Famous French People

36 profiles · Ranked by cultural impact

association football player

President of the French Republic

Soccer / Midfielder

Fashion / Luxury

Luxury Goods / Fashion

Luxury Fashion / Retail

Beauty / Luxury / Philanthropy

Physics / Chemistry

Philosophy / Feminist Theory

Philosophy / Social Theory

Philosophy / Literary Theory

Philosophy / Mathematics

Philosophy / Political Theory

Philosophy / Literature

Author & Philosopher

Philosopher & Author

microbiologist

Military Leader / Saint

Impressionist Painter

Fashion Designer

Fashion Designer

Novelist / Poet / Playwright

Chemist / Microbiologist

Queen of France

Olympic Judoka

entrepreneur

entrepreneur

Olympic Judoka

businessperson

businessperson

Famous French People

Kylian Mbappe

Emmanuel Macron

Timothée Chalamet

Zinedine Zidane

Coco Chanel

Bernard Arnault

François-Henri Pinault

Françoise Bettencourt Meyers

Marie Curie

Simone de Beauvoir

Michel Foucault

Jacques Derrida

René Descartes

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Voltaire

Albert Camus

Jean-Paul Sartre

Emmanuelle Charpentier

Annie Ernaux

Napoleon Bonaparte

Joan of Arc

Claude Monet

Christian Dior

Yves Saint Laurent

Victor Hugo

Louis Pasteur

Marie Antoinette

Henri Matisse

Clarisse Agbegnenou

Gérard Wertheimer

Alain Wertheimer

Teddy Riner

François Pinault

Serge Dassault

Pierre Omidyar

Xavier Niel