List of Famous people born in France
Jean René Gauguin
Jean René Gauguin was a French-Danish sculptor. He won a bronze medal for Denmark in the art competitions at the 1924 Summer Olympics for his Boxer.
Simone Le Bargy
Simone Le Bargy,, born Pauline Benda but better known by her stage and pen name, Madame Simone, was a French actress and woman of letters.
Catherine Arditi
Samuel Piètre
Samuel Piètre is a French football player. Currently, he plays in the Championnat National 2 for AS Poissy.
Dominique Catta
Franck Piccard
Franck Piccard is a French former Alpine skier. A native of Les Saisies, Piccard won a total of four Alpine skiing World Cup races. At the 1988 Olympics in Calgary he won a gold medal in the Super-G competition and a bronze medal in the downhill. At the 1992 Olympics in Albertville he won a silver medal in the downhill. He also could achieve a bronze-medal in the Super-G-Race at the FIS Alpine Skiing World Championships 1991.
- First excellent success was winning a gold-medal in the downhill race in the FIS Alpine Skiing Junior World Championships 1982 at Auron. First "World Cup Points", he could catch on December 10th, 1983, placed 4th in the Super-G at Val-d’Isère, first win was in the Super-G on March 23rd, 1988, at Beaver Creek. At the begin of his skiing career he did prefer starting in Downhill and Super-G races, later he changed to the Giant Slalom. Last World Cup race was on February 10th, 1996, in the Giant Slalom at Hinterstoder; he was placed 27th. Afterwards, he did start in so-called FIS-races and in the French Championships, until the year 2000. He could achieve a three-times French Champion.
Marie Toussaint
Marie Toussaint is a French jurist and politician who was elected as a Member of the European Parliament in 2019.
Cornélis Henri de Witt
Françoise Hoentschel
Aymeri de Montesquiou
Aymeri de Montesquiou-Fezensac was a member of the Senate of France, representing the Gers department. He is a member of the Republican Party. Since 1976, he is the mayor of Marsan. President of the Franco-Iranian Friendship organisation. He was allowed to change his name to Aymeri de Montesquiou-Fezensac d'Artagnan on May 18, 2011.