for women's rights.

Wolfgang Huber is a prominent German theologian and ethicist. Huber served as bishop of the Evangelical Church of Berlin-Brandenburg-Silesian Upper Lusatia until November 2009. Huber succeeded Manfred Kock as Chairperson of the Council of the Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD) in November 2003 and was succeeded by Bishop Margot Käßmann, the first woman in that position, in October 2009.

Joël Bruneau is a French politician, mayor of Caen since 2014. He was reelected in 2020.

Nathalie Appéré is a French politician and member of the Socialist Party. She was the députée to the National Assembly for Ille-et-Vilaine's 2nd constituency from 20 June 2012 to June 2017 and the mayor of Rennes since 4 April 2014. She was reelected for a second term in 2020.