List of people from Lyon explained

This is a list of notable people associated with the French city of Lyon, Rhône.

Religious figures

• Saint Blandine (162 - 177 AD)Christian martyr
• Irenaeus (2nd century AD - 202) Bishop of Lugdunum in Gaul and early Christian martyr
• Sidonius Apollinaris (430 - 489)poet, diplomat, bishop
• Pierre Coton (1564 - 1626)Jesuit confessor to kings Henry IV and Louis XIII
• Alexandre Lanfant (1726 - 1792)French Jesuit
• Pierre-Simon Ballanche (1776 - 1847)Christian philosopher
• André Coindre (1787 - 1826)founder of the order of the Brothers of the Sacred Heart
• Mathias Loras (1792 - 1858)first bishop of American colonial Dubuque, Iowa
• Jean-Baptiste Pompallier (1801 - 1871)bishop
• Allan Kardec (1804 - 1869)systematizer of Spiritism
• Abbé Pierre (1912 - 2007)founder of the Emmaus Mouvement
• Shlomo Aviner (born 1943)religious Zionist rabbi

Financial figures

• Thomas I de Gadagne (1454-1533)banker
• Abbé Terray (1715 - 1778)controller general of finance under Louis XVI
• Jean-Claude Trichet (born 1942)president of Banque de France and European Central Bank
• Jérôme Kerviel (born 1977)trader
• Ernest Cadgene (1879-1934)businessman

Political figures

• Claudius (10 BC - 54 AD)Roman emperor
• Caracalla (186 - 217)Roman emperor
• Jules Favre (1809 - 1880)Republican statesman
• Étienne Rognon (1869-1948) politician
• Édouard Herriot (1872 - 1957)French Prime Minister
• Raymond Barre (1924-2007)French politician
• Dominique Perben (born 1945)politician
• Gérard Collomb (born 1947)politician and former mayor of Lyon
• Azouz Begag (born 1957)writer and politician

Military and French Resistance figures

• Claude Martin (1735 - 1800)soldier, colonial official, and posthumous founder of La Martiniere College
• Louis Gabriel Suchet (1770 - 1826)marshal of France
• Fleury Marius (1896 - 1972)aviator
• Jean Moulin (1899 - 1943)French Resistance leader
• Madeleine Lavigne (1912 - 1945)French resistance and agent for the Special Operations Executive

Surgeons, scientists, inventors

• André-Marie Ampère (1775 - 1836)physicist
  • Pierre Bouchet (1752–1794)head surgeon at Hôtel-Dieu Joseph Gensoul (1797 - 1858)surgeon
• Théodore Herpin (1799–1865)physician known for his work involving epilepsy
• Stephane Javelle (1864 - 1917)astronomer
• Edmond Locard (1877 - 1966)pioneer in forensic science
• Gerard Bérchet (1902-1990)inventor of nylon and neoprene
• Alain Mérieux (born 1938)billionaire founder of Lyon's BSL-4 Laboratory

Architects and urban planners

• Hector Guimard (1867 - 1942)Art Nouveau architect
• Tony Garnier (1869 - 1948)architect and urban planner

Authors and journalists

• François Rabelais (1494 - 1553)writer
• Maurice Scève (c. 1500 - c. 1564)poet
• Jeanne de La Saulcée (died 1559), publisher, printer, bookseller
• Louise Labé (c. 1520 - 1566)poet
• André Morellet (1727 - 1819)economist and writer
• Jean-Baptiste Say (1767 - 1832)economist and businessman
• Juliette Récamier (1777 - 1849) salonnière, writer
• Alphonse Balleydier (1810 - 1859)historiographer
• Joanny Augier (1813 - 1855)playwright and journalist
• Alexandre Lacassagne (1843 - 1924)criminologist
• Louis Maynard (1871 - 1940)writer and local historian
• Louis Jalabert (1877 - 1943)Jesuit archaeologist and epigrapher
• Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (1900 - 1944)aviation pioneer and writer
• Jean-Marc Théolleyre (1924 - 2011)journalist
• Marie de Hennezel (born 1946)psychologist, psychotherapist and writer
• Pierre Autin-Grenier (1947 - 2014)writer
• Yves Bonnardel (born 1967)activist, philosopher, writer and editor
• Daphné Collignon (born 1977)comic book author

Artists and chefs

• Jean-Baptiste Bertrand (1823 - 1887)painter
• Paul Bocuse (1926 - 2018)chef
• Jean-François Bony (1754 - 1825)artist
• Marie-Anne Leroudier (1838 - 1908)embroiderer
• Pierre Puvis de Chavannes (1824 - 1898)painter
• André César Vermare (1869 - 1949)sculptor

Cinema, theatre, television

• Laurent Mourguet (1769 - 1884)puppeteer, creator of Guignol
• Cristine Roux (1820 - 1863)courtesan, artist's model and actress
• Auguste and Louis Lumière (1862 - 1954; 1864 - 1948)inventors of the cinematograph
• Bernard Pivot (born 1935)journalist, television personality
• Bertrand Tavernier (1941 - 2021)film director
• Clovis Cornillac (born 1967)actor
• Éric Guirado (born 1968)film director and writer
• Florence Foresti (born 1973)humorist
• Jean-Baptiste Maunier (born 1990)actor
• Sylvie Testud (born 1971)actress
• Alexandre Astier (born 1974)actor, scriptwriter, film director, editor, composer, comedian, musician and humorist

Musicians

• Marc Burty (1827 - 1903)music teacher, composer
• Charles-Marie Widor (1844 - 1937)organist, composer and conductor
• Louise Janssen (1863 - 1938)opera singer
• Marie Charbonnel (1880 - 1969)opera singer
• Adrien Rougier (1892 - 1984)organist, composer and conductor
• Maurice Jarre (1924 - 2009)composer
• Pierre Monichon (1925 - 2006)inventor of the Harmoneon and professor of historical musicology
• Marie-France Gaite (1941 - 1968)singer
• Jean-Michel Jarre (born 1948)electronic musician
• Pierre-Laurent Aimard (born 1957)pianist
• André Manoukian (born 1957)musician
• Jean-Yves Thibaudet (born 1961)pianist
• Liane Foly (born 1962)singer, humorist and actress
• Natalie Dessay (born 1965)opera singer
• Jason Kouchak (born 1967)pianist, composer
• David Charvet (born 1972)actor and singer
• Frank Rivoire (born 1984)electronic musician
• Mike Lévy (born 1985)electronic musician

Sports figures

• Eric Abidal (born 1979)football player
• Houssem Aouar (born 1998)football player
• Frederique Bangué (born 1976)athlete
• Karim Benzema (born 1987)football player
• Youri Djorkaeff (born 1968)football player
• Raymond Domenech (born 1952)football trainer and manager
• Hubert Dupont (born 1980) professional cyclist
• Ludovic Giuly (born 1976)football player
• Maurice Herzog (1919 - 2012)mountaineer
• Anthoine Hubert (1996 - 2019)racing driver
• Alexandre Lacazette (born 1991)football player
• Bernard Lacombe (born 1952)football player
• Amine Noua (born 1997)basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
• Émile Ntamack (born 1970)rugby union player
• Olivier Panis (born 1966)Formula One racing driver
• Gwendal Peizerat (born 1972)ice dancer
• Pauline Peyraud-Magnin (born 1992)football player
• Milan Thomas (born 1986) football player
• Samuel Umtiti (born 1993) football player

See also

• List of French people