Notable People
- Marie Casimire Louise de La Grange d'Arquien, born in Nevers in 1641
- Pierre Gaspard Chaumette, revolutionary, born in Nevers in 1763
- Pierre Bérégovoy, former Prime Minister of France, committed suicide in 1993 in Nevers
- Parfait Mandanda, footballer, born in Nevers in 1989
- Michel Vieuchange, Saharan explorer, adventurer and writer, born in Nevers in 1904, where there is a street named after him
- Jean Vieuchange, editor of Michel Vieuchange's travel notebooks, born in Nevers in 1906
- Bernadette Soubirous, better known as Saint Bernadette of Lourdes, died in Nevers in 1879 (aged 35)
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