List of Famous people born in France
Vincent Bernardet
Vincent Bernardet is a French footballer who plays as a left-back for FC Déolois in the Championnat National 3.
Thievy Bifouma
Thievy Guivane Bifouma Koulossa is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for Chinese club Shenzhen F.C. and the Congo national team.
Vilfredo Pareto
Vilfredo Federico Damaso Pareto was an Italian civil engineer, sociologist, economist, political scientist, and philosopher. He made several important contributions to economics, particularly in the study of income distribution and in the analysis of individuals' choices. He was also responsible for popularising the use of the term "elite" in social analysis.
Robert, 1st Earl of Gloucester
Robert FitzRoy, 1st Earl of Gloucester was an illegitimate son of King Henry I of England. He was the half-brother of the Empress Matilda, and her chief military supporter during the civil war known as The Anarchy, in which she vied with Stephen of Blois for the throne of England.
Véronique Laury
Véronique Laury is a French businesswoman, was chief executive officer (CEO) of Kingfisher, a UK based retail group, from February 2015 to September 2019.
Pierre Manent
Pierre Manent is a French political scientist and academic. He teaches political philosophy at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, in the Centre de recherches politiques Raymond Aron. Every autumn, he is also a visiting teacher in Boston College at the Department of Political Science.
Jean-Claude Bouillaud
Jean-Claude Bouillaud was a French film and television actor.
Louis Boyer
Louis Boyer (1901–1999) was a French astronomer who worked at the Algiers Observatory, North Africa, where he discovered 40 asteroids between 1930 and 1952.
Michel Verne
Michel Jean Pierre Verne was a writer, editor, and the son of Jules Verne.
Abel Bonnard
Abel Bonnard was a French poet, novelist and politician.