Personalities
- D.H. Lawrence (1885–1930), writer
- James Baldwin (writer) died in the near-by St Paul de Vence
- Maurice Boitel (1919–2007), artist
- Henri Calet (1904–1956), writer
- Marc Chagall, artist
- Edward Gordon Craig (1872–1966), theatre practitioner, actor, producer, director and scenic designer died here
- Émile Delavenay (1901–2003), anglicist
- Raoul Dufy, artist
- Célestin Freinet, French educator, who established his school in Vence
- Witold Gombrowicz (1904–1969), writer, died in his home here
- Mihály Károlyi (1875–1955), Hungarian leader
- Henri Matisse (1869–1954), artist
- Jacques (artist) and Gwen Raverat (artist and writer)
- Ida Rubinstein, ballerina
- Émile Hugues (1901-1966), politician, was born in Vence. The art museum is named after him.
- Jacques Morali (1947-1991), Disco music author (Village People, YMCA), born in Paris and buried in Vence.
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