List of Famous people born in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
Alexandre Lacazette
Alexandre Lacazette is a French professional footballer who plays as a forward for Premier League club Arsenal and the France national team. He plays mainly as a striker, but has also been deployed as a second striker and wide forward.
Jean-Pierre Castaldi
Jean-Pierre Castaldi is a French actor. He is the father of French TV presenter Benjamin Castaldi.
Renaud Camus
Jean Renaud Gabriel Camus is a French writer and novelist. He is known as the creator of the "Great Replacement", a far-right conspiracy theory which claims that a global elite is colluding against the white population of Europe to replace them with non-European peoples.
Nabil Fekir
Nabil Fekir is a French professional footballer who plays as a forward for La Liga club Real Betis and the France national team.
Isabelle Patissier
Isabelle Patissier is a French world champion rock climber and more recently a rally driver. She is known for winning two Lead Climbing World Cups and for being the first woman to climb an 8b (5.13d) route.
Marianne James
Marianne James is a French singer, writer, actress, TV host and fashion designer. She has co-presented the French coverage of the Eurovision Song Contest.
Laure Manaudou
Laure Manaudou is a retired French Olympic, world and European champion swimmer. She has held the world record in freestyle events between 200 and 1500 meter. She is the daughter of a French father and a Dutch mother, and she is the older sister of Florent Manaudou who is also an Olympic gold medalist swimmer.
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Antoine Marie Jean-Baptiste Roger, comte de Saint-Exupéry, simply known as de Saint-Exupéry, was a French writer, poet, aristocrat, journalist and pioneering aviator. He became a laureate of several of France's highest literary awards and also won the United States National Book Award. He is best remembered for his novella The Little Prince and for his lyrical aviation writings, including Wind, Sand and Stars and Night Flight.
Nicoletta
Nicoletta Grisoni, longer name Nicole Fernande Grisoni-Chappuis, better known by her mononym Nicoletta is a French pop singer. Becoming very popular on French radio and television, where she had a number of hits in the 1960s and the 1970s, she was considered as part of what is known as the French yé-yé generation heavily influenced by American music, particularly Rhythm and blues, Rock and roll and Beat music. She is mostly known for her version of "Mamy Blue".
Danièle Gilbert
Danièle Gilbert is a French television presenter.