List of Famous people born in Grand Est, France

Sophie Thalmann is a French former beauty queen, model and television presenter. She was titled Miss Lorraine in 1997 and Miss France in 1998. She is the 68th Miss France.

Claire Burger is a French film director, film editor and screenwriter. She received the Camera d'Or award for her debut feature film Party Girl at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival.

Luka Karabatić is a French handball player for Paris Saint-Germain and the French national team.

Gaëtane Iza Laure Thiney is a French football player who currently plays for French club Paris FC of the Division 1 Féminine. She plays as a midfielder, but can also operate in the striker position. Thiney is also a member of the France women's national football team making her first major tournament appearance with her nation at UEFA Women's Euro 2009. She is a two-time winner of the Division 1 Féminine player of the year award.

Nicolas Mathieu is a French author and winner of the prestigious Prix Goncourt in 2018.

Ines-Loan Rau is a French model. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for November 2017, and the first openly transgender Playmate.

Olivier Rouyer is a retired football striker from France. He earned seventeen international caps for the French national team during the late 1970s and early 1980s. A player of AS Nancy, he was a member of the French team in the 1978 FIFA World Cup. He coached Nancy from 1991–1994.

Michel Bernard is a French writer and senior official. A graduate from the École nationale d'administration (ENA) in 1992, he made a career in the prefectural corps.

Delphine Horvilleur is France's third female rabbi, and editorial director of the quarterly Jewish magazine Revue de pensée(s) juive(s) Tenou'a. She leads a congregation in Paris, and is currently co-leading the Liberal Jewish Movement of France, a Jewish liberal cultural and religious association affiliated to the World Union for Progressive Judaism, which she joined in 2008. In 2013 her book "En tenue d’Eve. Féminin, Pudeur et Judaïsme", which discusses the representation of nudity and modesty in the Bible, was published.

Tom Novembre is a French actor and singer. He appeared in more than seventy films since 1985.