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

Jean-Léon Gérôme was a French painter and sculptor in the style now known as academicism. His paintings were so widely reproduced that he was "arguably the world's most famous living artist by 1880." The range of his oeuvre included historical painting, Greek mythology, Orientalism, portraits, and other subjects, bringing the academic painting tradition to an artistic climax. He is considered one of the most important painters from this academic period. He was also a teacher with a long list of students.

Maximilien-Paul-Marie-Félix d'Ollone was a 20th-century French composer.

Charles I, Count of Nevers, Count of Nevers and Rethel, was the son of Philip II, Count of Nevers, and Bonne of Artois.

Georges Bruhat was a French physicist.

Jean-Marc Thibault (1923–2017) was a French film and television actor. He also directed three films.

Édouard Brissaud was a French physician and pathologist. He was taught by Jean Martin Charcot at Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital. He had interests in a number of medical disciplines including motion disturbances, anatomy, neurology and psychiatry. He died of a brain tumour, aged 57.

Steeve François Fabien Guénot is a French wrestler who won the Gold medal in the Men's Greco-Roman 66 kg in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. He became the first Olympic Champion for France in Men's Greco-Roman Wrestling since Emile Poilvé, in the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin. Hired by the RATP in 2007, he is member of the US Métro.