Personalities
Troyes was the birthplace of:
- Patroclus of Troyes (3rd century), martyr
- Rashi (1040–1105), biblical and Talmudic commentator
- Hughes de Payens (1070–1136), Knight of the First Crusade and founder of the Knights Templar
- Chrétien de Troyes, 12th-century trouvère
- Jacques Pantaléon, (c. 1195–1264), Pope Urban IV
- Pierre Pithou (1539–1596), Calvinist jurisconsult and scholar, co-editor of the Satire Ménippée,
- Linard Gonthier (1565–after 1642), glass painter
- Pierre Mignard (1610–1695), painter,
- François Girardon (1628–1715), sculptor
- Nicolas Siret (1663–1754), composer
- Émile Coué (1857–1926) pharmacist, hypnotist, and creator of La méthode Coué ("Every day, in every way, I'm getting better and better').
- Édouard Herriot (1872–1957), Radical politician of the Third Republic who served three times as Prime Minister of France.
- Maurice Marinot (1882–1960), Glass Artist. Painter
- Jean-Marie Bigard, French stand-up comedian, writer and director.
- Saint Marguerite Bourgeoys, (1620–1700) a founder of Montreal, Canada
- Abdou Sissoko footballer
- Blessed Louis Brisson, O.S.F.S. (1817-1908) priest and founder the Oblates of St. Francis de Sales
- Christian Martin, French Boxing Champion; Founder and CEO of CRMI, a construction company that focuses on single family homes, built in the traditional French artisan fashion; President of the Stade Troyen, a very successful boxing club that counts in its ranks a couple of professional boxers competing on the national level.
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