Most Famous French Athletes
France has produced 1,554 notable athletes throughout history, led by Zinedine Zidane. Rankings are drawn from a cross-verified academic dataset of 152,953 people.
Category All
Citizenship All
ZZ
Zinedine Zidane French Football Born 1972
#
257
TH
Thierry Henry French Football Born 1977
#
832
MP
Michel Platini French Football Born 1955
#
1,670
PP
Paul Pogba French Football Born 1993
#
2,191
FR
Franck Ribéry French Football Born 1983
#
2,245
PV
Patrick Vieira French Football Born 1976
#
2,293
LT
Lilian Thuram French Football Born 1972
#
3,171
TP
Tony Parker French Basket Born 1982
#
3,277
YN
Yannick Noah French Player Born 1960
#
3,562
LB
Laurent Blanc French Football Born 1965
#
3,951
AP
Alain Prost French Driver Born 1955
#
4,168
BL
Bixente Lizarazu French Football Born 1969
#
4,227
MD
Marcel Desailly French Football Born 1968
#
4,914
NA
Nicolas Anelka French Football Born 1979
#
5,676
BM
Blaise Matuidi French Football Born 1987
#
5,884
DC
Djibril Cissé French Football Born 1981
#
6,277
MV
Mathieu Valbuena French Football Born 1984
#
6,473
BH
Bernard Hinault French Sport Born 1954
#
6,550
CK
Christian Karembeu French Football Born 1970
#
6,885
SU
Samuel Umtiti French Football Born 1993
#
6,949