List of Famous people born in France
Jean-Patrick Nazon
Jean-Patrick Nazon is a French former professional road bicycle racer who turned professional in 1997. He is the brother of former racing cyclist Damien Nazon.
Alexandra Valetta Ardisson
Alexandra Valetta-Ardisson is a French politician of La République En Marche! (LREM) who has been serving as a member of the French National Assembly since the 2017 elections, representing the department of Alpes-Maritimes.
Caroline Eliacheff
Gilberte Brossolette
Gilberte Brossolette was a French journalist and politician. A member of the French Resistance during the Second World War, she was the wife of journalist and politician Pierre Brossolette (1903-1944), who committed suicide while being tortured by the Gestapo.
Henri-Julien Dumont
Henri-Julien Dumont was a French impressionist painter, born in Beauvais, Oise. His works were exhibited at the Salon and the Société des Artistes Indépendants. Henri-Julien Dumont's paintings were rewarded in 1900 with a bronze medal at the Universal exhibition.
Ernest Boulanger
Ernest Henri Alexandre Boulanger was a French composer of comic operas and a conductor. He was more known, however, for being a choral music composer, choral group director, voice teacher, and vocal contest jury member.
Jean Piqué
Jean Piqué was a French Rugby union player who played in the 1950s and 1960s.
Karl-Jean Longuet
Karl-Jean Longuet was a French sculptor. He was the son of Jean Longuet, the grandson of Charles Longuet and the great-grandson of Karl Marx.
Robert Arnauld d'Andilly
Robert Arnauld d’Andilly was a French conseiller d’État, specialising in financial questions, in the court of Marie de' Medici. By the elegance of his language, he was among the major poets, writers and translators of 17th century French classicism. A fervent Catholic, he played an important role in the history of Jansenism and was one of the Solitaires of Port-Royal-des-Champs. He was also renowned for his part in the development of the pruning of fruit trees, to which he was devoted.