Laon as a birthplace has produced a number of famous personalities of various fields (e.g. French historian and radio producer (1931-2001), French soldier and political figure who rose to the rank of Marshal of France (1742-1819), King of West Francia from 936 to 954): Jean-François Chiappe, Jean-Mathieu-Philibert Sérurier, Louis IV of France and some more.
Celebrities from Laon