List of Famous people born in France

Pierre-Gilles Lakafia is a French rugby union player. He plays at Wing for Castres. He is the brother of Biarritz Olympique Number 8, Rafaël Lakafia and the son of former French javelin champion Jean-Paul Lakafia, and his mother was a discus thrower. His father is originally from Wallis and Futuna. He was a member of the French sevens team playing at the 2011 Hong Kong Sevens.

Ramon Berenguer III the Great was the count of Barcelona, Girona, and Ausona from 1086, Besalú from 1111, Cerdanya from 1117, and count of Provence in the Holy Roman Empire, from 1112, all until his death in Barcelona in 1131. As Ramon Berenguer I, he was Count of Provence in right of his wife.

Philip I was the Count of Savoy from 1268 to 1285. Before this, he was the Bishop of Valence (1241–1267), Dean of Vienne, Isère (1241–1267) and Archbishop of Lyon (1245–1267).

Étienne Marcel Bally was a French sprinter and a European champion over 100 metres. He was born in Vénissieux.

Pierre-André Périssol is a French politician, former Minister of Housing, and former Deputy in the National Assembly of France. Périssol is currently serving his third term as the mayor of Moulins, Allier.

Jérôme Hergault is a French professional footballer who plays as a defender for FC Lorient.

Philippe Capron is a French businessman and chief financial officer (CFO) of French transnational services company Veolia.

Gilles Grimandi is a French former professional footballer who played as a centre back or midfielder.

Tom Pagès is a French freestyle motocross rider famous for his unique tricks and his style that has mostly excluded backflips for the past few years. The biggest achievements of his career were becoming the champion of the 2013 Red Bull X-Fighters world tour and winning the gold medal at X Games Austin 2015 in the Toyota Moto X QuarterPipe competition for his Bike Flip.