text: François Chaussier (1746–1828), physician Anne-Caroline Chausson (b. 1977), Olympic medalist in cycling
  Bernard Courtois (1777–1838), discoverer of the element iodine
  Charles Joseph Minard (1781–1870), civil engineer and first information graphics
  Henry Darcy (1803–1858), engineer
  Jean-Jacques-Joseph Debillemont (1824–1879), conductor and operetta composer
  Alexandre Gustave Eiffel (1832–1923), engineer and architect
  Eugène Foveau (1886–1957), classical trumpeter
  Roger Guillemin (1924–2024), Nobel laureate in Physiology and Medicine
  Hermine Horiot (born 1986), classical cellist
  Claude Jade (1948–2006), actress
  Joseph Jacotot (1770–1840), educational philosopher
  François Jouffroy (1806–1882), sculptor
  Henri Legrand du Saulle (1830–1886), psychiatrist
  Jean-Baptiste Gondelier (1792–1852), playwright
  Jean-Pierre Marielle (1932–2019), actor
  Julien Pillet (b. 1977), Olympic medalist in sabre fencer
  Nicolas Quentin (d. 1636), historical painter
  Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683–1764), composer
  Claude-François-Marie Rigoley, comte d'Ogny, (1756–1790), cellist
  François Rude (1784–1855), sculptor
  Elizabeth of the Trinity (Marie–Élisabeth Catez, 1880–1906), Carmelite nun and religious writer
  Vitalic (born as Pascal Arbez in 1976), electronic music artist
  Alban Lenoir (born in 1980), actor, stuntman, screenwriter.
  Twin towns - sister cities
  Dijon is twinned with:
  Białystok, Poland, since 1996
  Cluj-Napoca, Romania
  Mechelen, Belgium
  Chefchaouen, Morocco
  Dakar, Senegal
  Dallas, United States, since 1957
  Guimarães, Portugal
  Mainz, Germany, since 1958
  Prague 6, Czech Republic
  Reggio Emilia, Italy, since 1963
  Skopje, North Macedonia, since 1961
  Volgograd, Russia, since 1960
  York, United Kingdom, since 1953