List of Famous people born in Paris, France
Prince Achille Murat
Charles Louis Napoleon Achille Murat was the eldest son of Joachim Murat, the brother-in-law of Napoleon who was appointed King of Naples during the First French Empire. After his father was deposed and executed by his own subjects, Achille Murat went into exile in Austria with his siblings and mother.
Janine Reiss
Janine Reiss was a French singing teacher and harpsichordist.
Jean Cottard
Jean Cottard was a French fencer. He earned his Master of Arms at Fort Carré in 1949. The coach of Christian d'Oriola, he became the first National Technical Director of France in 1964. He served as a member of the French Federation of Fencing from 1988 until his death.
Pierre Meyrand
Pierre Jean Marie Meyrand was a French actor.
Princess Eugénie of Greece and Denmark
Princess Eugénie of Greece and Denmark was the youngest child and only daughter of Prince George of Greece and Denmark and his wife, Princess Marie Bonaparte, daughter of Marie-Félix Blanc and Prince Roland Bonaparte, a great-nephew of Napoleon I. Her father was the second son of George I of Greece and Olga Constantinovna of Russia.
Alain Besançon
Alain Besançon is a French historian. He specialises in intellectual history and Russian politics. From 1965 to 1992 he was director of studies at the École des hautes études en sciences sociales in Paris. He was elected to the Académie des sciences morales et politiques of the Institut de France in 1996.
Cécile Reims
Cécile Reims was a French engraver and writer. She was a resistance member of World War II. She received the Legion of Honour in 2013. Reims died in La Châtre on 18 July 2020, aged 92.
Charles Pélissier
Charles Pélissier was a French racing cyclist, between 1922 and 1939, winning 16 stages in the Tour de France. The number of eight stages won in the 1930 Tour de France is still a record, shared with Eddy Merckx and Freddy Maertens (1976). In addition to his 8-stage wins that year, Pélissier also finished second place 7 times. In the 1931 Tour de France after stage 5, he shared the lead for one day with Rafaele di Paco. Pélissier was the younger brother of racing cyclists Francis Pélissier and Henri Pélissier. Pélissier was born and died in Paris.
Michel Verne
Michel Jean Pierre Verne was a writer, editor, and the son of Jules Verne.
Nasreddine Dinet
Nasreddine Dinet was a French orientalist painter and was one of the founders of the Société des Peintres Orientalistes [Society for French Orientalist Painters]. He became so enchanted with North Africa and its culture, that he converted to Islam, and was proficient in Arabic. In addition to his paintings, he translated Arabic literature into French.