List of Famous people born in France
Marie Anne de Bourbon
Marie Anne de Bourbon was Surintendante de la Maison de la Reine to the French queen Marie Leszczyńska. She was the daughter of Louis III, Prince of Condé. Her father was the grandson of le Grand Condé and her mother, Louise Françoise de Bourbon, Mademoiselle de Nantes, was the eldest surviving daughter of Louis XIV of France and his maîtresse-en-titre, Madame de Montespan. She was known as Mademoiselle de Clermont.
Hélène Solomon-Langevin
Hélène Solomon-Langevin was a French politician. She was elected to the National Assembly in 1945 as one of the first group of French women in parliament.
Margaret of France
Margaret of France was Queen of England as the second wife of King Edward I. She was a daughter of Philip III of France and Maria of Brabant.
Renee of France
Renée of France, was the Duchess of Ferrara from 31 October 1534 until 3 October 1559 due to her marriage to Ercole II d'Este, grandson of Pope Alexander VI. She was the younger surviving child of Louis XII of France and Anne of Brittany. In her later life she became an important supporter of the Protestant Reformation and ally of John Calvin.
Jean-Louis Leonetti
Jean-Louis Leonetti was a French football player and manager.
Henri of Lorraine
Henri de Lorraine (1570-1600), count of Chaligny and marquis of Moy, was a French nobleman and a commander in the Catholic League during the French Wars of Religion. He was born at Nancy on 31 July 1570, the son of Nicolas, Duke of Mercœur, and his third wife, Catherine de Lorraine-Aumale.
Florence Faivre
Florence Vanida Faivre is a Thai actress and model. She began her career as a teen television host in Thailand, and later branched into modelling and acting, making her film debut starring in the 2004 film The Siam Renaissance. She later moved to the United States, and has appeared in several films and television series. She is of French and Thai descent.
Bernard Rogel
Bernard Rogel is a French admiral, Chief of the Military Staff of the President of the Republic, and former Chief of Staff of the French Navy, a post which he took up on 12 September 2011 until 13 July 2016.
Élisabeth Garouste
Élisabeth Garouste is a French interior designer.
Ferdinand Carré
Ferdinand Philippe Edouard Carré was a French engineer, born at Moislains (Somme) on 11 March 1824. Carré is best known as the inventor of refrigeration equipment used to produce ice. He died on 11 January 1900 at Pommeuse (Seine-et-Marne).