List of Famous people born in France

Philippe Berthelot was an important French diplomat, son of Marcellin Berthelot. He was a republican.

Vincent Hognon is a French professional football manager and former player who played as a defender.

Jacques de La Palice was a French nobleman and military officer. His full name and titles were Jacques II de Chabannes, Lord of La Palice, of Pacy, of Chauverothe, of Bort-le-Comte and of Héron. In 1511, he received the title of Grand Master of France.

Catherine Fleury is a French judoka, world champion and olympic champion. She won a gold medal in the half middleweight division at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.

Ronnie Bird is a French singer.

Louis Philippe Marie Léopold d'Orléans was a member of the House of Orléans and held the title of Prince of Condé. He was the first member of a royal house to visit the Australian continent.

Gaston Bachelard was a French philosopher. He made contributions in the fields of poetics and the philosophy of science. To the latter he introduced the concepts of epistemological obstacle and epistemological break. He influenced many subsequent French philosophers, among them Michel Foucault, Louis Althusser, Dominique Lecourt and Jacques Derrida, as well as the sociologists Pierre Bourdieu and Bruno Latour.

Marie Frédéric Eugène de Reiset was a French art collector, art historian and curator. He served as curator of the department of prints and drawings at the Louvre and as director-general of France's Musées Nationaux.

Gérard Moneyron is a French racing cyclist. He rode in the 1972 Tour de France.