List of people from Lyon
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This is a list of notable people associated with the French city of Lyon, Rhône.
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(list sorted by surname)
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- Éric Abidal (born 1979) – football player
- Pierre-Laurent Aimard (born 1957) – pianist
- André-Marie Ampère (1775–1836) – physicist
- Sidonius Apollinaris (430–489)
- Pierre Autin-Grenier (born 1947) – writer
- Shlomo Aviner (born 1943) – religious Zionist rabbi
- Pierre-Simon Ballanche (1776–1847) – Christian philosopher
- Frederique Bangue, athlete;
- Raymond Barre, French politician;
- Azouz Begag (born 1957) – writer and politician
- Karim Benzema (born 1987) – football player
- Paul Bocuse (born 1926), prominent chef (recipient of the "Chef of the Century" award);
- Pierre Bouchet (1752-1794) – Hôtel-Dieu Head Surgeon
- Caracalla (186–217) – Roman Emperor
- David Charvet (born 1972) – actor and singer
- Claudius (10 BC–54 AD) – Roman Emperor
- André Coindre (1787–1826) – founder of the order of the Brothers of the Sacred Heart
- Gérard Collomb, politician and current mayor of Lyon;
- Clovis Cornillac (born 1967) – actor
- Pierre Coton (1564–1626) – Jesuit confessor to kings Henry IV and Louis XIII
- Natalie Dessay, opera singer;
- Youri Djorkaeff (born 1968) – football player
- Raymond Domenech (born 1952) – football trainer and manager
- Hubert Dupont (Born 1980) – professional cyclist
- Jules Favre (1809–1880) – republican statesman
- Liane Foly, singer, humorist and actress;
- Florence Foresti (born 1973) – humorist
- Marie-France Gaîté (better known as Gribouille) (1941–1968) – singer
- Tony Garnier (1869–1948) – architect and utopian planner
- Joseph Gensoul (1797–1858) – surgeon
- Ludovic Giuly (born 1976) – football player
- Hector Guimard (1867–1942) – Art Nouveau architect
- Éric Guirado, film director and writer;
- Théodore Herpin, (1799-1865), physician known for his work involving epilepsy;
- Édouard Herriot (1872–1957) – French Prime Minister
- Maurice Herzog (born 1919) – mountaineer
- Irenaeus (2nd century AD – 202), Bishop of Lugdunum in Gaul and early Christian martyr;
- Jean Michel Jarre (born 1948) – musician
- Maurice Jarre (born 1924) – composer
- Stephane Javelle (1864–1917) – astronomer
- Allan Kardec (1804–1869) – systematizer of Spiritism
- Katsuni, pornographic actress;
- Jérôme Kerviel, trader;
- Seyhan Kurt, poet, writer;
- Louise Labé (also identified as La Belle Cordière) (c. 1520–1566) – poet
- Alexandre Lacassagne, criminologist;
- Bernard Lacombe (born 1952) – football player
- Edmond Locard, pioneer in forensic science;
- Mathias Loras (1792–1858) – first bishop of American colonial Dubuque, Iowa
- Auguste and Louis Lumière, inventors of cinematograph;
- André Manoukian, musician;
- Claude Martin (1735–1800) – soldier, colonial official, and posthumous founder of La Martiniere College
- Jean-Baptiste Maunier, actor;
- André Morellet (1727–1819) – economist and writer
- Jean Moulin hero and leader of the French Resistance during the Second World War;
- Émile Ntamack, rugby union player;
- Olivier Panis (born 1966) – Formula One racing driver
- Gwendal Peizerat (born 1972) – ice dancer
- Dominique Perben (born 1945) – politician
- Abbé Pierre (Henri Antoine Grouès) (1912–2007) – founder of the Emmaus Mouvement
- Bernard Pivot (born 1935) – journalist
- Maximine Portaz (pseudonym of Savitri Devi) (1905–1982) – esoteric Hitlerist author
- Pierre Puvis de Chavannes (1824–1898) – painter
- François Rabelais (1494–1553) – writer
- Juliette Récamier (1777–1849) – socialite
- Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (1900–1944) – aviation pioneer and writer
- Jean-Baptiste Say (1767–1832) – economist and businessman
- Maurice Scève (c. 1500–c. 1564) – poet
- Louis Gabriel Suchet, marshal of France, one of Napoleon's greatest generals;
- Bertrand Tavernier (born 1941) – film director
- Sylvie Testud, actress;
- Jean-Yves Thibaudet, pianist;
- 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
- André César Vermare (1869–1949), sculptor
- Frank Rivoire (also known as Danger) (born 1984) – Electronic Musician
- Mike Lévy (also known as Gesaffelstein) (born 1985) – Electronic Musician
Gallery
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Louise Labé
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Juliette Récamier
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Jean-Claude Trichet
