List of Famous people born in France
Frédéric Descrozaille
Frédéric Descrozaille is a French politician representing La République En Marche! He was elected to the French National Assembly on 18 June 2017, representing the department of Val-de-Marne.
Adel Chedli
Adel Ben-Bechir Chedli is a Tunisian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.
Robert Berri
Robert Berri was a French film actor. He appeared in 100 films between 1937 and 1979.
Romain Rolland
Romain Rolland was a French dramatist, novelist, essayist, art historian and mystic who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1915 "as a tribute to the lofty idealism of his literary production and to the sympathy and love of truth with which he has described different types of human beings".
Ernest Courtot de Cissey
Ernest Louis Octave Courtot de Cissey was a French general and Prime Minister.
Ronald Zubar
Ronald Raymond Zubar is a Guadeloupean former professional footballer who played as a defender.
Madeleine Lemaire
Madeleine Lemaire, née Coll was a French painter specialized in elegant genre works, and flowers. Robert de Montesquiou said she was The Empress of the Roses. She introduced Marcel Proust and Reynaldo Hahn to the Parisian salons of the aristocracy. She herself held a salon where she received high society in her hôtel particulier on the Rue de Monceau.
Jean Rolin
Jean Philippe Rolin is a French writer and journalist. He received the Albert Londres Prize for journalism in 1988, and his novel L'organisation received the Medicis award in 1996.
Jean-Paul Agon
Jean-Paul Agon is the Chairman and CEO of international cosmetic company, L'Oréal. Because of the age limit of 65 set by the company, he will be replaced in his role of CEO by Nicolas Hieronimus on May 1, 2021, while remaining chairman of the board. He graduated from HEC Paris in 1978.
Adolphe Pégoud
Adolphe Célestin Pégoud was a French aviator and flight instructor who became the first fighter ace in history during World War I.