, 1827 Caen was the birthplace or origin of:
Public service •
Robert, 1st Earl of Gloucester (ca.1090–1147), illegitimate son of
Henry I of England. •
Robert Constantin (ca.1530 – 1605), physician, bibliographer, lexicographer and humanist. •
Samuel Bochart (1599–1667 in Caen), Protestant biblical scholar, taught
Pierre Daniel Huet. •
St. John Eudes (1601–1680), Catholic priest, forerunner of the
devotion to the
Sacred Heart. •
Tanneguy Le Fèvre (1615–1672), classical scholar. •
Pierre Daniel Huet (1630–1721), churchman and scholar. •
Gervais de La Rue (1751–1835), historian, re.
Norman language and
Anglo-Norman literature •
Louis Gustave le Doulcet, comte de Pontécoulant (1764–1853), politician. •
Charlotte Corday (1768–1793),
guillotined for the assassination of
Jean-Paul Marat •
Charles Mathieu Isidore Decaen (1769–1832), a French general. •
Eugène Poubelle (1831–1907), lawyer and diplomat, introduced
waste containers to Paris •
Charles-Hippolyte Pouthas (1886–1974), historian of political and religious history •
Marie-Pierre Kœnig (1898–1970),
Maréchal de France, commanded the
Free French at the
Battle of Bir Hakeim •
Claude Hettier de Boislambert (1906-1986),
Resistance leader, governor, politician, diplomat •
Ovida Delect (1926–1996), poet, Communist, politician, member of the
French resistance in WWII and a
trans woman. •
Sonia de La Provôté (born 1968), member of the
French Senate •
Fabrice Le Vigoureux (born 1969), member of the
National Assembly The arts , 2012 •
Jean Bertaut (1552–1611), poet of light verse to celebrate the incidents of court life. •
François de Malherbe (1555 at
Le Locheur – 1628), poet, critic and translator. •
François le Métel de Boisrobert (1592–1662), poet, playwright and courtier. •
Jean François Sarrazin (ca.1611 at Hermanville – 1654), a French writer. •
René Auguste Constantin de Renneville (1650–1723), writer. •
Jean-Baptiste Belin (1653–1715), painter who specialized in flowers. •
François Henri Turpin (1709–1799), man of literature. •
J. Hector St. John de Crèvecœur (1735–1813), French-American writer •
Jean-Jacques Boisard (1744–1833), writer who specialized in
fables •
Jean-François Boisard (1762–1820), painter and poet. •
Daniel Auber (1782–1871), composer and director of the
Paris Conservatoire. •
Étienne Mélingue (1807–1875), actor, sculptor and painter. •
Jules Danbé (1840–1905), a violinist, composer and conductor, mainly of opera. •
Gabriel Dupont (1878–1914), composer of operas and chamber music. •
Roger Grenier (1919–2017), writer, journalist and radio animator. •
Alain Duhamel (born 1940), journalist and political commentator. •
Jean-Loup Rivière (1948–2018), playwright and drama critic. •
Laure Adler (born 1950), journalist, writer, publisher and radio/TV producer. •
Christophe Desjardins (born 1962), a viola player and specialist in contemporary music. •
Olivier Baroux (born 1964), actor, comedian, writer and director •
Gilles Peterson (born 1964), DJ, record collector, record label owner; lives in
London •
Léa Drucker (born 1972), French actress •
Laurent Lefrançois (born 1974), French contemporary composer •
Orelsan (born 1982), rapper, songwriter, record producer, actor and film director •
Seb Toussaint (born 1988), street artist and painter
Science and business •
Pierre Varignon (1654–1722),
mathematician; he invented the U-tube
manometer. •
Estienne Roger (c 1664–1722), printer, bookseller and publisher of sheet music •
Paul Jacques Malouin (1701–1778), physician and chemist •
Guillaume-François Rouelle (1703 at Mathieu – 1770), chemist and apothecary •
Louis Lépecq de La Clôture (1736–1804), surgeon and
epidemiologist •
Pierre-Simon Girard (1765–1836), mathematician and engineer, worked on fluid mechanics. •
Hippolyte-Victor Collet-Descotils (1773–1815), chemist; discovered
iridium in 1803. •
Jacques Amand Eudes-Deslongchamps (1794–1867), naturalist and
palaeontologist •
Eugène Eudes-Deslongchamps (1830–1889),
paleontologist and naturalist •
Jules Lair (1836–1907), businessman, paleographer, historian and antiquary •
André-Louis Danjon (1890–1967),
astronomer, measured the
earthshine on the moon. •
René Herse (1908–1976), builder of high-quality touring,
randonneur and racing bicycles •
Jean-Pierre Lehman (1914–1981),
paleontologist who studied the anatomy and evolution of fossil fish •
Jean-Yves Marin (born 1955), archeologist, medievalist and chief curator of French heritage •
Pierre Denis (born 1964), businessman, CEO of
Jimmy Choo Ltd, 2012–2020
Sport , 2009 •
René Menzies (ca.1889 – ca.1971), long-distance cycling record holder •
Jean-Pierre Jaussaud (1937–2021), racing driver, won the
24 Hours of Le Mans in 1978 and 1980. •
Jean-François Ballester (1965–2018), figure skater, gold medallist at the
2018 Winter Olympics •
Corinne Lagache (born 1975), former football goalkeeper with 27 caps with
France women •
Bruno Grougi (born 1983), a former footballer with 451 club caps and 3 for
Martinique •
Jérémy Sorbon (born 1983), a former footballer with 518 club caps •
Benoît Costil (born 1987), footballer with over 480 club caps and 1 for
France •
Youssef El-Arabi (born 1987), footballer with over 546 club caps and 46 for
Morocco and over 303 goals •
Bruno Massot (born 1989), pair skater, gold medallist at the
2018 Winter Olympics •
Kaïlé Auvray (born 2004), footballer ==International relations==