List of Famous people born in France

Jean-Lambert Tallien was a French politician of the revolutionary period. Though initially an active agent of the Reign of Terror, he eventually clashed with its leader, Maximilien Robespierre, and is best known as one of the key figures of the Thermidorian Reaction that led to the fall of Robespierre and the end of the Terror.

Peter I, also known as Peter Mauclerc, was Duke of Brittany jure uxoris from 1213 to 1221, and regent of the duchy for his minor son John I from 1221 to 1237. As duke he was also 1st Earl of Richmond from 1218 to 1235.

Geoffrey I, Duke of Brittany, also known as Geoffrey of Rennes and Geoffrey Berengar, was the eldest son of Duke Conan I of Brittany. He was Count of Rennes, by right of succession. In 992 he assumed the title of Duke of Brittany, which had long been an independent state, but he had little control over much of Lower Brittany.

Aurélien Paret-Peintre is a French cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam AG2R Citroën Team. In October 2020, he was named in the startlist for the 2020 Giro d'Italia.

Philippe of France, Duke of Anjou was a French prince and the second son of king Louis XV of France and Marie Leszczyńska. He was styled Duke of Anjou from birth.

Charles was the Duke of Lower Lorraine from 977 until his death.

Dominique de Menil was a French-American art collector, philanthropist, founder of the Menil Collection and an heiress to the Schlumberger Limited oil-equipment fortune. She was awarded the National Medal of Arts in 1986.

Henri Honoré d'Estienne d'Orves was a French Navy officer, said to be the "first martyr of Free France", and one of the major heroes of the French Resistance.

Peter II was Count of Saint-Pol, of Brienne, Marle, and Soissons.