List of Famous people born in Grand Est, France

Christian Poncelet was a conservative French politician. A member of President Nicolas Sarkozy's Union for a Popular Movement (UMP), he was President of the Senate from 1998 to 2008. In addition to being a Senator, he was Mayor of Remiremont (Vosges) and has been the President of the General Council of Vosges.

Nicole Notat, born 26 July 1947 in Châtrices, Marne, is the former secretary general of the union CFDT. She is currently founder and president of Vigeo, a company committed to a concept of sustainable development.

Philippe Richert is a French politician of The Republicans party, president of the regional council of Grand Est from 2016 to 2017. He previously was the president of the regional council of Alsace, until its dissolution on 1 January 2016.

Jean-Luc Reitzer is a French politician of the Republicans who has been serving as a member of the National Assembly of France since 1988, representing the 3rd constituency of the Haut-Rhin department.

Mehdi Baala is a French, middle-distance runner competing mainly in the 1500 metres event. Baala has won several major international championships medals in the 1500 metres event – an Olympic Games bronze, a World Championships silver, two European Championships golds and a European Indoor Championships bronze. Moreover, he has won several medals in the 1500 metres event of the European Cup, IAAF World Cup and the IAAF World Athletics Final. Baala is considered to be the best French middle-distance runner of all time. As of July 2013, he holds French national outdoor records for four distances and French national indoor records for four distances.

Jonathan Schmid is a French professional footballer who plays for SC Freiburg as a midfielder or right back.

Serdar Gürler is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as a right winger or forward for Antalyaspor.

Fabienne Keller is a French politician who has been serving as a Member of the European Parliament since 2019. She previously was the mayor (UDF) of Strasbourg, France, from March 2001 to March 2008.

François Villeroy de Galhau is a French civil servant and banker serving as Governor of the Bank of France and ex officio President of the French Prudential Supervision and Resolution Authority since 2015.

Aurélie Muller is a French swimmer, who specializes in long-distance freestyle events and open water marathon. She won the 10-kilometer competition at the 2015 world championship in Kazan, Russia and at the 2017 world championship in Budapest, Hungary.