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

Charles Marie Philippe Millon, born on 13 November 1945 in Belley, Ain, is a French politician. A member of the UDF, he was member of the French parliament for Ain and President of the Rhône-Alpes Regional Council. He was Minister of Defence from 1995 to 1997 in Alain Juppé's government, and led the highly sensitive reform on the professionalization of the armed forces. In 1998, in order to keep the presidency of the regional council, he agreed on being elected with votes from Jean-Marie Le Pen's National Front and was subsequently expelled from the UDF. He then created his own party, called "The Right", aiming at federating French libertarians and conservatives, which met limited success. He ran in 2001 for Mayor of Lyon. He has been nominated in 2003 as France's ambassador to FAO, where he advocates for the development of Africa.

Alain Marie Pascal Prost OBE is a retired French racing driver and a four-time Formula One Drivers' Champion. From 1987 until 2001 he held the record for most Grand Prix victories until Michael Schumacher surpassed Prost's total of 51 victories at the 2001 Belgian Grand Prix. In 1999, Prost received the World Sports Award of the Century in the motor sport category.

Jean-Michel Antoine Aulas is a French businessman. He is the founder and CEO of Cegid and serves as the owner and president of French football club Olympique Lyonnais which he has owned since 1987. Since January 2020, Aulas is also the chairman of OL Reign.

Pascal Dupraz is a French football manager and former player who played as a striker. He is currently in charge of Ligue 2 side Caen.

Adel Bencherif is a French actor. He is best known for his role in the 2009 film A Prophet.

Gautier Capuçon is a French cellist.

Leslie Coutterand is a French actress, model, writer, director and documentary filmmaker from Chamonix, France. Before graduating the drama college at Cours Florent in 2008, she was cast as Alexandra in the television series Deja Vu which filmed in Vietnam and Singapore. A series of TV and film roles followed, and then in 2011 she was cast as a series regular in the French police drama, Julie Lescaut as Mado. In 2013, she was cast alongside Stanley Tucci, Marcia Gay Harden, Taye Diggs, and Rebecca Romijn in the film Larry Gaye: Renegade Male Flight Attendant.

Alain Soral, identified in the civil registry as Alain Bonnet, and frequently also named using the full family name as Alain Bonnet de Soral, is a Franco-Swiss far-right ideologue also known for his work as author, journalist, essayist, and filmmaker;

Jean-Louis Aubert is a French singer-songwriter, guitarist, composer and producer. He went on a solo career after the split of the rock band Téléphone that he co-founded.

Cécile Coulon is a French novelist, poet and short story writer. As of 2020, she has published seven novels, two poetry collections and one short story collection. She has been awarded the Prix des libraires (2017) and the prix Guillaume Apollinaire (2018)