List of Famous people born in France

Chlothar I was a king of the Franks of the Merovingian dynasty and one of the four sons of Clovis I.

Laura Weissbecker is an international multilingual French and American actress, comedian, writer and producer. She is the recipient of numerous awards, including the Chinese Huading award for best new actress in 2013 for her role in Jackie Chan's CZ12. She has worked in France, Germany, USA and China, with directors such as Jackie Chan, Cedric Klapisch, Elie Chouraqui, Mark Romanek and Tonie Marshall. Weissbecker was handpicked by Jackie Chan for one of the leading roles in the film Chinese Zodiac 12, starring and directed by Jackie Chan. The film was a huge commercial success in Asia, in particular in mainland China where it is listed as amongst the top 5 biggest box-office hits for a Chinese movie in the country's history.

Gaby Basset was a French film actress.

André Salvat was a colonel in the French Army. He was a veteran of World War II, the First Indochina War and the Algerian War. He was made a Companion of the Liberation for his World War II service.

Hugo Hay is a French middle- and long-distance runner. He represented his country at the 2021 European Indoor Championships finishing sixth in the 3000 metres. In addition, he won a bronze medal in the 5000 metres at the 2019 European U23 Championships.

René Marie Alphonse Charles Capitant was a French lawyer and politician.

Joseph Moingt was a French Jesuit priest. He was born in Salbris, France. He was known for working at the Institut Catholique de Paris. From 1970 to 1997, he was director of the Recherches de science religieuse. In 2015, he turned 100.

René Cogny was a French Général de corps d'armée, World War II and French Resistance veteran and survivor of Buchenwald and Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camps. He was a commander of the French forces in Tonkin during the First Indochina War, and notably during the Battle of Dien Bien Phu. His post-war private and legal conflict with superior General Henri Navarre became a public controversy. Known to his men as Le General Vitesse, and reputable for his military pomp, physical presence and skill with the press, Cogny was killed in 1968 Ajaccio-Nice Caravelle crash in the Mediterranean near Nice.

François-Xavier Roth is a French conductor.

René Pottier was a French racing cyclist