List of personalities related to Le Mans – Wikipedia

This article lists the Personalities linked to Le Mans .
See also the counts of Maine, the mayors of Le Mans, the bishops of Le Mans.

• Rignomer, frank king murdered at Le Mans (end IN ^{It is} century) by one of his relatives.
• Odon de Cluny.
• Joachim du Bellay (1522-1560), a poet who met Peletier and Ronsard at Le Mans.
• The Count of Belin, protector of Corneille and Mairet and the Théâtre du Marais.
• Louis Le Pelletier, born in 1663, linguist of the Breton language.
• Pierre Lorcet, sculptor, ceramist, active in 1688.
• André Pierre Ledru (1761-1830?), French religious and historian.
• Alexandre de Tilly (1761-1823), writer.
• Near Félix (1794-1872), psychiatrist.
• Eugène Hucher (1814-1889), master glassmaker.
• Antoine Lusson ( 19 ^{It is} ), master glassmaker.
• Echivard (1866-1939), master glassmaker.
• Amédée Bollée Father (1844-1917) inventor.
• Amédée Bollée fils (1868-1926)
• Léon Bollée (1870-1913), car manufacturers and inventor.
• Jeanne Blin-Lefebvre (1884-1980), poet.
• Max Boyer (1910-1985), resistant and founder of Free maine .
• Ariste Jacques Found-Chauvel.
• Henry Delagenière, surgeon recognized for his “broken mouths”.
• Jean-Marie Lelièvre (1836-1914), founder of the French Mutual General accident (MMA)
• Jean Mouchet (1890-1980), linguist.
• Pierre Massé, author of a work on witchcraft.
• Raymond Guérin, born in 1931, cyclist and winner of the Sarthe circuit in 1957.

• Charles le Jeune (around 772-811), second son of Charlemagne, leader of Duchy of Maine .
• Geoffroy Plantagenêt (1113-1151), count of Anjou and Maine, Duke of Normandy.
• Henri II of England (1133-1189), count of Anjou and Maine, Duke of Normandy, king of England.
• Bérengère de Navarre (1163-1230), wife of Richard Coeur de Lion.
• John II of France (1319-1364), king of France.
• René de Froulay de Tessé (1648-1725), lieutenant-general for the provinces of Maine, Perche and Laval.
• René Levasseur (1747-1834), deputy for the National Convention.
• Joseph Caillaux (1863-1944), President of the Council, Minister of Finance.
• Max Boyer (1910-1985), resistant, president of the Sarthe General Council and founder of the daily Maine Libre .
• François Bachelot (1940-), former deputy.
• François Fillon (1954-), Prime Minister of Nicolas Sarkozy.
• Christian Philip (1948-), lawyer and politician, was a law teacher, dean of the Faculty of Law and Economic Sciences then President of Le Mans University ^{[ first ]} . He was also the law teacher of François Fillon in the 1970s. Then he was director of cabinet at the Ministry of Higher Education and Research from 1993 to 1995.
• Stéphane Le Foll (1960-), former Minister of Agriculture of François Hollande.
• Marcelle Devilliers (1915-2007), a communist and resistant activist, lived in Le Mans and died there; A street in the city bears its name.
• Claire Gibault, former European deputy, orchestra director, knight of the National Order of Merit and the Legion of Honor.
• Jean-Marie Lelièvre (1900-1976), president of the Automobile Club of the West, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the French Mutual General.
• Henri Sérandour, former president of the French National Olympic and Sports Committee (CNOSF)
• Marlène Schiappa (1982-), Secretary of State responsible for equality between women and men, assistant to the mayor of Le Mans delegated to equality and is responsible for the “Equality Women-Men” pole of the Political Movement En Marche! .

• Saint Liboire (around 348-397), evangelizer.
• Philly delies the Luxembourg (1445-1519), energy feritute unbans.
• René du Bellay (1500-1546), bishop of Le Mans.
• Louis Le Pelletier (1663-1733), monk and linguist.
• Gilles-François de Beauvais (1693-1773), Jesuit and writer.
• René-Pierre Nepveu de la Manouillère (1732-1810), canon and diarist.
• Basile Moreau (1799-1873), founder of the Congregation of Sainte-Croix.
• Ernest Vétillart (1851-1930), born in Pontlieue, Jesuit, founder of the School of Agriculture in Angers.
• Alexis-Armand Charost (1860-1922), Archbishop of Rennes.
• Georges Grente (1872-1959), cardinal and academician.
• Roland Cosnard (1933-2011), French Evangelical and Missionary Pastor, born in Le Mans.

• Simon Hayneufve (1455-1546), architect and painter.
• Nicolas Denisot (1515-1559), poet of the Pléiade.
• Jacques Peletier du Mans (1517-1582), poet and mathematician.
• Pierre de Ronsard (1524-1585), poet and canon in Le Mans.
• Jacques Tahureau (1525-1555), poet.
• Robert Garnier (1545-1590), poet.
• Paul Scarron (1610-1660), playwright and novelist, who lived 7 years in Le Mans and located his comic novel (1651).
• Michel de Bonneval (? -1766), free composer, intendant of the King’s menus-players.
• Victor Bonhommet (1830-1905), poet.
• Jules Leroy (1833-1865), French painter.
• Arnold Dolmetsch (1858-1940), violonist.
• Edmond Leroy dit Leroy-Dionet (1860-1939), painter.
• Charles Fouqueray (1869-1956), history painter and illustrator.
• Jeanne Blin-Lefebvre (1884-1980), poet.
• Roger de la Fresnaye (1885-1925), cubist painter.
• Jane Le Soudier (1885-1976), sculptor, designer and pastellist.
• André Bizette-Lindet (1906-1998), sculptor.
• Jean Françaix (1912-1997), composer.
• Lucien Le Guern (1914-1981), naive and religious painter.
• Yolande Folliot (1952-), actress.
• Gilles Kervella (1953-), photographer and publisher, founder of the Reinette editions.
• Bruno Lochet (1959-), actor.
• François Vallejo (1960-), writer.
• Béatrice Dalle (1964-), actress.
• Marguerite Rossignol (1966-), author of children’s literature.
• Hélène Rollès (1966-), actress and singer.
• Julien Cottereau (1969-), actor.
• Jean-Luc Le Ténia (1975-2011), singer.
• Rod Janois (1976-), singer and composer.
• Emmanuel Moire (1979-), singer.
• Leslie (1985-), singer.
• Matthieu Gosztola, Écrivain.
• Emma Mackey (1996-), actress and model.

• François Migault (1944-2012), car pilot
• Jean Rondeau (1946-1985), driver and automaker, winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1980.
• Francis Smerecki (1949-2018), footballer and coach.
• Sylvain Nouet (1956-), assistant coach of the French handball team.
• Muriel Hermine (1963-), synchronized swimmer, European champion.
• Laurent Brochard (1968-), cyclist, world champion in 1997.
• Christophe Ferron (1970-), footballer.
• Christelle Daunay (1974-), Marathonaian, holder of the French marathon record and 10,000 m .
• Samuel Plouhinec (1976-), cyclist.
• Vincent Capillaire (1976-), car pilot.
• Jimmy ENGOULVENT (1979-), cyclist.
• Sébastien Bourdais (1979-), car pilot.
• James Fanchone (1980-), footballer.
• Maryan Hary (1980-), Cycliste.
• The rights of the jocl lantry (1985-)), ninimanman.
• Mathieu Coutadueur (1986-), footballer.
• Samuel Bouhours (1987-), footballer.
• Jérémy Leloup (1987-), basketball player.
• Louis Rossi (1989-), motorcycle pilot.
• Bridge Ndilu (2000-), footballer.
• Denis Bouanga (1994-), footballer.
• Alexis Blin (1996-), footballer.
• Santy Ngom (1993-), footballer.
• Nicolas Batum (1988-), basketball player.

• Guillaume du Bellay (1491-1543), historian.
• François Grudé (1552-1592), bibliographer, sieur de la Croix du Maine.
• François Froger (1676-?), Hydrographer engineer and explorer.
• François Véron de Forbonnais (1722-1800), economist and financial.
• Robert Triger (1856-1927), History.
• Émile Belot (1857-1944), engineer, inventor, astronomer. A rue du Mans bears his name.
• André Bouton (1890-1979), economist and historian.
• Jean-Marie Lelièvre (1900-1976), president of the Automobile Club of the West, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the French Mutual General.
• Étienne Bouton (1928-2019), Le Mans historian.
• Henri Sérandour (1937-2009), former president of the French National Olympic and Sports Committee.
• Claire Gibault (1945-), conductor and member of the Economic, Social and Environmental Council.
• Florent de Kersauson (1949-), businessman, creator of the Route du Rhum, brother of Olivier de Kersauson.
• Jean-Yves Emperor (1952-), archaeologist, director of the Alexandrian study center.
• Jean Rochard (1957-), music producer.
• Pierre Fillon (1958-), president of ACO since 2012.
• Luc Chanteloup (1963-), chemist and historian.
• Patrick Rambourg (1965-), historian of culinary and food practices.
• Steevy Boulay (1980-), radio and television columnist.
• Vincent Cerutti (1981-), television host.
• René Chateau, video editor.