Personalities
Laon was the birthplace of:
- Bertrada of Laon (690–721 CE), mother of Charlemagne
- Anselm of Laon (d. 1117), theologian
- Father Jacques Marquette, (1636–1675), Jesuit missionary, Namesake of Marquette University along with scores of other institutions and locales in the United States
- Pierre Méchain (1744–1804), French astronomer
- Jules François Felix Fleury-Husson (1820–1889) Author and art and literary critic (Known as Champfleury)
- Florent Raimy, footballer (1986- )
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