List of Famous people born in France

Jean Rouch was a French filmmaker and anthropologist.

Ellyes Joris Skhiri is a Tunisian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Bundesliga club 1. FC Köln and the Tunisia national team.

John Beaufort, 1st Marquess of Somerset and 1st Marquess of Dorset, later only 1st Earl of Somerset, was an English nobleman and politician. He was the first of the four illegitimate children of John of Gaunt (1340-1399) by his mistress Katherine Swynford, whom he later married in 1396. Beaufort's surname probably reflects his birthplace at his father's castle and manor of Beaufort in Champagne, France. The Portcullis heraldic badge of the Beauforts, now the emblem of the House of Commons, is believed to have been based on that of the castle of Beaufort, now demolished.

Yvon Madiot is a former French racing cyclist. He won the French national road race title in 1986, going on to finish tenth in that year's Tour de France.

Jacques Rosny was a French actor.

Marthe de Florian was a French demimondaine and socialite during the Belle Époque. She was known for having famous lovers including Georges Clemenceau, Pierre Waldeck-Rousseau, Paul Deschanel, Gaston Doumergue, Robert de Montesquiou, and Giovanni Boldini. Initially forgotten from history, her story resurfaced in 2010 after her belongings were discovered in her Parisian apartment, located at 2 square La Bruyère in the 9th arrondissement, untouched for decades. The discovery of her apartment was the inspiration behind Michelle Gable's novel A Paris Apartment.

Virginie Thévenet is a French actress, director and screenwriter born on 12 January 1957 in Paris.

Kader Attia is a French artist.

Gilles Babinet is a French multi-entrepreneur.

Maurice Paul Nivat was a French computer scientist. His research in computer science spanned the areas of formal languages, programming language semantics, and discrete geometry. A 2006 citation for an honorary doctorate (Ph.D.) called Nivat one of the fathers of theoretical computer science. He was a Professor at the University Paris Diderot until 2001.