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
The city was the birthplace of the following people.
- Jacques de Vaucanson (1709–1782) – inventor of the automated loom and an automaton known as the Digesting Duck
- Étienne Bonnot de Condillac (1715–1780) – writer of the Enlightenment
- Jean Joseph Mounier (1758–1806) – politician
- Antoine Barnave (1761–1793) – orator of the French Revolution
- Casimir Pierre Périer (1777–1832) – statesman
- Stendhal (1783–1842) – author
- Léon Roches (1809–1901) – diplomat
- Henri Fantin-Latour (1836–1904) – painter
- Charles Bertier (1860–1924) – landscape painter
- Lionel Terray (1921–1965) – climber
- Ultra Violet (born 1935) – artist, author and former colleague of the American artist Andy Warhol
- Johnny Servoz-Gavin (1942–2006) – motor-racing driver
- André the Giant (1946–1993) – professional wrestler and actor[1]
- Michel Lotito (1950–2007) – entertainer
- Maurice Dantec (born 1959) – 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
- Miss Kittin (real name Caroline Hervé; born 1973) – electronica-music singer
- Vincent Clerc (born 1981) – professional rugby union player (wing position)
- Olivier Giroud (born 1986) – former Grenoble Foot 38 footballer, who now plays for English Premier League side Arsenal
Grenoblois residents
The following people have resided in Grenoble.
(sorted by year of birth)
- Pierre Terrail, seigneur de Bayard (1473–1524)
- François de Bonne, duc de Lesdiguières (1543–1626) – lieutenant-general of Dauphiné
- Abel Servien (1593–1659) – diplomat
- Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712–1778) – philosopher and writer
- Jean-François Champollion (1790–1832) – Egyptologist
- Joseph Fourier (1768-1830) – mathematician and physicist
- Louis Néel (1904–2000) – physicist
- Pierre Mendès France (1907–1982) – French Prime Minister
- Jean-Luc Godard (born 1930) – 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
- ↑ Laprade, Pat; Hebert, Bertrand (1 February 2013). Mad Dogs, Midgets and Screw Jobs: The Untold Story of How Montreal Shaped the World of Wrestling. ECW Press. p. 1910. ISBN 978-1-77090-296-1.
See also
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