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

Robert de Boron was a French poet of the late 12th and early 13th centuries, notable as the reputed author of the poems Joseph d'Arimathie and Merlin. Although little is known of him apart from the poems he allegedly wrote, his works and subsequent prose redactions of them had a strong influence on later incarnations of the Arthurian legend and its prose cycles, particularly through their Christian back story for the Holy Grail.

Maurice Joly was a French publicist and lawyer known for his political satire titled Dialogue aux enfers entre Machiavel et Montesquieu ou la politique de Machiavel au XIX^e siècle, that attacked the regime of Napoleon III. Available English translations include: Dialogues in Hell between Machiavelli and Montesquieu by Herman Bernstein, and The Dialogue in Hell Between Machiavelli and Montesquieu by John S. Waggoner.

Eugène Lefébure was a French Egyptologist born at Prunoy.

Bernard de Tramelay was the fourth Grand Master of the Knights Templar.

André de Montbard was the fifth Grand Master of the Knights Templar and also one of the founders of the Order.

Camille Bombois was a French naïve painter especially noted for paintings of circus scenes.