List of people from Grenoble

The following is a list of notable people born in or associated with the French city of Grenoble, Isère.

## Grenoblois natives

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The city was the birthplace of the following people.

* Abel Servien, marquis de Sablé et de Boisdauphin (1593–1659) a French diplomat.[1]
* Antoine Marini (15th century), theologian, political thinker and diplomat, adviser to King George Podiebrad of Bohemia
* Hugues de Lionne (1611–1671) a French statesman.[2]
* Claudine Françoise Mignot (1624–1711) a French adventuress. commonly called "Marie".[3]
* Pierre Guérin de Tencin (1679–1758), French ecclesiastic, archbishop of Embrun and Lyon and a cardinal.[4]
* Claudine Guérin de Tencin (1682–1749) a French salonist and author.[5]
* François-Emmanuel Guignard, comte de Saint-Priest (1735–1821), a politician and diplomat.[6]
* Francis Regis Clet (1748–1820), martyr saint of China
* Jacques de Vaucanson (1709-1782), inventor of the automated loom and an automaton known as the Digesting Duck
* Jacques Rochette de La Morlière (1719–1785), 18th-century French playwright and writer.
* Étienne Bonnot de Condillac (1715-1780), writer of the Enlightenment.[7]
* Joseph-Gaspard Dubois-Fontanelle (1727-1812), journalist and playwright
* Claude Périer (1742-1801), public figure of the French Revolution and French Directory, banker
* Pierre Joseph Joubert de La Salette (1743–1833), General, musicologist
* Jean Joseph Mounier (1758-1806), politician.[8]
* Antoine Barnave (1761-1793), orator of the French Revolution.[9]
* Camille Teisseire (1764-1842), industrialist and public figure of the French Revolution
* Rose Philippine Duchesne (1769-1852), religious sister, educator and saint of the Catholic Church
* Casimir Pierre Périer (1777-1832), statesman.[10]
* Stendhal (1783-1842), real name Marie-Henri Beyle, author.[11]
* Antoine Clot (1793–1868) a French doctor known as Clot Bey while practicing in Egypt.[12]
* Léon Roches (1809-1901), diplomat
* Henri Fantin-Latour (1836-1904), painter.[13]
* Charles Bertier (1860-1924), landscape painter
* Philibert Guinier (1876-1962), botanist[14]
* Pierre Cot (1895-1977), anti-fascist politician
* Lionel Terray (1921-1965), climber
* Michel Calonne (1927–2019), writer
* Ultra Violet (1935–2014), artist, author and former colleague of the American artist Andy Warhol
* Johnny Servoz-Gavin (1942-2006), motor-racing driver
* Michel Lotito (1950-2007), entertainer
* Maurice Dantec (1959–2016), science-fiction author
* Sami Bouajila (born 1966), actor
* Christophe Aribert (born 1971), chef; holds two Michelin stars and four toques Gault Millau
* Seyhan Kurt (born 1971), poet and writer
* Fabrice Bellard (born 1972), computer programmer and author of FFmpeg
* Miss Kittin (real name Caroline Hervé; born 1973), electronica-music singer
* Vincent Clerc (born 1981), professional rugby union player (wing position)
* Pierre-Jean Croset (born 1949), composer and musicologist
* Olivier Giroud (born 1986), former Grenoble Foot 38 footballer, who now plays for Italian Serie A side Milan
* Mister V (born 1993), YouTuber, Internet personality, comedian, rapper, and actor
* Camille Étienne (born 1998), environmental activist

## Grenoblois residents

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The following people have resided in Grenoble.

(sorted by year of birth)

* Pierre Terrail, seigneur de Bayard (1473-1524) a French knight and military leader.[15]
* François de Bonne, duc de Lesdiguières (1543-1626) - lieutenant-general of Dauphiné.[16]
* Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778) - philosopher and writer.[17]
* Jean-François Champollion (1790-1832) - Egyptologist.[18]
* Joseph Fourier (1768–1830) - mathematician and physicist.[19]
* Louis Néel (1904-2000) - physicist
* Pierre Mendès France (1907-1982) - French prime minister
* Jean-Luc Godard (1930–2022) - film director
* Youri Djorkaeff (born 1968) - association footballer; member of winning Team France at the 1998 FIFA World Cup and at the UEFA Euro 2000
* Cristobal Huet (born 1975) - professional ice hockey goaltender (Chicago Blackhawks)
* Katsuni (born 1979) - professional pornographic actress; studied at the Grenoble Institute of Political Studies
* Julien Brellier (born 1982) - association footballer; former team member of Heart of Midlothian F.C.

## References

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1. ^ "Servien, Abel" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 24 (11th ed.). 1911. p. 698.
2. ^ "Lionne, Hugues de" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 16 (11th ed.). 1911. p. 739.
3. ^ "Mignot, Claudine Françoise" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 18 (11th ed.). 1911. p. 427.
4. ^ "Tenpin, Pierre Guérin de" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 26 (11th ed.). 1911. p. 614.
5. ^ "Tencin, Claudine Alexandrine Guérin de" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 26 (11th ed.). 1911. p. 614.
6. ^ "Saint Priest, François Emmanuel Guignard" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 24 (11th ed.). 1911. p. 42.
7. ^ Sturt, Henry Cecil (1911). "Condillac, Étienne Bonnot de" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 6 (11th ed.). pp. 849–851.849-851&rft.edition=11th&rft.date=1911&rft.aulast=Sturt&rft.aufirst=Henry+Cecil&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:List+of+people+from+Grenoble" class="Z3988">
8. ^ "Mounier, Jean Joseph" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 18 (11th ed.). 1911.
9. ^ "Barnave, Antoine Pierre Joseph Marie" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 3 (11th ed.). 1911. pp. 411–412.411-412&rft.edition=11th&rft.date=1911&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:List+of+people+from+Grenoble" class="Z3988">
10. ^ "Périer, Casimir Pierre" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 21 (11th ed.). 1911. pp. 148–149.148-149&rft.edition=11th&rft.date=1911&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:List+of+people+from+Grenoble" class="Z3988">
11. ^ "Beyle, Marie Henri" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 3 (11th ed.). 1911. pp. 838–839.838-839&rft.edition=11th&rft.date=1911&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:List+of+people+from+Grenoble" class="Z3988">
12. ^ "Clot, Antoine Barthélemy" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 6 (11th ed.). 1911. pp. 556–557.556-557&rft.edition=11th&rft.date=1911&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:List+of+people+from+Grenoble" class="Z3988">
13. ^ "Fantin-Latour, Ignace Henri Jean Théodore" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 10 (11th ed.). 1911. p. 172.
14. ^ "Fiche CTHS de Philbert Guinier".
15. ^ "Bayard, Pierre Terrail" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 3 (11th ed.). 1911. p. 554.
16. ^ "Lesdiguières, François de Bonne, Duc de" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 16 (11th ed.). 1911. p. 489.
17. ^ Rockstro, William Smyth; Chisholm, Hugh (1911). "Rousseau, Jean Jacques" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 23 (11th ed.). pp. 775–778.775-778&rft.edition=11th&rft.date=1911&rft.aulast=Rockstro&rft.aufirst=William+Smyth&rft.au=Chisholm,+Hugh&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:List+of+people+from+Grenoble" class="Z3988">
18. ^ "Champollion, Jean François" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 5 (11th ed.). 1911. pp. 831–832.831-832&rft.edition=11th&rft.date=1911&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:List+of+people+from+Grenoble" class="Z3988">
19. ^ "Fourier, Jean Baptiste Joseph" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 10 (11th ed.). 1911. pp. 752–753.752-753&rft.edition=11th&rft.date=1911&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:List+of+people+from+Grenoble" class="Z3988">

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