Notable People
Limoges was the birthplace of
- Maryse Bastié (1898–1952), aviatrix
- Marie François Sadi Carnot (1837–1894), President of France
- Henri François d'Aguesseau (1668–1751), chancellor of France
- Jean Daurat (or Dorat) (1508–1588), poet and scholar, member of the Pléiade
- Fabienne Delsol, a singer active since 1996
- Roger Gonthier (1884–1978), architect
- Stephen Grellet (1773–1855), Quaker missionary
- Jean-Baptiste Jourdan (1762–1833), marshal of France
- Edmond Malinvaud (1923–present), economist
- Jean-Baptiste Joseph Émile Montégut (1825–1895), critic
- René Navarre (1877–1968), actor
- Thomas Robert Bugeaud de la Piconnerie, Duke of Isly (1784–1849), marshal of France
- Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841–1919), preeminent French painter
- Pierre Victurnien Vergniaud (1753–1793), orator and revolutionary
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