List of Famous people born in Normandy, France
Marie-Louise Giraud
Marie-Louise Giraud was a women's rights activist who became one of the last women to be guillotined in France. Giraud was a convicted abortionist in 1940s Nazi occupied France. She was executed on July 30, 1943, for having performed 27 abortions in the Cherbourg area. Her story was dramatized in the 1988 film Story of Women directed by Claude Chabrol.
Bruno Putzulu
Bruno Putzulu is a French actor, born in Toutainville, France.
Ernst Umhauer
Ernst Umhauer is a French actor who is best known for his role as Claude Garcia in the 2012 film In The House, directed by François Ozon.
Pascal Quignard
Pascal Quignard is a French writer born in Verneuil-sur-Avre, Eure. In 2002 his novel Les Ombres errantes won the Prix Goncourt, France's top literary prize. Terrasse à Rome, received the French Academy prize in 2000. In 1980 Carus had been awarded the "Prix des Critiques".
Arnaud Donckele
Arnaud Donckele is a French chef. He currently runs La Vague d'Or restaurant at Cheval Blanc St-Tropez hotel located in Saint-Tropez. Arnaud Donckele has three stars at the Guide Michelin since 2013.
Viviane Asseyi
Viviane Marie-Louise Blanche Asseyi is a French professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for German club Bayern Munich of the Frauen Bundesliga.
Franck Berrier
Franck Berrier is a retired French football player.
Bruno Questel
Bruno Questel 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 Eure.
Nicolas Pallois
Nicolas Pallois is a French professional footballer who plays as a defender and captains Ligue 1 side Nantes. He has previously played for Quevilly, Valenciennes, Laval, Chamois Niortais, and Bordeaux.
Vincent Collet
Vincent Florent Antoine Collet is a French former professional basketball player and a current professional basketball coach. Currently, he is the head coach of the senior men's France national team.