List of Famous people born in France

Guillaume de Tonquédec is a French actor.

Irène Joliot-Curie was a French chemist, physicist, and a politician of partly Polish ancestry, the eldest daughter of Marie Curie and Pierre Curie, and the wife of Frédéric Joliot-Curie. Jointly with her husband, Joliot-Curie was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1935 for their discovery of artificial radioactivity. This made the Curies the family with the most Nobel laureates to date. She was also one of the first three women to be a member of a French government, becoming undersecretary for Scientific Research under the Popular Front in 1936. Both children of the Joliot-Curies, Hélène and Pierre, are also prominent scientists.

Paul Bocuse was a French chef based in Lyon who was known for the high quality of his restaurants and his innovative approaches to cuisine.

David Donald Hubert Roger Douillet is a French politician and retired judoka.

Cécile Bois is a French actress originally from Lormont, Gironde.

Patrick Balkany, born 16 August 1948 in Neuilly-sur-Seine is a French politician.

Habib Frédéric Beye is a former professional footballer who played as a right-back.

Michèle Mercier is a French actress. In the course of her career she has worked with leading directors like François Truffaut, Jean-Pierre Melville, Jacques Deray, Dino Risi, Mario Monicelli, Mario Bava, Peter Collinson and Ken Annakin. Her leading men have included Marcello Mastroianni, Vittorio Gassman, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jean Gabin, Charles Aznavour, Robert Hossein, Charles Bronson, Tony Curtis and Charlton Heston. She has appeared in over fifty films, and is best known for her starring role in Angelique, Marquise des Anges.

Enzo Alan Zidane Fernández, known as Enzo Zidane and sometimes simply as Enzo, is a French professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Spanish club Fuenlabrada.

Mbaye Hamady Niang is a French-born Senegalese professional footballer who plays as a forward for Ligue 1 club Rennes and the Senegal national football team.