Most Famous People from France
France has produced 13,591 notable individuals throughout history, with politicians and athletes being the most represented categories. The highest-ranked is Napoleon. Rankings are based on a cross-verified academic dataset of 152,953 people.
Category All
Citizenship All
N
Napoleon French Politician 1769 – 1821
#
9
VH
Victor Hugo French Poet 1802 – 1885
#
47
V
Voltaire French Writer 1694 – 1778
#
51
JR
Jean-Jacques Rousseau French Writer 1712 – 1778
#
55
RD
René Descartes French Philosopher 1596 – 1650
#
67
CD
Charles de Gaulle French Statesperson 1890 – 1970
#
94
LX
Louis XIV of France French Monarch 1638 – 1715
#
101
LP
Louis Pasteur French Biologist 1822 – 1895
#
120
JV
Jules Verne French Novelist 1828 – 1905
#
120
C
Charlemagne French Monarch 748 – 814
#
122
AC
Albert Camus French Writer 1913 – 1960
#
129
MF
Michel Foucault French Philosopher 1926 – 1984
#
233
HD
Honoré de Balzac French Novelist 1799 – 1850
#
234
ÉZ
Émile Zola French Novelist 1840 – 1902
#
254
BP
Blaise Pascal French Mathematician 1623 – 1662
#
255
ZZ
Zinedine Zidane French Football Born 1972
#
257
MA
Marie Antoinette French Socialite 1755 – 1793
#
279
JO
Joan of Arc French Kirche 1410 – 1431
#
304
ÉP
Édith Piaf French Singer 1915 – 1963
#
326
AR
Arthur Rimbaud French Poet 1854 – 1891
#
340