List of Famous people born in Normandy, France
Jade Laroche
Jade Laroche is a French model, DJ and former pornographic actress.
André Guesdon
André Guesdon was a French professional football defender.
René Cogny
René Cogny was a French Général de corps d'armée, World War II and French Resistance veteran and survivor of Buchenwald and Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camps. He was a commander of the French forces in Tonkin during the First Indochina War, and notably during the Battle of Dien Bien Phu. His post-war private and legal conflict with superior General Henri Navarre became a public controversy. Known to his men as Le General Vitesse, and reputable for his military pomp, physical presence and skill with the press, Cogny was killed in 1968 Ajaccio-Nice Caravelle crash in the Mediterranean near Nice.
Jean-Philippe Dojwa
Jean-Philippe Dojwa is a French former cyclist. He finished fifteenth in the 1993 Tour de France.
Bérangère Sapowicz
Bérangère Sapowicz is a former French football player who played long time for French club Paris Saint-Germain of the Division 1 Féminine. Sapowicz plays as a goalkeeper and is a member of the France women's national football team having made her debut in 2003. That same year, she was selected to participate in 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup, held in the United States.
Bruno Choël
Bruno Choël is a French actor who specializes in dubbing. He is the French voice of Ewan McGregor and Johnny Depp.
Christophe Auguin
Christophe Auguin,, is a French yachtsman. He is the only one sailor to have won three single-handled sailing races around the globe: the BOC Challenge twice and the Vendée Globe (1996-1997).
Valérie Fourneyron
Valérie Fourneyron is a former French politician of the Socialist Party (PS) who has been serving as Chair of the Board of the World Anti-Doping Agency's International Testing Agency (ITA) since 2017. She previously served as Junior Minister for Crafts, Trade, Tourism and Social Economy in the government of Prime Minister Manuel Valls from 2014 until 2017. She was also a member of the National Assembly and the Mayor of Rouen.
Danny Rodrigues
Danny Pinheiro Rodrigues is a French male artistic gymnast and a member of the national team. He was selected to compete for the French gymnastics squad in two editions of the Summer Olympic Games.
Lydie Auvray
Lydie Auvray is a French accordionist, composer and singer. She lives in Cologne.