List of Famous people born in France

Geneviève Claisse was a French geometrical abstract painter.

Bernard Magrez, born 1936, is a French wine magnate who predominantly owns Bordeaux wine estates, including Château La Tour Carnet, Château Pape Clément, Château Fombrauge and Clos Haut-Peyraguey but also a large number of wine producing properties in other French wine regions and other countries, including Spain, Portugal, Chile, Argentina, Japan, Morocco and California. In 2017 it was confirmed that Magrez had bought Château Le Sartre in Bordeaux's Pessac-Léognan.

Arbogastes or Arbogast was a Roman army officer of Frankish origin.

Edmond Michelet was a French politician. He is the father of the writer Claude Michelet.

Aymon, nicknamed the Peaceful, was Count of Savoy from 1329 to 1343.

Nissim de Camondo was a French military officer and a member of the prominent Camondo family.

Alexandre Flanquart is a French rugby union player, playing as lock for Provence in the Pro D2.

Bernard-Germain-Étienne de La Ville-sur-Illon, comte de Lacépède or La Cépède was a French naturalist and an active freemason. He is known for his contribution to the Comte de Buffon's great work, the Histoire Naturelle.

Paul Scarron was a French poet, dramatist, and novelist, born in Paris. Though his precise birth date is unknown, he was baptized on 4 July 1610. Scarron was the first husband of Françoise d'Aubigné, who later became Madame de Maintenon and secretly married King Louis XIV of France.

Jean Le Dû was a French linguist of the Breton language.