List of Famous people born in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France
Robinson Stévenin
Robinson Stévenin is a French actor.
Bruno Latour
Bruno Latour is a French philosopher, anthropologist and sociologist. He is especially known for his work in the field of science and technology studies (STS). After teaching at the École des Mines de Paris from 1982 to 2006, he became Professor at Sciences Po Paris (2006–2017), where he was the scientific director of the Sciences Po Medialab. He retired from several university activities in 2017. He was also a Centennial Professor at the London School of Economics.
Alice Prin
Alice Ernestine Prin, nicknamed the Queen of Montparnasse, and often known as Kiki de Montparnasse, was a French artist's model, literary muse, nightclub singer, actress, memoirist and painter. She flourished in, and helped define, the liberated culture of Paris in the 1920s.
Lilian Renaud
Lilian Renaud is a French singer who won the title in Season 4 of the French music competition The Voice: la plus belle voix broadcast on TF1 from 10 January 2015 to 25 April 2015.
Dominique Voynet
Dominique Voynet is a French politician who is a member of Europe Écologie–The Greens. She is the former mayor of Montreuil and was a French senator for the département of Seine-Saint-Denis.
Antoine Volodine
Antoine Volodine is the pseudonym of a Russian-French writer. He initially was interested in the original Association des Écrivains et Artistes Révolutionnaires. His works often involve cataclysms and have scenes of interrogations. He won the Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire in 1987. Des anges mineurs, one of his best-known works, won the Prix du Livre Inter and Prix Wepler in 2000. He won the Prix Médicis in 2014 for his latest novel, Terminus radieux.
Stéphane Peterhansel
Stéphane Peterhansel is a rally racing driver from France. He holds the record for winning the Dakar Rally for a record 14 times. In the 2018 season he was one of the official drivers of the Team Peugeot Total.
Albert Roux
Albert Henri Roux was a French restaurateur and chef working in Britain. He and his brother Michel operated Le Gavroche in London's Mayfair, the first restaurant in the UK to gain three Michelin stars. He helped train a series of chefs that went on to win Michelin stars, and his son, Michel Roux, Jr., continues to run Le Gavroche.
Yves Jégo
Yves Jégo is a French politician. He was député for the third constituency of Seine-et-Marne in the National Assembly from 2002 to 2018, and Mayor of Montereau-Fault-Yonne.
Benoît Pedretti
Benoît Pedretti is a French former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He was a deep-lying playmaker, well-known for his wide range of passing.