List of Famous people born in France
Alphonse, Count of Poitiers
Alphonse or Alfonso was the Count of Poitou from 1225 and Count of Toulouse from 1249. As count of Toulouse, he also governed the Marquisate of Provence.
Adolphe Clément-Bayard
Gustave Adolphe Clément, from 1909 Clément-Bayard, was a French entrepreneur. An orphan who became a blacksmith and a Compagnon du Tour de France, he went on to race and manufacture bicycles, pneumatic tyres, motorcycles, automobiles, aeroplanes and airships.
Eriq Ebouaney
Eriq Ebouaney is a French actor. He is best known for his portrayal as the Congolese Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba in the 2000 film Lumumba, as "Blacktie" in Brian De Palma's Femme Fatale and as "Ice" in the 2008 action film Transporter 3 in which he starred opposite Jason Statham.
Bruno Ngotty
Bruno Ngotty is a French former professional footballer. He played as a centre-back from 1988 until 2008, however he came out of retirement briefly in 2011.
Inga Sempé
Inga Sempé is a French designer and constructor of technical items, who designs furniture, lamps and other design objects for manufacturers like Ligne Roset, Alessi und Baccarat. She was awarded the Red Dot Design Award in 2007.
Alain Paul Lebeaupin
Alain Paul Charles Lebeaupin was a French prelate of the Catholic Church who joined the diplomatic service of the Holy See in 1979 and was the Apostolic Nuncio to the European Union from 2012 to 2020.
Paul Rassinier
Paul Rassinier was a political activist and author who is viewed as "the father of Holocaust denial". He was also a member of the French resistance who survived Buchenwald and Mittelbau-Dora concentration camps. A journalist and editor, he wrote hundreds of articles on political and economic subjects.
Stéphanie Gibaud
Stéphanie Balique-Gibaud is a public relations and an event marketing specialist.
Alexis Raynaud
Alexis Raynaud is a French sport shooter. Competing in the 50 meter rifle three positions he won a silver medal at the 2015 European Championships and a bronze medal at the 2016 Olympics.
Jean Nohain
Jean Nohain (1900–1981) was a French playwright, lyricist, and screenwriter, as well as a noted radio and television producer and presenter. He was the son of the librettist Franc-Nohain and the brother of the actor Claude Dauphin.