WMixel Berhokoirigoin was a Basque farmer and activist. He was the spokesperson for the self-styled group "Artisans of Peace" that promoted an act of disarmament of ETA in the Basque-French town of Baiona. He was part of a delegation of dialogue with the French Government.
WJean Chastel was a farmer and inn-keeper from the province of Gévaudan in France, noted for killing the Beast of Gévaudan on June 19, 1767 at Mont Mouchet.
WJean-Baptiste Onésime Dutrou-Bornier was a French mariner who settled on Easter Island in 1868, purchased much of the island, removed many of the Rapa Nui people and turned the island into a sheep ranch.
WAurélie Groizeleau is a French rugby union referee and former player, who has officiated at international level since 2018. As a player, she made five appearances for the France women's national rugby union team and five appearances for the France women's national rugby sevens team.
WMartin Guerre, a French peasant of the 16th century, was at the centre of a famous case of imposture. Several years after Martin Guerre had left his wife, child and village, a man claiming to be him appeared. He lived with Guerre's wife and son for three years.
WBernard Hinault is a French former professional cyclist. With 147 professional victories, including five in the Tour de France, he is often named among the greatest cyclists of all time.
WChristiane Lambert is a French farmer and agricultural trade unionist who has headed the Fédération Nationale des Syndicats d’Exploitants Agricoles since 2017. In 2020, she became the president of the Comité des Organisations Professionnelles Agricoles - Comité Général de la Coopération Agricole de l'Union Européenne.
WCount François de Nicolay was a member of the House of Nicolay in France who was a farm manager, arboriculturist, and a politician who was elected to the Senate of France.
WCharles Rieu aka. Charloun Rieu was a French farmer and poet. The French sculptor Louis Botinelly created a monument that commemorates his life.
WElisabeth Dieudonné Vincent was a Haitian-born free woman of color, businesswoman and international migrant. Born in 1798 in Saint-Domingue to a former slave and French father, she was illegitimate, although her father acknowledged her. In 1803, the family fled from the violence of the Haitian Revolution to Santiago de Cuba, where they completed paperwork to show that they were free. In 1809, when the Spanish authorities expelled French colonists because of the Peninsular War in Europe, she moved to New Orleans in the Antebellum South.