List of Famous people born in France

Alain Jouffroy was a French writer, poet and artist.

Miguel Abensour was a French philosopher specializing in political philosophy. He was emeritus professor of political philosophy at the Paris Diderot University (Jussieu) and a former president of the Collège international de philosophie.

Bernard Deconinck was a French track cyclist who won a silver medal in the motor-paced racing at the 1959 World Championships. His father Henri Deconinck was an elite road cyclist.

Anna, Comtesse Mathieu de Noailles was a Romanian-French writer and a socialist feminist.

Wenceslas Lauret is a rugby union footballer, who currently plays for Racing 92 in the Top 14 French league. His usual position is flanker, but he can also play Lock.

Pacôme Rupin is a French politician serving as the member of the National Assembly for the 7th constituency of Paris since 2017. A member of La République En Marche! (LREM), his constituency covers the 4th arrondissement, as well as parts of the 11th and 12th arrondissements.

Karl Amoussou is a French-German professional mixed martial artist who most recently competed in the Welterweight division of Cage Warriors, where he is the current Welterweight Champion. A professional competitor since 2006, he has also formerly competed for Strikeforce, DREAM, M-1 Global, Pancrase and Bellator MMA.

Jean Clair is the nom de plume of Gérard Régnier. Clair is an essayist, a polemicist, an art historian, an art conservator, and a member of the Académie française since May, 2008. He was, for many years, the director of the Picasso Museum in Paris. Among the milestones of his long and productive career is a comprehensive catalog of the works of Balthus. He was also the director of the Venice Biennale in 1995.

Christian Liaigre was a French interior designer and architect.

Françoise H Jourda was an award-winning French architect. Jourda has taught architecture internationally since 1979 at the Ecole d’Architecture de Lyon, the Oslo School of Architecture and Design, the University of Minnesota, the Polytechnic of Central London, the Technical University of Kassel, Germany, and since 1999 at the Vienna University of Technology. Jourda has her own firm, JAP, and heads EO-CITE, an architecture and urban planning consulting firm.