Editing Amiens (section)

===Notable people===
[[File:0 Saint Pierre l'Ermite - Amiens.JPG|thumb|170px|Statue of [[Peter the Hermit]] by {{interlanguage link|Gédéon de Forceville|fr}}, near to the cathedral.]]
[[File:Jean-Baptiste-Louis Gresset.jpeg|thumb|170px|[[Jean-Baptiste Gresset]]]]
[[File:Laclos.jpg|thumb|right|170px|[[Pierre Choderlos de Laclos|Choderlos de Laclos]]]]
[[File:Jules Verne.jpg|thumb|170px|[[Jules Verne]]]]
[[File:Oliver Blanchard, IMF 98BlanchardWEO1 lg.jpg|thumb|170px|[[Olivier Blanchard]]]]
[[File:Jean-Pierre Pernaut Nathalie Marquay.jpg|thumb|170px|[[Jean-Pierre Pernaut]] and his wife]]
[[File:Portrait de Laurent Delahousse.jpg|thumb|170px|[[Laurent Delahousse]] in 2013]]
[[File:Emmanuel Macron in Tallinn Digital Summit. Welcome dinner hosted by HE Donald Tusk. Handshake (36669381364) (cropped 2).jpg|thumb|170px|[[Emmanuel Macron]] in 2017]]
[[File:Portrait Najat Vallaud-Belkacem-crop.jpg|thumb|170px|The minister [[Najat Vallaud-Belkacem]] in June 2012]]

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* [[Magnentius]] (303–353), usurper of the imperial title 18 January 350 to 11 August 353
* [[Godeberta]] (640–670), [[nun]] and [[abbess]], patron saint of [[Noyon, France]]
* [[Saint Anschar|Ansgar]] (801–865), known as Oscar or [[Ansgar]], evangeliser of [[Scandinavia]] and patron saint of [[Denmark]]
* [[Peter the Hermit]] (?–1115), preacher in the [[First Crusade]].<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Peter the Hermit | volume= 21 |last1= Barker |first1= Ernest
 |author1-link= Ernest Barker | pages = 294&ndash;295 |short=1}}</ref>
* {{interlanguage link|André d'Ypres|fr}}, (before 1428–1450), painter and [[Illuminated manuscript|illuminator]]; {{Interlanguage link|La Crucifixion du Parlement de Paris|fr|3=La Crucifixion du Parlement de Paris|lt=''La Crucifixion du Parlement de Paris''}} is attributed to him
* [[Simon Marmion]] (1425–1489), painter and [[Illuminated manuscript|illuminator]]
* {{Interlanguage link|Michel de Vascosan|fr}} (1500–1576), {{Interlanguage link|imprimer du roi|fr|3=imprimeur du roi|lt=king's printer}} and the [[University of Paris]], [[Bookselling|bookseller]]
* [[Jean Bullant]] (1515–1578), architect notably of the [[Château d'Écouen]]
* [[François Dubois]] (1529–1584), painter
* {{Interlanguage link|Jean Riolan the Elder|fr|Jean Riolan}} (1539–1605), physician, professor of [[anatomy]] and Dean of the {{Interlanguage link|Faculté de médecine de Paris|fr}}
* {{Interlanguage link|François de Louvencourt|fr}} (1569–1638), writer, poet and historian
* [[Nicolas Cornet]] (1592–1663), [[catholicism|Catholic]] theologian who was one of the main opponents of [[Jansenism]]
* [[Vincent Voiture]] (1597–1648), known as " le bel esprit " [the beautiful spirit], poet of ''Un Précieux'' and academic.<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Voiture, Vincent | volume= 28 | page = 177  |short= 1}}</ref>
* {{Interlanguage link|Nicolas Blasset|fr}} (1600–1659), sculptor
* [[Antoine de Cousu]] (beginning of the 17th–1658), music theorist and composer of church music
* [[Charles du Fresne, sieur du Cange]] (1610–1688), historian and [[Philology|philologist]].<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Du Cange, Charles du Fresne, Sieur | volume= 8 | pages = 627&ndash;628  |short= 1}}</ref>
* [[Claude François (painter)|Claude François]], known in religion as Brother Luc, (1614–1685), painter
* [[Jacques Rohault]] (1618–1672), physician and proselyte of [[Mechanical philosophy|Mechanism]]
* [[Nicolas Barré]] (1621–1686), priest and founder of the [[Sisters of the Infant Jesus]], beatified in 1999 by [[Pope John Paul II]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nicolas-barre.cef.fr/pages_web/nicolas/sommairenicolas.htm|title=Consacré à Nicolas Barré|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151016132704/http://www.nicolas-barre.cef.fr/pages_web/nicolas/sommairenicolas.htm|archive-date=16 October 2015}}</ref>
* [[Charles Aubert de La Chesnaye]], (1632–1702), prominent businessman in [[New France]]
* [[La Grange (actor)|Charles Varlet]] known as La Grange, (1639–1692), comedian who belonged to [[Molière's company]] and was one of the most renowned
* [[Charles Cressent]] (1685–1768), master [[Cabinetry|cabinetmaker]], main representative of [[Regency style]]
* {{Interlanguage link|Jean-Baptiste Dupuis|fr}} (1698–1790), sculptor
* [[Jean-Baptiste Gresset]] (1709–1777), poet and dramatist, (author of {{Interlanguage link|Vert-Vert (poem)|fr|3=Vert-Vert|lt=''Vert-Vert''}} and ''[[Le Méchant]]''), member of the [[Académie française]].<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Gresset, Jean Baptiste Louis | volume= 12 | page = 583  |short= 1}}</ref>
* [[Jean-Baptiste Vaquette de Gribeauval]] (1715–1789), officer and engineer who reformed the [[field artillery]] of the French army.<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Gribeauval, Jean Baptiste de | volume= 12 | pages = 456&ndash;789  |short= 1}}</ref>
* [[Père Féry]] (1716–1773), engineer of the château-d'eau
* [[Joseph Dinouart]] (1716–1786), preacher, polemicist, compiler of sacred sciences and apologist for French feminism
* [[Noël François de Wailly]] (1724–1801), grammarian and lexicographer.<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Wailly, Noël François de | volume= 28 | pages = 245&ndash;246  |short= 1}}</ref>
* {{Interlanguage link|Louis Antoine Vimeux|fr}} (1737–1814), general of the Revolution and First Empire, Knight of the Royal order and military of Saint-Louis, Commander of the Légion d'honneur, hereditary baron, Governor of the Place de Luxembourg (from 1802 to 1814)
* {{Interlanguage link|Jacques-Firmin Vimeux|fr}} (1740–1728), sculptor in the Cathedral of Amiens<ref>Dictionnaire des sculpteurs de l'école française au siecle XVIII, Stanislas Lami</ref>
* [[Choderlos de Laclos]] (1741–1803), writer, author of ''[[Les Liaisons dangereuses]]''
* {{Interlanguage link|Pierre Morand du Puch cadet|fr}}, (1742–1822), general of the armies of the Revolution, died in Amiens
* [[Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre]] (1749–1822),  mathematician, astronomer, historian of astronomy, geodesist and author of the definition of the metre.<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Delambre, Jean Baptiste Joseph | volume= 7 |last1= Clerke |first1= Agnes Mary |author1-link= Agnes Mary Clerke | pages = 942&ndash;943 |short=1}}</ref>
* {{Interlanguage link|Charles Dallery|fr}} (1754–1835), mechanical engineer, inventor of the steam engine to tubular boiler
* {{Interlanguage link|Jacques-Polycarpe Morgan|fr}} (1759–1843), general of the armies of the Republic and the Empire, born in Amiens and died at [[Chamarande]] ([[Essonne]])
* [[Charles Guillaume Alexandre Bourgeois]] (1759–1832), painter, engraver, physicist and chemist
* [[Pierre Amable Jean-Baptiste Trannoy]] (1772–1833), botanist, physician and hygienist
* {{Interlanguage link|François Marie Clément de La Roncière|fr}} (1773–1854), general of the armies of the Republic and the Empire (name engraved under the Arc de Triomphe of the Star: 11th column)
* [[Pierre-François-Marie-Auguste Dejean]] (1780–1847), general and entomologist
* {{Interlanguage link|François-Alexandre Desprez|fr}} (1778–1833), general of the armies of the Republic and the Empire
* [[Charles Alexandre]] (1797–1870), hellenist and lexicographer
* {{Interlanguage link|Gédéon de Forceville|fr}} (1799–1886), sculptor
* [[Pierre Thuillier]], (1799–1859), landscape painter associated with the [[Barbizon school]]
* [[Aimé and Louis Duthoit]] (1803–1869) & (1807–1874), sculptors who helped the restoration of the cathedral alongside [[Eugène Viollet-le-Duc]] which qualified them for this "last image of the [[Middle Ages]]"
* [[Alphonse Sagebien]] (1807–1892), engineer, inventor of a type of [[water wheel]], alderman from 1878 to 1888
* {{Interlanguage link|Édouard Paris|fr}} (1814–1874), translator in [[Picard language|Picard]] of the [[Gospel of Matthew]]
* [[Antoine Daveluy]], (1818–1866), [[Catholicism|Catholic]] [[saint]], missionary Bishop in Korea
* {{Interlanguage link|Jules Barni|fr}} (1818–1878), philosopher and politician, Member of Parliament for the Somme
* [[Eugène Jolibois]] (1819–1896), politician
* [[Pierre Puvis de Chavannes]] (1824–1898), painter, idealistic murals ([[Panthéon]], [[Sorbonne (building)|Sorbonne]]).<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Puvis de Chavannes, Pierre Cécile | volume= 22 |last1= Frantz |first1= Henri
 |author1-link= | page = 673 |short=1}}</ref>
* [[Ferdinand Pouy]] (1824–1891), [[bibliographer]] died in Amiens
* [[Albert Dauphin]] (1827–1898), politician, [[List of Finance Ministers of France|Minister of Finance]] in the {{interlanguage link|Government of René Goblet|fr|3=Gouvernement René Goblet}}
* [[René Goblet]] (1828–1905), journalist and politician, [[List of Prime Ministers of France|head of the Government]], President of the Council, [[Minister of the Interior (France)|Minister of) the Interior]] in the {{Interlanguage link|Second Government of Charles de Freycinet|fr|3=Gouvernement Charles de Freycinet (2)}}, [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Development (France)|Minister for Foreign Affairs]] in the {{Interlanguage link|Government of Charles Floquet|fr|3=Gouvernement Charles Floquet}}><ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Goblet, René | volume= 12 | page = 169  |short= 1}}</ref>
* [[Jules Verne]] (1828–1905), city councillor from 1888 to his death, and before all a writer known to all; he rests in the {{Interlanguage link|Cimetière de La Madeleine (Amiens)|fr|3=Cimetière de La Madeleine (Amiens)|lt=Cemetery of La Madeleine}}<ref group="note">He lived for 18 years in a mansion located in Henriville, which includes an observatory atop a tower. His house, now classified as an Historical Monument, was acquired by the city of Amiens in 1980. Reopened on 24 March 2006 after a year of work, the Jules Verne House is a museum. The University of Picardie is called "Jules Verne". A viaduct east of the city and a lecture hall of ESIEE also bear his name.</ref><ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Verne, Jules | volume= 27 | page = 1030  |short= 1}}</ref>
* [[Charles Tellier]] (1828–1913), inventor of artificial refrigeration
* {{Interlanguage link|Gédéon Baril|fr}} (1832–1906), cartoonist
* [[Frédéric Petit (19th-century politician)|Frédéric Petit]] (1836–1895), Mayor of Amiens and Third Republic Senator of the Somme
* [[Édouard Lucas]] (1842–1891), inventor of mathematical games and puzzles
* [[Édouard Branly]] (1844–1940), physicist, inventor of the ''coherer'', the first very sensitive detector of radio waves and physician. A high school as well as a lecture hall, one of the ESIEE, bear his name
* {{Interlanguage link|Victorine Autier|fr}} (1840–1874), heroic nurse of the War of 1870
* [[Paul Bourget]] (1852–1935), writer and member of the [[Académie française]].<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Bourget, Paul Charles Joseph | volume= 4 | pages = 331&ndash;332  |short= 1}}</ref>
* [[Georges Picquart]] (1854-1914), general, [[Minister of Defence (France)|Minister of War]] and French politician. He played a central role in the [[Dreyfus affair]] and provides evidence of the innocence of [[Alfred Dreyfus]].
* [[Louis Thuillier]] (1856–1883) physicist and biologist, born and studied at Amiens, buried in the cemetery of La Madeleine
* [[Albert Roze]] (1861–1952), sculptor
* [[Eugène Cosserat]] (1866–1931) mathematician and astronomer
* [[Lucien Lecointe]] (1867–1940), politician
* [[Mathilde Auguez]] (1858–1955), light soprano
* [[Henri Ardel]] (1863-1938), writer
* {{Interlanguage link|Victor Pauchet|fr}} (1869–1936), surgeon; a clinic founded in 1896 and a square bear his name
* [[Victor-Ferdinand Bourgeois]] (1870–1957), painter and illustrator.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chestercollections.com/cgi?usr=gy5ez8ke6a&lg=fr&pag=2137&tab=102&rec=158&frm=0&id=3950&flux=82359669 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131111234826/http://www.chestercollections.com/cgi?usr=gy5ez8ke6a&lg=fr&pag=2137&tab=102&rec=158&frm=0&id=3950&flux=82359669 |url-status=dead |archive-date=11 November 2013 |title=Biographie de Victor-Ferdinand Bourgeois }}</ref>
* [[Joseph Pinchon]] (1871–1953), cartoonist, creator of ''[[Bécassine]]''
* [[Auguste Sérieyx]] (1865–1949), musicologist, composer
* [[Germaine Dulac]] (1882–1942), film director, film theorist
* [[Henri Deberly]] (1882–1947), writer, winner of the [[Prix Goncourt]] in 1926
* [[Clovis Brunel]] (1884–1971), philologist
* [[Roland Dorgelès]] (1885–1973), writer
* [[Clovis Trouille]] (1889–1975), painter
* [[Alphonse Métérié]] (1887–1967), poet
* [[Jean Catelas]] (1894–1941), member of Amiens in 1936, guillotined on 24 September 1941, under the regime of Philippe Pétain
* [[Alfred Georges Regner]] (1902–1987), painter, engraver
* [[Odette Hallowes]] (1912–1995), World War II heroine
* {{Interlanguage link|Léon Lamotte|fr}} (1912–2011), sculptor
* [[François Spoerry]] (1912–1999), architect, originally behind the construction of the tower created by [[Auguste Perret]] in Amiens
* [[Dolorès Vanetti]] (1912–2008), actress, poet
* [[Madeleine Michelis]] (1913–1944), [[World War II]] resistant
* [[Maurice Boitel]] 1919–2007, painter, lived at 65 ''Rue Richard de Fournival''
* [[Jeanne Joulain]] (1920–2010), classical organist
* [[Florien Decodavaine]] (1920–1942), painter hermit, resistant during the World War II
* [[Philippe Pinchemel]] (1923–2008), geographer
* [[Roger Agache]] (1926–2011), archaeologist, pioneer of [[aerial archaeology]]
* {{Interlanguage link|Pierre Garnier (poet)|lt=Pierre Garnier|fr|Pierre Garnier (poète)}}, (1928–2014), poet, creator of {{interlanguage link|Spatialism (poetry)|fr|3=Spatialisme (poésie)|lt=spatialism}}
* [[Jean-Jacques Perrey]] (1929–2016), electronic music performer, composer, and producer
* [[Véronique Silver]] (1931–2010), actress
* [[Michou (cabaret artist)|Michou]] (1931–2020), director of the Cabaret Michou in Paris
* {{Interlanguage link|Jacques Darras|fr}} (1939–), poet, essayist and translator
* [[Sylvain Cambreling]] (1948–), conductor
* [[Olivier Blanchard]] (1949–), Chief Economist at the [[International Monetary Fund]], Professor at the [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology|MIT]]
* {{Interlanguage link|Philippe Dessaint|fr}} (1953–), journalist, former director of FR3 Picardie
* [[Jean-Pierre Pernaut]] (1950–2022), journalist, television host
* [[Bernard Devauchelle]] (1950–), professor of medicine
* [[Geneviève Fioraso]] (1954–), [[Ministry of Higher Education and Research|Minister of Higher Education and Research]] in the [[Ayrault Government|Jean-Marc Ayrault Governments I and II]], Secretary of State responsible for [[Ministry of Higher Education and Research|Higher Education and Research]] in the [[First Valls Government|First]] and [[Second Valls Government]]
* {{Interlanguage link|Ivar Ch'Vavar|fr}} (1951–), creative poet of the ''L'Invention de la Picardie''
* [[Éric Carreel]] (1959–), engineer and entrepreneur
* [[Frank Berton]] (1962–), lawyer
* [[Liêm Hoang Ngoc]] (1964–), economist and politician
* [[Anne Brochet]] (1966–), actress
* {{Interlanguage link|Jeanne Savary|fr}} (1966–), comedian
* [[Éric Berger]] (1969–), actor
* [[Philippe Leclerc (footballer)|Philippe Leclerc]] (1969–), footballer
* {{Interlanguage link|Pierre Notte|fr}} (1969–), playwright, Director and former Secretary general of the [[Comédie-Française]]
* [[Albin de la Simone]] (1970–), musician, singer-songwriter
* [[Emmanuel Macron]] (1977–), [[President of France]]
* [[Najat Vallaud-Belkacem]] (1977–), [[Ministry of Women's Affairs (France)|Minister of Women's Affairs]] and [[List of Government spokespeople of France|spokesperson for the Government]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/affichTexte.do;jsessionid=A2D04D86944EA5393DD0B76D6F556E15.tpdjo10v_1?cidTexte=JORFTEXT000025893289&dateTexte=&oldAction=rechJO&categorieLien=id|title=Décret du 16 mai 2012 relatif à la composition du Gouvernement|work=Journal officiel de la République française|date=7 May 2012}}</ref> in the [[Ayrault Government|Government of Jean-Marc Ayrault]]; grew up in Amiens<ref name="Bertoin">Jacques Bertoin, [http://www.jeuneafrique.com/jeune_afrique/article_jeune_afrique.asp?art_cle=LIN18037najatesorne0 « Najat Belkacem, la vie en rose »] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927194518/http://www.jeuneafrique.com/jeune_afrique/article_jeune_afrique.asp?art_cle=LIN18037najatesorne0 |date=27 September 2007 }}, ''Jeune-afrique.com'', 18 March 2007.</ref> and is a graduate of the [[University of Picardie Jules Verne|University of Picardie]]
* [[Disiz]] (1978–), [[French hip hop|rapper]], writer and actor
* [[Raphaël Poulain]] (1980–), actor and Rugby Union player
* [[François-Henri Désérable]] (1987–), writer and ice hockey player
* [[Olympe (singer)|Olympe]] (1989–), singer
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====Sportspeople====
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* [[Pierre Baruzy]], (1897–1994), boxer and [[Savate]] coach; between 1922 and 1935, he was crowned 11 times as middleweight champion of France
* [[Urbain Wallet]], (1899–1973), footballer
* [[Robert Marchand (cyclist)|Robert Marchand]], (1911–), world record holder of the fastest centenarian cycling 100&nbsp;km
* [[Alfred Letourneur]], (1907–1975), cyclist, [[Cycling records|world speed record holder on flat ground and behind shelter]]
* [[Georges Vallerey]], (1927–1954), swimmer, Olympic medalist
* [[Pal Benko]] (1928–2019), chess grandmaster
* [[Gisèle Vallerey]], (1930–2010), swimmer
* [[Bernard Quennehen]], (1930–), cyclist
* [[Michel Macquet]], (1932–2002), javelin thrower
* [[Jean-Luc Van Den Heede]], (1945–), sailor, [[Around the world sailing record#Single-handed|sailing single-handed world record]] holder
* [[Pierre Mankowski]], (1951–), football player and manager
* [[Daniel Senet]], (1953–), weightlifter, Olympic medalist
* [[Chantal Langlacé]], (1955–), [[Long-distance running|long-distance runner]], former holder of the world record for the marathon
* [[Antoine Richer]], (1961–), ice hockey player
* {{Interlanguage link|François Farout|fr}}, (1963–), table tennis player, triple {{Interlanguage link|French Table Tennis Championships|fr|3=Championnat de France de tennis de table|lt=champion of France}} and [[European Table Tennis Championships|European champion]] by team in 1984
* [[Christophe Léotard]] (1966–), chess grandmaster
* [[Étienne Thobois]], (1967–), badminton player
* [[Gérald Baticle]], (1969–), football player and manager
* [[Nicolas Chatelain]], (1970–), table tennis player
* [[Philippe Gaumont]], (1973–2013), cyclist
* [[Marie Collonvillé]], (1973–), [[Heptathlon|heptathlete]]
* [[Éric Chaulvet]], (1974–), basketball player
* [[Franck Perque]], (1974–), cyclist, double [[UCI Track Cycling World Championships|world track cycling champion]]
* [[Amélie Cocheteux]], (1978–), tennis player
* [[Mathieu Mille]], (1981–), ice hockey player
* [[Julie Coin]], (1982–), tennis player
* [[Cédric Ouattara]], (1983–), footballer
* [[Yannick Salem]], (1983–), footballer
* [[Kévin Hecquefeuille]], (1984–), ice hockey player
* [[Lucie Louette Kanning]], (1985–), judoka
* [[Thomas Roussel]], (1985–), ice hockey player
* [[Brian Henderson (ice hockey)|Brian Henderson]], (1986–), ice hockey player
* [[Caroline Loir]], (1988–), canoeist
* {{Interlanguage link|Pierre Soudry|fr}}, (1988–), handballer
* [[Jérémy Stravius]], (1988–), swimmer, Olympic champion
* [[Greg Houla]], (1988–), footballer
* [[Yohan M'Vila]], (1988–), footballer
* [[Dorian N'Goma]], (1988–), footballer
* [[Grégory Beron]], (1989–), ice hockey player
* [[Princesse Goubo]], (1991–), basketball player
* [[Yann M'Vila]], (1990–), footballer
* [[Rudy Gobert]], (1992–), basketball player
* [[Clément Chevrier]], (1992–), cyclist
* [[Mélanie Henique]], (1992), butterfly swimmer
* [[Corentin Ermenault]], (1996–), cyclist
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====Linked to the city====
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* [[Martin of Tours|Saint Martin]] (died 397), Roman soldier, shared his coat with a beggar in Amiens in a gesture which has been remembered
* [[Honoratus of Amiens|Saint Honoré]] (died ca.600), Bishop of [[Bishopric of Amiens|Amiens]] and Patron Saint of bakers
* [[Chés Cabotans|Lafleur]], hero and main character of puppet Amiens "Chés cabotans".
* [[Jean-Marie Roland, vicomte de la Platière|Jean-Marie Roland de La Platière]] (1734–1793), Economist and statesman, lived in Amiens and was Inspector of factories in the city.<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Roland, Jean Marie | volume= 23 | pages = 462&ndash;464  |short= 1}}</ref>
* [[Antoine-Augustin Parmentier|Antoine Parmentier]], (1737–1813), military [[pharmacist]], [[Agricultural engineering|agronomist]], nutritionist and hygienist. Member of the Academy of sciences of Amiens,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.courrier-picard.fr/region/la-ville-est-tout-a-fait-fondee-a-parler-de-parmentier-ia167b0n8436|title=La ville est tout à fait fondée à parler de Parmentier|date=10 February 2013|publisher=Le Courrier picard|access-date=24 April 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131111235046/http://www.courrier-picard.fr/region/la-ville-est-tout-a-fait-fondee-a-parler-de-parmentier-ia167b0n8436|archive-date=11 November 2013}}</ref> he popularized the consumption of potatoes
* [[Jacques Delille]] or Abbé Delille, (1738–1813), poet and translator, a member of the French Academy, was a professor at the college of Amiens
* [[Jean-Baptiste Lamarck]] (1744–1829), [[Natural history|naturalist]] who laid the foundations of the [[Objections to evolution|theory of the evolution of species]].<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Lamarck, Jean Baptiste Pierre Antoine de Monet, Chevalier de | volume= 16 | pages = 101&ndash;102  |short= 1}}</ref>
* [[Jean-Baptiste Cousin de Grainville]], (1746–1805), philosopher, poet, priest in Amiens and pioneer of fantasy literature
* [[Madame Roland]] (1754–1793), figure of the [[French Revolution]], face of the [[Girondist]] party, lived in Amiens
* [[Marguerite Georges]], (1787–1867), famous actress, lived at Amiens and began her career there
* {{Interlanguage link|Camille Léon de Chassepot de Beaumont|fr}}, (1808–1893), [[colonel]] in the [[National Guard (France)#National Guard from 1831 to 1872|National Guard]] who, under his command, distinguished himself on 17 November 1870<ref>[[Battle of Amiens (1870)]]</ref>
* [[Jules Joseph Lefebvre|Jules Lefebvre]], (1836–1911), painter, student of the [[École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts]] of Amiens<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.culturecommunication.gouv.fr/content/download/63454/485933/version/1/file/Communiqu%C3%A9+de+presse+Lady+Godiva.pdf |title=LADY GODIVA Amiens Musée de Picardie |date=20 June 2012 |publisher=culturecommunication.gouv.fr |access-date=21 May 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150904084632/http://www.culturecommunication.gouv.fr/content/download/63454/485933/version/1/file/Communiqu%C3%A9%2Bde%2Bpresse%2BLady%2BGodiva.pdf |archive-date=4 September 2015  }}</ref>
* [[Jón Sveinsson]], (1857–1944), Icelandic priest and author of popular children's books, studied and did his [[novitiate]] in Amiens
[[Marie Denizard]] (1872-1959), in January 1913, the first woman to stand as a candidate in a French presidential election. Lived in Amiens as an adult 
* [[Auguste Perret]], (1874–1954), architect, creator of the [[Tour Perret (Amiens)|Tour Perret]]
* [[Jean Moulin]] (1899–1943), [[Prefect (France)|prefect]] and [[French Resistance|resistant]], was Secretary general of the prefecture of Somme
* [[Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque]] (1902–1947), [[Marshal of France]], began his studies at the college of the ''Providence''<ref>José Brice, Patton-Leclerc, éd. Société des Ecrivains, 2014, {{ISBN|978-2-342-02324-4}}, 190 p., p. 21; Christine Levisse-Touzé et Musée Jean Moulin, Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque, 1902–1947: la légende d'un héros, éd. Paris-Musées, 2002, {{ISBN|978-2-84734-033-4}}, 159 p., p. 19; Michel Marmin, Leclerc, Éditions Chronique, 2013, {{ISBN|979-10-90871-96-0}}, 136 p., Philippe fait ses études chez les Jésuites</ref>
* [[Alfred Manessier]], (1911–1993), painter, pupil of the [[École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts|École des beaux-arts]] of Amiens
* [[Robert Mallet (writer)|Robert Mallet]], (1915–2002), civil servant, writer and man of French radio, founder and Rector of the {{Interlanguage link|Académie d'Amiens (education)|fr|3=Académie d'Amiens (éducation)|lt=Academy of Amiens}}
* [[Jacques Le Goff]], (1924–2014), medievalist historian, he taught at the {{Interlanguage link|Lycée Louis-Thuillier|fr}}
* [[Alain Bombard]], (1924–2005), medical biologist and navigator, lived in Amiens for twenty years
* André Crépin (1928–2013), essayist, linguist and medievalist, Member of the [[Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres]], lived in Amiens
* {{Interlanguage link|Gilbert Richard|fr}}, (1928–), television producer and host on the first television channel (1960–1992)
* [[Vladimir Volkoff]], (1932–2005), writer, lived in Amiens
* [[Stéphane Le Foll]], (1960–), politician, Minister of agriculture in [[Ayrault Government|Jean-Marc Ayrault I and II]], [[First Valls Government|Manuel Valls I]] and [[Second Valls Government|II]] Governments, graduated from the agricultural college of Amiens Le Paraclet
* [[Grégoire Delacourt]], (1960–), writer, had part of his studies at the school of Providence in Amiens
* [[Catherine Fleury-Vachon]], (1966–), judoka, Olympic champion; head of the "pôle Espoirs" of Amiens un 1998–2005
* [[Frédéric Cuvillier]], (1968–), politician, Deputy [[Minister of Transport (France)|Minister of transport and maritime economy]] in [[Ayrault Government|Jean-Marc Ayrault I and II]], [[First Valls Government|Manuel Valls I]] Governments, graduated in law at the [[University of Picardie Jules Verne|University of Picardy]]
* [[Laurent Delahousse]] (1969–), journalist and television presenter, grew up in Amiens
* [[Pascale Boistard]], (1971–), politician, [[Ministry of Women's Affairs (France)|Secretary of State for the rights of women]] in the [[Second Valls Government]], [[National Assembly (France)|Member of Parliament]] for [[Somme's 1st constituency]] (Northern Amiens)
* [[Benjamin Biolay]], (1973–), singer-songwriter, lived in Amiens<ref>{{cite web|url=http://fr.calameo.com/read/001202835aa7ee785b2a1 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130628202336/http://fr.calameo.com/read/001202835aa7ee785b2a1 |url-status=dead |archive-date=28 June 2013 |title=Vite dit |date=April 2013 |publisher=Amiens Forum n°40 |access-date=29 April 2013 }}</ref>
* [[Miss Kittin]], (1973–), DJ, studied in Amiens
* [[Élodie Gossuin|Élodie Gossuin-Lacherie]], (1980–), television presenter, radio host, [[Miss France]] and [[Miss Europe]] 2001, registered at the [[Regional Council of Picardy|Picardy regional Council]] since 2004.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.picardie.fr/LACHERIE-GOSSUIN-Elodie |title=LACHERIE-GOSSUIN Elodie |date=2010 |publisher=Conseil Régional de Picardie |access-date=22 October 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141022171955/http://www.picardie.fr/LACHERIE-GOSSUIN-Elodie |archive-date=22 October 2014  }}</ref>
* [[Nicolas Duvauchelle]], (1980–), actor and model, has lived in Amiens<ref name="Blondeau 2011" />
* [[Édouard Louis]], (1992–), writer and academic, studied at the Lycée Madeleine Michelis and the [[University of Picardie Jules Verne|University of Picardy]]
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