List of foreign-born French people
This is a list of notable French people who were born outside present-day Metropolitan France or Overseas France.
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[edit]- Vincent Aka-Akesse – wrestler, born in
N'zi-Comoé, Côte d'Ivoire - Manuel Anatol – footballer, born in
Irun, Spain - Anggun – singer-songwriter, born in
Jakarta, Indonesia
B
[edit]- Édouard Balladur – former Prime Minister of France, born in
Izmir, Turkey - Mansour Bahrami – tennis player, born in
Arak, Iran - Constantin Brâncuși – sculptor, painter, and photographer, born in
Hobița, Romania - Carla Bruni – model, singer, former first lady of France, born in
Turin, Italy
C
[edit]- Jacques Cheminade – politician, born in
Buenos Aires, Argentina - Frédéric François Chopin - composer and virtuoso pianist, born in
, Żelazowa Wola, Poland - William Christie – musician, born in
Buffalo, New York, United States - Carlos Curbelo – footballer, born in
San José de Mayo, Uruguay - Marie Curie – physicist, chemist, born in
Warsaw, Kingdom of Poland
D
[edit]- Vencelas Dabaya – weightlifter, born in
Kumba, Cameroon - Dalida – singer, born in
Cairo, Egypt - Fatou Dieng – basketball player, born in
Kayar, Senegal - Didier Drogba – footballer, born in Abidjan, Ivory Coast
E
[edit]- Patrice Evra – footballer, born in Dakar, Senegal
F
[edit]G
[edit]- Greg – cartoonist, born in
Ixelles, Belgium - Élisabeth Guigou – politician, born in
Marrakesh, French Morocco (now Morocco)
H
[edit]- Anne Hidalgo – Mayor of Paris, born in
San Fernando, Spain
I
[edit]- Eugène Ionesco – playwright, born in Slatina, Romania
J
[edit]- Eva Joly – politician, born in
Grünerløkka, Oslo, Norway - Lloyd Jones – ice skater, born in Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom
K
[edit]L
[edit]- Pierre Lellouche – politician, born in
Tunis, French Tunisia (now Tunisia) - Axelle Lemaire – lawyer and former politician, born in
Ottawa, Canada; mother is French
M
[edit]- Jean-Luc Mélenchon – politician, born in
Tangier International Zone (now Tangier, Morocco)
N
[edit]O
[edit]P
[edit]- Fleur Pellerin – politician, born in
Seoul, South Korea - Carlo Ponti – film producer, born in
Magenta, Lombardy, Italy
Q
[edit]R
[edit]- Ségolène Royal – politician, born in
Dakar, French West Africa (now Senegal)
S
[edit]- Igor Stravinsky – composer, born in
Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire (now Russia)
T
[edit]- Kenzō Takada – fashion designer, born in
Himeji, Hyōgo, Japan
U
[edit]V
[edit]- Najat Vallaud-Belkacem – politician, born in Bni Chiker, Morocco
- Manuel Valls – former Prime Minister of France, born in Barcelona, Spain
W
[edit]- William Widenlocher – politician, born in
Bordj Bou Arréridj, Algeria
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[edit]Z
[edit]- Zhang Chongren – artist and sculptor, born in
Xujiahui, Shanghai, China
