List of Famous people born in Grand Est, France

Steven Da Costa, sometimes written as Steven Dacosta is a French karateka. He won the gold medal in the men's 67 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan. He is also a two-time gold medalist in the men's 67 kg event at the World Karate Championships and a two-time gold medalist in this event at the European Karate Championships.

Cléopatre Darleux is a French handball goalkeeper for Brest Bretagne Handball and the French national team.

Thierry Omeyer is a retired French handball goalkeeper.

Manuel Marouane da Costa Trindade Senoussi is a Moroccan professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for F91 Dudelange. He has previously played for Nancy, PSV, Fiorentina, Sampdoria, West Ham United, Lokomotiv Moscow and Nacional. Born in France to parents of Moroccan and Portuguese descent, he played for Portugal Under-21s before switching to play senior international football for Morocco.

Judith Magre is a French actress, born in Montier-en-Der, Haute-Marne.

André Tota is a former French footballer who played as a striker. He was born to Polish parents.

Claude Malhuret is a French politician. He represents the department of Allier in the French Senate. Previously, Malhuret served as the mayor of Vichy, France.

Gérald Bronner is a French social scientist and author. Bronner is a professor of sociology at Université Paris-Diderot and is a member of the Institut Universitaire de France. He is one of the main proponents of cognitive sociology in France and is known for his work on collective beliefs as well as for his involvement in jihadist radicalization prevention programs with the French government. More generally, his research has focused on the key success factors of a belief in social contexts.

Valerie Masson-Delmotte is a French climate scientist and Research Director at the French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission, where she works in the Climate and Environment Sciences Laboratory (LSCE). She uses data from past climates to test models of climate change, and has contributed to several IPCC reports.

Pauline Ferrand-Prévot is a French multi-discipline bicycle racer, who currently rides for UCI Elite Mountain Bike team Absolute–Absalon–BMC in cross-country cycling. Ferrand-Prévot has also competed in road bicycle racing and cyclo-cross during her career, winning the world title in each discipline. During the 2015 season, aged just 23, she became the first person ever – in the history of cycling – to simultaneously hold the World road title, World cyclo-cross title and World cross-country mountain bike title.