List of sons and daughters of the city of Lyon
The following list contains personalities born in Lyon , listed chronologically by year of birth. The list does not claim to be complete.
Personalities born in Lyon
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By 1700
- Claudius (10 BC – 54 AD), Roman emperor
- Irenaeus of Lyon (around 135-202), father of the church, was bishop in Lugdunum in Gaul
- Caracalla (188–217), Roman emperor
- Clodius Albinus (around 148–197), Roman counter-emperor 195–197
- Constantius of Lyon (around 420 – around 494), orator, poet and priest
- Sidonius Apollinaris (around 430 – after 479), writer and bishop of Clermont-Ferrand, saint
- Chrodechild (around 474-544), wife of King Clovis I.
- Petrus Valdes († before 1218), merchant, traveling preacher and founder of the Waldensians
- Bernhard Ayglerius (13th century – 1282), abbot and writer
- Jean Perréal (around 1460–1530), Renaissance artist, painter and architect
- Jean Grolier (1479–1565), nobleman and art and book lover
- Antoine Marcourt (around 1490–1561), theologian and reformer of Romansh Switzerland
- Maurice Scève (around 1500 – around 1560), poet and writer
- Philibert Delorme (around 1510–1570), Renaissance architect
- Pernette du Guillet (around 1520–1545), poet
- Louise Labé (1524–1566), poet
- Pierre de Gondi (1533–1616), bishop and cardinal of Italian descent
- Séraphin Olivier-Razali (1538–1609), cardinal
- Gérard Desargues (1591–1661), mathematician
- Marcantonio Franciotti (1592–1666), bishop and cardinal
- Jacques Stella (1596–1657), French-Flemish painter, engraver and wood carver
- Giambattista Spada (1597-1675), cardinal
- Claude-François Ménestrier (1631–1705), Jesuit, theologian, philosopher and heraldist
- Gérard Audran (1640–1703), engraver
- Antoine Coysevox (1640-1720), sculptor
- Anna Maria Braun (1642–1713), German painter, medalist and wax boss
- Jacob Spon (1647–1685), doctor and archaeologist
- Joseph Vivien (1657–1734), portraitist
- Nicolas Andry de Boisregard (1658–1742), doctor and man of letters
- Nicolas Coustou (1658–1733), sculptor, brother of Guillaume Coustou
- Benoît Audran the Elder (1661–1721), engraver
- Jean Henri Huguetan Count von Gyldensteen (1667–1749), banker
- Louis Marchand (1669–1732), organist and harpsichordist
- François Gayot de Pitaval (1673–1743), lawyer and author
- Guillaume Coustou the Elder Ä. (1677–1746), painter and sculptor
- Claude Gros de Boze (1680–1753), archaeologist, secretary of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres
- Antoine de Jussieu (1686–1758), physicist and botanist
- Jean-Marie Leclair (1697–1764), composer and violinist of the Baroque era
- Bernard de Jussieu (1699–1777), botanist
- Joseph Giry de Saint-Cyr (1699–1761), member of the Académie française
18th century
1701 to 1750
- Joseph de Jussieu (1704–1779), doctor and botanist
- Claude Bourgelat (1712–1779), author
- Jacques Mathon de La Cour (1712–1777), mathematician and mechanic
- Pierre Poivre (1719–1786), horticulturist
- Jakob Zellweger-Wetter (1723–1808), Swiss merchant, textile entrepreneur, councilor, member of the government, mayor and representative of the Diet
- Jean-Étienne Montucla (1725–1799), mathematician
- André Morellet (1727-1819), economist and writer
- Jean-Baptiste Pillement (1728–1808), painter and graphic artist
- Julie de Lespinasse (1732–1776), Salonnière of the Enlightenment
- Abbé François Rozier (1734–1793), botanist and agricultural scientist
- Ursula Wolf-Zellweger (1735–1820), donor of the paintings in the Reformed Church in Trogen
- Charles-Joseph Mathon de La Cour , (1738–1793), economist, author and philanthropist
- Jean-Baptiste Rondelet (1743–1829), architect and architectural theorist
- Antoine-Laurent de Jussieu (1748–1836), botanist
1751 to 1800
- Joseph-Marie Jacquard (1752–1834), inventor, made decisive improvements to the loom
- Louis-Marie Prudhomme (1752–1830), revolutionary, writer and journalist
- Jean François Cornu de Lapoype (1758-1851), General
- Marie-Gabrielle Capet (1761–1818), classicist painter
- Pierre-Édouard Lémontey (1762–1826), scholar, writer, librettist and historian
- Philippe Augustin Hennequin (1762–1833), painter
- Pierre Margaron (1765-1824), general of the cavalry
- Jean-Baptiste Say (1767-1832), economist and businessman
- Jean-Baptiste Franceschi-Delonne (1767–1810), general of the cavalry
- Léonard Duphot (1769–1797), General
- Louis Gabriel Suchet (1770–1826), Marshal, Duke of Albufera
- Joseph Marie Degérando (1772–1842), administrator and philosophical writer
- Ferdinand von Geramb (1772–1848), Austrian military
- François-Frédéric Lemot (1772–1827), sculptor
- Jules Paul Benjamin Delessert (1773–1847), banker, manufacturer and scientist
- Mary of St. Ignatius (1774–1837), founder of the order and saint of the Roman Catholic Church
- André-Marie Ampère (1775–1836), mathematician and physicist
- Jean-Gabriel Eynard (1775–1863), Swiss banker, philhellene and photographer
- Pierre-Simon Ballanche (1776–1847), printer, philosopher and writer
- Julie Récamier (1777–1849), salon lady
- Laurent Clerc (1785–1869), historical figure in the history of the United States' deafness
- André Coindre (1787–1826), Roman Catholic priest
- Boniface de Castellane (1788–1862), General and Marshal of France
- Louis Querbes (1793-1859), founder of the Viatorists
- Anne Bignan (1795–1861), writer and translator
- Françoise Perroton (1796–1873), missionary in Oceania
- Sylvius Dapples (1798–1870), Swiss politician
- François-Auguste Biard (1799–1882), painter
- Pauline Marie Jaricot (1799–1862), founder of the Work of Propagating the Faith
- Jean-Jacques Ampère (1800–1864), historian, philologist and writer
19th century
1801 to 1850
- Pierre-François Lacenaire (1803–1836), poet, criminal and murderer
- Claude Jacquand (1803–1878), painter
- Allan Kardec (1804–1869), pseudonym of the founder of Spiritism, Hippolyte Léon Denizard Rivail
- Jean Reynaud (1806–1863), philosopher
- Paul Chenavard (1807–1895), painter
- Claude Paris (1808–1866), composer
- Jules Favre (1809-1880), politician
- Hippolyte Flandrin (1809–1864), painter
- Jules Perrot (1810–1892), dancer and ballet choreographer
- Louis François Clairville (1811–1879), playwright and librettist
- Paul Jean Flandrin (1811–1902), painter
- Pierre Antoine Favre (1813-1880), chemist
- Pierre Bossan (1814–1888), architect
- François Coignet (1814–1888), construction technician
- Louis Janmot (1814–1892), painter and poet
- Ernest Meissonier (1815-1891), painter
- Joséphin Soulary (1815-1891), poet
- Adolphe Appian (1819–1898), landscape painter and etcher
- Jean Chacornac (1823–1873), astronomer
- Pierre Puvis de Chavannes (1824–1898), painter
- Jean-Baptiste Arban (1825–1889), composer and cornetist
- Antoine Chevrier (1826–1879), beatified founder of the Prado Institute
- Adolphe Perraud (1828–1906), clergyman, Bishop of Autun, cardinal and member of the Académie Française
- Thérèse-Dominique Farré (1830–1894), founder of the Dominican Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary
- Léontine Jarre (1830–1892), Carmelite, religious founder and monastery founder
- Antoine Vollon (1833–1900), painter
- Ernst Friedrich Dürre (1834–1905), German metallurgical expert and rector of RWTH Aachen
- Louis Mouillard (1834-1897), engineer
- Louis Antoine Ranvier (1835-1922), anatomist
- Émile Guimet (1836–1918), industrialist and explorer
- Jules Forni (1838–1901), politician and poet
- Marie Ennemond Camille Jordan (1838–1922), mathematician
- Désiré André (1840–1917), mathematician
- Gaspard André (1840-1896), architect
- Raphaël Lépine (1840–1919), doctor, internist, physiologist, researcher in Germany and chief physician in Lyon, in 1877 founder of the journal Revue mensuelle de Médecine et de Chirurgie
- Adolph Passavant (1841–1926), industrialist (founder of the Passavant works)
- Henri Duchêne (1841–1902), garden designer
- Edmond Audran (1840–1901), organist
- Nina de Callias (1843–1884), salonière and writer
- Charles-Marie Widor (1844–1937), organist, composer and teacher
- Louisa Siefert (1845–1877), poet
- Alexandre Luigini (1850–1906), composer
1851 to 1900
- Frank Lambert (1851–1937), French-American inventor
- Louis Béroud (1852–1930), painter
- Claudius Blanc (1854–1900), composer
- Victor Augagneur (1855–1931), politician
- Jean-Joseph Carriès (1855–1894), sculptor and ceramicist
- Tony Tollet (1857–1953), painter
- Jean-Marie Simon (1858–1932), Vicar Apostolic of Orange River
- Marc Armand Ruffer (1859-1917), English bacteriologist
- Pierre-Marie Termier (1859–1930), geologist
- Paul Villard (1860–1934), physicist and chemist
- Stéphane Javelle (1864–1917), astronomer
- Édouard Chavannes (1865–1918), sinologist
- Victor Goybet (1865–1947), General in the First World War
- Hector Guimard (1867–1942), architect
- André Regaud (1868–1945), marksman
- Tony Garnier (1869–1948), architect
- Pierre-Felix Masseau (1869–1937), sculptor and painter
- Adolphe Messimy (1869–1935), politician
- Henri Rinck (1870–1952), chess composer and endgame theorist
- Alexis Carrel (1873–1944), surgeon and Nobel Prize winner
- Ferdinand Chalandon (1875–1921), writer, historian and Byzantinist
- Louis-Bénédict Gallavardin (1875–1957), cardiologist
- Valentine de Saint-Point (1875–1953), poet and futurist
- Hyacinthe Louis Rabino di Borgomale (1877–1950), historian, numismatist and Iranist
- Louis Fleury (1878–1926), flautist and music journalist
- Paul Couturier (1881–1953), priest, ecumenist
- Georges Valiron (1884–1955), mathematician
- Marc Bloch (1886–1944), historian
- Émile Lacharnay (1888–1962), racing car driver
- Julien Pouchois (1888–1955), track cyclist
- Louis Rougier (1889–1982), philosopher
- Henri Bard (1892–1951), football player and architect
- Gabriel Chevallier (1895–1969), journalist and man of letters
- Walter Gieseking (1895–1956), German pianist and composer
- Théodore Ribail (1895–1942), racing car driver
- Marguerite Friedlaender (1896–1985), German-English ceramist and porcelain designer
- Pierre de Massot (1900–1969), writer of Dadaism and Surrealism
- René Pellos (1900–1998), cartoonist
- Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (1900–1944), poet and airplane pilot
20th century
1901 to 1925
- César Geoffray (1901–1972), choirmaster
- Henri Friedlaender (1904–1996), book designer and typographer
- Charles Mercier (1904–1978), Catholic priest and orientalist
- Louis Néel (1904-2000), physicist
- Louis Page (1905–1990), cameraman
- Savitri Devi (1905–1982), origin. Maximiani Portas, philosopher and neo-Nazi writer
- Henri Frenay (1905–1988), politician and member of the Resistance
- Raoul de Warren (1905–1992), lawyer, writer, historian and genealogist
- Louis Pradel (1906–1976), Mayor of the City of Lyon
- Pierre Bertaux (1907–1986), Germanist
- Eugène Chaboud (1907–1983), Formula 1 and sports car racing driver
- Jacqueline Delubac (1907–1997), actress and art collector
- Edouard Tenet (1907–1978), professional boxer
- Paul Nogier (1908–1996), doctor
- Louis Terrenoire (1908–1992), journalist and politician
- René Leynaud (1910–1944), journalist and poet
- Jean Martinon (1910–1976), conductor, composer and violinist
- Auguste Veuillet (1910–1980), racing car driver and entrepreneur
- Henri Antoine Grouès, known as Abbé Pierre (1912–2007), priest and founder of the Emmaus community
- Marc Barbezat (1913–1999), publisher, publicist and pharmacist
- Raymond Aubrac (1914–2012), civil engineer and leading member of the Resistance
- Marc Gignoux (1914–1991), racing car driver
- Henri Bonnard (1915–2004), linguist and Romance scholar
- Simone Berteaut (1916-1975), author
- Hubert Rostaing (1918–1990), clarinetist and alto saxophonist
- Maurice Delorme (1919–2012), auxiliary bishop
- Maurice Herzog (1919–2012), mountaineer and politician
- Émile Poulat (1920–2014), historian and sociologist
- Louis Eyraud (1922-1993), politician
- Robert Giscard (1923–1993), doctor and one of the first seven brothers of the Taizé Community
- Marc Riboud (1923–2016), photographer
- André Falcon (1924–2009), actor
- Georges Géret (1924–1996), actor
- Maurice Jarre (1924–2009), composer
- Jean Guiart (1925–2019), ethnologist and oceanist
- Albert Jacquard (1925–2013), population geneticist, social philosopher
- Max Pécas (1925–2003), theater and film director as well as screenwriter and film producer
- Pierre Monichon (1925–2006), musicologist and teacher, inventor of the harmonéon
1926 to 1950
- Paul Bocuse (1926-2018), 3-star chef
- Paul-Armand Gette (* 1927), artist
- Paul Reynard (1927–2005), American painter
- René Bonnière (* 1928), French-Canadian director
- Jacques Deray (1929–2003), director
- Christian Marin (1929–2012), actor and musician
- Pierre Mazeaud (* 1929), lawyer, politician and alpinist
- Henri Teissier (* 1929), Archbishop of Algiers
- Jean Forestier (* 1930), racing cyclist
- Roger Balian (* 1933), theoretical physicist
- Maurice Jacob (1933–2007), theoretical physicist
- Jacques Martin (1933–2007), actor and television presenter
- Jacques Maurice Faivre (1934-2010), Roman Catholic Bishop of Le Mans
- Anne Sylvestre (* 1934), songwriter
- Marc Jeannerod (1935–2011), neurologist and neurophysiologist
- Daniel Dargent (1937-2005), gynecologist
- Michèle Girardon (1938–1975), actress
- Marie Ennemond Camille Jordan (1838–1922), mathematician
- Marc Hemmeler (1938–1999), jazz musician
- Clarisse Nicoïdski (1938–1996), writer
- Michel Colombier (1939-2004), film composer
- Françoise Saudan (* 1939), Swiss politician
- Gérard Larrousse (* 1940), former sports car and Formula 1 racing driver and team boss
- Michel Che (1941-2019), chemist
- Claude Royet-Journoud (* 1941), poet
- Catherine Tasca (* 1941), politician
- Bertrand Tavernier (* 1941), filmmaker
- Marie Chaix (* 1942), writer
- Stefan Meller (1942–2008), Foreign Minister of Poland
- Jean-Claude Trichet (* 1942), financial expert and President of the European Central Bank
- Pierre Charial (* 1943), organ grinder
- Fleury Di Nallo (born 1943), football player
- Pierre Goldmann (1944–1979), writer
- Bernard Accoyer (* 1945), politician
- Bruno Cotte (* 1945), lawyer
- Dominique Perben (* 1945), politician
- Michel Pignard (* 1945), racing car driver
- Jean Bellissard (* 1946), theoretical and mathematical physicist
- Françoise Grossetête (* 1946), politician
- Bruno Grua (* 1946), Roman Catholic Bishop of Saint-Flour
- Marie de Hennezel (* 1946), psychologist, psychotherapist and non-fiction author
- Jean-Pierre Bourguignon (* 1947), mathematician
- Patrick Guinand (* 1947), theater and opera director
- Jean Michel Jarre (* 1948), representative of electronic music
- Martine Roure (* 1948), teacher and politician
- Chantal Pelletier (* 1949), actress and writer
- Patrick Péra (* 1949), figure skater
- Florence Steurer (* 1949), ski racer
- Patrick Vollat (* 1949), mathematician and jazz pianist
1951 to 1975
- Thibault Damour (* 1951), theoretical physicist
- Bruno Marie Duffé (* 1951), Roman Catholic clergyman
- Raymond Domenech (* 1952), football player and coach of the French national team
- Bernard Lacombe (born 1952), football player
- Gérard Laumon (* 1952), mathematician
- Christine Pascal (1953–1996), actress and director
- Louis Sclavis (* 1953), clarinetist, saxophonist, composer and band leader
- Jean-François Chevrier (* 1954), art historian, art critic and exhibition organizer
- Rebecca Pauly (born 1954), actress
- Sylvie Banuls (* 1955), documentary filmmaker
- Dominique Blanc (born 1956), actress
- Pierre-Laurent Aimard (* 1957), pianist
- Azouz Begag (* 1957), writer, sociologist and politician
- Yves Chaland (1957–1990), illustrator and comic book author
- Hubert Gardas (* 1957), fencer
- André Manoukian (* 1957), jazz pianist, composer, arranger and producer
- Philippe Marsset (* 1957), Roman Catholic clergyman, auxiliary bishop in Paris
- Mimie Mathy (* 1957), comedian and actress
- Michel Bouvard (* 1958), organist
- Thierry Noir (* 1958), painter
- Gilles Schnepp (* 1958), manager
- Franck Dépine (* 1959), track cyclist
- Sylvie Lacroix (* 1959), composer, flautist and music teacher
- Roger Muraro (* 1959), pianist
- Thierry Brac de la Perrière (* 1959), auxiliary bishop
- Dominique di Piazza (* 1959), jazz bassist
- Michel Dantin (* 1960), politician
- Pascal Fabre (* 1960), racing car driver
- Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt (* 1960), writer
- Lucile Hadzihalilovic (* 1961), director
- Jean-Yves Thibaudet (* 1961), pianist
- Éric Laboureix (* 1962), freestyle skier
- Pierre Quinon (1962–2011), pole vaulter
- Jean-Paul Vesco (* 1962), Bishop of Oran
- Nora Berra (* 1963), politician
- Christian Plaziat (* 1963), athlete
- Jean-Paul Civeyrac (* 1964), film director
- Érik Maris (* 1964), banker and racing car driver
- Corinne Vigreux (* 1964), manager
- Natalie Dessay (* 1965), opera singer
- Édouard Ferrand (1965–2018), politician (FN)
- Nasser Martin-Gousset (* 1965), dancer and choreographer
- Laurence Côte (born 1966), actress
- Jean-Luc Guionnet (* 1966), jazz musician
- Olivier Panis (* 1966), Formula 1 racing driver
- Farid Benstiti (* 1967), football player
- Hacine Cherifi (* 1967), professional boxer
- Fabrice Luang-Vija (* 1967), animator
- Clovis Cornillac (born 1968), actor
- Youri Djorkaeff (* 1968), football player
- Éric Guirado (* 1968), director and screenwriter
- Étienne de Crécy (* 1969), house DJ
- Nathalie Nieson (* 1969), politician
- Ohad Talmor (* 1970), jazz musician
- Franck Avitabile (* 1971), jazz musician
- Sabri Lamouchi (* 1971), football player
- Bruno N'Gotty (* 1971), football player
- Sylvie Testud (* 1971), actress
- David Charvet (* 1972), actor, singer and model
- Fabrice Lhenry (* 1972), ice hockey goalkeeper
- Irénée Peyrot (* 1972), organist
- Sandrine Testud (* 1972), tennis player
- Didier André (* 1974), racing car driver
- Raphaël Jacquelin (* 1974), professional golfer
1976 to 2000
- Frédérique Bangué (* 1976), sprinter
- Cédric Bardon (* 1976), football player
- Ludovic Giuly (* 1976), football player
- Nicolas Dessum (* 1977), ski jumper
- Laurent Courtois (* 1978), football player
- Louisy Joseph (* 1978), pop singer
- Éric Abidal (* 1979), football player
- Jérémie Bréchet (* 1979), football player
- Sylvain Calzati (* 1979), racing cyclist
- Cyril Chapuis (* 1979), football player
- Salim Kechiouche (* 1979), actor
- Ludovic Assemoassa (* 1980), Togolese football player
- Hubert Dupont (* 1980), racing cyclist
- Bryan Bergougnoux (born 1983), football player
- Romain Compingt (* 1984), scenario writer
- Yacine Hima (* 1984), French-Algerian football player
- Mickaël Poté (* 1984), Benin-French football player
- Alexandre Bouillot (* 1985), ski racer
- Guillaume Joli (* 1985), handball player
- Carl Medjani (* 1985), French-Algerian football player
- Amélie de Montchalin (* 1985), French State Secretary
- Newfel Ouatah (* 1985), French-Algerian professional boxer
- Marie Dorin-Habert (* 1986), biathlete
- Karim Benzema (* 1987), football player
- Arnaud Bingo (* 1987), handball player
- Romain Gasmi (* 1987), football player
- Loïc Rémy (* 1987), football player
- Rémy Riou (* 1987), football player
- Alma (* 1988), singer
- Kévin Estre (* 1988), racing car driver
- Yannick Bolasie (* 1989), soccer player
- Emmie Charayron (* 1990), professional triathlete
- Elea Mariama Diarra (* 1990), athlete
- Matthieu Rosset (* 1990), water diver
- Laurie Berthon (* 1991), track cyclist
- Alexandre Lacazette (born 1991), football player
- Nabil Fekir (* 1993), football player
- Laura Marino (* 1993), water diver
- Zakariya Souleymane (* 1994), football player
- Farès Bahlouli (* 1995), football player
- Anthoine Hubert (1996–2019), racing car driver
- Houssem Aouar (* 1998), French-Algerian football player