FAMOUS NATIVES

People listed are almost always native to the country. We do (on occasion) include those that have either lived within the country for most of their adult life, or have made a significant contribution to the country in their personal endeavors.

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A

• Marcel Achard playwright and scriptwriter
• Isabelle Adjani actress, singer
• Annabella actress
• Marie Antoinette former queen of france
• Jeanne d'Arc (joan of arc)
• Bernard Arnault entrepreneur
• Claude Autant-Lara film director

B

• Josephine Baker entertainer
• Honore de Balzac realist author
• Brigitte Bardot actress
• Harry Baur actor
• Raymond Barre economist, politician
• Jane Bathori opera singer
• Simone de Beauvoir author, feminist, philosopher
• Jean-Paul Belmondo actor
• Cyrano de Bergerac author
• Henri-Louis Bergson philosopher, nobel laureate
• Sarah Bernhardt actress
• Jules Berry actor
• Marcellin Berthelot chemist, politician
• Luc Besson film producer
• Liliane Bettencourt cosmetics
• Marcel Bich founder bic pens
• Juliette Binoche actress
• Georges Bizet composer of carmen
• Pierre Blanchar actor
• Jean-Pierre Blanchard inventor, aviation pioneer
• Louis Bleriot inventor, engineer, aviator
• Napoleon Bonaparte general, first republic president
• Etienne-Louis Boullee architect
• Carole Bouquet actress
• Andre Bourvil actor, singer
• Charles Boyer actor
• Louis Braille inventor
• Pierre Brasseur actor, director
• Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza congo explorer
• Ettore Bugatti automobile manufacturer

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