List of people from Lyon

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

Religious figures[edit]

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

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

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

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

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
Daphné Collignon (born 1977) – comic book author

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

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

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) – jazz violinist
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
David Charvet (born 1972) – actor and singer
Frank Rivoire (born 1984) – electronic musician
Mike Lévy (born 1985) – electronic musician

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
Samuel Umtiti (born 1993) – football player