List of Famous people born in France
Gilles Vidal
Gilles Vidal is a car designer, appointed Director of Style by Peugeot at the start of 2010. He was responsible for the current design direction at Peugeot. He is currently the design director at Renault, having joined the brand in 2020.
Ludovic Janvier
Ludovic Janvier was a French novelist, poet, essayist, and short stories writer. He was the grandson of Haitian writer and politician Louis-Joseph Janvier.
Jacqueline Beer
Jacqueline Beer is a French film and television actress who was Miss France in the 1954 Miss Universe Pageant. She is Chair of the Board of Directors of the Thor Heyerdahl Institute, located in Larvik, Norway. Her second husband was scientist Thor Heyerdahl. She was sometimes credited as Jacqueline Baer.
Victor Reux
Victor Reux was a French and Saint Pierre and Miquelon politician and teacher. He served in the French Senate, representing the overseas collectivity of Saint Pierre and Miquelon, for nine years from October 1, 1995, until September 30, 2004.
Jean-Michel Parasiliti di Para
Jean-Michel Parasiliti di Para was the pretender to the throne of the Kingdom of Araucanía and Patagonia under the name of Antoine IV from 9 January 2014 to 16 December 2017. The kingdom has been described as "an ephemeral 19th-century state" and as a "strange symbolic monarchy".
Charles of Navarre
Charles of Navarre or Charles d'Albret was a prince of Navarre.
François Pompon
François Pompon was a French sculptor and animalier. Pompon made his Salon debut in 1879, exhibiting a statue of Victor Hugo's Cosette. He was a pioneer of modern stylized animalier sculpture. He was not fully recognized for his artistic accomplishments until the age of 67 at the Salon d'Automne of 1922 with the work Ours blanc. Pompon died in Paris, France, on 6 May 1933.
Chloé Trespeuch
Chloé Trespeuch is a French snowboarder competing in snowboard cross.
Gilles Bensimon
Gilles Francis Charles Bensimon is a French fashion photographer and the former International Creative Director of Elle magazine. He has also been the photographer on the reality television series America's Next Top Model.
Georg Alexander, Duke of Mecklenburg
Georg Alexander, Duke of Mecklenburg was the head of the House of Mecklenburg-Strelitz from 1963 until his death.