List of Famous people born in Paris, France
Virginie Lemoine
Virginie Lemoine is a French actress and comedian. By her marriage with actor Alexandre Bonstein, she also has Swiss nationality.
Colette de Jouvenel
Colette de Jouvenel, also known as Bel-Gazou,, was the daughter of French writer Colette and her second husband, Henri de Jouvenel. She was the half-sister of fr:Renaud de Jouvenel and Bertrand de Jouvenel.
Jackie Sardou
Jackie Sardou was a French actress.
Thierry Séchan
Thierry Séchan was a French journalist and writer.
Nedim Remili
Nedim Remili is a French handball player for Paris Saint-Germain and the French national team.
Georges Bernanos
Louis Émile Clément Georges Bernanos was a French author, and a soldier in World War I. A Roman Catholic with monarchist leanings, he was critical of elitist thought and was opposed to what he identified as defeatism. He believed this had led to France's defeat and eventual occupation by Germany in 1940 during World War II. His two major novels "Sous le soleil de Satan" (1926) and the "Journal d’un curé de campagne" (1936) both revolve around a parish priest who combats evil and despair in the world. Most of his novels have been translated into English and frequently published in both Great Britain and the United States.
Lucie Aubrac
Lucie Samuel, born Lucie Bernard, and better known as Lucie Aubrac, was a French history teacher and member of the French Resistance during World War II.
Odette Joyeux
Odette Joyeux was a French actress, playwright and novelist.
Robert Goldman
Robert Goldman is a French songwriter. He was born in Paris, France, the son of Alter Mojze Goldman and Ruth Ambrunn who were Jewish French resistance fighters during the Second World War. He is the younger brother of Jean-Jacques Goldman and half-brother of Pierre Goldman.
Pierre Joliot
Pierre Adrien Joliot-Curie is a noted French biologist and researcher for the CNRS. A researcher there since 1956, he became a Director of Research in 1974 and a member of their scientific council in 1992. He was a scientific advisor to the French Prime Minister from 1985 to 1986 and is a member of Academia Europæa. He was made a commander of the Ordre National du Mérite in 1982 and of the Légion d'honneur in 1984.