List of Famous people born in France
Paul Boësnier de l'Orme
Henry Goüin
Daniel Fasquelle
Daniel Fasquelle is a French politician of The Republicans (LR) who has been serving as a member of the National Assembly of France since 2007, representing the Pas-de-Calais department.
Régis Campo
Régis Campo, born in Marseille in 1968, is a French composer.
Nelly Roussel
Nelly Roussel was a free thinker, anarchist, and feminist. As a Neo-Malthusian feminist, she advocated for birth-control in European as well as a number of other pro-women and motherhood positions within Europe's capitalist systems. She was known for her beauty and charm during public speaking, along with her soft yet commanding voice that appealed to many people.
Charles of France, Duke of Berry
Charles of France, Duke of Berry, was a grandson of Louis XIV of France. Although he was only a grandson of Louis XIV, Berry held the rank of fils de France, rather than petit-fils de France, as the son of the Dauphin, heir apparent to the throne. The Duke of Berry was for seven years heir presumptive to the throne of Spain (1700–1707), until his brother Philip V fathered a son in 1707.
Marie-Agnès de Gaulle
Juliette Dodu
Juliette Dodu was a legendary heroine of the Franco-Prussian War of 1870, and the first woman to be awarded the Legion of Honor. However, many doubts have been raised about her actions during the war, and her story remains controversial.
Philippe Knoche
Areva S.A. was a French multinational group specializing in nuclear power and renewable energy headquartered in Paris, France. Before its 2016 corporate restructuring, Areva was majority-owned by the French state through the French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (54.37%), Banque publique d'investissement (3.32%), and Agence des participations de l'État (28.83%). Électricité de France, of which the French government has a majority ownership stake, owned 2.24%; Kuwait Investment Authority owned 4.82% as the second largest shareholder after the French state. The company was listed at the European stock exchange Euronext.
Christian Casadesus
Christian Casadesus,, was a French actor and theatre director who worked professionally in both movies and in theater.