List of Famous people born in France
André Berthelot
André Marcel Berthelot was the son of the chemist and politician Marcellin Berthelot and a député of the Seine.
Sophie Andouin-Mamikonian
Sophie Audouin-Mamikonian is a French writer and author of young adult fantasy books, including the popular Tara Duncan series. She has claimed to be the heir to the ancient throne of the medieval kingdom of Armenia and carries the unofficial title HRH Princess Sophie Audouin-Mamikonian.
François de Lorraine
Francois de Lorraine (1506–1525) was the Lord of Lambesc, and a commander in the French army under Francis I of France. He was a son of René II, Duke of Lorraine and Philippa of Guelders. He commanded the Black Band of renegade Landsknechts at the Battle of Pavia, and in the bitter combat that ensued between the Black Band and Frundsberg's Imperial Landsknechts, Lorraine was killed.
André Basdevant
Gérard Vergnaud
Gérard Vergnaud was a French mathematician, philosopher, educator, and psychologist. He earned his doctorate from the International Center for Genetic Epistemology in Geneva under the supervision of Jean Piaget. Vergnaud was a professor emeritus of the Centre national de la recherche scientifique in Paris, where he was a researcher in mathematics. Among his most significant work has been the development of the Theory of Conceptual Fields, which describes how children develop an understanding of mathematics.
Louis de Bourbon de Vendôme
Louis de Bourbon-Vendôme, was the son of Francis, Count of Vendôme and Marie of Luxembourg and a French prince du sang and religious leader.
Margaret of Brienne
Marguerite d'Enghien, suo jure Countess of Brienne and of Conversano, suo jure Heiress of Enghien, and Lady of Beauvois, was a wealthy noblewoman from the County of Hainaut in her own right, having inherited the counties of Brienne and of Conversano, and the Lordship of Enghien from her father Louis of Enghien on 17 March 1394. She was the wife of John of Luxembourg, Sire of Beauvois and the mother of Peter of Luxembourg, Count of Saint-Pol, Count of Brienne and of Conversano who inherited her fiefs, and John II of Luxembourg, Count of Ligny.
Princess Marie Françoise of Parma
Princess Marie-Françoise Antoinette Jeanne Madeleine of Bourbon-Parma is a French humanitarian and philanthropist. After escaping the Hungarian Revolution of 1956 with the assistance of Catholic Relief Services, she helped settle refugees in West Berlin who fled the Soviet Union. In the 1980s, while her husband, Prince Edouard de Lobkowicz, was serving as the Sovereign Military Order of Malta's ambassador to Lebanon, she was involved in the construction and development of twelve medical and social centers owned by the Order. Princess Marie-Françoise founded the Malte Liban Association, a Catholic organization that raises money for medical clinics serving the poor in Lebanon, in 1987. She served as a delegate of the United Nations from 1990 to 1995.
Henri de Castellane
Henri Charles Louis Boniface, marquis de Castellane was a French politician and nobleman.
Caroline Tillette
Caroline Tillette is a French-Swiss actress.