List of Famous people born in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France
John of Burgundy, Bishop of Cambrai
John of Burgundy, also known as Jean de Bourgogne, was the illegitimate son of John the Fearless, through his mistress Agnes de Croy, daughter of Jean I de Croÿ and was appointed Archbishop of Trier, served as Bishop of Cambrai from 1439–1479, Provost of St. Donatian's Cathedral and St. Peter's Cathedral at Lille. He was the great-grandson of King John II of France.
Mathurin Moreau
Mathurin Moreau was a French sculptor in the academic style.
Joseph Bouglione
René Fourrey
Christine Petit
Christine Petit is a French geneticist. She holds professorships at the Collège de France and the Pasteur Institute.
Paul Colin
Paul Colin was a French novelist who received the Prix Goncourt in 1950 for Les jeux sauvages. Colin died in March 2018 at the age of 98.
Edme Jeaurat
Edme Jeaurat (1688–1738) was a French engraver from Vermenton, near Auxerre.
Louis Marie Florent du Châtelet
Louis-Marie-Florent de Lomont d'Haraucourt, marquis later duc du Châtelet, was an aristocratic French Army general and diplomat of the Ancien Régime.