List of Famous people born in France

Anny Duperey

Anny Ginette Lucienne Legras
First Name Anny
Born on June 28, 1947 (age 78)
Born in France, Normandy

Anny Duperey is a French actress and best-selling author. She is a Chevalier of the Légion d'honneur.

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François Pinault

First Name François
Last Name Pinault
Born on August 21, 1936 (age 89)
Born in France, Brittany

François Pinault is a French billionaire businessman, founder of the luxury group Kering and the investment company Artémis.

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Robert Pires

Robert Emmanuel Pires
First Name Robert
Last Name Pires
Born on October 29, 1973 (age 52)
Born in France, Grand Est
Height 185 cm | 6'1

Robert Emmanuel Pires is a French football coach and former professional player.

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Florence Portelli

First Name Florence
Last Name Portelli
Born on March 23, 1978 (age 48)

Florence Portelli is a French politician who has been serving as Mayor of Taverny since 2014. She has also been a regional councillor of Île-de-France since 2015.

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Yannick Noah

First Name Yannick
Born on May 18, 1960 (age 66)
Born in France, Grand Est
Height 193 cm | 6'4

Yannick Noah is a former professional tennis player and singer from France. He won the French Open in 1983, and is currently the captain of both France's Davis Cup and Fed Cup team. During his career, which spanned almost two decades, Noah captured a total of 23 singles titles and 16 doubles titles, reaching a career-high singles ranking of world No. 3 in July 1986 and attaining the World No. 1 doubles ranking the following month. Since his retirement from the game, Noah has remained in the public eye as a popular music performer and as the co-founder, with his mother, of a charity organization for underprivileged children. Noah is also the father of NBA player Joakim Noah.

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Mark Meadows

First Name Mark
Last Name Meadows
Born on July 28, 1959 (age 66)
Born in France, Grand Est

Mark Randall Meadows is an American politician who served as the 29th White House chief of staff from 2020 to 2021. He served as the U.S. representative for North Carolina's 11th congressional district from 2013 to 2020. A member of the Republican Party, Meadows chaired the House Freedom Caucus from 2017 to 2019. He was considered one of President Donald Trump's closest allies in Congress before his appointment as chief of staff.

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Marion Jollès Grosjean

Marion Jollès
First Name Marion
Last Name Grosjean
Born on December 8, 1981 (age 44)

Marion Jollès Grosjean, is a French journalist and television presenter. She has been presenting Automoto on TF1 with Denis Brogniart every Sunday morning since 2005.

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Florence Arthaud

Florence Monique Yvonne Arthaud
First Name Florence
Last Name Arthaud
Born on October 28, 1957
Died on March 9, 2015 (aged 57)

Florence Arthaud was a French sailor from Boulogne-Billancourt. She was the daughter of Jacques Arthaud, director of the Arthaud publishing house.

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Richard Gasquet

First Name Richard
Last Name Gasquet
Born on June 18, 1986 (age 39)
Born in France, Occitania
Height 183 cm | 6'0

Richard Gabriel Cyr Gasquet is a French professional tennis player. His career-high ATP singles ranking is world No. 7, attained on 9 July 2007. He has won a total of 15 singles titles on the ATP Tour. His best performance in Grand Slam singles tournaments was reaching the semifinals of the 2007 and 2015 Wimbledon Championships and the semifinals of the 2013 US Open. His best performance in ATP World Tour Masters 1000 singles tournaments was being the runner-up in Hamburg in 2005 and Toronto in 2006 and 2012. He won the mixed doubles Grand Slam title at the 2004 French Open, partnering Tatiana Golovin. He won the men's doubles Olympic bronze medal in 2012 with his doubles partner Julien Benneteau. Gasquet is best known for his elegant groundstrokes and his one-handed backhand.

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André Dussollier

First Name André
Last Name Dussollier
Born on February 17, 1946 (age 80)

André Dussollier is a French actor.

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