Editing Noyon (section)

== Personalities ==
* [[Acarius|Saint Acarius]], [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Tournai|bishop of Doornik and Noyon]] (d. 14 March 642)
* [[Pope Innocent VI]], [[Ancient Diocese of Noyon|Bishop of Noyon]], born Étienne Aubert, Papacy (1352–1362).
* [[Antoine Henri de Bérault-Bercastel]] (1720–1794), [[priest]], poet and historian.
* [[John Calvin]] (1509 – 1564), [[Christian theology|theologian]], [[pastor]], [[Protestant Reformers|reformer]], founder of the [[Calvinism|Calvinist]] movement.
* [[Alain Danilet]] (1947–2012), born in Noyon, politician.
* [[Pierre Descaves]] (1924–2014), served during [[World War II]], municipal councillor of Noyon from 1989 to 2001, politician.
* [[Saint Eligius]] (588–660), [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Tournai|bishop of Noyon-Tournai]] after Acarius (d. 1 December 660)
* [[Guillaume d'Ercuis]] (1265 – 1314/15), archdeacon, [[almoner]], canon of the cathedral of Noyon.
* [[Paschal de l'Estocart]]  (1538 or 1539 – after 1587), born in Noyon, French Renaissance composer.
* [[Antoine Galland]] (1646 – 1715), [[Oriental studies|orientalist]], [[archaeologist]], first European translator of [[One Thousand and One Nights]], completed schooling at Noyon.
* [[Louis-André de Grimaldi]] (1736 – 1804), last [[Peerage of France|Peer of France]] as Count-Bishop of Noyon from 1777.
* [[François de Maucroix]] (1619–1708), born in Noyon, long-time friend of [[Jean de La Fontaine|La Fontaine]], poet and translator.
* [[Pierre Robert Olivétan]] ({{Circa|1506}} – 1538), born in Noyon, first to translate the Bible into the French language starting from the Hebrew and Greek texts. 
* [[Jacques Sarazin]] (1592–1660), born in Noyon, sculptor in the [[Classicism|classical]] tradition of [[Baroque art]].
* [[Medardus]] (456 – 545), was the Bishop of [[Vermandois]] who removed the seat of the diocese to Noyon.
* [[Bruno Roux]] (born 1963), French [[Association football|football]] player and manager
* [[Godeberta]] (c. 640 – c. 700), [[Franks|Frankish]] saint, resident in a small palace at Noyon, which included a chapel dedicated to [[Saint George]].
* [[Jean de Bournonville]] (c. 1585–1632), composer and organist.
* [[Simon-Jérôme Bourlet de Vauxcelles]], (1733 – 1802),  journalist during the French Revolution, curator of the [[bibliothèque de l'Arsenal]] (1787).
* [[Robert Louis Stevenson]] as part of [[An Inland Voyage]] visited Noyon on 17 September 1876. He was greatly impressed with the cathedral stating it has "the happiest inspiration of mankind, a thing as specious as a statue at first glance, yet on examination, as lively and interesting as a forest in detail…. I sat outside of my hotel and the sweet groaning thunder of the organ floated out of the church like a summons "<ref>The Cathedrals of Northern France by Francis Miltoun, Published by T. Werner Laurie, London, 1894</ref>