List of Famous people born in France

Jean-Jacques Grosman, known as Jean Achard, was a French race-car driver and journalist and a member of the French Resistance during World War II.

Jean-Louis Barrault was a French actor, director and mime artist. Over his career, he acted in nearly 50 movies including Les beaux jours, Jenny, L'Or dans la Montagne and Under Western Eyes, Jean-Gaspard Deburau in Marcel Carné's film Les Enfants du Paradis and part of an international cast in The Longest Day (1962). He and his wife, actress Madeleine Renaud, formed their own troupe at the Theatre Marigny in Paris. He died from a heart attack in Paris at the age of 83.

Maurice Thorez was a French politician and longtime leader of the French Communist Party (PCF) from 1930 until his death. He also served as Deputy Prime Minister of France from 1946 to 1947.

Sébastien Josse is a French professional offshore sailor, born on 31 March 1975 in Montereau-Fault-Yonne (Seine-et-Marne). He is originally from Nice and lives in the Finistère in Clohars-Carnoet. He was nominate for the World Sailing – World Sailor of the Year Awards in 2006.

Claude Henri de Rouvroy, comte de Saint-Simon, often referred to as Henri de Saint-Simon, was a French political, economic and socialist theorist and businessman whose thought had a substantial influence on politics, economics, sociology and the philosophy of science.

Younès Latifi, better known by his stage name Mister You, is a French rapper of Moroccan descent known for his freestyles.

Mickaël Barreto is a French professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for AC Ajaccio.

Charles III, known as the Great, was Duke of Lorraine from 1545 until his death.

Fabien Mercadal is a French former footballer who played as a defender and is currently manager of USL Dunkerque.

André Tiraqueau (1488–1558) was a French jurist and politician. He is known also as a patron of François Rabelais, and the character Trinquamelle in Gargantua and Pantagruel is traditionally identified with Tiraqueau.