text: Jean Sébédio, born 1890 in Saint-Jean-de-Luz died 1951 in Carcassonne, French rugby player who played for Tarbes and the French national side
  André Pavlovsky, born 1891 in Paris died 1961 in Saint-Jean-de-Luz, was a famous French architect;
  Ramiro Arrue, born 1892 in Bilbao (Spain) died 1971 in Saint-Jean-de-Luz, a painter, illustrator, and ceramic designer whose work celebrated Basque culture;
  20th century
  Julio Urquijo Ibarra, born 1871 in Deusto died 1950 in San Sebastián, Basque linguist
  René Lacoste, born 1904 in Paris died 1996 à Saint-Jean-de-Luz, French tennis champion;
  José Antonio Aguirre, born 1904 in Bilbao, died 1960 in Paris buried in Saint-Jean-de-Luz, leading Basque politician and political figure;
  William Biehn, born Metz in 1911 and died in Saint-Jean-de-Luz in 1997 a painter specialising in Orientalist art;
  Michel Etcheverry, born 1919 in Saint-Jean-de-Luz died 1999 in Paris, French actor;
  Jean Diharce, born 1920 in Saint-Jean-de-Luz, a Basque poet with the pseudonym Iratzeder
  Marie Sabouret, born 1924 in La Rochelle died 1960 in Saint-Jean-de-Luz, a French actress
  Franz Duboscq, born 1924 in Saint-Jean-de-Luz, French politician
  Jacques Pavlovsky, born 1931 in Saint-Jean-de-Luz, a French photographer
  Charles Ducasse, born 1932 in Saint-Jean-de-Luz, a French footballer;
  Philippe Ogouz, born 1939 in Saint-Jean-de-Luz, died 2019 in Paris, French actor and director