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

Sidi-Hassan Chahdi is a French long-distance runner who competes mainly in cross country running competitions.

Nicolas Jean Prost is a French professional racing driver. He recently raced in the FIA Formula E Championship before quitting the series. Also, he was a longstanding racer in the FIA World Endurance Championship for Lotus Rebellion Racing. Furthermore, He competes in the Andros Trophy and he was a reserve driver for the now defunct Lotus F1 team. He is a son of four-time Formula One world champion Alain Prost.

Gérard Gilles Marie Armand Larrousse is a former sports car racing, rallying and Formula One driver from France. His greatest success as a driver was winning the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1973 and 1974, driving a Matra-Simca MS670. After the end of his career as racing car driver, he continued to be involved in Formula One as a team manager for Renault. He later founded and ran his own Formula One team, Larrousse, from 1987 to 1994.

Julien Robert is a retired French biathlete.

Charles Rojzman is a French social psychologist, author and an international leader in mediating racial, ethnic and intercultural conflicts throughout the world. He is the creator of a method, Transformational Social Therapy (TST), which has been applied to resolving intergroup violence and conflicts in France, Rwanda, Chechnya, Israel and elsewhere. He has written dozens of books, articles and book chapters and has been featured in documentaries and writings by others.

Bruno Ngotty is a French former professional footballer. He played as a centre-back from 1988 until 2008, however he came out of retirement briefly in 2011.

Kévin Campion is a male French racewalker. He competed in the 20 kilometres walk event at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics in Beijing, China. In 2019, he competed in the men's 20 kilometres walk at the 2019 World Athletics Championships held in Doha, Qatar. He finished in 16th place.

Claudine Emonet is a French former alpine skier who competed in the 1988 Winter Olympics.

Thierry Noir is a French artist who is claimed to be the first street artist to paint the Berlin Wall. His brightly colored paintings, which often feature cartoon-like profiles, are now considered iconic and can still be seen on the East Side Gallery. He currently lives and works in Berlin, Germany.

Charles Nathan Abi is a French professional footballer who plays as a forward for Ligue 2 club Guingamp on loan from Saint-Étienne.