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

François Legrand is a French professional rock climber, specialising in lead climbing. He is known for winning five Lead Climbing World Cups, and three consecutive Lead Climbing World Championships. As of 2018, no other climber was ever able to match this achievement. Second ranking for number of awarded Lead Climbing World Cups is Alexandre Chabot, who won three consecutive times.

Geoffrey Soupe is a French professional road bicycle racer, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam Total Direct Énergie. Soupe was the 2010 under-23 French national champion for the road race, and finished second to Great Britain's Alex Dowsett in the European under-23 time trial championship.

Florian Vachon is a French former professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2008 and 2020, for the Roubaix–Lille Métropole, and Bretagne–Schuller/Arkéa–Samsic teams.

Alban Préaubert is a French former competitive figure skater. He won six ISU Grand Prix medals and five French national bronze medals.

Paul Jacques Marie Desfarges is a retired French-Algerian Jesuit priest who served as the Archbishop of Algiers from 2016 to 2021.

Sylvain Grosjean is a French badminton player. He has won numerous junior title in France, and in 2009 he attracted the international attention by winning the boys' doubles title at the European Junior Championships partnered with Sam Magee of Ireland. In 2011, he also won the men's doubles title at the Dutch International tournament with Baptiste Carême. In 2012, he decided to retire from the French Badminton Association (INSEP), and focused on his studies in physiotherapy.