List of Famous people born in France
Bernadette Isaac-Sibille
Bernadette Isaac-Sibille was a French politician.
Guillaume Norbert
Guillaume Norbert is a French retired footballer. Playing as a midfielder, Norbert featured during his career for FC Lorient, US Créteil-Lusitanos, Angers, Nantes and Le Havre.
Fadela Amara
Fadela Amara is a French feminist and politician, who began her political life as an advocate for women in the impoverished banlieues. She was the Secretary of State for Urban Policies in the conservative Union for a Popular Movement (UMP) government of French Prime Minister François Fillon. She is a former president of the organisation Ni Putes Ni Soumises.
Pierre Gabriel
Pierre Gabriel, also known as Peter Gabriel, was a French mathematician at the University of Strasbourg (1962–1970), University of Bonn (1970–1974) and Zürich (1974–1998) who worked on category theory, algebraic groups, and representation theory of algebras. He was elected a correspondent member of the French Academy of Sciences in November 1986.
Jean Coquelin
Jean Coquelin (1865–1944) was a French film and stage actor and the son of Benoît-Constant Coquelin.
Jean Prouvé
Jean Prouvé was a French metal worker, self-taught architect and designer. Le Corbusier designated Prouvé a constructeur, blending architecture and engineering. Prouvé's main achievement was transferring manufacturing technology from industry to architecture, without losing aesthetic qualities. His design skills were not limited to one discipline. During his career Jean Prouvé was involved in architectural design, industrial design, structural design and furniture design.
Michel Sitjar
Michel Sitjar was an international rugby union player for France and played club rugby for Agen. He also tried rugby league for a year in XIII Catalan after brutally stopping his career at 28. Sitjar played as a flanker and won three Brennus Shields with the Sporting Union Agenais.
Régis Gurtner
Régis Gurtner is a French professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Ligue 2 side Amiens SC.
Lucas Deaux
Lucas Deaux is a French professional footballer who plays for Nîmes Olympique. He formerly played for Stade de Reims, FC Nantes, K.A.A. Gent, and En Avant de Guingamp.
Pierre Slidja
Pierre Slidja is a French footballer who currently plays for Amiens AC as a forward. He has previously represented Valenciennes, Amiens and Chamois Niortais. Slidja is of Algerian descent.