Editing Avignon (section)

== Notable people ==
[[File:Bust of Claude-Joseph Vernet, 1783 CE. From Paris, France. By Louis-Simon Boizot. The Victoria and Albert Museum, London.jpg|thumb|140px|Bust of [[Claude-Joseph Vernet]], 1783]]
[[File:Olivier Messiaen (1986).jpg|thumb|140px|[[Olivier Messiaen]], 1986]]
[[File:Mireille Mathieu à Lille - 14 novembre 2014 (cropped).JPG|thumb|140px|[[Mireille Mathieu]], 2014]]
[[File:Chevalier de Folard.jpg|thumb|140px|[[Chevalier de Folard]]]]
[[File:Réception pour les Français de Shanghai 20100430 - 21.jpg|thumb|140px|[[Bernard Kouchner]], 2010]]
[[File:René Girard.jpg|thumb|140px|[[René Girard]], 2007]]
[[File:Rio 2016. sx 223 (28237849084).jpg|thumb|140px|[[Camille Ayglon]], Rio 2016]]

=== The Arts ===
* [[Nicolas Dipre]] ({{Circa|1495}}-1532), early [[Renaissance art|Renaissance]] painter.
* [[Trophime Bigot]] (1579 in Arles – 1650 in Avignon), French painter of the [[Baroque]] era.{{sfn|Boyer|1988|p=356}}
* [[Pierre Simon Jaillot]] (1631–1681), sculptor of ivory objects
* [[Pierre Parrocel]] (1664–1739), painter of the late-[[Baroque]] period.
* [[Claude-Joseph Vernet]] (1714–1789), a painter of night landscapes.<ref>{{cite web | title=Claude-Joseph Vernet | publisher=National Gallery, London | url=http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/artists/claude-joseph-vernet | access-date=5 April 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Vernet | volume= 27 | pages = 1030&ndash;1031 |quote= see para I. Claude Joseph Vernet (1714–1789), who was born at Avignon on..... |short= 1}}</ref>
* [[Dorothea von Rodde-Schlözer]] (1770 in Göttingen – 1825 in Avignon), artist and scholar.<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Schlözer, August Ludwig von | volume= 24 | page = |quote= see para 3.His daughter Dorothea, born on the 10th of August 1770, was one of the most beautiful and learned women of her time..... |short= 1}}</ref>
* [[Pierre Grivolas]] (1823–1906), painter of landscapes, portraits and genre scenes.
* [[Émile Beaussier]] (1874–1943), painter of maritime scenes and sunny landscapes.
* [[Albert Gleizes]] (1881–1953), artist, theoretician, philosopher, self-proclaimed founder of [[Cubism]]
* [[Yahel Chirinian]] (born 1970), [[Contemporary art|contemporary]] sculptor and installation artist

=== Music ===
* [[Justine Favart]] (1727–1772), an operatic singer, actress, playwright and dancer.<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle=Favart, Charles Simon|volume=10|page=213 see line 9 |quote= in 1745 (Favart) married Marie Justine Benoîte Duronceray (1727–1772), a beautiful young dancer, singer and actress, who as “Mlle Chantilly” had made a successful début the year before.....|short=1}}</ref>
* [[Albert Guille]] (1854–1914), operatic tenor
* [[Marie Grisier-Montbazon]] (1859−1922), a French actress and singer.
* [[Olivier Messiaen]] (1908–1992), composer, organist, and ornithologist 
* [[Jean-Claude Malgoire]] (1940–2018), oboist and later conductor.
* [[Mireille Mathieu]] (born 1946), singer
* [[Christophe Rousset]] (born 1961), harpsichordist and conductor of [[Baroque music]] 
* [[Peste Noire]] (formed 2000), a black metal band

=== Science & Business ===
* [[Procopius Waldvogel]] (15th C.), a medieval printer and silversmith by trade.
* [[Alexis-Hubert Jaillot]] (1632–1712), geographer and [[Cartography|cartographer]]
* [[Pierre-Esprit Radisson]] (1636/1640–1710), fur trader and explorer
* [[Esprit Pézenas]] (1692–1776), Jesuit astronomer, hydrographer and mathematician
* [[Honoré Blanc]] (1736–1801), gunsmith, pioneered the use of [[interchangeable parts]].
* [[Yves Delage]] (1854–1920), zoologist, worked on [[invertebrate]] [[physiology]] and anatomy.
* [[Christine Ourmières-Widener]] (born 1964), [[CEO]] of [[TAP Air Portugal]].

=== Public service & the Church ===
* [[Pope Gregory XI]] (ca.1329 – 1378), the seventh and last Avignon pope.<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Gregory (Popes)/Gregory XI | volume= 12 | page = 574 |short= 1}}</ref>
* [[Francis Lambert]] (ca.1486 – 1530), a Protestant reformer.<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Lambert, Francis | volume= 16 |last= Pollard |first= Albert Frederick |author-link= Albert Pollard | page = 107 |short=1}}</ref>
* [[Georges d'Armagnac]] (ca.1501 – 1585), humanist, patron of arts, Cardinal and diplomat 
* [[Alexandre de Rhodes]] (1591–1664), [[Society of Jesus|Jesuit]] [[missionary]].<ref>{{CathEncy|wstitle=Alexandre De Rhodes|noicon=x}}</ref>
* [[Chevalier de Folard]] (1669–1752), soldier and military theorist, championed [[Column (formation)|infantry columns]]
* [[Louis des Balbes de Berton de Crillon, 1st Duke of Mahón|Louis des Balbes de Berton de Crillon]] (1717–1796), [[Captain general of the Army]]. 
* [[Étienne-Antoine Boulogne]] (1747–1825), cleric, [[List of bishops of Troyes|Bishop of Troyes]], 1809–1825.
* [[Pierre Louis Jean Casimir de Blacas]] (1771–1839), antiquarian, nobleman and diplomat 
* [[Joseph Agricol Viala]] (1778–1793), child hero in the [[French Revolutionary Army]], killed aged 15 
* [[John Stuart Mill]] (1806 – 1873 in Avignon), an English philosopher, political economist and MP; he is buried in the local cemetery.{{sfn|Girard|1958|p=356}}
* [[Édouard Daladier]] (1884–1970), politician and 3 x pre-war [[Prime Minister of France]]
* [[Bernard Kouchner]] (born 1939), politician and doctor, co-founded [[Médecins Sans Frontières]]
* [[Edmond Alphandéry]] (born 1943), politician, public-sector company executive
* [[Muriel Casals i Couturier]] (1945–2016), a Catalan economist and academic

=== Writing ===
* [[Bertran Folcon d'Avignon]] (fl. 1202–1233), a Provençal nobleman, [[troubadour]] and poet
* [[Abraham Farissol]] (ca.1451 – ca.1525), a Jewish-Italian geographer, cosmographer, scribe and [[Jewish polemics and apologetics in the Middle Ages|polemicist]].
* [[Marianne-Agnès Falques]] (1720–1785), author of romance novels and other topical writing
* [[Armand de Pontmartin]] (1811–1890), journalist, critic and man of letters.<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Pontmartin, Armand Augustin Joseph Marie Ferrard, Comte de | volume= 22 | page = 67 |short= 1}}</ref>
* [[Henri Bosco]] (1888–1976), writer, nominated for the [[Nobel Prize in Literature]] four times.{{sfn|Vitaglione|2000|p=63}}
* [[Pierre Boulle]] (1912–1994), author of the novels: ''[[The Bridge over the River Kwai]]'' and ''[[Planet of the Apes (novel)|Planet of the Apes]]''
* [[René Girard]] (1923–2015), polymath, historian, literary critic and [[Philosophy of social science|philosopher of social science]] 
* [[Daniel Arsand]] (born 1950), writer and publisher
* [[Mazarine Pingeot]] (born 1974), writer, journalist and associate Professor of philosophy at the [[Paris 8 University Vincennes-Saint-Denis|Paris 8 University]] and daughter of former French President [[François Mitterrand]]. 
* [[Vincent Almendros]] (born 1978), writer, winner of the 2015 [[prix Françoise Sagan]]

=== Sport ===
* [[Philippe Gache]] (born 1962), racing driver
* [[Éric Di Meco]] (born 1963), former footballer with 342 club caps and 23 with [[France national football team|France]]
* [[Jean Alesi]], (born 1964), professional racing driver for [[Formula 1]] & [[Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters|DTM]]
* [[Teddy Richert]] (born 1974), goalkeeper coach and former goalkeeper with 464 club caps
* [[Jean-Christophe Ravier]] (born 1979), racing driver
* [[Cédric Carrasso]] (born 1981), former footballer with 379 club caps 
* [[Philippe Toledo]] (born 1983), former footballer with 449 club caps
* [[Camille Ayglon]] (born 1985), retired handballer with 270 caps with [[France women's national handball team|France women]] and an [[2016 Summer Olympics|Olympic]] team silver medallist 
* [[Benoît Richaud]] (born 1988), figure skating choreographer and former competitive ice dancer.
* [[Benoît Paire]] (born 1989), tennis player, best singles ranking is World No. 18, in January 2016 
* [[Younès Belhanda]] (born 1990), footballer with over 360 club caps and 58 for [[Morocco national football team|Morocco]]
* [[Tony Gigot]] (born 1990), rugby league footballer with 233 club caps and 19 for [[France national rugby league team|France]]
* [[Giuliano Alesi]] (born 1999), [[Super Formula Championship|Super Formula]] driver
* [[Clément Novalak]] (born 2000), [[FIA Formula 2 Championship|FIA Formula 2]] driver
* [[Pierre-Louis Chovet]] (born 2002), racing driver