List of Famous people born in Paris, France
Jacques Charon
Jacques Charon was a French actor and film director.
Jean Matouk
Jean Robert François Matouk was a French economist, banker, and professor of economics.
Willy Ronis
Willy Ronis was a French photographer. His best-known work shows life in post-war Paris and Provence.
Henri Pélissier
Henri Pélissier was a French racing cyclist from Paris and champion of the 1923 Tour de France. In addition to his 29 career victories, he was known for his long-standing feud with Tour founder Henri Desgrange and for protesting against the conditions endured by riders in the early years of the Tour. He was killed by his lover with the gun that his wife had used to commit suicide.
Franck Venaille
Franck Venaille was a French poet and writer. His poetry is characterized by its expressive power, seeking to bring out the animal side of man, his impulses and anxieties.
Jean Achard
Jean-Jacques Grosman, known as Jean Achard, was a French race-car driver and journalist and a member of the French Resistance during World War II.
Claude Cerval
Claude Cerval was a French film actor. He appeared in more than forty films from 1955 to 1971.
Jean-Dominique de La Rochefoucauld
Jean-Dominique de La Rochefoucauld was a French screenwriter and TV director.
Hector
Jean-Pierre Kalfon, known professionally as Hector was a French singer.
Marthe de Florian
Marthe de Florian was a French demimondaine and socialite during the Belle Époque. She was known for having famous lovers including Georges Clemenceau, Pierre Waldeck-Rousseau, Paul Deschanel, Gaston Doumergue, Robert de Montesquiou, and Giovanni Boldini. Initially forgotten from history, her story resurfaced in 2010 after her belongings were discovered in her Parisian apartment, located at 2 square La Bruyère in the 9th arrondissement, untouched for decades. The discovery of her apartment was the inspiration behind Michelle Gable's novel A Paris Apartment.