List of Famous people born in France

Loïc Caradec (1948–1986) was a French engineer, born in Paris. He died in the 1986 Route du Rhum race.

Boris Bobrinskoy was a French theologian of the Eastern Orthodox Church.

Rosette is a French actress and producer.

Jérémy Louis Perbet is a French professional footballer who plays as a forward for RFC Liège.

Jean-Baptiste Paul Lazerges was a French painter. He studied with his father, Hippolyte Lazerges. His 1880 portrait of Sarah Bernhardt was particularly noted.

François Jolivet is a French politician of La République En Marche! (LREM) who was elected to the French National Assembly on 18 June 2017, representing the department of Indre.

Jean Maran was a politician from Martinique who served in the French National Assembly from 1986 to 1988. He was mayor of the city of Sainte-Luce from 21 March 1965 to 1 July 1990, general councilor from 1964 to 1994, regional councilor from 1983 to 1985, and deputy for Martinique from 16 March 1986 to 14 May 1988, at the end of the legislature. He was also president of the urban community SIVOM SUD and of the association of mayors of Martinique from 1977 to 1990. He was born in Riviere-Pilote, Martinique. He died at age 101 on 9 May 2021 in Fort-de-France.

Jean Desbouvrie was a French amateur bird trainer who believed that swallows could be put to use for military communications. During the late 19th century Desbouvrie persuaded the government of France to conduct a study on the feasibility of using swallows as messengers. His early demonstrations showed that swallows could exhibit homing behavior and that when they did so they flew much faster than homing pigeons. Desbouvrie also succeeded in curbing the birds' natural migratory behavior. After obtaining authorization from the government for follow-up testing, Desbouvrie delayed and did not follow through with rigorous experimentation.

Louis de Bourbon was a member of the cadet branch of the then reigning House of Bourbon. He is known for leading French forces in Germany during the Seven Years' War where he took command in 1758 following the failed French Invasion of Hanover. He was unable to break through Ferdinand of Brunswick's Anglo-German army and captured Hanover. He was Count of Clermont from birth.

Jean de Chelles was a master mason and sculptor who was one of the architects at the Cathedral of Notre-Dame de Paris. On the exterior wall of the south transept a stone plaque is signed Johanne Magistro and dated February 1257, documenting the initiation of alterations to the transept and its portal. On his death in 1265 he was succeeded by Master Pierre de Montreuil.