List of Famous people born in France
Daniel Cohn-Bendit
Daniel Marc Cohn-Bendit is a French-German politician. He was a student leader during the unrest of May 1968 in France and was also known during that time as Dany le Rouge. He was co-president of the group European Greens–European Free Alliance in the European Parliament. He co-chairs the Spinelli Group, a European parliament inter-group aiming at relaunching the federalist project in Europe. He was a recipient of the European Parliament's European Initiative Prize in 2016.
Tiémougué Bakayokuko
Tiémoué Bakayoko is a French professional footballer who plays for Serie A club Napoli, on loan from Chelsea. He plays as a defensive midfielder, but can adapt to other positions such as a box-to-box midfielder due to his ability to break up play. He is considered to have all-round ability, as well as possessing physical power and athleticism, with France manager Didier Deschamps describing him as "a complete midfielder."
William Leymergie
William Leymergie (born 4 February 1947 in Libourne, France is a journalist television producer and host, best known for the French breakfast television news show Télématin, broadcast on public broadcaster France 2 and TV5 in Canada.
Lucas Pouille
Lucas Pouille is a French professional tennis player who is currently ranked world No. 62 in the ATP singles rankings. His career-high ATP singles ranking is world No. 10, attained on 19 March 2018. He has won five singles titles on the ATP Tour and was on the winning French Davis Cup team in 2017.
Josée Laval
Josée Laval was an important figure of the régime de Vichy. She was the daughter of Pierre Laval and the spouse of René de Chambrun.
Pampi Laduche
Pampi Laduche or Panpi Ladutxe was a champion Basque pelota player. His father Joseph was also a well-regarded player. Pampi was the first man from French Basque Country to be Spanish champion.
Alice Isaaz
Alice Isaaz is a French actress. She is known for her roles in the films The Gilded Cage (2013), La Crème de la crème (2014) and Les Yeux jaunes des crocodiles (2014). Her grandmother from fathers side was Slovak.
Lucas Digne
Lucas Digne is a French professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Premier League club Everton and the France national team.
Élodie Gossuin
Élodie Gossuin is a French beauty pageant titleholder, model, radio and television presenter, columnist and regional politician. She was elected Miss Picardy 2000, Miss France 2001, and Miss Europe 2001. Since 2016, she has been the French voting spokesperson in the Eurovision Song Contest.
Liliane Bettencourt
Liliane Henriette Charlotte Bettencourt was a French heiress, socialite and businesswoman. She was one of the principal shareholders of L'Oréal. At the time of her death, she was the richest woman, and the 14th richest person in the world, with a net worth of US$44.3 billion.