List of foreign-born French people explained

This is a list of notable French people who were born outside present-day Metropolitan France or Overseas France.

A

• 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

• Édouard Balladur – former Prime Minister of France, born in Izmir, Turkey
• Mansour Bahrami – tennis player, born in Arak, Iran
• Carla Bruni – model, singer, former first lady of France, born in Turin, Italy

C

• 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

• 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

• Patrice Evra – footballer, born in Dakar, Senegal

G

• Greg – cartoonist, born in Ixelles, Belgium
• Élisabeth Guigou – politician, born in Marrakesh, French Morocco (now Morocco)

H

• Anne Hidalgo – Mayor of Paris, born in San Fernando, Spain

J

• Eva Joly – politician, born in Grünerløkka, Oslo, Norway
• Lloyd Jones – ice skater, born in Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom

L

• Pierre Lellouche – politician, born in Tunis, French Tunisia (now Tunisia)
• Axelle Lemaire – lawyer and former politician, born in Ottawa, Canada; mother is French

M

• Jean-Luc Mélenchon – politician, born in Tangier International Zone (now Tangier, Morocco)

P

• Fleur Pellerin – politician, born in Seoul, South Korea
• Carlo Ponti – film producer, born in Magenta, Lombardy, Italy

R

• Ségolène Royal – politician, born in Dakar, French West Africa (now Senegal)

S

• Igor Stravinsky – composer, born in Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire (now Russia)

T

• Kenzō Takada – fashion designer, born in Himeji, Hyōgo, Japan

V

• Najat Vallaud-Belkacem – politician, born in Bni Chiker, Morocco
• Manuel Valls – former Prime Minister of France, born in Barcelona, Spain

Y

• Rama Yade – politician, born in Ouakam, Dakar, Senegal

Z

• Zhang Chongren – artist and sculptor, born in Xujiahui, Shanghai, China

See also

• List of foreign-born French politicians