Famous people from Lille

Scientists and Industrialists

Charles Joseph Panckoucke, (1736-1788), founder of the Moniteur Universel, owner of Mercure de France, promoter of the Lumieres and editor of the Encyclopedie Methodique.
Antoine Scrive-Labbe (1789-1864), industrialist in the textile field and French spy.
Auguste Scalbert (1815, 1899), creator of the first Nordiste bank.
Alfred Mongy (1840-1914), modernizer of the city.
Albert Calmette (1863 - 1933) and Camille Guerin (1872-1961), discovery of the antituberculosis vaccine.
Jean Perrin (1870, 1942), Nobel Prize in physics and creator of the French CNRS (National Center for Scientific Research).

Artists
Alexandre Desrousseaux (1820-1892), songwriter.
Edouard Lalo (1823-1892), composer.
Antoine Renard (1825-1872), composer (Temps des cerises).
Carolus-Duran (1837-1917), painter.
Pierre Degeyter (1848-1932), worker and composer of the music of the Internationale.
Albert Samain (1858-1900), poet.
Emile Bernard (1868-1941), neoimpressionist painter and friend of Paul Gauguin
Line Dariel (1886-1956), comedian.
Julien Duvivier (1896-1967), director.
Renee Adoree (1898-1933), actress.
Robert Arnoux (1899-1964), actor.
Leopold Simons (1901-1979), poet, caricaturist, painter, sculptor.
Raoul de Godewaersvelde (1928-1977), singer.
Alain Decaux (1925~), television presenter, minister, writer, and member of the Academie Française.
Yvonne Furneaux (1928~), actress.
Philippe Noiret (1930~), actor.
Gilles Behat (1949~), actor and director.

Politicians and Military

Lyderic, (620-?) legendary founder of the city.
Jeanne de Flandre, (1188/1200? -1244), Countess.
Jeanne Maillotte, (circa 1580), resistance fighter during the Hurlus attacks.
Louis Faidherbe (1818-1889), general, founder of the city of Dakar and senator.
Achille Lienart (1884-1973), « cardinal des ouvriers ».
Charles de Gaulle (1890-1970), general, resistance fighter, President of France.
Roger Salengro (1890-1936), minister, deputy, and Mayor of Lille.
Augustin Laurent (1896-1990), minister, deputy, resistance fighter, and Mayor of Lille.
Madeleine Damerment (1917-1944), French Resistance fighter - Legion of Honor, Croix de Guerre, Medaille combattant volontaire de la Resistance
Pierre Mauroy (1928~), deputy, senator, Prime Minister of France, and Mayor of Lille.
Martine Aubry (1950~), deputy, minister, and Mayor of Lille.