List of Famous people born in France
Corentin Martins
Corentin Da Silva Martins is a French football manager and former professional player who played as an attacking midfielder. He is the manager of the Mauritania national team.
Mehdi Sahnoune
Mehdi Sahnoune is a French boxer at light heavyweight.
Christophe Guilluy
Christophe Guilluy is a French geographer and author.
André Masséna
André Masséna, 1st Duke of Rivoli, 1st Prince of Essling was a French military commander during the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars. He was one of the original 18 Marshals of the Empire created by Napoleon I, with the nickname l'Enfant chéri de la Victoire.
Rone
Rone is a French electronic music producer and artist.
William Prunier
William Prunier is a French former footballer who played as a centre-back position, and is assistant manager of Le Mans FC.
Nasreddine Dinet
Nasreddine Dinet was a French orientalist painter and was one of the founders of the Société des Peintres Orientalistes [Society for French Orientalist Painters]. He became so enchanted with North Africa and its culture, that he converted to Islam, and was proficient in Arabic. In addition to his paintings, he translated Arabic literature into French.
Michel Raison
Michel Raison was a member of the National Assembly of France from 2007 to 2012. He represented the Haute-Saône department, and is a member of the Union for a Popular Movement. In septembre 2014, he became senator in the upper house for the Haute-Saône department.
Pierre Desfontaines
The Abbé Pierre François Guyot-Desfontaines was a French journalist, translator and popular historian.
André Brugiroux
André Antoine Brugiroux is a French traveller and author who, between 1955 and 2005, visited every country and territory in the world, the last being Mustang. He was named "greatest living traveller on earth" in 2007 in Jorge Sánchez's list of Viajeros notables contemporaneous. He has made a documentary film of his first, 18-year trip and has devoted his life to spreading the message of the Baháʼí Faith worldwide.