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

Maxime Bouet is a French road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam Arkéa–Samsic.

Yves Chastan was a member of the Senate of France. He represented the Ardèche department as a member of the Socialist Party.

Vincent Descoeur is a member of the National Assembly of France. He represents the Cantal's 1st constituency, from 2007 to 2012 as a member of the Union for a Popular Movement and from 2017 as a member of the Republicans. He was a Cantal general councilor from 1987, and president of the Council from 2001 to 2017.

Jean Forestier is a French former cyclist. He was a professional from 1953 to 1965. Forestier won the points classification in the 1957 Tour de France, and wore the yellow jersey for two days. He also won the 1955 Paris–Roubaix.

Yoann Deslot is a French former competitive figure skater. He placed 12th in his senior Grand Prix debut at the 2008 Trophée Eric Bompard.

Jean-Claude Colotti is a French former professional road bicycle racer. In 1992, Colotti won a stage in the 1992 Tour de France. In 1993 he completed the Tour de France despite beginning it with a bout of chickenpox that caused concern in the group.

Angelo Tulik is a French former professional cyclist, who rode professionally between 2012 and 2019, entirely for Team Europcar and its later iterations. He was named in the start list for the 2015 Tour de France and the 2016 Tour de France.