List of people from Grenoble

The following is a list of notable people born in or associated with the French city of Grenoble, Isère.

Grenoblois natives

The city was the birthplace of the following people.

• Abel Servien, marquis de Sablé et de Boisdauphin (1593–1659) a French diplomat.^[1]
• Antoine Marini (15th century), theologian, political thinker and diplomat, adviser to King George Podiebrad of Bohemia
• Hugues de Lionne (1611–1671) a French statesman.^[2]
• Claudine Françoise Mignot (1624–1711) a French adventuress. commonly called "Marie".^[3]
• Pierre Guérin de Tencin (1679–1758), French ecclesiastic, archbishop of Embrun and Lyon and a cardinal.^[4]
• Claudine Guérin de Tencin (1682–1749) a French salonist and author.^[5]
• François-Emmanuel Guignard, comte de Saint-Priest (1735–1821), a politician and diplomat.^[6]
• Francis Regis Clet (1748–1820), martyr saint of China
• Jacques de Vaucanson (1709–1782), inventor of the automated loom and an automaton known as the Digesting Duck
• Jacques Rochette de La Morlière (1719–1785), 18th-century French playwright and writer.
• Étienne Bonnot de Condillac (1715–1780), writer of the Enlightenment.^[7]
• Joseph-Gaspard Dubois-Fontanelle (1727–1812), journalist and playwright
• Claude Périer (1742–1801), public figure of the French Revolution and French Directory, banker
• Pierre Joseph Joubert de La Salette (1743–1833), General, musicologist
• Jean Joseph Mounier (1758–1806), politician.^[8]
• Antoine Barnave (1761–1793), orator of the French Revolution.^[9]
• Camille Teisseire (1764–1842), industrialist and public figure of the French Revolution
• Rose Philippine Duchesne (1769–1852), religious sister, educator and saint of the Catholic Church
• Casimir Pierre Périer (1777–1832), statesman.^[10]
• Stendhal (1783–1842), real name Marie-Henri Beyle, author.^[11]
• Antoine Clot (1793–1868) a French doctor known as Clot Bey while practicing in Egypt.^[12]
• Léon Roches (1809–1901), diplomat
• Henri Fantin-Latour (1836–1904), painter.^[13]
• Charles Bertier (1860–1924), landscape painter
• Philibert Guinier (1876–1962), botanist^[14]
• Pierre Cot (1895–1977), anti-fascist politician
• Lionel Terray (1921–1965), climber
• Michel Calonne (1927–2019), writer
• Ultra Violet (1935–2014), artist, author and former colleague of the American artist Andy Warhol
• Johnny Servoz-Gavin (1942–2006), motor-racing driver
• Michel Lotito (1950–2007), entertainer
• Maurice Dantec (1959–2016), science-fiction author
• Sami Bouajila (born 1966), actor
• Christophe Aribert (born 1971), chef; holds two Michelin stars and four toques Gault Millau
• Seyhan Kurt (born 1971), poet and writer
• Fabrice Bellard (born 1972), computer programmer and author of FFmpeg
• Miss Kittin (real name Caroline Hervé; born 1973), electronica-music singer
• Vincent Clerc (born 1981), professional rugby union player (wing position)
• Pierre-Jean Croset (born 1949), composer and musicologist
• Olivier Giroud (born 1986), former Grenoble Foot 38 footballer, who now plays for Italian Serie A side Milan
• Mister V (born 1993), YouTuber, Internet personality, comedian, rapper, and actor
• Camille Étienne (born 1998), environmental activist

Grenoblois residents

The following people have resided in Grenoble.

(sorted by year of birth)

• Pierre Terrail, seigneur de Bayard (1473–1524) a French knight and military leader.^[15]
• François de Bonne, duc de Lesdiguières (1543–1626) – lieutenant-general of Dauphiné.^[16]
• Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712–1778) – philosopher and writer.^[17]
• Jean-François Champollion (1790–1832) – Egyptologist.^[18]
• Joseph Fourier (1768–1830) – mathematician and physicist.^[19]
• Louis Néel (1904–2000) – physicist
• Pierre Mendès France (1907–1982) – French prime minister
• Jean-Luc Godard (1930–2022) – film director
• Youri Djorkaeff (born 1968) – association footballer; member of winning Team France at the 1998 FIFA World Cup and at the UEFA Euro 2000
• Cristobal Huet (born 1975) – professional ice hockey goaltender (Chicago Blackhawks)
• Katsuni (born 1979) – professional pornographic actress; studied at the Grenoble Institute of Political Studies
• Julien Brellier (born 1982) – association footballer; former team member of Heart of Midlothian F.C.