List of Famous people born in France

Benoît Régent was a French actor.

Odile Pierre was a French organist, composer and academic teacher. She was the organist at La Madeleine, Paris, and taught organ and improvisation at the Conservatoire de Paris. The last student of Marcel Dupré, she played around 2,000 recitals internationally and made recordings.

Jeanne Herviale was a French actress. She appeared in 85 films and television shows between 1946 and 1989.

Julien Mertine is a French right-handed foil fencer, four-time team European champion, 2014 team world champion, and 2021 team Olympic champion.

François Dubanchet was a French politician.

Alexandre Martin, nicknamed Albert l'Ouvrier, was a French socialist statesman of the French Second Republic. He was the first member of the industrial working class to be in French government.

Joël Pelier is a French former professional road bicycle racer.

Denis Charvet is a former French rugby union player. He played as a centre. Denis Charvet played for Stade Toulousain and Racing Club de France. He earned his first national cap on March 1, 1986 against Wales at Cardiff. He played all the five games at the 1987 Rugby World Cup, where France lost the final to New Zealand by 29-9.

Nathalie Boutefeu is a French actress, film director and screenwriter. She has appeared in 40 films since 1990. She starred in the film The Butterfly's Dream, which was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1994 Cannes Film Festival.

Pierre-Gilles de Gennes was a French physicist and the Nobel Prize laureate in physics in 1991.