List of Famous people born in France
Redouane Asloum
Rédouane Asloum is a French boxer. He competed in the men's light flyweight event at the 2004 Summer Olympics.
Françoise Marie de Bourbon
Françoise Marie de Bourbon, légitimée de France was the youngest illegitimate daughter of Louis XIV of France and his maîtresse-en-titre, Françoise-Athénaïs de Rochechouart, Marquise de Montespan. At the age of 14, she was wed to her first cousin Philippe d'Orléans, future Regent of France during the minority of Louis XV. Through two of her eight children she became the ancestress of several of Europe's Roman Catholic monarchs of the 19th and 20th centuries, notably those of Belgium, Italy, Portugal, Spain, and France.
Charles de Choiseul-Praslin
Charles Laure Hugues Théobald, duc de Choiseul-Praslin was a French nobleman and politician, who served as a member of the Chamber of Deputies in 1838–1842. Choiseul-Praslin's suicide, occurring while he faced trial for the murder of his wife, the Duchess de Choiseul-Praslin, caused a scandal which in turn contributed to the outbreak of the 1848 Revolution and the fall of the July Monarchy.
Donatien Laurent
Donatien Laurent was a French musicologist and linguist.
Michel Butel
Michel Butel was a French journalist and novelist. He won the Prix Médicis for L'Autre amour in 1977. He was the founding editor of L'Autre Journal, a political and literary magazine, from 1984 to 1993. He was also the founding editor of L'Impossible from 2011 to 2013.
Philippe Leroy
Philippe Leroy was a member of the Senate of France from 2001 until 2017, representing the Moselle department. He was a member of the Union for a Popular Movement.
Begum Om Habibeh Aga Khan
Begum Om Habibeh Aga Khan was the fourth and last wife of Sir Sultan Muhammad Shah, Aga Khan III. The couple married thirteen months after the Aga Khan III and his third wife were divorced by mutual consent. The Begum was well known for her generosity towards and compassion for the impoverished and the elderly. Her Egyptian Om Habibeh Foundation worked towards the alleviation of poverty and the improvement of quality of life in the area surrounding Aswan, Egypt, and in Le Cannet she established a retirement home. She was particularly interested in women's issues and, an accomplished artist and sculptor, she was also interested in the arts including classical music, ballet, and the opera. The Begum died at the age of 94 in Le Cannet and was buried in the mausoleum of her husband at Aswan.
Marc Alfos
Marc Alfos was one of the most popular French actors who specialized in dubbing for France cinema, and he was the official French voice dub-over artist of actors Russell Crowe, Ron Perlman, Luis Guzmán and Bruce McGill in a number of films. He also dubbed a number of voices in video games.
Mohamed Dia
Mohamed Dia is a Franco-Malian designer of sport clothing, founder of the M.Dia brand.
Pierre Bellanger
Pierre Christian Bellanger is founder and CEO of radio station Skyrock, and founder of Skyrock.com.