1
Emma Watson
(Actress and Activist Best Known for Her Role of 'Hermione Granger' in the 'Harry Potter' Film Series)
882
185
2
Kylian Mbappé
(French Footballer Who Plays as a Forward and is Considered One of the Best Players in the World)
458
105
3
Eva Green
(Actress and Model Known for Her Independent Films: ‘Cracks’, ‘Womb’, and ‘Perfect Sense’)
122
33
4
N'Golo Kante
(Association football player)
116
25
5
Marion Cotillard
(French Actress Best Known for Her Films: 'La Vie en Rose' and 'Two Days, One Night')
69
16
6
Claude Monet
(French Painter and Founder of 'Impressionism')
102
12
Listed In: Artists & Painters
Birthdate: November 14, 1840
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Died: December 5, 1926
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
7
Voltaire
(French Historian and Philosopher Known for His Wit and His Pointed Social Critique)
66
9
8
Napoleon III
(First President of France (1848-1852), Emperor of the French (1852-70))
70
21
9
Edith Piaf
(French Singer and One of Country's Most Widely Known International Stars)
75
18
Listed In: Singers
Birthdate: December 19, 1915
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Died: October 11, 1963
Height: 4'10" (147 cm)
10
Mélanie Laurent
(Known for Her Performance in ‘Now You See Me’ and ‘Inglourious Basterds’)
32
9
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: February 21, 1983
Sun Sign: Pisces
Height: 5'2" (157 cm)
11
Jean-Paul Sartre
(Novelist, Playwright, & Philosopher)
28
11
12
Sophie Marceau
(French Actress Known for Her Films: 'Braveheart', 'Anna Karenina' and 'The World Is Not Enough')
36
10
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: November 17, 1966
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Height: 5'8" (173 cm)
13
Yo-Yo Ma
(American Grammy-Award Winning Cellist )
59
7
14
Marquis de Sade
(French Writer Whose Perverse Sexual Preferences and Erotic Writings gave Rise to the Term 'Sadism')
19
8
15
Vincent Cassel
(French Actor Known for His Role in the 'Ocean's' Trilogy and Titular Role in the Biopic 'Mesrine')
10
3
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: November 23, 1966
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Height: 6'2" (188 cm)
16
Simone de Beauvoir
(French Existentialist Philosopher, Writer, Social Theorist, and Feminist Activist)
35
10
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: January 9, 1908
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Died: April 14, 1986
17
Paul Gauguin
(French Post-Impressionist Artist)
29
10
18
DJ Snake
(French Record Producer, DJ and Songwriter Known for His Singles ‘Bird Machine’ and ‘Turn Down for What’)
54
17
19
Catherine Deneuve
(Actress and Singer)
28
8
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: October 22, 1943
Sun Sign: Libra
Height: 5'5" (165 cm)
20
Juliette Binoche
(Actress Known for Her Films: 'The English Patient ', 'Chocolat' and 'Certified Copy')
16
8
21
Antoine Lavoisier
(French Chemist Who Discovered the Role of Oxygen in Combustion)
58
13
22
Pierre Curie
(Nobel Laureate in Physics)
21
8
23
Charles Aznavour
(One of the Greatest Songwriters in the History of Music and an Icon of 20th-Century Pop Culture.)
44
6
24
Edgar Degas
(French Impressionist Artist Best Known for His Pastel Drawings and Oil Paintings)
46
5
25
Emile Zola
(French Novelist & Playwright Known for His Works 'Les Rougon-Macquart' and 'Thérèse Raquin')
19
4
26
Irène Joliot-Curie
(French Physicist, Politician and Winner of the 1935 Nobel Prize in Chemistry)
38
2
27
Dominique Wilkins
(Basketball Player)
18
2
28
Isabelle Huppert
(French Actress Best Known for Playing Cold and Disdainful Characters)
11
5
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: March 16, 1953
Sun Sign: Pisces
Height: 5'2" (157 cm)
29
Isabelle Adjani
(French Actress and Singer Who is the Only Person in History to Win Five César Awards)
11
7
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: June 27, 1955
Sun Sign: Cancer
Height: 5'5" (165 cm)
30
Jacques Chirac
(President of France (1995 - 2007))
10
4
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: November 29, 1932
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Died: September 26, 2019
Height: 6'2" (188 cm)
31
Jean-Luc Godard
(Film Director and a Pioneer of the 1960s 'French New Wave' Film Movement)
8
4
Listed In: Critics & Connoisseurs
Birthdate: December 3, 1930
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Died: September 13, 2022
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)
32
Édouard Manet
(French Modernist Painter Known for His Work ‘The Luncheon on the Grass’ and ‘Olympia’)
21
2
Listed In: Artists & Painters
Birthdate: January 23, 1832
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Died: April 30, 1883
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
33
Charles Baudelaire
(French Poet Known for His Handling of Rhyme & Rhythm and His Book 'Les Fleurs du mal')
13
2
34
Camille Saint-Saëns
(One of the Greatest Organists and Composers of the Romantic Era)
28
2
35
Charles Perrault
(Iconic French Author Who Laid the Foundations for a New Literary Genre, the 'Fairy Tale')
10
3
36
Georges Seurat
(French Post-Impressionist Artist Who Devised the Painting Techniques Known as 'Chromoluminarism' and 'Pointillism')
11
2
37
Moliere
(French Playwright and One of the Greatest Writers of French Comedy)
24
2
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: January 15, 1622
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Died: February 17, 1673
38
15
4
39
François Truffaut
(One of the Founders of the 'French New Wave' Art Movement & An Icon of the French Film Industry)
12
3
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: February 6, 1932
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Died: October 21, 1984
Height: 5'6" (168 cm)
40
Gaël Monfils
(Tennis star who reached the number-seven world ranking)
8
5
41
Charles VII of France
(Former King of France (1422 - 1461))
15
2
42
Christian Louboutin
(designer)
4
1
43
Jeanne Moreau
(Actress)
16
4
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: January 23, 1928
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Died: July 31, 2017
Height: 5'3" (160 cm)
44
Serge Gainsbourg
(One of the World's Most Influential Pop Musicians)
11
9
Listed In: Singers
Birthdate: February 2, 1928
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Died: March 2, 1991
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
45
Sarah Bernhardt
(One of the Most Popular French Actresses of the Late 19th and Early 20th Century)
14
2
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: October 23, 1844
Sun Sign: Libra
Died: March 26, 1923
Height: 5'3" (160 cm)
46
Liliane Bettencourt
(Principal Shareholder of ‘L'Oréal’ and the Richest Woman of the World at the Time of Her Death)
9
1
47
Lily-Rose Depp
(Actress, Model and Daughter of the American Actor, Johnny Depp, and French Actress Vanessa Paradis)
156
74
48
Brigitte Bardot
(French Actress and Singer Known for Her Films: ‘And God Created Woman’ and ‘Viva Maria!’)
69
11
49
Jacques-Louis David
(Painter)
10
4
50
Jean Dujardin
(Actor)
8
3
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: June 19, 1972
Sun Sign: Gemini
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
