*Bashar al-Assad *Bill Bryson - American travel writer *Tom Clancy - American author. *Johnny Depp - American actor (lives in France) *Frankie Dettori *Bernard Herrmann *Charlton Heston - American actor *Madonna - American singer and wife of Guy Ritchie *Richard Löwenthal German sociologist . *Howard Phillips Lovecraft Iconic horror author *Nelson Mandela *René Massigli French diplomat . *Paul Mellon *Hayao Miyazaki *Guy Mollet - Former English teacher, who became Prime Minister of France in 1956 and in September of that year suggested to British Prime Minister Anthony Eden the idea of a Franco-British Union. After Eden turned this proposal down, he put forward the idea of France joining the Commonwealth of Nations but this was likewise rejected. *Wolfgang Mommsen German historian *Gwyneth Paltrow *Stephen Sondheim *George Takei *Otto Heinrich Warburg *Jack White *Evan Rachel Wood