* Rouen played a major part in the Flaubert novel "Madame Bovary".
* Pierre Corneille (1606–1684), tragik* Guillaume Couture (1617–1701), misijonar in diplomat v Quebecu po 1640* Adrien Auzout (1622–1691), astronom* Thomas Corneille (1625–1709), dramatik, brat Pierra Corneilla* Noel Alexandre (1630–1724), teolog in cerkveni zgodovinar* Catherine Primot-Thiéry (1640- ?