List of sons and daughters of the city of Montpellier
The following list contains personalities born in Montpellier , listed chronologically by year of birth. The list does not claim to be complete.
Personalities born in Montpellier
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Until 1800
- Bernard de Castanet (~ 1240–1314), cardinal of the Catholic Church
- Jacob II (1243–1311), King of Mallorca
- Sancho I (1277–1324), King of Mallorca
- Rochus of Montpellier (~ 1295–1327), plague saint
- Guillaume Rondelet (1507–1566), naturalist
- Gaspard III. de Coligny (1584–1646), nobleman
- Sébastien Bourdon (1616–1671), painter
- Pierre Magnol (1638–1715), botanist
- Armand Bazin de Bezons (1654–1721), bishop and archbishop
- Jean Ranc (1674–1735), painter
- Jean Raoux (1677–1734), painter
- François Gigot de la Peyronie (1678–1747), surgeon
- Louis-Bertrand Castel (1688–1757), Jesuit and mathematician
- Joseph-Marie Vien (1716–1809), painter
- Antoine Gouan (1733-1821), botanist
- Paul Joseph Barthez (1734–1806), medic
- Jean Dauberval (1742–1806), dancer and choreographer
- Jean-Jacques Régis de Cambacérès (1753–1824), lawyer and statesman
- Matthieu Dumas (1753–1837), general and military historian
- Joseph Cambon (1756-1820), politician
- Louis-Sébastien Lenormand (1757–1837), physicist, inventor and pioneer of parachuting
- Louis Lepic (1765–1827), general of the cavalry
- François-Xavier Fabre (1766–1837), painter, draftsman, etcher and art collector
- Pierre Daru (1767–1829), financier, poet and historian
- Antoine Maurin (1771-1830), General
- Jacques Philippe Raymond Draparnaud (1772–1804), naturalist, malacologist and botanist
- Hermann Wedel-Jarlsberg (1779–1840), politician
- Jean Louis Boisselot (1782–1847), founder of the piano manufacturing company Boisselot & Fils
- Laure-Adelaide Abrantès (1784–1838), writer
- Jules de Joly (1788–1865), architect
- Michel Félix Dunal (1789-1856), botanist
- Auguste Comte (1798–1857), mathematician, philosopher and critic of religion
1801 to 1850
- Antoine-Jérôme Balard (1802–1876), chemist and discoverer of the element bromine
- Alfred Moquin-Tandon (1804–1863), zoologist, botanist, natural historian, doctor and publicist
- Auguste Glaize (1807–1893), history and genre painter, pastelist and lithographer
- Xavier Boisselot (1811-1893), composer and piano maker
- Aristide Cavaillé-Coll (1811–1899), organ builder, acoustician, scientist and inventor
- Aimé Maillart (1817–1871), composer
- Pierre Ossian Bonnet (1819-1892), mathematician
- Édouard Albert Roche (1820–1883), astronomer and mathematician
- Alfred Bruyas (1821–1877), art collector and patron
- Alexandre Cabanel (1823–1889), history painter
- Charles Renaud de Vilbac (1829–1884), organist and composer
- Pierre Cabanel (1838–1917), painter
- Frédéric Bazille (1841–1870), painter
- Paul Ferrier (1843–1928), librettist and playwright
- Paul Brousse (1844–1912), socialist and physician
- Émile Paladilhe (1844–1926), composer and pianist
- Jean-Pierre Victor Faliès (1849–1901), painter
1851 to 1900
- Arnold Harris Mathew (1852-1919), English priest
- Max Leenhardt (1853–1941), painter
- Gaston Calmette (1858-1914), journalist
- Marcel Gensoul (1880–1973), Admiral
- Pierre Allemane (1882–1956), football player
- Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes (1884–1974), writer and artist
- René Massigli (1888–1988), diplomat
- Louis Fourestier (1892–1976), composer, conductor and music teacher
- Francis Ponge (1899–1988), poet and essayist
1901 to 1950
- Fernand Guignier (1902–1980), painter and sculptor
- Henri-Charles Puech (1902–1986), historian of religion
- Léo Malet (1909–1996), detective writer and poet
- René Bougnol (1911-1956), fencer
- Jacques Soustelle (1912–1990), politician, anthropologist and ethnologist
- Henri Georges Girard (1917–1987), writer, journalist and political activist
- Jeanne Demessieux (1921–1968), composer, pianist, organist and music teacher
- Juliette Gréco (* 1927), chanson singer and actress
- Jean-Luc Dehaene (1940–2014), Belgian Christian social politician
- Véronique Vendell (born 1942), actress
- Jean-Marie Alméras (* 1943), racing car driver and racing team owner
- Jacques Bompard (* 1943), politician
- Othar Chedlivili (* 1943), organist
- Caroline Cellier (* 1945), actress
- Jacques Alméras (* 1949), racing car driver and racing team owner
From 1951
- Gérard Pansanel (* 1952), jazz guitarist
- Pascal Comelade (* 1955), composer and instrumental musician
- Didier Auriol (* 1958), rally driver
- Loïc Wacquant (* 1960), sociologist
- Patrice Héral (* 1965), jazz percussionist
- Bertrand Lacombe (* 1966), Roman Catholic clergyman, auxiliary bishop in Bordeaux
- Stéphane Goubert (* 1970), racing cyclist
- Pierre Olivier Tremblay (* 1970), Roman Catholic religious and auxiliary bishop in Trois Rivières
- Grégori Derangère (born 1971), actor
- Bernard Maraval (born 1971), football player
- Rémi Gaillard (* 1975), comedian
- Romain Puértolas (* 1975), writer
- Virginie Rozière (* 1976), politician
- Séverine Ferrer (* 1977), singer and actress
- Franck Junillon (* 1978), handball player
- Émilie Simon (* 1978), singer and composer
- Séverine Brémond (* 1979), tennis player
- Christel Ferrier Bruneau (* 1979), racing cyclist
- Sophie Divry (* 1979), writer
- Delphine Py (* 1979), professional triathlete
- Philippe Alméras (* 1980), racing car driver
- Nicolas Ivakno (* 1980), handball player
- Valérian Sauveplane (* 1980), marksman
- Grégory Vignal (* 1981), football player
- Franck Perera (* 1984), racing driver
- Taichi (born 1984), rapper
- Jamel Saihi (* 1987), football player
- Maëva Truntzer (* 1989), dance athlete
- Andrea Pizzitola (* 1992), racing car driver
- Timothé Buret (* 1995), racing car driver
- Fanny Peltier (* 1997), sprinter