# List of people from Lyon

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
* Émile Dufresne (1861–1942) – inventor and engineer known for his contributions to the resistive touchscreen
* 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
* Farès Chaïbi (born 2002) – football player

## Gallery

* Claudius
* Caracalla
* Louise Labé
* André-Marie Ampère
* Juliette Récamier
* Guignol
* André César Vermare
* Paul Bocuse
* Ludovic Giuly
* Pauline Peyraud-Magnin