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Famous Natives
People listed are either native to France, or of French descent (born elsewhere) that have made a significant contribution to the fame of the country in their personal endeavors
Jeanne d'Arc (joan of arc)
Marcel Achard playwright and scriptwriter
Isabelle Adjani actress, singer
Marie Antoinette former queen of france
Bernard Arnault entrepreneur
Josephine Baker entertainer
Honorè de Balzac realist author
Brigitte Bardot actress
Harry Baur actor
Raymond Barre economist, politician
Jane Bathori opera singer
Simone de Beauvoir author, feminist, philosopher
Jean-Paul Belmondo actor
Cyrano de Bergerac author
Sarah Bernhardt actress
Marcellin Berthelot chemist, politician
Luc Besson film producer
Liliane Bettencourt cosmetics
Marcel Bich founder bic pens
Juliette Binoche actress
Georges Bizet composer of carmen
Napoleon Bonaparte general, first president french republic
Etienne-Louis Boulleè architect
André Bourvil actor, singer
Louis Braille inventor
Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza congo explorer
Ettore Bugatti automobile manufacturer
Pierre Cardin fashion designer
Laetitia Casta model, actress
Louis Ferdinand Cèline 20th century author
Paul Cezzane painter
Coco Chanel fashion designer
Charlemagne monarch
Jacques Chirac president, 1995 - 2007
Andrè Citroen automobile manufacturer
Colette 20th century author
Pierre de Coubertin founder modern olympics
Gustave Courbet painter
Jacques Cousteau oceanographer
Jean-Loup Chretien astronaut
Marie and Pierre Curie scientists
Dalida singer
Danielle Darrieux actress, singer
Gerard Debreu economist
Claude-Archille Debussy composer
Eugène Delacroix painter
Marquis de la Fayette military leader
Charles de Gaulle general, former president
Cavalier de la Salle explorer
Guillaume Delisle cartographer
Alain Delon actor, fashion designer
Julie Delpy actress
Catherine Deneuve actress
Gèrard Depardieu actor
Rène Descartes scientist and philosopher
Boris Diaw nba basketball player
Denis Diderot philosopher, writer
Christian Dior fashion designer
Gerard Louis-Dreyfus agriculture commodities
Alain Ducasse chef
Paul Dukas composer of the sorcerer's apprentice
Alexandre Dumas author
E. I. du Pont de Nemours founder of du Point
Gustave Eiffel architect
Fernandel actor, singer
Gustave Flaubert realist author
Marie de France poet
Claude Francois singer
Pierre Fresnay actor
Louis de Funes actor
Jean Gabin actor
Serge Gainsbourg poet, singer, songwriter, actor
Tony Garnier architect
Jean-Paul Gaultier fashion designer
Lèon Gaumont pioneer film inventor
Andre the Giant professional wrestler
Andrè Gide author, noble prize winner
Gipsy Kings singers
Annie Girardot actress
Jean Giraudoux author
Jean-Jacques Goldman composer
Stèphane Grappelli jazz musician
Eva Green actress
Julien Green author
Paul-Louis Halley supermarket tycoon
Johnny Hallyday actor, singer
Daniel Hechter inventor of ready-to-wear
Henri IV monarch
Pierre Henry composer
Thierry Henry footballer
Paul Hèroult inventor
Auguste Himly historian
Bernard Hinault five-time tour de france winner
Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin magician
Victor Hugo novelist, poet and playwright
Maurice Jarre film music composer
Alain Jouffroy poet, art critic
Louis Jouvet actor, producer
Jean-Claude Killy olympic medalist, alpine skier
Lacoste apparel company
Yves Saint-Laurent fashion designer
Gèrard LeBlond publisher
Jacques-Donatien LeRay shipping magnate and a "father of the american revolution"
Gaston Leroux journalist, author
Louis-Philippe I last king to rule france
Louis XIV king of france (for 72 years)
Édouard Manet artist
Jean Marais actor
Marcel Marceau world's greatest mime
Sophie Marceau actress, model, singer
Henri Matisse painter
Claude Monet painter
Michel de Montaigne philosopher, essayist
Yves Montand actor, singer
Montesquieu political philosopher
Joseph and Jacques Montgolfier inventors
Gustave Moreau painter
Edgar Morin philosopher, sociologist
Berthe Morisot impressionist painter
Emmanuel Mounier philosopher
Gèrard Mulliez entrepreneur
Louis Pasteur inventor, scientist
Charles Perrault mother goose tales
Gérard Philipe actor
Edith Piaf singer
Jean Piaget psychologist
Abbe Pierre humanitarian, founder of emmaus
Michel Francois Platini famed footballer
Clémence Poésy actress
Francois Rabelais renaissance writer
Raimu actor
Marcel Renault automobile manufacturer
Pierre-Auguste Renoir painter
Jean Reno actor
Cèsar Ritz hotelier
Nicolas Sarkozy president
Jean-Paul Sartre philosopher, author
Eugene Schueller founder of l'oreal
Philippe Starck designer
Henri Troyat novelist
Turgot economist
Roger Vadim actor, director, producer
Jules Verne author
Jean Vigo film-maker
Hervé Jean-Pierre Villechaize actor
Voltaire philosopher, essayist
Louis Vuitton fashion designer
Zinedine Zidane retired football player
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