List of Famous people born in France
Orlann Ombissa-Dzangue
Orlann Ombissa-Dzangue is a French sprinter who specializes in the 100 metres. As a relay runner she won a silver medal at the 2011 European U23 Championships, and competed without reaching the final at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics. Her personal best time is 11.06 seconds, achieved in July 2018 in Albi.
Fernand Point
Fernand Point was a French chef and restaurateur and is considered to be the father of modern French cuisine. He founded the restaurant La Pyramide in Vienne near Lyon.
Princess Marie, Princess Gundakar of Liechtenstein
Princess Marie of Liechtenstein is the eldest daughter of Prince Henri, Count of Paris, Duke of France and his former wife Duchess Marie Thérèse of Württemberg. She is the wife of Prince Gundakar of Liechtenstein, a great-grandson of Prince Alfred of Liechtenstein.
Franck Lepage
Franck Lepage is one of the founder of Workers' co-operative of Popular education 'Le Pavé'. An activist of Popular education, he was until 2000, Managing director of programmes in Community Centers and research specialist with 'Institut national de la jeunesse et de l'éducation populaire'.
Jacques Lafleur
Jacques Lafleur was a French politician born in Nouméa, New Caledonia, France.
Jean-Frédéric de Turckheim
Jean-Frédéric de Turckheim was a French politician.
Thomas Combezou
Thomas Combezou is a French rugby union player. His position is Centre and he currently plays for Castres in France's top division of rugby union, the Top 14. He began his career with Clermont Auvergne before moving to La Rochelle in 2009. He transferred to Montpellier after La Rochelle's relegation in 2011, and then moved to Castres following the 2013–14 season.
Florian Cazenave
Florian Cazenave is a French rugby union player. His position is Scrum-half and he currently plays for Rugby Reggio in the Serie A.
Fania Fénelon
Fania Fénelon was a French pianist, composer and cabaret singer, whose survival of the Women's Orchestra of Auschwitz and the Holocaust was made into a television film, Playing For Time.
Henri Bergson
Henri-Louis Bergson was a French philosopher who was influential in the tradition of continental philosophy, especially during the first half of the 20th century until the Second World War. Bergson is known for his arguments that processes of immediate experience and intuition are more significant than abstract rationalism and science for understanding reality.