List of Famous people born in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

Julian Palmieri is a French professional footballer who last played for French club Gazélec Ajaccio. He has played in Ligue 1 for Lille, in Ligue 2 for SC Bastia, and in Serie B for F.C. Crotone.

Yasmina Aziez is a French taekwondo athlete.

Sébastien Jacques André Frey is a French former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. His club career began in France with Cannes in 1997, but later went on to spend most of his career in the Italian Serie A, playing for Inter Milan, Verona, Parma, Fiorentina, and Genoa; he ended his career in 2015, after two seasons with Turkish side Bursaspor. At international level, he represented the France national football team on two occasions between 2007 and 2008 and was an unused member of the squad that took part at UEFA Euro 2008.

Jacques Myard is a former member of the National Assembly of France. He represented the Yvelines department, and is a member of The Republicans.

Renaud Dutreil is a graduate of the Paris Institute of Political Sciences, École Normale Supérieure and École Nationale d'Administration in Paris. He was Lauréat du Concours Général de Philosophie in 1978.

Adrien Duvillard is a French former alpine skier who competed in the 1992 Winter Olympics and 1998 Winter Olympics.

François Pupponi is a French politician. Born in Nantua in Eastern France, he is of Corsican descent. He has served as the mayor of Sarcelles between 1997 and 2017. He also serves as a member of the National Assembly, representing Val-d'Oise's 8th constituency.

Jérémie Pierre Bréchet is a French former professional footballer. He was usually used as a left-back but could play as a centre-back. Because of his technical skills he could also play in midfield.

Louis Lachenal, a French climber born in Annecy, Haute-Savoie, was one of the first two mountaineers to climb a summit of more than 8,000 meters. On 3 June 1950 on the 1950 French Annapurna expedition, along with Maurice Herzog, he reached the summit of Annapurna I in Nepal at a height of 8,091 m (26,545 ft). Previously he had made the second ascent of the North Face of the Eiger in 1947, with Lionel Terray. He died falling into a snow-covered crevasse while skiing the Vallee Blanche in Chamonix. The mountain Pointe Lachenal in the Mont Blanc massif was named after him.

Sandrine Soubeyrand is a French former footballer and current coach of France women's national under-17 football team. She played as a midfielder for France national team, Félines Saint-Cyr, Caluire and Juvisy.