List of Famous people born in Grand Est, France

Arnaud-Sylvain-André Merklé is a French badminton player from Staffelfelden. He was the boy's singles European Junior Champion in 2018, and also part of the national junior team clinched the mixed team title in 2017 and 2018. He participated at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and reached into the boys' singles bronze medal match losing to Kodai Naraoka of Japan in the rubber games.

David Klein is a retired French goalkeeper.

Erwin Kehlhoffner is a badminton player from France and affiliations with ASL Robertsau club. In the junior event, he won the national singles title in 2002, and also the doubles titles in 2001 and 2002. Kehlhoffner competed at the 2005 World Championships in the men's singles and doubles event, but was defeated in the first round both in singles and doubles event. He also qualified to play at the 2006 World Championships in the men's doubles event with his partner Thomas Quéré, but the duo defeated by the German players in the first round. In 2007 he competed in the men's singles event, and was defeated in the first round by Richard Vaughan of Wales, 21–9, 22–20. He won the bronze medal at the 2008 European Championships in the men's doubles with Svetoslav Stoyanov. At the same year, he was qualified to participate in the men's singles event at the Olympic Games in Beijing, China. He reach in to the third round after beat Stuart Gomez of Australia and Eli Mambwe of Zambia in the first and two rounds, but was defeated by Chen Jin of China in the third round.