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== Personalities == {{div col|colwidth=20em}} * 16th-century poet and translator [[Pierre Motin]] was born in Bourges. * 17th-century composer and singer [[François Bourgoing (singer)|François Bourgoing]] was born in Bourges. * The merchant [[Jacques Cœur]] was born in Bourges. * The manuscript illuminator [[Jean Colombe]] maintained a workshop in Bourges. * [[John Calvin]] was a student in the [[University of Bourges]]. * The legal expert [[Jacques Cujas]] lived in Bourges during 1555-1557 and 1575–1590. * [[Eustadiola]] (594–684) was a saint and abbess. * The [[Impressionist]] painter [[Berthe Morisot]] was born in Bourges on 14 January 1841. * The [[Art Nouveau]] sculptor [[Julien Caussé]] was born in Bourges in 1869. * The philosopher [[Vladimir Jankélévitch]] (1903-1985) was born in Bourges. * The writer and historian [[Jules Bertaut]] (1877–1959) was born in Bourges. * [[Angèle Chevrin]] (1911–1998), communist politician * [[Béatrice Vialle]], aviator. * [[Emmanuel Imorou]], footballer. * [[Émilienne Demougeot]] (1910–1994), historian, was born in Bourges. * [[Marcel Bascoulard]] (1913-1978), artist, was born outside of Bourges and resided there for most of his life. * The mother of fictional character Gabrielle Maple hailed from Bourges in [[The Petrified Forest]] (1936), endearingly mispronounced "Boorgs" by the actress playing the part, [[Bette Davis]]. * [[François Jacques (historian)|François Jacques]] (1946–1992), historian, was born in Bourges. * [[Arnaud Courlet de Vregille]] (1958-), painter, was born in Bourges. * Belle du Berry (born Bénédicte Grimault) (1966-2020) lead singer of Paris Combo * [[Patrice Gay]] (1973-), racing driver * [[Geoffroy Tory]] (1480-1533), printer who introduced accents into French, was born in Bourges. {{div col end}}
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