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

Jean-Pierre Soisson is a French politician of the Union for a Popular Movement. He was a deputy in the National Assembly of France for the first district of Yonne for several terms between 1968 and 2012; mayor of Auxerre from 1971 to 1998; President of the Regional Council of Burgundy ; and national minister of youth, labour, public administration and agriculture.

Gaby Basset was a French film actress.

François de Gaulle was a French Catholic priest and missionary.

Romain Rolland was a French dramatist, novelist, essayist, art historian and mystic who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1915 "as a tribute to the lofty idealism of his literary production and to the sympathy and love of truth with which he has described different types of human beings".

Edwige Feuillère was a French stage and film actress.

Caroline-Stéphanie-Félicité, Madame de Genlis was a French writer of the late 18th and early 19th century, known for her novels and theories of children's education. She is now best remembered for her journals and the historical perspective they provide on her life and times.

Émile Edmond Jean Peynot was a prominent French artist and sculptor.

Roger Rocher was a French businessman. He was president of AS Saint-Étienne from 1961 to 1982.

Guy Auffray was a French judoka. He was active from 1967 to 1976 and was a Red Belt 9th degree.

Vincent Defrasne is a former French biathlete. He won a gold medal in the 12.5 km pursuit at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin and a bronze medal in the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City.