Editing Caen (section)

== Notable people ==
[[File:Louis-Gustave Doulcet de Pontécoulant.jpg|thumb|140px|[[Louis Gustave le Doulcet, comte de Pontécoulant]]]]
[[File:Charles Mathieu Isidore Decaen.jpg|thumb|140px|[[Charles Mathieu Isidore Decaen]], 1827]]
{{Category see also|People from Caen}} Caen was the birthplace or origin of:

=== Public service ===
*[[Robert, 1st Earl of Gloucester]] (ca.1090–1147), illegitimate son of [[Henry I of England]].<ref>{{Cite EB1911 |wstitle=Gloucester, Robert, Earl of |volume=12 |last1=Davis |first1=Henry William Carless |author1-link=Henry William Carless Davis |page=130 |short=1}}</ref>
*[[Robert Constantin]] (ca.1530 – 1605), physician, bibliographer, lexicographer and humanist.
*[[Samuel Bochart]] (1599–1667 in Caen), Protestant biblical scholar, taught [[Pierre Daniel Huet]].<ref>{{Cite EB1911 |wstitle=Bochart, Samuel |volume=4 |page=106 |short=1}}</ref>
*[[Saint|St.]] [[John Eudes]] (1601–1680), Catholic priest, forerunner of the [[Catholic devotions|devotion]] to the [[Sacred Heart]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://catholicsaints.info/saint-john-eudes/ |title=CatholicSaints.Info » Blog Archive » Saint John Eudes |access-date=14 June 2022 |archive-date=4 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220804210726/https://catholicsaints.info/saint-john-eudes/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[Tanneguy Le Fèvre]] (1615–1672), classical scholar.<ref>{{Cite EB1911 |wstitle=Lefebvre, Tanneguy |volume=16 |page=372 |short=1}}</ref>
*[[Pierre Daniel Huet]] (1630–1721), churchman and scholar.<ref>{{Cite EB1911 |wstitle=Huet, Pierre Daniel |volume=13 |pages=855&ndash;856 |short=1}}</ref>
*[[Gervais de La Rue]] (1751–1835), historian, re. [[Norman language]] and [[Anglo-Norman literature]]
*[[Louis Gustave le Doulcet, comte de Pontécoulant]] (1764–1853), politician.<ref>{{Cite EB1911 |wstitle=Pontécoulant, Louis Gustave le Doulcet, Comte de |volume=22 |pages=63&ndash;64 |short=1}}</ref>
*[[Charlotte Corday]] (1768–1793), [[guillotine]]d for the assassination of [[Jean-Paul Marat]]
*[[Charles Mathieu Isidore Decaen]] (1769–1832), a French general.<ref>{{Cite EB1911 |wstitle=Decaen, Charles Mathieu Isidore, Count |volume=7 |last1=Rose |first1=John Holland |author1-link=John Holland Rose |page=907 |short=1}}</ref>
*[[Eugène Poubelle]] (1831–1907), lawyer and diplomat, introduced [[waste container]]s to Paris
*[[Charles-Hippolyte Pouthas]] (1886–1974), historian of political and religious history 
*[[Marie-Pierre Kœnig]] (1898–1970), [[Maréchal de France]], commanded the [[Free French]] at the [[Battle of Bir Hakeim]]
*[[Claude Hettier de Boislambert]] (1906-1986), [[French Resistance|Resistance]] leader, governor, politician, diplomat
*[[Ovida Delect]] (1926–1996), poet, Communist, politician, member of the [[French resistance]] in WWII and a [[trans woman]]. 
*[[Sonia de La Provôté]] (born 1968), member of the [[French Senate]]
*[[Fabrice Le Vigoureux]] (born 1969), member of the [[National Assembly (France)|National Assembly]]

=== The arts ===
[[File:Père-Lachaise - Division 41 - Danbé 02.jpg|thumb|140px|bust of [[Jules Danbé]]]]
[[File:Paris - Salon du livre 2012 -Laure Adler - 007.jpg|thumb|140px|[[Laure Adler]], 2012]]
*[[Jean Bertaut]] (1552–1611), poet of light verse to celebrate the incidents of court life.<ref>{{Cite EB1911 |wstitle=Bertaut, Jean |volume=3 |page=811 |short=1}}</ref>
*[[François de Malherbe]] (1555 at [[Le Locheur]] – 1628), poet, critic and translator.<ref>{{Cite EB1911 |wstitle=Malherbe, François de|volume=17 |page=488|first=George|last=Saintsbury |author-link=George Saintsbury |short=1}}</ref>
*[[François le Métel de Boisrobert]] (1592–1662), poet, playwright and courtier.<ref>{{Cite EB1911 |wstitle=Boisrobert, François le Metel de |volume=4 |page=154 |short=1}}</ref>
*[[Jean François Sarrazin]] (ca.1611 at Hermanville – 1654), a French writer.<ref>{{Cite EB1911 |wstitle=Sarasin, Jean François |volume=24 |pages=204&ndash;205 |short=1}}</ref>
*[[René Auguste Constantin de Renneville]] (1650–1723), writer.<ref>{{Cite EB1911 |wstitle=Renneville, René Auguste Constantin de |volume=23 |pages=100&ndash;101 |short=1}}</ref>
*[[Jean-Baptiste Belin]] (1653–1715), painter who specialized in flowers.
*[[François Henri Turpin]] (1709–1799), man of literature.<ref>{{Cite EB1911 |wstitle=Turpin, François Henri |volume=27 |page=482 |short=1}}</ref>
*[[J. Hector St. John de Crèvecœur]] (1735–1813), French-American writer
*[[Jean-Jacques Boisard]] (1744–1833), writer who specialized in [[fable]]s
*[[Jean-François Boisard]] (1762–1820), painter and poet.
*[[Daniel Auber]] (1782–1871), composer and director of the [[Paris Conservatoire]].<ref>{{Cite EB1911 |wstitle=Auber, Daniel François Esprit |volume=2 |page=889 |short=1}}</ref>
*[[Étienne Mélingue]] (1807–1875), actor, sculptor and painter.<ref>{{Cite EB1911 |wstitle=Mélingue, Étienne Marin |volume=18 |pages=94&ndash;95 |short=1}}</ref>
*[[Jules Danbé]] (1840–1905), a violinist, composer and conductor, mainly of opera.
*[[Gabriel Dupont]] (1878–1914), composer of operas and chamber music.
*[[Roger Grenier]] (1919–2017), writer, journalist and radio animator. 
*[[Alain Duhamel]] (born 1940), journalist and political commentator.
*[[Jean-Loup Rivière]] (1948–2018), playwright and drama critic.
*[[Laure Adler]] (born 1950), journalist, writer, publisher and radio/TV producer.
*[[Christophe Desjardins]] (born 1962), a viola player and specialist in contemporary music.
*[[Olivier Baroux]] (born 1964), actor, comedian, writer and director
*[[Gilles Peterson]] (born 1964), DJ, record collector, record label owner; lives in [[London]]
*[[Léa Drucker]] (born 1972), French actress 
*[[Laurent Lefrançois]] (born 1974), French contemporary composer
*[[Orelsan]] (born 1982), rapper, songwriter, record producer, actor and film director
*[[Seb Toussaint]] (born 1988), street artist and painter

=== Science and business ===
[[File:Guillaume-François Rouelle.jpg|thumb|140px|[[Guillaume-François Rouelle]]]]
*[[Pierre Varignon]] (1654–1722), [[mathematician]]; he invented the U-tube [[manometer]].
*[[Estienne Roger]] (c 1664–1722), printer, bookseller and publisher of sheet music
*[[Paul Jacques Malouin]] (1701–1778), physician and chemist
*[[Guillaume-François Rouelle]] (1703 at Mathieu – 1770), chemist and apothecary<ref>{{Cite EB1911 |wstitle=Rouelle, Guillaume François |volume=23 |page=768 |short=1 }}</ref> 
*[[Louis Lépecq de La Clôture]] (1736–1804), surgeon and [[epidemiologist]]
*[[Pierre-Simon Girard]] (1765–1836), mathematician and engineer, worked on fluid mechanics.
*[[Hippolyte-Victor Collet-Descotils]] (1773–1815), chemist; discovered [[iridium]] in 1803.
*[[Jacques Amand Eudes-Deslongchamps]] (1794–1867), naturalist and [[palaeontologist]]<ref>{{Cite EB1911 |wstitle=Deslongchamps, Jacques Amand Eudes- |volume=8 |page=796 |short=1 }}</ref>
*[[Eugène Eudes-Deslongchamps]] (1830–1889), [[paleontologist]] and naturalist 
*[[Jules Lair]] (1836–1907), businessman, paleographer, historian and antiquary
*[[André-Louis Danjon]] (1890–1967), [[astronomer]], measured the [[Earthlight (astronomy)|earthshine]] on the moon.
*[[René Herse]] (1908–1976), builder of high-quality touring, ''randonneur'' and racing bicycles
*[[Jean-Pierre Lehman]] (1914–1981), [[paleontologist]] who studied the anatomy and evolution of fossil fish
*[[Jean-Yves Marin]] (born 1955), archeologist, medievalist and chief curator of French heritage
*[[Pierre Denis]] (born 1964), businessman, CEO of [[Jimmy Choo (fashion house)|Jimmy Choo Ltd]], 2012–2020

=== Sport ===
[[File:Jean-Pierre-Jaussaud-by-Rundvald.jpg|thumb|140px|[[Jean-Pierre Jaussaud]], 2009]]
*[[René Menzies]] (ca.1889 – ca.1971), long-distance cycling record holder 
*[[Jean-Pierre Jaussaud]] (1937–2021), racing driver, won the [[24 Hours of Le Mans]] in 1978 and 1980.
*[[Jean-François Ballester]] (1965–2018), figure skater, gold medallist at the [[2018 Winter Olympics]]
*[[Corinne Lagache]] (born 1975), former football goalkeeper with 27 caps with [[France women's national football team|France women]]
*[[Bruno Grougi]] (born 1983), a former footballer with 451 club caps and 3 for [[Martinique national football team|Martinique]]
*[[Jérémy Sorbon]] (born 1983), a former footballer with 518 club caps
*[[Benoît Costil]] (born 1987), footballer with over 480 club caps and 1 for [[France national football team|France]]
*[[Youssef El-Arabi]] (born 1987), footballer with over 546 club caps and 46 for [[Morocco national football team|Morocco]] and over 303 goals
*[[Bruno Massot]] (born 1989), pair skater, gold medallist at the [[2018 Winter Olympics]]
*[[Kaïlé Auvray]] (born 2004), footballer<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kaïlé Auvray |url=https://www.mlssoccer.com/players/kaile-auvray/ |access-date=January 1, 2025 |website=[[Major League Soccer]]}}</ref>