Personalities
- Théodore Frédéric Gaillardet, (1808–1882), born in Auxerre, journalist, publisher of French-language newspaper Courrier des Etats-Unis in New York City, mayor of Plessis-Bouchard, France.
- Jean Baptiste Joseph Fourier, (1769–1830), born in Auxerre, mathematician, experimental physicist, and politician.
- Saint Patrick (5th Century AD), Apostle to the Irish, visited Bishop Germanus of Auxerre here. Possibly he studied in Auxerre.
- Saint Helladius (d. 387), bishop of Auxerre
- Christopher Missilou, footballer
- Emmeline Ndongue, basketball player
- Ludovic Lefebvre chef, television personality
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