List of Famous people born in France
Frederick IV, Duke of Lorraine
Frederick IV, called the Fighter, was the Duke of Lorraine from 1312 to his death.
François Chamoux
François Chamoux was a French Hellenist and archaeologist, a member of the Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres.
Christian Pineau
Christian Pineau was a noted French Resistance fighter, who later served an important term as Minister of Foreign Affairs in the late 1950s.
François Duprat
François Duprat was an essayist and politician, a founding member of the Front National party and part of the leadership until his assassination in 1978. Duprat was one the main architects in the introduction of Holocaust denial in France.
Bernard VII, Count of Armagnac
Bernard VII, Count of Armagnac was Count of Armagnac and Constable of France. He was the son of John II and Jeanne de Périgord. He succeeded in Armagnac at the death of his brother, John III, in 1391. After prolonged fighting, he also became Count of Comminges in 1412.
Chris Mavinga
Chris Mavinga is a professional footballer who plays for Toronto FC in Major League Soccer. He operates primarily in the center of defence, but can also play in the role of a left-back. A French youth international, who was a part of the team that won the 2010 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship on home soil, he has chosen to represent DR Congo at senior level.
François Brottes
François Brottes was a member of the National Assembly of France. He represented Isère's 5th constituency from 1997 to 2012 as a member of the Socialiste, radical, citoyen et divers gauche. Brottes also serves as the mayor of Crolles. In 2012 he was appointed director of Réseau de Transport d'Électricité, and was replaced in the assembly by his substitute, Pierre Rebeaud.
Djamel Abdoun
Djamel Abdoun is an Algerian retired footballer who used to play as a winger.
Joan, Lady of Wales
Joan, Lady of Wales and Lady of Snowdon, also known by her Welsh name of Siwan, was the illegitimate daughter of King John of England, and was the wife of Llywelyn the Great, Prince of Wales and Gwynedd, effective ruler of most of Wales.
Claude-Marius Vaïsse
Claude-Marius Vaïsse was a French lawyer who joined the administration of the July Monarchy. During the French Second Republic he was briefly Minister of the Interior. Under the Second French Empire he was appointed prefect of the Rhône department. He was called the "Hausmann of Lyon" for his work on urban design in Lyon.