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
1701 to 1800
- 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
1801 to 1900
- 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
1901 to 1950
- 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
From 1951
- 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