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

Roger Machin was a French international football referee.

Michaël Isabey is a French football coach and former player who played as a midfielder. He is currently the manager of Dijon FCO's U19 squad. While at Sochaux he played as a substitute as they won the 2004 Coupe de la Ligue Final.

Catharine of Burgundy was the second daughter of Philip the Bold, Duke of Burgundy and Margaret III, Countess of Flanders. She was Duchess of Further Austria.

Émile Gagnan was a French engineer and, in 1943, co-inventor with French Navy diver Jacques-Yves Cousteau of the Aqua-Lung, the diving regulator used for the first Scuba equipment. The demand-valve, or regulator, was designed for regulating gas in gas-generator engines, but was found to be excellent for regulating air-supply under varied pressure conditions. This allowed people to explore the ocean more easily, even though the original purpose was different.

Beatrice of Burgundy was a ruling Lady of Bourbon in 1288-1310 and, through her mother, heiress of all Bourbon estates.

Saturnin Fabre was a French film actor.

Béatrix de Cusance, Baroness of Belvoir, was the second wife of Charles IV, former reigning Duke of Lorraine. She was a correspondent of Constantijn Huygens.

Henri Adolphe Eugène Schneider was a French businessman and politician. He served as a member of the Chamber of Deputies from 1889 to 1898.

Joan II, Countess of Burgundy, was Queen of France by marriage to Philip V of France, and ruling Countess of Burgundy and Countess of Artois. She was the eldest daughter and heiress of Otto IV, Count of Burgundy, and Mahaut, Countess of Artois.

Claude Jacques Lecourbe, born in Besançon, was a French general during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars.