List of people from Grenoble
The following is a list of notable people born in or associated with the French city of Grenoble, Isère.
Grenoblois natives
The city was the birthplace of the following people.
- Francis Regis Clet (1748–1820), martyr saint of China
- Antoine Marini (15th century), theologian, political thinker and diplomat, adviser to King George Podiebrad of Bohemia
- Jacques de Vaucanson (1709–1782), inventor of the automated loom and an automaton known as the Digesting Duck
- Jacques Rochette de La Morlière (1719–1785), 18th-century French playwright and writer.
- Étienne Bonnot de Condillac (1715–1780), writer of the Enlightenment
- Joseph-Gaspard Dubois-Fontanelle (1727–1812), journalist and playwright
- Claude Périer (1742–1801), public figure of the French Revolution and French Directory, banker
- Pierre Joseph Joubert de La Salette (1743–1833), General, musicologist
- Jean Joseph Mounier (1758–1806), politician
- Antoine Barnave (1761–1793), orator of the French Revolution
- Camille Teisseire (1764–1842), industrialist and public figure of the French Revolution
- Rose Philippine Duchesne (1769–1852), religious sister, educator and saint of the Catholic Church
- Casimir Pierre Périer (1777–1832), statesman
- Stendhal (1783–1842), author
- Léon Roches (1809–1901), diplomat
- Henri Fantin-Latour (1836–1904), painter
- Charles Bertier (1860–1924), landscape painter
- Lionel Terray (1921–1965), climber
- Michel Calonne (born 1927), writer
- Ultra Violet (born 1935), artist, author and former colleague of the American artist Andy Warhol
- Johnny Servoz-Gavin (1942–2006), motor-racing driver
- Andre the Giant (real name André René Roussimoff; 1946–1993), wrestler and actor
- Michel Lotito (1950–2007), entertainer
- Maurice Dantec (born 1959), science-fiction author
- Sami Bouajila (born 1966), actor
- Christophe Aribert (born 1971), chef; holds two Michelin stars and four toques Gault Millau
- Seyhan Kurt (born 1971), poet and writer
- Fabrice Bellard (born 1972), computer programmer and author of FFmpeg
- Miss Kittin (real name Caroline Hervé; born 1973), electronica-music singer
- Vincent Clerc (born 1981), professional rugby union player (wing position)
- Olivier Giroud (born 1986), former Grenoble Foot 38 footballer, who now plays for English Premier League side Chelsea
Grenoblois residents
The following people have resided in Grenoble.
(sorted by year of birth)
- Pierre Terrail, seigneur de Bayard (1473–1524)
- François de Bonne, duc de Lesdiguières (1543–1626) – lieutenant-general of Dauphiné
- Abel Servien (1593–1659) – diplomat
- Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712–1778) – philosopher and writer
- Jean-François Champollion (1790–1832) – Egyptologist
- Joseph Fourier (1768–1830) – mathematician and physicist
- Louis Néel (1904–2000) – physicist
- Pierre Mendès France (1907–1982) – French prime minister
- Jean-Luc Godard (born 1930) – film director
- Youri Djorkaeff (born 1968) – association footballer; member of winning Team France at the 1998 FIFA World Cup and at the UEFA Euro 2000
- Cristobal Huet (born 1975) – professional ice hockey goaltender (Chicago Blackhawks)
- Katsuni (born 1979) – professional pornographic actress; studied at the Grenoble Institute of Political Studies
- Julien Brellier (born 1982) – association footballer; former team member of Heart of Midlothian F.C.
