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

Jean-Pierre Gontran de Montaigne, vicomte de Poncins, known as Gontran De Poncins, was a French writer and adventurer.

Marine Brevet is a former French artistic gymnast. She was a member of the team that won a bronze medal at the 2016 European Championships. She was supposed to represent France at the 2012 Summer Olympics, but a dislocated elbow one month before forced her to withdraw. She represented France at the 2016 Summer Olympics where she finished eleventh with the French team, and individually she finished fifteenth in the all-around final.

Franck Piccard is a French former Alpine skier. A native of Les Saisies, Piccard won a total of four Alpine skiing World Cup races. At the 1988 Olympics in Calgary he won a gold medal in the Super-G competition and a bronze medal in the downhill. At the 1992 Olympics in Albertville he won a silver medal in the downhill. He also could achieve a bronze-medal in the Super-G-Race at the FIS Alpine Skiing World Championships 1991.

First excellent success was winning a gold-medal in the downhill race in the FIS Alpine Skiing Junior World Championships 1982 at Auron. First "World Cup Points", he could catch on December 10th, 1983, placed 4th in the Super-G at Val-d’Isère, first win was in the Super-G on March 23rd, 1988, at Beaver Creek. At the begin of his skiing career he did prefer starting in Downhill and Super-G races, later he changed to the Giant Slalom. Last World Cup race was on February 10th, 1996, in the Giant Slalom at Hinterstoder; he was placed 27th. Afterwards, he did start in so-called FIS-races and in the French Championships, until the year 2000. He could achieve a three-times French Champion.

UniCredit S.p.A. is an international banking group headquartered in Milan. It is Italy's only systemically important bank and the world's 34th largest by assets. It was formed through the merger of Credito Italiano and Unicredito in 1998, but has a corporate identity stretching back to its first foundation in 1870 as Banca di Genova. UniCredit is listed on the Milan and Frankfurt stock exchanges, is a constituent stock of the Euro Stoxx 50 index of leading shares.

Chloé Bulleux is a French handball player who competes for club Issy Paris. She is also member of the French national team. She competed at the 2015 World Women's Handball Championship and 2016 Olympics. In February 2015 she was named the French Division 1 league Player of the Month.

Leila Piccard is a French former alpine skier who competed in the 1994 Winter Olympics and 1998 Winter Olympics. She took a bronze medal in the giant slalom in the 1997 Alpine Skiing World Championships and scored one World Cup win, in a parallel slalom event in Tignes in October 1997.

Ian Piccard is a French former alpine skier who competed in the 1994 Winter Olympics and 1998 Winter Olympics.

Jean-Louis Gagnaire was a member of the National Assembly of France from 2007 to 2017. He represented Loire's 2nd constituency, as a member of the Socialiste, radical, citoyen et divers gauche.

Ted Piccard is a French freestyle skier, specializing in ski cross and a former alpine skier.

Claude Bergeret is a female former international table tennis player from France.