List of Famous people born in France

Véronique Besse is a member of the National Assembly of France and represents the Vendée department. She is the current mayor of Les Herbiers, after being elected for the first time in 2014 with 57,76% of votes. She has been reelected at her position for a second time in 2020 with 67,18% of votes. Besse is a member of the Movement for France and does not align herself with any parliamentary group.

Achille Fould was a French financier and politician.

Gabriel Serville is a French politician of the Guianese Socialist Party who was elected to the French National Assembly on 16 June 2012 representing French Guiana's 1st constituency.

Karim Djoudi is Algerian politician. He was the Minister of Finance of Algeria from June 2007 to May 2014, in office since 2007. In 2011 Djoudi froze the assets of Muammar Gaddafi in Algeria.

Véronique Olmi is a French playwright and novelist. She won the Prix Alain-Fournier emerging artist award for her 2001 novella Bord de Mer. It has since been translated into several European languages. Olmi has published a dozen plays and half a dozen novels.

Nicholas Francis, also known as Nicholas II, was briefly Duke of Lorraine and Duke of Bar for a few months in 1634, spanning the time between the abdication of his older brother and his own resignation. He was therefore Duke during the invasion of Lorraine by the French in the Thirty Years War.

Joris Delle is a French footballer who most recently played as a goalkeeper for Orlando Pirates in South Africa. He is a French youth international and has served as the number one goalkeeper at under-16, under-17, and under-21 level. Delle was a member of the 2005–06 Metz under-16 team that won the Championnat National des 16 ans.

Arlette Farge is a French historian who specialises in the study of the 18th century, a director of research at the CNRS, attached to the centre for historical research at the EHESS.

Emmanuel Debarre was a French sculptor. He focused mostly on abstract art.

Thomas Vincent is a French film director, screenwriter and actor. His 1999 film Karnaval was entered into the 49th Berlin International Film Festival where it won the Alfred Bauer Prize.