List of Famous people born in France

Catherine de Parthenay was a French noblewoman and mathematician. She studied with mathematician François Viète and was considered one of the most brilliant women of the era. She married Charles de Quelennec, and after his death married René II, Viscount of Rohan, a Huguenot.

Marie de Régnier, also known by her maiden name Marie de Heredia or her pen-name Gérard d'Houville, was a French novelist and poet, and closely involved in the artistic circles of early twentieth-century Paris.

Sandy Madeleine Baltimore is a French professional footballer who plays as a forward for Division 1 Féminine club Paris Saint-Germain and the France national team.

Pascal Durand is a French lawyer and politician of La République En Marche ! (LREM) who has been serving as a Member of the European Parliament since 2014.

Joseph Fesch, Prince of France was a French cardinal and diplomat, Prince of France and a member of the Imperial House of the First French Empire, Peer of France, Roman Prince, and the half-uncle of Napoleon Bonaparte. He was also one of the most famous art collectors of his period, remembered for having established the Musée Fesch in Ajaccio, which remains one of the most important Napoleonic collections of art.

Yoann Maestri is a French rugby union international footballer who plays for the club Stade Français in the Top 14.

Roland Jourdain, often nicknamed "Bilou" is a French professional yachtsman, born on 28th April 1964 in Quimper. He is notably two-time winner of the Route du Rhum.

Fredy Fautrel is a French football referee. Born in Avranches, Fautrel became a referee in 1993 and has been registered as a Fédéral 1 referee since 2003 meaning he is eligible to officiate Ligue 1 and Ligue 2 matches, as well as matches in the Coupe de France and Coupe de la Ligue. He also serves as a referee for UEFA and FIFA matches, having become a FIFA referee in 2007.

Sophie Caroline Berthelot became the first woman to be interred in the Panthéon, alongside her husband Marcellin Berthelot. She was the only woman interred in the Panthéon until Marie Curie almost a century later in 1995.