1970 births

Matteo Becucci (born in Livorno on 4 August 1970) is an Italian pop singer and musician, best known for winning the second season of the X Factor reality singing contest in 2009.

Ettore Bassi, full name Ettore Francesco Maria Bassi (born 16 April 1970), is an Italian actor and television presenter.

Bruno Salomone (born 13 July 1970) is a French actor and comedian.

Bruno Martini (born 1970) is a French team handball goalkeeper. He competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics, where the French team placed 4th, and also at the 2000 Summer Olympics, where the team placed 6th.

Joël Marc Abati (born 25 April 1970) is a French handball player who has played ten years for SC Magdeburg in Germany until 2007. After returning to France and playing two years for Montpellier HB he ended his professional career in 2009, having won numerous prizes for his clubs and his country. In November 2019 he signed as trainer for the Belgian club Sporting Pelt.With France national team he is Olympic champion in 2008, World champion in 2001 and 2009 and European champion in 2006.

Grégory Anquetil (born 1970) is a former French team handball player. He competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics, where the French team placed 4th, and also at the 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics. After his retirement from the sport, he provides commentary for handball matches for Canal plus.

Bruno Girard (born November 25, 1970, in Blois, France) was a French boxer who competed in the super middleweight and light heavyweight divisions, he held the WBA title in both divisions.

Richard Sainct (14 April 1970 – 29 September 2004) was a French rally raid motorcycle rider, best known for his three victories on The Paris-Dakar rally in 1999, 2000 and 2003.

Christine Malèvre (born 10 January 1970) is a former nurse who was arrested in 1998 on suspicion of having killed as many as 30 patients. She confessed to some of the murders, but claimed she had done so at the request of the patients, who were all terminally ill. France, however, does not recognize a right to die, and Malèvre eventually recanted most of her confessions. The families of several of her victims strongly denied that their relatives had expressed any will to die, much less asked Malèvre to kill them.

Stéphane Goubert (born 13 March 1970) is a French retired professional road bicycle racer. He finished in the top 20 of the Tour de France 3 times, with his highest finish being 16th in 2009, but he never managed to claim an individual win. He currently works for Decathlon–AG2R La Mondiale as an Assistant Sports Director.
Goubert was sports director at the 2020 Vuelta a España. In 2007 Goubert placed the highest out of all french riders in the 2007 Tour de France and 2007 Vuelta a España.