People
Le Havre was the birthplace of:
- Georges de Scudéry (1601–1667), novelist, dramatist and poet;
- Madeleine de Scudéry (1607–1701), writer;
- Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre (1737–1814), writer and botanist;
- Charles Alexandre Lesueur (1778–1846), naturalist, artist and explorer;
- Casimir Delavigne (1793–1843), poet and dramatist;
- Gabriel Monod (1844–1912), historian;
- Alfred-Louis Brunet-Debaines (1845-c.1935), artist;
- Louis Bachelier (1870–1946), mathematician;
- Raoul Dufy (1877–1953), painter;
- André Caplet (1878–1925), composer and conductor;
- René Coty (1882–1962), French president (1954–1959);
- Arthur Honegger (1892–1955), composer, a member of Les Six;
- Thomas Roberts (1893–1976), Roman Catholic archbishop;
- Jean Dubuffet (1901–1985), artist;
- Raymond Queneau (1903–1976), poet and novelist;
- Jacques Leguerney (1906–1997), composer;
- Tristan Murail (1947 - ), composer;
- Laurent Ruquier (1963 - ), journalist;
- Jérôme Le Banner (1972 - ), K-1 Fighter;
- Olivier Durand (1967 - ), Guitarist for Elliott Murphy;
- Eugenia DeLamare (1824–1907) - Guilherme Schüch - Wife - Baron Von Capanema;
- Vikash Dhorasoo,(1973 -), International footballer;
- Gueïda Fofana, footballer;
- Olivier Davidas, footballer;
- Dimitri Dragin, judoka;
- Sylvain Poirier, mathematician;
- Julien Faubert, footballer;
- Fouleymata Camara, handball player;
- Kevin Anin, footballer;
- Hadja Sawaneh, handball player.
- Edouard (Eddy) Bonutto, (1931 - 2012) baker;
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