Editing Haute-Vienne (section)

== Notable people ==
* Martial of Limoges or [[Saint Martial]] (third century), also called the apostle of Gaul or the apostle of Aquitaine, is traditionally the first bishop of Limoges.
* [[Richard the Lion Heart]] (8 September 1157, Beaumont Palace in [[Oxford]] - 6 April 1199, the castle of [[Châlus|Chalus]] Chabrol) was King of [[England]], Duke of Normandy, Duke of Aquitaine, count of [[Poitiers]], Count of Maine and Count of Anjou 1189 until his death in 1199. Son of Henry II of England and Eleanor of Aquitaine.
* [[Jean-Baptiste Jourdan]] (1762-1833), Marshal of France.
* [[Pierre Victurnien Vergniaud]] (1753-1793), revolutionary.
* [[Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac]] (1778-1850), chemist and physicist
* [[Jean Giraudoux]] (1882-1944) novelist and diplomat. 
* [[Maryse Bastié]] (1898-1952) aviator.
* [[Auguste Renoir]] (1841-1919), impressionist painter.
* [[Marie François Sadi Carnot|Sadi Carnot]] (1837-1894), French president.
* [[Jean Chassagne]] (26 July 1881– 13 April 1947) was a pioneer submariner, aviator and French racecar driver active 1906–1930.
* [[Tōson Shimazaki]] (1872 - 1943), Japanese writer, exiled to Limoges in 1914.
* [[Suzanne Valadon]] (1865-1938), painter and artist's model.
* [[Martial Valin]] (1898-1980), commander of the Free French Air Force.
* [[Serge Gainsbourg]] (Lucien Ginzburg) (1928-1991), took refuge in 1944 in the local high school, to escape the persecution of Jews (his parents had immigrated from [[Crimea]]).
* [[Pierre Desproges]] (9 May 1939 in [[Pantin]] - 18 April 1988 in Paris) is a French comedian known for his dark humor, his nonconformity and sense of the absurd.
* [[Paul Rebeyrolle]] (1926-2005), artist.
* [[Edmond Gondinet]] (1828-1888), playwright.
* [[Roland Dumas]] (1922), politician.
* [[Georges-Emmanuel Clancier]], born 3 May 1914 in Limoges, was a French writer and poet.
* [[Xavier Darcos]] (1947), politician.
* [[Bob Maloubier]] (2 February 1923 in [[Neuilly-sur-Seine]] - 20 April 2015 in Paris) was, during the [[Second World War]], a secret agent of the [[Special Operations Executive]].
* [[Pascal Sevran]] (1945-2008), songwriter, television host, who died in Limoges.
* [[Theo Sarapo]] is a singer and actor of Greek origin, born Theophanis Lamboukas 26 January 1936 in [[Paris]], died 28 August 1970 in Limoges.
* [[Jean-Paul Denanot]], is a French politician, member of the [[Socialist]] Party (PS).
* [[Robert Hébras]] (29 June 1925 in [[Oradour-sur-Glane]] - 11 February 2023 in [[Saint-Junien]]) is one of six people who survived the [[Oradour-sur-Glane massacre]] on 10 June 1944.
* [[Raymond Poulidor]], said "Poupou" is a French cyclist, born 15 April 1936 in [[Masbaraud-Mérignat]] in the department of [[Creuse]].
* [[Henri Rabaute]], (26 May 1943 in Limoges - 11 November 2000) was a French cyclist.
* [[Vincent Perrot]], (born 3 August 1965) is a French journalist, radio and television presenter and drag racing driver.
* [[Nathanaël de Rincquesen]], born Nathanael Willecot Rincquesen on 9 March 1972 in [[Paris]], is a French journalist and television presenter.
* [[Luc Leblanc]] (1966), French cyclist.
* [[Richard Dacoury]] (1959), French basketball player, former international player and emblematic player of the [[Limoges CSP]].
* [[Laurent Koscielny]], born 10 September 1985 in [[Tulle]], French international footballer who played in Limoges FC. He played in the Premier League as a central defender with [[Arsenal F.C.|Arsenal]].
* [[Laetitia Milot]] (born 5 July 1980), actress, model and French writer.