Below are lists of notable French people of immigrant origin (at least one great-grandparent due to their families' lineages).
Algeria Actors and filmmakers
Kev Adams, actor Isabelle Adjani, actress Daniel Auteuil, actor Jean-Pierre Bacri, actor Leïla Bekhti, actress Yamina Benguigui, film director, Junior Minister for French Nationals Abroad and Relations with La Francophonie (French-language countries worldwide) at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Jean Benguigui, actor Richard Berry, actor Dany Boon, actor, comedian Rachid Bouchareb, film director Sofia Boutella, actress Rachida Brakni, actress Alain Chabat, comedian, film director, scriptwriter and producer Élie Chouraqui, film director, producer and scriptwriter Gérard Darmon, actor Samir Guesmi, actor Roger Hanin, actor filmmaker Hafsia Herzi, actress Salim Kechiouche, actor Claude Lelouch, film director, producer, scriptwriter and actor Jalil Lespert, actor Maïwenn, actress, film director Kad Merad, actor Samy Naceri, actor Marie-José Nat, actress Mehdi Nebbou, actor Safy Nebbou, actor Daniel Prévost, actor and comedian Tahar Rahim, actor Sabrina Ouazani, actress Samy Seghir, actor Zinedine Soualem, actor Michaël Youn, actor Malik Zidi, actor
Singers and musicians
Chimène Badi, singer Amel Bent, singer Cheb Mami, singer Chico Bouchikhi, singer, co-founder of the Gipsy Kings Patrick Bruel, singer Étienne Daho, singer DJ Mam's, DJ, music producer DJ Snake, DJ Quentin Elias, singer, part of Alliage Kenza Farah, singer Faudel, singer Indila, singer Jenifer, singer Camélia Jordana, singer Khaled, singer Sheryfa Luna, singer Slimane, singer Enrico Macias, singer Médine, rapper Marcel Mouloudji, poet and singer Merwan Rim, singer Martial Solal, jazz pianist
Sportspeople
Karim Benzema, footballer Nabil Fekir, footballer Alphonse Halimi, boxer Kylian Mbappé, footballer Maxime Mermoz, professional rugby union footballer Riyad Mahrez, footballer Alfred Nakache, swimmer, water polo Samir Nasri, footballer Alain Mimoun, Olympic marathon champion Brahim Zaibat, dancer Zinedine Zidane, football manager and former player Rédouane Hennouni-Bouzidi, athlete
Others
Fadela Amara, Secretary of State Kader Arif, Junior Minister for Veterans at the French Ministry of Defence Jacques Attali, economist, writer Amin Maalouf, author Alain Bashung, author, composer, performer and comedian Azouz Begag, writer and politician Nabilla Benattia, reality TV personality Nina Bouraoui, writer Hélène Cixous, writer Annie Cohen-Solal, writer Claude Cohen-Tannoudji, physicist, Nobel Prize (1997) Jean-François Copé, politician Rachida Dati, Minister of Justice Jacques Derrida, philosopher Julien Dray, politician Jean-Pierre Elkabbach, journalist Bernard-Henri Lévy, writer and philosopher Arnaud Montebourg, France's Minister of Industrial Renewal since May 2012« Berbéritude républicaine» Benjamin Stora, historian
Argentina
Keny Arkana, singer and rap artist Bérénice Bejo, actress David Trezeguet, football player Bigflo & Oli, hip-hop duo
Armenia
Simon Abkarian, actor Serge Avédikian, producer Charles Aznavour, singer Édouard Balladur, former Prime Minister Jean Carzou, painter Patrick Devedjian, ministre Youri Djorkaeff, soccer player Patrick Fiori, singer Robert Guédiguian, film director Francis Kurkdjian, perfumer Marie Laforêt, actress Michel Legrand, music composer, arranger, conductor, pianist and prolific movie & TV score composer Missak Manouchian, poet, communist militant during World War II André Manoukian, composer, musician Mathieu Madénian, humorist, actor Alain Prost, racing driver Hélène Ségara, singer Jean Ter-Merguerian, violinist Michael Vartan, actor Sylvie Vartan, singer, of partial Jewish ancestry Francis Veber, film director, screenwriter and producer and theater playwright Henri Verneuil, filmmaker
Australia Tina Arena, singer Katrina Patchett, dancer
Austria
Marie Antoinette, last queen of France, from 1774 until 1792 Nora Arnezeder, actress Yael Grobglas, actress Romy Schneider, actress Erich von Stroheim, actor
Bangladesh Zamor, servant of Madame du Barry
Belgium
Booba, rapper Jacqueline, Countess of Hainaut, dauphine of France Raymond Devos, humorist Fiona Ferro, tennis player David Guetta, house music DJ Johnny Hallyday, singer Pierre Louÿs, poet and writer Olivier Minne, television presenter Iris Mittenaere, Miss France 2016 Agnès Varda, film director
Benin Flora Coquerel, Miss France 2014 Rudy Gestede, footballer Jules Koundé, footballer Valériane Vukosavljević, basketball player
Bermuda Vanessa James, figure skater
Bosnia Josiane Balasko, actress Brazil
Florent Amodio, figure skater Carla Bruni, singer and ex-First Lady of France Gil de Ferran, driver Jean-Louis de Rambures, journalist Carlos Ghosn, businessman Louane, singer Artur Avila, mathematician Pierre, Duke of Penthièvre, French Duke Princess Françoise of Orléans, French princess Prince Antônio Gastão of Orléans-Braganza, Brazilian prince Prince Luís of Orléans-Braganza, Brazilian prince Princess Francisca of Brazil, Brazilian princess Princess Januária of Brazil, Brazilian princess
British Isles
Samuel Beckett, novelist and writer Anastasia Griffith, actress Margaret Kelly, dancer Jeanne Moreau, actress Marie-Louise O'Murphy, mistress of Louis XV Oscar Wilde, writer Jane Birkin, actress Claudette Colbert, actress Nancy Cunard, writer Deanna Durbin, actress and singer Henrietta of England, English princess James FitzJames, military leader and son of James II of England Emma, Lady Hamilton, model and actress Olivia de Havilland, actress Delilah, singer Charlotte Gainsbourg, actress François Grosjean, psycholinguist and specialist on bilingualism Louise de Kérouaille, mistress of Charles II of England Emily Loizeau, singer Michael Lonsdale, actor Alexis Michalik, actor Diana Mitford, socialite Jeanne Moreau, actress and singer Oswald Mosley, politician Charlotte Rampling, actress Matthew Raymond-Barker, singer Louisa Maria Stuart, princess, daughter of James II of England Peter Townsend, Royal Air Force officer Uffie, singer Lucy Walter, mistress of Charles II of England Emma Watson, actress, Harry Potter film series Eadgifu of Wessex, queen of France Michel Adanson, botanist and naturalist Henri d'Angoulême, military commander during the Wars of Religion. Brice Lalonde, politician Sebastian Roché, actor Janet Stewart, mistress of Henry II Margaret Stewart, dauphine of France
Bulgaria
Tzvetan Todorov, essayist and historian Sylvie Vartan, singer
Cambodia Frédéric Chau, actor Indila, singer Bérénice Marlohe, actress Elodie Yung, actress
Cameroon
Dieudonné, comedian Antoinette Nana Djimou, heptathlete and pentathlete Kylian Mbappé, footballer Yannick Noah, former tennis player and singer Alex Song, footballer Aurélien Tchouaméni, footballer Gaëlle Nayo-Ketchanke, weightlifter Dora Tchakounté, weightlifter
Canada
Virginie Besson-Silla, film producer Deanna Durbin, actress and singer Mylène Farmer, singer Garou, singer Vanessa James, figure skater Charlotte Le Bon, actress Axelle Lemaire, politician Mary Pierce, tennis player Natasha St-Pier, singer
Cape Verde
Patrice Evra, footballer Lisandro Cuxi, singer Sara Martins, actress Central Africa Republic Kurt Zouma, footballer
Chile Sergio Coronado, politician Jena Lee, singer Marisol Touraine, politician
China
Frédéric Chau, actor Steevy Chong Hue, footballer Mylène Jampanoï, actress Bérénice Marlohe, actress Jean Pasqualini, journalist Dai Sijie, author and filmmaker Harmony Tan, tennis player Gao Xingjian, novelist Yiqing Yin, designer Jia Nan Yuan, tennis player Qi Xuefei, badminton player Pi Hongyan, badminton player Feng Xiao-min, artist Li Xue, table tennis player Lucie Zhang, actress Fan Hui, Go player
Comoros Rohff, rapper Soprano, singer Isaac Lihadji, footballer Arnaud Assoumani, athlete
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
Loïc Badiashile, footballer Presnel Kimpembe, footballer Cheick Kongo, mixed martial artist Steve Mandanda, footballer Blaise Matuidi, footballer Steven Nzonzi, footballer Victor Wembanyama, basketball player Maître Gims, rapper Tony Yoka, boxer Eduardo Camavinga, footballer Madeleine Malonga, judoka
Congo, Republic of the Yann M'Vila, footballer Yohan M'Vila, footballer Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, tennis player Séraphine Okemba, rugby player
Croatia
Josiane Balasko, actress Emmanuelle Béart, actress Tamara Horacek, handball player Nikola Karabatić, handball player Marko Muslin, football player Grégory Sertic, football player Adrien Thomasson, football player
Cuba
Chocolat, clown José-Maria de Heredia, poet Anaïs Nin, writer and novelist Marie de Régnier, poet
Cyprus Diam's, singer
Denmark Anna Karina, actress Ingeborg of Denmark, queen of France in 1193
Egypt
Richard Anthony, singer Guy Béart, author, composer and performer Emmanuelle Béart, actress Andrée Chedid, poet and novelist Louis Chedid, singer Matthieu Chedid, author, composer, and rock performer Indila, singer Nagui, TV and radio personality
Fiji Alivereti Raka, rugby player Virimi Vakatawa, rugby player
Gabon
Estelle Nze Minko, handball player Orlann Ombissa-Dzangue, sprinter Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, footballer Danièle Obono, politician Owanto, artist
Georgia
Dimitri Amilakhvari, colonel of French army Mamuka Gorgodze, rugby player Victoria Ravva, volleyball player Nino Maisuradze, chess player Tornike Gordadze, scientist Géla Babluani, film director Luka Mkheidze, judoka
Germany
Isabelle Adjani, actress Margravine Johanna of Baden-Baden, princess Anne Henriette of Bavaria, princess Isabeau of Bavaria, queen of France from 1385 until 1422 Maria Anna Victoria of Bavaria, dauphine of France Sophie Charlotte of Bavaria, duchess consort of Alençon Daniel Cohn-Bendit, politician Laurent Fabius, politician Claire Feuerstein, tennis player Marina Foïs, actress Jean-Jacques Goldman, singer Antoine Griezmann, footballer Robert Guédiguian, film director Adèle Haenel, actress Stéphane Hessel, diplomat, writer SCH, rapper Patricia Kaas, singer Gérard Lenorman, singer Louane, singer Helene of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Crown Princess Jacques Offenbach, composer and cellist Edward, Count Palatine of Simmern, count Elizabeth Charlotte, Madame Palatine, princess Louise Hollandine of the Palatinate, princess, abbess and painter Victoria of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, princess Gerberga of Saxony, queen of France from 939 to 954 Romy Schneider, actress Albert Schweitzer, theologian, organist and writer Gertrude Stein, novelist, poet and playwright Wendelin Werner, mathematician
Greece
Vassilis Alexakis, writer Nikos Aliagas, talk show host, singer Maria Callas, soprano Diam's, singer Adele Exarchopoulos, actress Georges Guétary, singer and dancer Gilles Marini, actor Georges Moustaki, singer Jean Moréas, poet Gabriella Papadakis, figure skater Agnès Varda, film director Iannis Xenakis, composer
Guinea
Black M, rapper Mohamed Sylla, rapper Paul Pogba, footballer
Haiti
Edgar Degas, artist Alexandre Dumas, writer Thomas-Alexandre Dumas, general Wagneau Eloi, football player Kery James, rapper Presnel Kimpembe, footballer Toussaint Louverture, leader of Haitian Revolution Johny Placide, football player Charles Terres Weymann, aeroplane racing pilot
Hungary
Lorànt Deutsch, actor and writer Clementia of Hungary, queen of France from 1315 until 1316 Mathieu Kassovitz, film director Nicolas Sarkozy, French president Sylvie Vartan, singer
India Indila, singer Rudgy Pajany, singer J. R. D. Tata, aviator
Prithika Pavade, table tennis player