List of Famous people born in France
Étienne Pflimlin
Étienne Pflimlin is a French high-ranking civil servant and banker. He served as the CEO of the Crédit Mutuel from 1987 to 2010.
Étienne François Clary
John II, Count of Nevers
John II, Count of Nevers was a French noble.
Charles Longuet
Charles Félix César Longuet was a journalist and prominent figure in the French working-class movement, including the 1871 Paris Commune, as well as a Proudhonist member of the General Council of the First International or International Working Men's Association. He served as Corresponding Secretary for Belgium (1866), delegate to the Lausanne (1867), Brussels (1868), the London Conference (1871) and the (1872). He was also the editor of the publication Journal Officiel.
Phia Ménard
Phia Ménard is a French juggler, performance artist, and director.
Antoinette Murat
Marie Antoinette Murat, French: Marie Antoinette Murat, Princesse Murat was a member of the House of Murat. Through her marriage to Charles, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, Marie Antoinette was also a member of the House of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen and Princess consort of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen. Marie Antoinette was the niece of Joachim Murat, King of Naples from 1808 to 1815 and a brother-in-law of Napoleon Bonaparte, through marriage to Napoleon's youngest sister, Caroline Bonaparte.
Pierre Marie Léon Augustin Plateau
Pierre Marie Léon Augustin Plateau was a French Prelate of the Roman Catholic Church.
Jonathan Wisniewski
Jonathan Wisniewski is a French rugby union fly-half, currently playing for the Top 14 team Lyon following a spell with Toulon. He is of Polish descent and is a grandnephew of Maryan Wisniewski.
Suzanne Bastid
Suzanne Basdevant Bastid was a French professor of law who specialized in international public law. She became a widely respected authority, lectured in many institutions, was for 30 years professor at the Faculty of Law of Paris and was a judge in the International Court of Justice. She was the first woman to become professor of Law in France and the first woman to be a member of the Institut de France, which is the most prestigious learned society of France.
Jacques de Bourbon-Busset
Jacques de Bourbon, Count de Busset was a French novelist, essayist and politician. He was elected to the Académie française on 4 June 1981. He was a senior member of the House of Bourbon-Busset.