List of Famous people born in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France

Felix of Burgundy, also known as Felix of Dunwich, was a saint and the first bishop of the East Angles. He is widely credited as the man who introduced Christianity to the kingdom of East Anglia. Almost all that is known about the saint originates from The Ecclesiastical History of the English People, completed by Bede in about 731, and the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. Bede praised Felix for delivering "all the province of East Anglia from long-standing unrighteousness and unhappiness".

Pierre-Joseph Thoulier d'Olivet, Abbot of Olivet was a French abbot, writer, grammarian and translator. He was elected the fourth occupant of Académie française seat 31.

Jean François Gigoux was a French painter, lithographer, illustrator and art collector.

Jean-Baptiste Miroudot du Bourg was a French bishop.

Jean-Baptiste Dubois de Jancigny was a French agronomist and scientist.