Famous French DJs

David Guetta is a French songwriter, record producer, and DJ. Over the years, Guetta has been one of the most popular DJs in the world; in 2011 and 2020, he was voted the best DJ in a poll conducted by DJ Magazine. Referred to as the grandfather of EDM, Guetta has several prestigious awards under his belt, including two Grammys.

DJ Snake is a French record producer and DJ. He is best known for his English-Spanish song Taki Taki, which won several awards, including BMI Latin Awards. Over the years, Snake has won many prestigious awards, such as Billboard Music Awards and an MTV Video Music Award. In 2019, he was ranked 16th on DJ Magazine's Top 100 DJs list.

French musician, singer-songwriter, record-producer, DJ, and film director Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo is one former half of the French electronic music duo Daft Punk that he formed with Thomas Bangalter. The duo achieved both critical and commercial success with albums like Discovery and RandomAccess Memories. Homem-Christo has also spawned works through the record label Crydamoure which he co-owns with Eric Chedeville.

French musician Thomas Bangalter had been part of the six-time Grammy-winning electronic music duo Daft Punk for 28 years, before it split. Known for wearing their signature helmets while performing, he and his partner, Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo, released iconic hits such as Da Funk and Get Lucky.

French electro house artist, musician, DJ, actor and producer Kavinsky started off as an actor before making his mark in the French music-scene. He gained greater mainstream recognition after his song Nightcall was used in title sequence for the blockbuster hit 2011 American neo-noir action, drama and crime film Drive. The song was later included on his debut studio-album, OutRun.

Uffie is an American-French rapper, singer, songwriter, DJ, and fashion designer. She is best known for her debut studio album Sex Dreams and Denim Jeans which peaked at number 18 in the UK Dance Albums Chart. Uffie's life and career inspired a documentary that was showcased at the 2019 FIPA film festival.

SebastiAn is a French DJ, mixer, vocalist, musician, producer, composer, and engineer. He has worked as a remixer for singers and bands like Charlotte Gainsbourg, Beastie Boys, and Bloc Party. SebastiAn has also produced and composed songs for artistes like Juliette Armanet, Katerine, and Kavinsky. Many of his songs have been used in video games and on TV.

French hip-hop and house musician and producer/remixer of hip-hop and electronic dance music, Mehdi Favéris-Essadi, more famous as DJ Mehdi, is best-remembered as a DJ. Signing to the cross-genre label Ed Banger Records, founded by friend Pedro Winter, DJ Mehdi spawned EPs like I Am Somebody and Lucky Girl EP and albums like Lucky Boy and Lucky Boy at Night.  

French DJ, record producer and actor Cedric Gervais is known for his studio albums Experiment and Miamication, and for his remixes of songs of noted artists such as Miley Cyrus and Katy Perry. His remix of Lana Del Rey's Summertime Sadness that was released to American contemporary hit radio won him a 2014 Grammy Award for Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical.

Palestinian techno artist Sama' Abdulhadi soared to international fame after her 2018 Boiler Room debut. She is part of the collective The Union. Apart from performing at Hungary’s Sziget Festival and Germany’s Fusion Festival and being part of Beatport Residency, she has also recorded for BBC Radio 1.

French techno artist and DJ Shelby Stingley, better known as ONYVAA, often experiments with organic sounds, synths, drums, and the typical 1990s' warehouse techno and is often found scouting for vinyls in flea markets. She also owns the label Passeport. She is the sister of renowned actor Bentley Stingley.