This is a list of notable French people who were born outside present-day Metropolitan France or Overseas France. A Vincent Aka-Akesse – wrestler, born in N'zi-Comoé, Côte d'Ivoire Manuel Anatol – footballer, born in Irun, Spain Anggun – singer-songwriter, born in Jakarta, Indonesia B Édouard Balladur – former Prime Minister of France, born in Izmir, Turkey Mansour Bahrami – tennis player, born in Arak, Iran Carla Bruni – model, singer, former first lady of France, born in Turin, Italy C Jacques Cheminade – politician, born in Buenos Aires, Argentina Frédéric François Chopin - composer and virtuoso pianist, born in , Żelazowa Wola, Poland William Christie – musician, born in Buffalo, New York, United States Carlos Curbelo – footballer, born in San José de Mayo, Uruguay Marie Curie – physicist, chemist, born in Warsaw, Kingdom of Poland D Vencelas Dabaya – weightlifter, born in Kumba, Cameroon Dalida – singer, born in Cairo, Egypt Fatou Dieng – basketball player, born in Kayar, Senegal Didier Drogba – footballer, born in Abidjan, Ivory Coast E Patrice Evra – footballer, born in Dakar, Senegal F G Greg – cartoonist, born in Ixelles, Belgium Élisabeth Guigou – politician, born in Marrakesh, French Morocco (now Morocco) H Anne Hidalgo – Mayor of Paris, born in San Fernando, Spain I J Eva Joly – politician, born in Grünerløkka, Oslo, Norway Lloyd Jones – ice skater, born in Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom K L Pierre Lellouche – politician, born in Tunis, French Tunisia (now Tunisia) Axelle Lemaire – lawyer and former politician, born in Ottawa, Canada; mother is French M Jean-Luc Mélenchon – politician, born in Tangier International Zone (now Tangier, Morocco) N O P Fleur Pellerin – politician, born in Seoul, South Korea Carlo Ponti – film producer, born in Magenta, Lombardy, Italy Q R Ségolène Royal – politician, born in Dakar, French West Africa (now Senegal) S Igor Stravinsky – composer, born in Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire (now Russia) T Kenzō Takada – fashion designer, born in Himeji, Hyōgo, Japan U V Najat Vallaud-Belkacem – politician, born in Bni Chiker, Morocco Manuel Valls – former Prime Minister of France, born in Barcelona, Spain W X Y Rama Yade – politician, born in Ouakam, Dakar, Senegal Z Zhang Chongren – artist and sculptor, born in Xujiahui, Shanghai, China References Foreign-born