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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)
Félix 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)
AnaĂŻs 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)