List of Famous people born in France
Michka Assayas
Michka Assayas is a French author, music journalist and radio presenter. In France, he is known for his rock reviews and the Dictionnaire du rock published in 2000 and his radio show on radio France Inter.
Zénaïde Bonaparte
Zénaïde Laetitia Julie Bonaparte, Princess of Canino and Musignano was the elder daughter of Joseph Bonaparte and Julie Clary, and the wife of Charles Lucien Bonaparte, who was also her cousin. She joined her father in exile for several years in Bordentown, New Jersey.
Jules Vallès
Jules Vallès was a French journalist and author and left-wing political activist
Charles d'Albert de Luynes
Charles d'Albert, Duke of Luynes was French courtier and a favourite of Louis XIII. In 1619, the king made him Duke of Luynes and a Peer of France, and in 1621, Constable of France. Luynes died of scarlet fever near the end of that year at the height of his influence.
Didier Robert
Didier Robert is a French politician who is a member of the Republicans party. He represents the island of Réunion, and was a member of the Union for a Popular Movement.
Prince Oniangue
Prince Alban Oniangué is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Caen and the Congo national team.
Edgar Faure
Edgar Faure was a French politician, essayist, historian, and memoirist.
Jean-Louis Gergorin
Jean-Louis Gergorin is a former French diplomat and former executive vice president of EADS – the giant European aerospace company that controls Airbus.
He was at the origin of the Clearstream 2 scandal in France, which raised much turmoil in the French political life from 2006 to 2010.
He was later found in this case guilty of slanderous denunciation, use of forgery, concealment of breach of trust and theft.
Éric Caritoux
Éric Caritoux is a French former professional road racing cyclist who raced between 1983 and 1994. He had 22 victories in his career, the highlights of which were winning the Vuelta a España in 1984 and taking the French road race championships in 1988 and 1989. He rode the Tour de France on 11 occasions, his best finish being 12th in 1989.
Renaud Cohade
Renaud Cohade is a French professional footballer who plays as a midfielder.