Editing Blois (section)

=== Intellectuals ===

* [[Peter of Blois]] ({{circa|1130}} – {{circa|1211}}), theologian, poet and diplomat born in Blois.
* [[Paul Reneaulme]] ({{circa|1560}} – {{circa|1624}}), [[doctor (title)|doctor]] and [[botanist]] born in the city.
* [[Florimond de Beaune]] (1601–1652), [[jurist]] and mathematician born in Blois.
* [[René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle]] (1643–1687), first explorer of [[Louisiana]], born in [[Rouen]], then teacher at the Royal College of Blois.
* [[Denis Papin]] (1647–1713), [[physicist]], mathematician and inventor from Blois.
* [[Angel Baffard]] (1655–1726), [[genealogist]] specialist of [[Bloisian]].
* [[Jean Marie Pardessus]] (1772–1853), lawyer.
* [[Augustin Thierry]] (1795–1856), historian born in the city.
* [[Amédée Thierry]] (1797–1873), historian like his elder brother, and journalist.
* [[Félix Duban]] (1798–1870), Parisian architect who restored the [[Château of Blois]].
* [[Louis de La Saussaye]] (1801–1878), [[numismatist]] and historian from Blois.
* [[Jules de La Morandière]] (1813–1905), architect, and [[Félix Duban|Duban]]'s disciple.
* [[Victor-Auguste Poulain]] (1825–1918), [[chocolatier]] who created the [[Chocolat Poulain]] brand in 1848.
* [[Albert Poulain]] (1851–1937), chocolatier and industrialist, son of the precedent.
* [[Tiburce Colonna-Ceccaldi]] (1832–1892), diplomat and [[archaeologist]] born in Blois.
* [[Édouard Blau]] (1836–1906), dramatist and opera [[librettist]] from Blois.
* [[Arthur Trouëssart]] (1839–1929), architect, historian, and genealogist specialized in [[Bloisian]] history.
* [[Adrien Thibault]] (1844–1918), [[ceramist]] born in [[La Chaussée-Saint-Victor]], then historian of Bloisian.
* [[René Guénon]] (also Sheikh 'Abd al-Wahid Yahya; 1886 – 1951), author, philosopher, social critic, the founder of the [[Traditionalist School]].
* [[Philippe Ariès]] (1914–1984), [[medievalist]] and historian.
* [[Albert Ronsin]] (1928–2007), 20th-century French scholar, historian, librarian, and curator.
* [[Françoise Xenakis]] (1930–2018), novelist and journalist.
* [[Maxime Schwartz]] (born 1940), [[molecular biologist]] who has been a research director at the [[CNRS]], and Director General of the [[Pasteur Institute]].
* [[Henri Tézenas du Montcel]] (1943–1994), economist
* [[Pierre Rosanvallon]] (born 1948), historian and [[sociologist]].
* [[Christophe Lebreton]] (1950–1996), [[Trappists|Trappist]] monk and one of the [[Murder of the monks of Tibhirine|Tibhirine monks]].
* [[Luc Foisneau]] (born in 1963), philosopher and director of research at CNRS.