List of Famous people born in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France
Amaury Leveaux
Amaury Raymond Leveaux is a French swimmer from Belfort. Leveaux is the current world record holder in the 100 m freestyle. He formerly held the world records in the 50 m freestyle and the 50 m butterfly. He also formerly held the national record in the 200 m freestyle.
Claude François de Malet
Claude François de Malet was born in Dole to an aristocratic family. He was executed by firing squad, six days after staging a failed republican coup d'état as Napoleon I returned from the disastrous Russian campaign in 1812.
Jean-Paul Rappeneau
Jean-Paul Rappeneau is a French film director and screenwriter.
Christian Dumont
Christian Dumont was a French biathlete. He competed at the 1988 Winter Olympics and the 1992 Winter Olympics. He died of a heart attack during a bicycle ride, aged 58.
Alain Perrin
Alain Perrin is a French professional football manager and former player.
Raymond Aubrac
Raymond Aubrac was a leader of the French Resistance during the Second World War and a civil engineer after the Second World War.
Claude Lévêque
Claude Lévêque is a French contemporary installation, sculpture, and new media, artist, best known for his work in neon. Lévêque, a graduate of the École des Beaux-Arts in Bourges, received considerable attention for his April 2014 neon installation in I.M. Pei's Louvre Pyramid and its accompanying October 2015 exhibition, Sous Le Plus Grand Chapiteau Du Monde.
Robin Renucci
Robin Renucci is a French film and television actor and film director.
Claude Jade
Claude Marcelle Jorré, better known as Claude Jade, was a French actress. She is known for starring as Christine in François Truffaut's three films Stolen Kisses (1968), Bed and Board (1970) and Love on the Run (1979). Jade acted in theatre, film and television. Her film work outside France included the Soviet Union, the United States, Italy and Japan.
Sophie Montel
Sophie Montel is a French politician.