Artists •
Antoine Samuel Adam-Salomon (1818–1881), photographer and sculptor •
Christian Boltanski (1944–2021), photographer, sculptor and installation artist (half Jewish) •
Claude Cahun (1894–1954), photographer •
André François (1915–2005), cartoonist •
Alexandre Frenel (1899–1981), École de Paris painter •
Marcel Gotlib (1934–2016), comics artist •
Michel Kikoine (1892–1968), Russian Empire-born painter •
Moise Kisling (1891–1953), Polish-born painter •
Camille Pissarro (1830–1903), Danish West Indies-born painter widely considered the "father of
Impressionism" •
Willy Ronis (1910–2009), photographer •
Joann Sfar (born 1971), cartoonist, film director •
Chaïm Soutine (1893–1943), Belarusian-born painter •
Roland Topor (1938–1997), illustrator, novelist •
Pauline Trigère (1909–2002), fashion designer •
Ossip Zadkine (1890–1967), Russian-born sculptor (half Jewish)
Film and stage •
Anouk Aimée (1932–2024), actress •
Alexandre Aja (born 1978), film director (
Haute Tension) •
Mathieu Amalric (born 1965), actor, film director (half Jewish) •
Richard Anconina (born 1953), actor •
Alexandre Arcady (born 1947), film director, scriptwriter •
Arthur (born 1966), Moroccan-born TV producer, TV host •
Aure Atika (born 1970), actress, writer and director •
Yvan Attal (born 1965), Israeli-born filmmaker, actor •
Jean-Pierre Aumont (1911–2001), actor •
Guy Béart (1930–2015), Egyptian-born singer and songwriter •
Emmanuelle Béart (born 1963), actress (half Jewish), daughter of Guy Béart •
Véra Belmont (born 1932), film producer, director and screenwriter •
Maurice Benichou (1943–2019), actor •
Raymond Bernard (1891–1977), film director and screenwriter, son of
Tristan Bernard and brother of
Jean-Jacques Bernard •
Sarah Bernhardt (1844–1923), stage actress (half Jewish) •
Claude Berri (1934–2009), film director, producer, actor and writer •
Simone Bitton (born 1955), Moroccan-born French-Israeli documentary filmmaker •
Pierre Braunberger (1905–1990), film producer •
Alain Chabat (born 1958), actor, writer, director •
David Charvet (born 1972), French-born actor and singer (
Baywatch) (half Jewish) •
Elie Chouraqui (born 1953), film director, producer, scriptwriter, actor •
Gerard Darmon (born 1948), actor, singer •
Charles Denner (1926–1995), Polish-born actor •
Marcel Dalio (1900–1983), actor •
Pascal Elbé (born 1967), actor •
Gad Elmaleh (born 1971), Moroccan-born humorist, actor, film director, singer, brother of Arié •
Daniel Emilfork (1924–2006), Chilean-born actor •
Jean Epstein (1897–1953), filmmaker, film theorist, literary critic, and novelist (half Jewish) •
Sami Frey (born 1937), actor, director, movie actor •
Charlotte Gainsbourg (born 1971), actress, singer (half Jewish); daughter of
Serge Gainsbourg •
Eva Green (born 1980), actress (half Jewish), daughter of
Marlène Jobert •
Roger Hanin (1925–2015), actor, director •
Serge Hazanavicius (born 1963), actor •
Michel Hazanavicius (born 1967), film director, screenwriter, and producer •
Anna Held (1872–1918), Polish-born actress •
Isabelle Huppert (born 1953), actress (half Jewish) •
Agnès Jaoui (born 1964), director and actress •
Marlène Jobert (born 1940), actress, author, singer; mother of
Eva Green •
Elie Kakou (1960–1999), humorist, actor •
Marin Karmitz (born 1938), Romanian-born producer •
Tcheky Karyo (born 1953), film actor •
Mathieu Kassovitz (born 1967), film director, actor, producer (half Jewish), son of
Peter Kassovitz •
Peter Kassovitz (born 1938), Hungarian-born film director and scriptwriter •
Cédric Klapisch (born 1961), film director •
Diane Kurys (born 1948), filmmaker and actress •
Arlette Langmann (born 1946); film editor and screenwriter; sister of
Claude Berri •
Greg Lansky (born 1982), pornographic film producer •
Claude Lanzmann (1925–2018), filmmaker •
Mélanie Laurent (born 1983), actress, singer, director •
Claude Lelouch (born 1937), director •
Gilles Lellouche (born 1972), actor (half Jewish) •
Marcel Marceau (1923–2007), mime artist •
Jean-Pierre Melville (1917–1973), film director and screenwriter •
Radu Mihăileanu (born 1958), Romanian-born film director, screenwriter, poet •
Claude Miller (1942–2012), director •
Serge Moati (born 1946),
Tunisian-born film director, screenwriter, journalist, artist, political consultant •
Jean-Pierre Mocky (1929–2019), film director, screenwriter and actor •
Marcel Ophüls (born 1927), German-born documentary filmmaker, son of
Max Ophüls •
Max Ophüls (1902–1957), German-born film director, father of
Marcel Ophüls •
Gérard Oury (1919–2006), film director, screenwriter; father of
Danièle Thompson •
Roman Polanski (born 1933), film director, screenwriter, actor (three-fourths Jewish) •
Rachel (1821–1858), Swiss-born stage actress •
Éric Rochant (born 1961), film director and screenwriter. •
Alexandra Rosenfeld (born 1986),
Miss France 2006 •
Ida Rubinstein (1885–1960), Russian-born Belle Epoque icon •
Suzanne Schiffman (1929–2001), screenwriter, film director (half Jewish) •
Simone Signoret (1921–1985), German-born actress (half Jewish) •
Tomer Sisley (born 1974), German-born actor and comedian •
Estelle Skornik (born 1971), actress •
Nicole Stéphane (1923–2007), film producer, actress, and director •
Charlotte Szlovak (born 1947), Moroccan-born cinematographer, film director, and screenwriter •
Michael Vartan (born 1968), actor (half Jewish) •
Francis Veber (born 1937), film director, playwright and screenwriter (half Jewish) •
André Weinfeld (born 1947), film and television producer, director, screenwriter, photographer and journalist •
William Wyler (1902–1981), film director •
Yolande Zauberman, film director and screenwriter
Musicians •
Charles-Valentin Alkan (1813–1888), composer and pianist •
Franck Amsallem (born 1961), Algerian-born jazz pianist and composer •
Monique Andrée Serf (1930–1997), French singer known as Barbara •
Keren Ann (born 1974), Israeli-born folk singer •
Thomas Bangalter (born 1975), French musician known as half of the electro duo
Daft Punk •
Patrick Bruel (born 1959), singer, musician, actor •
Barbara Butch (born 1981), DJ, activist •
Marcel Dadi (1951–1996), guitarist •
Joe Dassin (1938–1980), American-born singer, son of
Jules Dassin •
Mike Brant (1947–1975), singer •
Natalie Dessay (born 1965), opera singer soprano (converted to Judaism) •
Sacha Distel (1933–2004), singer, guitarist •
Paul Dukas (1865–1935), composer •
Jean Ferrat (1930–2010), singer-songwriter, poet •
Serge Gainsbourg (1928–1991), singer-songwriter, musician, film composer, actor, film director, writer; father of
Charlotte Gainsbourg •
David Guetta (born 1967), DJ, remixer, songwriter •
Fromental Halévy (1799–1862), composer •
Ludovic Halévy (1834–1908), librettist; son of
Élie Halévy •
Jenifer (born 1982), French pop singer (half Jewish) •
Joseph Kosma (1905–1969), Hungarian-born film composer •
Norbert Krief (born 1956), guitarist •
Jacques Lanzmann (1927–2006), lyricist; brother of
Claude Lanzmann •
René Leibowitz (1913–1972), Polish-born composer •
Daniel Lévi (1961-2022), singer, composer •
Enrico Macias (born 1938), Algerian-born singer, guitarist •
Emmanuelle Haïm (born 1967),
harpsichordist and
conductor (half Jewish) •
Darius Milhaud (1892–1974), composer, member of the
Groupe des six •
Pierre Monteux (1875–1964), conductor •
Georges Moustaki (1934–2013), Egyptian-born composer, singer •
Yael Naim (born 1978), singer-songwriter, guitarist •
Jacques Offenbach (1819–1880), German-born composer •
Catherine Ringer (born 1957), singer-songwriter, actress •
Sapho (born 1950), Moroccan-born singer •
David Serero (born 1981), French opera singer, actor, producer; his parents are Sephardi Jews from Morocco •
Martial Solal (1927–2024), jazz pianist and composer •
Tal (born 1989), Israeli-born pop / R'n'B singer •
Alexandre Tansman (1897–1986), Polish-born composer, pianist •
Daniel Vangarde (born 1947), French songwriter and producer, father of
Thomas Bangalter •
Émile Waldteufel (1837–1915), composer ==Writers and poets==