Editing Saumur (section)

==Notable people==
{{See also|Category:People from Saumur}}
Saumur was the birthplace of:
* [[Gabriel Dugrès]] (''[[floruit|fl]]''. 1643), French Huguenot grammarian
* [[Anne Dacier|Anne Le Fèvre Dacier]] (1654–1720), [[scholar]] and [[translator]] of [[classics]]
* [[Jeanne Delanoue]] (1666-1736), made a Roman Catholic Saint in 1982 
* [[François Bontemps]] (1753–1811), General of the [[French Revolutionary Wars]]
* [[Charles Ernest Beulé]] (1826–1874), [[archeologist]]
* [[Gabrielle Chanel|Coco Chanel]] (1883–1971), [[fashion designer]]
* [[Jean de La Brète]] (pen name of Alice Cherbonnel; 1858–1945), novelist
* [[Marie Adrien Persac]] (1823–1873), Franco-American [[lithography|lithographer]] and [[photography|photographer]]
* [[Yves Robert]] (1920–2002), actor, composer, director, writer, producer
* [[Jack le Goff]] (1931-2009), equestrian
* [[Fanny Ardant]] (b. 1949), actress
* [[Dominique Pinon]] (b. 1955), actor
* [[Youna Dufournet]] (b. 1993), French artistic gymnast

Other:
* The French mathematician [[Abraham de Moivre]] initially studied logic at Saumur.
* [[Marquis de Sade]] was briefly imprisoned in the Château de Saumur (then a prison) in 1768.
* [[Jehan Alain]] (1911-1940), organist and composer, was killed during the Battle of Saumur.