List of Famous people born in France
Chloé Mortaud
Chloè Mortaud is a French actress and beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss France 2009. She represented the Albigeois Midi Pyrénées, a southwest region of France, and became the first winner of the Miss France beauty pageant to have dual citizenship, French and American. Mortaud received US citizenship through her mother, an African American who emigrated from Mississippi to France, and has a grandmother who lives in Los Angeles. Her father is French and she has a younger brother Grégoire Mortaud.
Stacy Martin
Stacy Martin is an English-French actress. Her breakthrough role was playing the younger version of Charlotte Gainsbourg's character Joe in Lars von Trier's 2013 drama film Nymphomaniac.
Florian Philippot
Florian Philippot is a French politician and Member of the European Parliament (MEP). He served as Vice President of the National Front from 2012 to 2017 before quitting the party to found The Patriots in September 2017, and presides over the party's group in the regional council of Grand Est. He has been part of Europe of Nations and Freedom since October 2017.
Madame Claude
Fernande Grudet, also known as Madame Claude, was a French brothel keeper. In the 1960s, she was the head of a French network of call girls who worked especially for dignitaries and civil servants.
Mamadou Sakho
Mamadou Sakho is a French professional footballer who plays as a centre back for Premier League club Crystal Palace and the France national team. He is known for his tackling ability and his passing accuracy.
Bafétimbi Gomis
Bafétimbi Gomis is a French professional footballer who plays as a striker for Saudi club Al-Hilal.
Sacha Distel
Alexandre "Sacha" Distel was a French singer, guitarist, and actor who had hits with a cover version of "Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head" in 1970, and reach No 10 in the UK Charts, "Scoubidou", and "The Good Life". He was made Chevalier (Knight) of the Légion d'honneur in 1997.
Claude Gensac
Claude Gensac was a French actress. She appeared in more than 70 films and television productions since 1952. Gensac is the oldest nominee to date in the category César Award for Best Supporting Actress, nominated in 2015 for her role as Marthe in the film Lulu femme nue.
Nusch Éluard
Nusch Éluard was a French performer, model and surrealist artist.
Aurélien Wiik
Aurélien Wiik is a French actor and filmmaker. He is the son of a Norwegian father and of the French actress Françoise Deldick.