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

Gilles Bouvard is a former French racing cyclist. He participated in 4 Tours de France and 1 Vuelta a España.

Nicolas Inaudi is a French former cyclist.

Léa Palermo is a French badminton player. She started playing badminton at aged 8, then joined the France national badminton team in 2006. In 2009, she won the bronze medal at the European U17 Badminton Championships in the mixed doubles event. In 2010, she competed at the Summer Youth Olympic Games in Singapore. In 2015, she won the Slovenia International tournament in the mixed doubles event partnered with Bastian Kersaudy. In 2016, she won French National Badminton Championships in women's doubles event. She also the runner-up at the Orleans International in the women's doubles event and at the Estonian International in the mixed doubles event. In 2017, she became the runner-up at the Estonian International partnered with Delphine Delrue. She competed at the 2018 Mediterranean Games, clinched the women's doubles gold with Delrue.

Nicolas Baldo is a French former professional cyclist.

Christophe Oriol is a former French cyclist.

Claire Chevallier is a Franco-Belgian pianist who specializes in the fortepiano.

Clement Russo is a French road and cyclo-cross cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam Arkéa–Samsic. He competed in the men's under-23 event at the 2016 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships in Heusden-Zolder. In August 2020, he was named in the startlist for the 2020 Tour de France.