List of sons and daughters of the city of Nancy

The following is a list of personalities born in Nancy , listed chronologically by year of birth. The list does not claim to be complete.

By 1700

Johann II. (1425–1470), nobleman
Jolande (Lorraine) (1428–1483), nobleman
Nicholas I (1448–1473), nobleman
Franz I (1517–1545), nobleman
Charles III (1543-1608), nobleman
Renata of Lorraine (1544–1602), daughter of Duke Francis I of Lorraine
Philippe-Emmanuel de Lorraine, duc de Mercœur (1558–1602), military leader of the Huguenot Wars
Heinrich II. (1563–1624), nobleman
Charles of Lorraine (1567–1607), Catholic bishop and cardinal
Francis II (1572–1632), nobleman
Jean Le Clerc (1586–1633), Baroque painter
Jacques Callot (1592–1635), draftsman, graphic artist, engraver and eraser
Charles IV (1604–1675), nobleman
François Collignon (1610–1687), draftsman, etcher, engraver and publisher
Louis Maimbourg (1610–1686), cleric and historian
Claude Callot (1620–1687), painter in the Polish service
Israël Silvestre (1621–1691), painter and engraver
Jacob-Sigisbert Adam (1670–1747), sculptor
Françoise de Graffigny (1695–1758), writer and Salonnière of the Enlightenment
Lambert-Sigisbert Adam (1700–1759), sculptor

Emmanuel Héré (1705–1763), architect
Franz I Stephan (1708–1765), nobleman
François Gaspard Adam (1710–1761), sculptor
Jean-François de Saint-Lambert (1716–1803), military man, poet, philosopher and author
Jean-Charles François (1717–1769), engraver and etcher
Étienne-François de Choiseul (1719–1785), nobleman
Anne-Catherine de Ligniville Helvétius (1722–1800), Salonnière of the Enlightenment
Richard Mique (1728–1794), architect
Charles Palissot de Montenoy (1730-1814), playwright
Joseph Ducreux (1735–1802), portrait painter
Pierre Gardel (1758–1840), dancer and choreographer
François-Benoît Hoffman (1760–1828), playwright, librettist and journalist
Jean-Baptiste Isabey (1767–1855), painter
Joseph Gergonne (1771-1859), mathematician
Jean Charles François de Ladoucette (1772–1848), politician and writer
René Charles Guilbert de Pixérécourt (1773–1844), playwright and director
Antoine Drouot (1774–1847), military
Alexis de Garaudé (1779–1852), composer and music teacher
Hubert Félix Soyer-Willemet (1791–1867), librarian and botanist
Gérard Paul Deshayes (1795–1875), paleontologist and conchologist
Michel Goudchaux (1797–1862), journalist and statesman

Josef Rudolf Lewy (1802–1881), musician and composer
Charles Toussaint (1813–1877), language teacher
Edmond and Jules de Goncourt (1822-1896), writers
Gaston Hardouin Andlau (1824-1892), General
Joseph Charlot (1827–1871), composer
Eugène Gigout (1844–1925), organist and composer
Émile Gallé (1846–1904), designer and artisan
Méry Laurent (1849–1900), artist
Hubert Lyautey (1854–1934), Marshal of France
Henri Poincaré (1854–1912), mathematician, theoretical physicist and philosopher
Marcelle Lender (1862–1926), actress
Paul Crampel (1864-1891), Africa explorer
Charles Dalmorès (1871-1939), singer
Gustav von Bartenwerffer (1872–1947), officer and politician
Charles Joseph Eugène Ruch (1873–1945), Bishop of Nancy and Strasbourg
Lucien Febvre (1878-1956), historian
Gérard Hekking (1879–1942), cellist and cello teacher
Eugène Tisserant (1884–1972), Cardinal Dean of the Catholic Church
Jacques Majorelle (1886–1962), painter
Paul Colin (1892–1985), commercial artist, decorator and painter
Dom Paul Benoît (1893–1979), composer

Henri Cartan (1904–2008), mathematician
René Lemoine (1905–1995), fencer
Pierre Schaeffer (1910–1995), composer and writer
Hélène Parmelin (1915–1998), journalist and writer
François Jacob (1920–2013), physician, physiologist and geneticist
Georges Marchal (1920–1997), actor
Claude Carliez (1925–2015), stunt performer and actor
Jean-Marie Drot (1929–2015), writer and film director
Henri Greder (1930–2012), racing car driver
Pierre Rabischong (* 1932), neuroanatomist
Jacques Jouanna (* 1935), Graecist and medical historian
Philippe Rondot (1936-2017), General
Pierre Raffin (* 1938), Bishop of Metz
Pierre-Luc Séguillon (1940-2010), journalist
Monique Troedel (* 1946), politician
Michel Waldschmidt (* 1946), mathematician
Francis Connesson (* 1948), carom player and multiple world and European champion
Jean-Louis Schlesser (* 1948), all-round automobile racing driver

Dominique Bilde (* 1953), politician
Dominique Delestre (* 1955), racing car driver
Pascal Dusapin (* 1955), composer
Olivier Rouyer (* 1955), football player and coach
François Chérèque (1956–2017), trade union official
Bruno Delbonnel (* 1957), cameraman and film director
Nadine Morano (* 1963), politician
Virginie Despentes (* 1969), writer and feminist
Pierre Thilloy (* 1970), composer
Bruno Valentin (* 1972), Roman Catholic clergyman, auxiliary bishop in Versailles
Frédéric Roux (* 1973), football goalkeeper
Vincent Hognon (born 1974), football player
Tony Vairelles (born 1973), football player
Olivier Gérard (* 1973), composer and guitarist
Arnaud Vincent (* 1974), motorcycle racer
Gaston Curbelo (* 1976), football player
Najoua Belyzel (* 1981), singer
Matthieu Delpierre (* 1981), football player
Ismaël Bouzid (born 1983), football player
Michaël Chrétien (* 1984), football player
Hakim Guenouche (* 2000), soccer player