List of French people


French people of note include:

Actors

A–C

D–L

M–Z

Architects

Artists

Photographers

Sculptors

Athletes

A–J

K–Z

Authors

A–E

F–O

P–Z

Aviators

Business

Chefs

Colonial administrators

Comedians

Craftspeople and inventors

Criminals

For collaboration with Nazi Germany see also the politicians section.

Dancers

Economists

Fashion

Filmmakers

Humorists

Musicians

A–J

K–Z

Philosophers

Politicians

Resistance workers

Resistance workers during the German military administration in occupied France during World War II

Social activists

Soldiers

Theologians

O.P. is the abbreviation used to indicate that someone is/was a member of the Dominican Order, a Catholic religious order.
S.J. is the abbreviation used to indicate that someone is/was a member of the Society of Jesus, another Catholic religious order.

Others