Editing Caen (section)

=== 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