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

Lucien Quélet was a French naturalist and mycologist, meaning that he specialized in the study of fungi. Quelet discovered several species and was the founder of the Société mycologique de France, a society devoted to mycological studies.

Claude Lancelot was a French Jansenist monk and grammarian.

Claude-François Lizarde de Radonvilliers was a French churchman and teacher.

André Lalande was a French philosopher. In 1904 he was appointed Professor of philosophy at the University of Paris.

Marius Aventicensis or, popularly, Marius of Avenches was the Bishop of Aventicum from 574, remembered for his terse chronicle. After his death in Lausanne, he was venerated in that city as a saint, and his feast day was celebrated on 9 or 12 February.

Charles Victor Naudin was a French naturalist and botanist.

Jean Bachelet (1894–1977) was a French cinematographer.

Jean Bouhier was a French magistrate, jurisconsultus, historian, translator, bibliophile and scholar. He served as the first président à mortier to the parlement de Bourgogne from 1704 to 1728, when he resigned to devote himself to his historic and literary work following his 1727 election to the Académie française.

Louis Pierre Henri Jobier was a French fencer. He won a gold medal in the foil competition at the 1924 Summer Olympics.