List of sons and daughters of the city of Lille
The following list contains personalities born in Lille , listed chronologically by year of birth. The list does not claim to be complete.
Personalities born in Lille
Until 1800
- Alanus from Insulis (~ 1120–1202), scholastic, poet and Cistercian monk
- Isabella of Hainaut (1170–1190), Queen of France
- Matthias de L'Obel (1538-1616), botanist
- Wallerant Vaillant (1623–1677), Dutch painter
- Noël Martin Joseph de Necker (1730–1793), German doctor and botanist
- Charles-Joseph Panckoucke (1736–1798), writer and publisher
- Pascal-François-Joseph Gossellin (1751–1830), archaeologist
- Augustin Dumon-Dumortier (1791–1852), Belgian industrialist, diplomat and President of the Senate
1801 to 1850
- Alphonse Gratry (1805–1872), Catholic religious teacher and priest
- Félicien de Saulcy (1807–1890), archaeologist, orientalist and numismatist
- Auguste-Joseph Franchomme (1808–1884), cellist and composer
- Jules Gailhabaud (1810–1888), art historian
- Louis Faidherbe (1818-1889), General
- Louis-Gabriel Bellon (1819–1899), antique collector
- Édouard Lalo (1823-1892), composer
- Victor Delannoy (1825–1887), composer, violinist and music teacher
- Paul Gachet (1828–1909), doctor
- Philibert Vrau (1829–1905), organizer of the first International Eucharistic Congress
- Emile Auguste Carolus-Duran (1837–1917), painter
- Alfred Agache (1843–1915), painter
1851 to 1900
- Charles Barrois (1851–1939), geologist and paleontologist
- George Edward Bonsor Saint-Martin (1855–1930), painter and archaeologist
- Albert Samain (1858–1900), poet
- Emmanuel Villanis (1858-1914), artist
- Eugène Deully (1860–1933), painter
- Charles Doudelet (1861–1938), painter, printmaker and illustrator
- Émile Bernard (1868–1941), painter, printmaker, art theorist and novelist
- Jean-Baptiste Perrin (1870–1942), physicist and Nobel Prize winner
- Laurent Riboulet (1871–1960), tennis player
- Charles Quef (1873–1931), organist and composer
- Georges Lefèbvre (1874–1959), historian
- René Vierne (1878–1918), composer and organist
- Gabriel Grovlez (1879–1944), conductor and composer
- Michel d'Herbigny (1880–1957), orientalist and secret bishop
- René Tartara (1881–1922), swimmer and water polo player
- Céliny Chailley-Richez (1884–1973), pianist and music teacher
- Achille Liénart (1884–1973), Bishop of Lille
- Maurice Garçon (1889–1967), writer, lawyer and historian
- Charles de Gaulle (1890–1970), general and politician
- Roger Salengro (1890–1936), politician
- Julien Duvivier (1896–1967), author and director
- Henri Dulieux (1897–1982), fencer
- Renée Adorée (1898–1933), actress
- Yves Béquignon (1899–1990), archaeologist and epigraphist
- Pierre Chantraine (1899–1974), Graecist
- Pierre Coquelin de Lisle (1900–1980), marksman
1901 to 1950
- Gaston Waringhien (1901–1991), linguist and historian of religion
- Jean Dieudonné (1906–1992), mathematician
- Marcel Bernard (1914–1994), tennis player
- Jean Dubuisson (1914–2011), architect
- Madeleine Damerment (1917–1944), agent in the British Special Operations Executive (SOE).
- Jean Dewasne (1921–1999), painter, sculptor and author
- Marceau Somerlinck (1922-2005), football player
- Yvonne Choquet-Bruhat (* 1923), mathematician and theoretical physicist
- Alain Decaux (1925–2016), historian and radio presenter
- Philippe Noiret (1930–2006), actor
- Alain Abbott (* 1938), accordion player and composer
- Isabelle Aubret (born 1938), singer
- Patrick Leclercq (* 1938), Prime Minister of the Principality of Monaco
- Jean-Pierre Wallez (* 1939), violinist and music teacher
- Gilles Béhat (* 1949), director
From 1951
- Étienne Ghys (* 1954), mathematician
- Didier Six (* 1954), football player
- François Boucq (* 1955), comic artist
- Dominique Plancke (* 1957), politician
- Luc Crépy (* 1958), Bishop of Le Puy-en-Velay
- Renauld de Dinechin (* 1958), Bishop of Soissons
- Sylvie Goddyn (* 1964), politician
- Didier Havet (* 1964), jazz musician
- Pierre Grimbert (* 1970), fantasy author
- Guillaume Leblon (* 1971), artist
- Damien Deroubaix (* 1972), painter, sculptor and wood cutter
- Karl Dewolf (* 1972), ice hockey player
- Terence Fixmer (* 1972), producer
- Sébastien Boisseau (* 1974), jazz musician
- Antoine Sibierski (* 1974), football player
- Sylvie Becaert (* 1975), biathlete
- Étienne Bacrot (* 1983), chess player
- Romain Leleu (* 1983), trumpeter
- Anaïs Demoustier (* 1987), actress
- Morgane Ribout (* 1988), judoka
- Amandine Henry (* 1989), soccer player
- Gaël Kakuta (* 1991), French-Congolese football player
- Iris Mittenaere (* 1993), model and Miss Universe 2017
- Alassane Pléa (* 1993), football player
- Raphaël Varane (* 1993), football player
- Nabil Bentaleb (* 1994), Algerian football player