List of Famous people born in France
Pierre de Montreuil
Pierre de Montreuil was a French architect. The name formerly given to him by architectural historians, Peter of Montereau, is a misnomer. It was based on his tombstone inscription Musterolo natus, a place name that was mistakenly identified as Montereau rather than Montreuil.
Prince Joseph of Monaco
Prince Joseph of Monaco was a Monagasque prince and brother of Honoré IV, Prince of Monaco. He served as regent of Monaco on behalf of his brother in 1814-1815.
Henry Somerset, 8th Duke of Beaufort
Henry Charles FitzRoy Somerset, 8th Duke of Beaufort KG, PC, DL, styled Earl of Glamorgan until 1835 and Marquess of Worcester from 1835 to 1853, was a British peer, soldier, and Conservative Party politician. He served as Master of the Horse between 1858 and 1859 and again between 1866 and 1868.
Philippe Daudy
Philippe Daudy (1925–1994) was a member of the French Resistance, a journalist, a novelist, a publisher and a businessman. An Anglophile Frenchman, he moved to England and wrote a best-selling book about the English.
Victor Augier
Philibert I, Duke of Savoy
Philibert I, surnamed the Hunter, was the son of Amadeus IX, Duke of Savoy and Yolande of Valois. Philibert was Duke of Savoy from 1472 to 1482.
Francis III
Francis III was Duke of Brittany and Dauphin of Viennois. He was the first son of King Francis I of France and Duchess Claude of Brittany.
Thierry Maulnier
Thierry Maulnier was a French journalist, essayist, dramatist, and literary critic. He was married to theatre director Marcelle Tassencourt.
Marcel Merkès
Marcel Merkès was a French tenor operetta singer.
Lewis Trondheim
Lewis Trondheim, is a French cartoonist and one of the founders of the independent publisher L'Association. Both his silent comic La Mouche and Kaput and Zösky have been made into animated cartoons. He explained his choice of pseudonym after the Norwegian city of Trondheim as follows: "As a last name I wanted to use a city's name, but Lewis Bordeaux or Lewis Toulouse didn't sound so good. Then I thought about this city, Trondheim… Maybe someday I will publish a book under my real name, in order to remain anonymous."