List of Famous people born in France

Sylvie Andrieux was a member of the National Assembly of France. She represented the department of Bouches-du-Rhône, from 1997 to 2016 and sat initially as a member of Socialiste, radical, citoyen et divers gauche. She is implicated in the scandal of misappropriation of the Conseil régional de Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur subventions

Daniel Boulanger was a French novelist, playwright, poet and screenwriter. He has also played secondary roles in films and was a member of the Académie Goncourt from 1983 until his death. He was born in Compiègne, Oise.

Jean-Claude Carle was a French politician. He served as a member of the Senate of France from 1995 to 2018, representing the Haute-Savoie department. He was a member of the Union for a Popular Movement.

Baron Abraham Edmond Benjamin James de Rothschild was a French member of the Rothschild banking family. A strong supporter of Zionism, his large donations lent significant support to the movement during its early years, which helped lead to the establishment of the State of Israel, where he is simply known as "the baron Rothschild".

Cindy Billaud is a French athlete specialising in the 100 metres hurdles. Her biggest success to date is the seventh place at the 2013 World Championships in Moscow.

Christian Bréchot is a French physician and scientist who has been serving as president of the Global Virus Network (GVN) since 2017. He previously served as president of the Institut Pasteur from 2013 until 2017 and as Chief Executive Officer of the French National Institute for Health and Medical Research (INSERM) from 2001 to 2007.

Claude Geffré was a French Roman Catholic theologian. He became a Professor of Theology at the Institut Catholique de Paris in 1965, and he was the director of the École Biblique in Jerusalem from 1996 to 1999. He was an expert on Biblical hermeneutics and pluralism, and the author of several books.

Adrienne Pauly is a French actress and pop-rock singer.

William Bonnet is a French professional road bicycle racer, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Groupama–FDJ. In the 2015 Tour de France, Bonnet crashed at full speed on stage 3 near Huy in Belgium after clipping wheels of a rider in front. He has suffered a multiple fracture of the second cervical vertebrae and was rushed to Paris for surgery and placed in an induced coma before any neurological damage was done.

Joseph Dreher was a French athlete. He competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London.