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. Antoine Marini (15th century), theologian, political thinker and diplomat, adviser to King George Podiebrad of Bohemia Hugues de Lionne (1611–1671) a French statesman. Claudine Françoise Mignot (1624–1711) a French adventuress. commonly called "Marie". Pierre Guérin de Tencin (1679–1758), French ecclesiastic, archbishop of Embrun and Lyon and a cardinal. Claudine Guérin de Tencin (1682–1749) a French salonist and author. François-Emmanuel Guignard, comte de Saint-Priest (1735–1821), a politician and diplomat. 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. 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 Georges Toscan (1756–1826), librarian and naturalist Jean Joseph Mounier (1758–1806), politician. Antoine Barnave (1761–1793), orator of the French Revolution. 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. Stendhal (1783–1842), real name Marie-Henri Beyle, author. Antoine Clot (1793–1868) a French doctor known as Clot Bey while practicing in Egypt. Léon Roches (1809–1901), diplomat Henri Fantin-Latour (1836–1904), painter. Charles Bertier (1860–1924), landscape painter Philibert Guinier (1876–1962), botanist 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 Oumy Diop (born 2003), French-Senegalese swimmer

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. François de Bonne, duc de Lesdiguières (1543–1626)lieutenant-general of Dauphiné. Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712–1778)philosopher and writer. Jean-François Champollion (1790–1832)Egyptologist. Joseph Fourier (1768–1830)mathematician and physicist. Benjamin de Rolland (1773–1855)French portraitist, court painter and director of the Museum of Grenoble 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.

References

See also

List of French people