Famous People Born In France

• William Wyler

  Director

  Haut-Rihn, France

• Yo-Yo Ma

  Cellist

  ?Île-de-France, France

• Max Jacob

  Poet

  Brittany, France

• Louis, Dauphin of France

  Royalty

  Ile de France, France

• Louis Bourbon, Duke of Burgundy

  Duke

  Île-de-France, France

• Marquis de Sade

  Author

  Île-de-France, France

• Henry III

  Royalty

  Paris, France

• Henry III

  Royalty

  Paris, France

• Andre Courrèges

  Fashion Designer

  Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France

• Christopher Rocancourt

  Impostor

  Normandy, France

• Stephanie St. Clair

  Criminal

  Fort-de-France, France

• Pierre Paul Prud'hon

  Painter

  Saône-et-Loire, France

• Joan of Arc

  Saint

  Grand Est, France

• Marcel Proust

  Novelist

  Île-de-France, France

• Jean-Marie Le Pen

  Politician

  Brittany, France

• Henri Desgrange

  Cyclist

  Île-de-France, France

• Christian Louboutin

  Fashion Designer

  Île-de-France, France

• George Psalmanazar

  Essayist

  France

• Eleanor of Aquitaine

  Queen

  Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France

• Jean-Paul Gaultier

  Fashion Designer

  Île-de-France, France

• Zacarias Moussaoui

  Terrorist

  Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France

• St. Bernadette of Lourdes

  Saint

  Occitanie, France

• Marie Sallé

  Dancer

  Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France

• Émile Zola

  Activist

  Île-de-France, France

• François Mauriac

  Author

  Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France

• Georges Rouault

  Painter

  Île-de-France, France

• Jacques Tati

  Director

  Île-de-France, France

• Antoine Watteau

  Painter

  Hauts-de-France, France

• Jo-Wilfried Tsonga

  Sportsman

  Pays de la Loire, France

• Stephen of Blois

  Royalty

  France

• Philip V

  Royalty

  Île-de-France, France

• William the Conqueror

  Royalty

  Normandy, France

• Samuel de Champlain

  Diplomat

  Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France

• Jacques Marquette

  Explorer

  Hauts-de-France,, France

• Antoine de Saint-Exupery

  Pilot

  Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

• Nostradamus

  Poet

  Saint-Remy-de-Provence, France

• Maurice Merleau-Ponty

  Academic

  Charente-Maritime, France

• Françoise Sagan

  Author

  Lot, France

• Julie Delpy

  Actress

  Île-de-France, France

• Yves Klein

  Painter

  Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France