Famous People Born in France

Discover 34 famous people born in France. Explore their birthplaces on the interactive map below.

🗺️ Birthplaces in France

34 Personalities

Jules Amedee Barbey (Writer) - La Roche-sur-Yon, France (February 2nd, 1818)
Jules Barbey d’Aurevilly (Writer) - Saint-Sauveur-le-Vicomte, France (November 2nd, 1808)
Jean-Paul Belmondo (Actor) - Neuilly-sur-Seine, France (April 9th, 1933)
Nina Bouraoui (Novelist) - Rennes, France (January 1st, 1967)
Georges Braque (Painter, Sculptor) - Argenteuil, France (May 13th, 1882)
Camille Claudel (Sculptor) - Fère-en-Tardenois, France (December 8th, 1864)
Gustave Courbet (Painter) - Ornans, France (June 10th, 1819)
Alphonse Daudet (Writer) - Nîmes, France (May 13th, 1840)
Honoré de Balzac (Writer) - Tours, France (May 20th, 1799)
Alexandre Dumas (Writer) - Villers-CotterĂŞts, France (July 24th, 1802)
Gustave Flaubert (Writer) - Rouen, France (December 12th, 1821)
Théophile Gautier (Poet, Writer) - Tarbes, France (August 31st, 1811)
Victor Hugo (Poet, Writer) - Besançon, France (February 26th, 1802)
Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres (Painter) - Montauban, France (August 29th, 1780)
FĂ©lix Labisse (Painter) - Marchiennes, France (March 9th, 1905)
Nicolas Mathieu (Novelist) - Épinal, France (January 1st, 1978)
Henri Matisse (Painter) - Le Cateau-Cambrésis, France (December 31st, 1869)
Berthe Morisot (Painter) - Bourges, France (January 14th, 1841)
Marie NDiaye (Novelist) - Pithiviers, France (June 4th, 1967)
Anaïs Nin (Writer) - Neuilly‑sur‑Seine, France (February 21st, 1903)
Louis Pasteur (scientist) - Dole, France (December 27th, 1822)
Tahar Rahim (Actor) - Belfort, France (July 4th, 1981)
Pierre-Auguste Renoir (Painter) - Limoges, France (February 25th, 1841)
Arthur Rimbaud (Poet) - Charleville, France (October 20th, 1854)
Romain Rolland (Writer) - Clamecy, France (January 29th, 1866)
Edmond Rostand (Poet, Writer) - Marseille, France (April 1st, 1868)
W. G. Sebald (Writer) - Wissembourg, France (May 18th, 1944)
Elif Shafak (Essayist, Novelist) - Strasbourg, France (October 25th, 1971)
Stendhal (Writer) - Grenoble, France (January 23rd, 1783)
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (Chess player) - Nogent-sur-Marne, France (October 21st, 1990)
Jules Vallès (Writer) - Le Puy-en-Velay, France (June 11th, 1832)
Paul Verlaine (Poet) - Metz, France (March 30th, 1844)
Jules Verne (Writer) - Nantes, France (February 8th, 1828)
Édouard Vuillard (Painter) - Cuiseaux, France (November 11th, 1868)