List of Famous people born in France

Jean Grosjean was a French poet, writer and translator.

Louise Julie de Mailly-Nesle, comtesse de Mailly (1710–1751) was the eldest of the five famous de Nesle sisters, four of whom would become the mistress of King Louis XV of France. She was his mistress from 1732 until 1742.

Eddy Ottoz is an Italian former athlete and bronze medalist at the 1968 Summer Olympics in the 110 metre hurdles.

Jacques Kosciusko-Morizet was a French university professor and diplomat. He served as the French Ambassador to the United States from 1972 to 1977.

Sir Marc Isambard Brunel was a French-born engineer who is most famous for the work he did in Britain. He is best known for the construction of the Thames Tunnel and as the father of Isambard Kingdom Brunel.

Daniel Mangeas, is a former baker who was the commentator of the Tour de France and other important cycle races in France and Belgium between 1974 and 2014. During his career he commentated on 200 events a year, and tried to never speak for the rest of the day after races, to preserve his voice.

Jean de La Hire was a prolific French author of numerous popular adventure, science fiction and romance novels.

Louis Henri Joseph de Bourbon was the Prince of Condé from 1818 to his death. He was the brother-in-law of Philippe Égalité and nephew of Victoire de Rohan.

Bianca of Savoy was Lady of Milan by marriage to Galeazzo II Visconti. She was the only surviving daughter of Aimone, Count of Savoy and Yolande Palaeologina of Montferrat.

Adolphe Édouard Casimir Joseph Mortier, 1st Duke of Trévise was a French military commander and Marshal of the Empire under Napoleon I, who served during both the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars. He was one of 18 people killed in 1835 during Giuseppe Marco Fieschi's assassination attempt on King Louis Philippe I.